Church Partnerships Manager (South West England)

Compassion UK; Hampshire (IL); Remote; USD 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Compassion UK is seeking a Church Partnerships Manager to grow its impact by building relationships with churches. The role requires a passionate individual skilled in networking and public speaking, focusing on sponsorship growth and fundraising in the South West of England. This position aids in deepening partnerships and ensuring the organization’s mission is met.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Pension scheme with 10% employer contribution

Private Medical & Dental cover

Time in Lieu offered

Weekly team prayers and devotionals

Qualifications

• Strong networking skills with churches.
• Experience in fundraising and lead generation.
• Self-motivated and able to manage varied workload.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with churches to maximize child sponsorship.
• Collaborate with internal teams to achieve objectives.
• Promote Compassion UK's Christian ethos.

Skills

Networking

Public Speaking

Sales

Time Management

IT Skills

Empathy

Education

Experience in Christian Community

Tools

CRM Software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Church Partnerships Manager (South West England)

Application Deadline: 30 June 2025

Department: Partnerships

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Compassion UK

Compensation: £40,500 / year

Description

About the role

As a Church Partnerships Manager, you’ll play a vital role in growing Compassion UK’s impact by building strong, meaningful relationships with churches in your region. You’ll engage church leaders and congregations through inspiring presentations, helping them connect with our mission to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name.

With a focus on sponsorship growth and fundraising, you’ll work collaboratively with our Events, Engagement, and Philanthropy teams to maximise opportunities and deepen partnerships.

If you're passionate about the Church and driven to see lives transformed, this is your chance to make a real difference.

Key Responsibilities

• Maximise the number of child sponsorships from within your designated area from churches and local events.
• Work collaboratively across Compassion UK to effectively meet objectives.
• Actively maintain and promote Compassion UK’s Christian ethos and values.

The successful candidate will have:

️Strong networking skills, with a proven ability to build relationships within the Church and Christian events space.
️A deep understanding of church leaders, with empathy for the Church and its leadership.
️Confidence in public speaking, including experience preaching in churches.
️Sales or fundraising experience, with a track record of lead generation, relationship management, and meeting acquisition targets.
️Willingness to work weekends, attending church services or events (around 24 activities per year).
️Self-motivation and strong time management, especially when working independently and managing a varied workload.
️Solid administrative and IT skills, fluent in English and proficient in tools like Microsoft Office.
️Personal committed to the Christian faith. There’s an occupational requirement for the holder of this role to be a practising Christian, in order to promote Compassion’s ethos and help others to experience, explore and express the faith-based motivation of our work. You can read more about this in our Policy on Posts to be Held by Christians.

It would be beneficial (although not mandatory) to possess:

• To have used a CRM or similar system.
• Experience managing/ supporting volunteers.

Additional requirements:

• Regular Travel. You will need to be willing and able to undertake regular UK as well as occasional overseas travel.This will be subject to a maximum number each quarter / year as agreed with the Director of Church Partnerships.
• A full driving license with a car available to use for work (mileage expenses paid).

Location, hours and benefits

Home-based
The post holder should reside in the South West of England, within approximately 60 minutes' travel to Exeter.

Hours
35 hours per week, over a flexible working pattern.

In return, you will get
Flexible and sociable working environment
Enhanced annual leav

Time in Lieu offered
Pension scheme with 10% employer contribution
Income Protection & Group Life cover
Private Medical & Dental cover
Celebrating life milestones such as, birthdays, newcomers, weddings, babies etc
Weekly team prayers and devotionals
Compassion updates and worship events
Casual dress code
Travel Reimbursement: We offer an enhanced mileage reimbursement rate

Candidate Pack
Please explore our candidate pack to learn more about Compassion UK's benefits and what it means to live and work in accordance with Compassion UK’s Statement of Faith,Core Values,Ethos Statement, and other policies, includingour commitment to Child Protection.

Contact us
Please reach out to the People & Culture team for any additional information or questionsat [e-mail]

Apply by
10 am on 30 June 2025
First round interviews are expected to be held online, week commencing 14 July.
Second round interviews are expected to be held in person, in the Exeter area or at our head office in Fleet, Hampshire, week commencing 21 July.

️We aim to stay as close to this timeline as possible, though occasionally unforeseen circumstances may cause slight delays.

Assessment Tasks
As part of our recruitment process, assessment tasks are required. If you progress beyond the shortlisting stage and are invited to interview, we will ask you to complete a task that will help the panel assess your skills and suitability for the role.

*Please submit your application as early as possible, as Compassion UK reserves the right to close this vacancy early. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, prior to the closing date. We also reserve the right to interview and appoint a suitable applicant before the closing date.

Please note that we can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK.