Corporate Partnerships Manager

Job Description ​​and Person Specification

Job title:  Corporate Partnerships Manager

Reporting to: Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager

Location: London/Hybrid - in person working on Wednesdays

Contract type: Fixed term contract – until June 2026  

Hours per week: 35 hours, week

Salary & Grade: £39,414 - £41,488            

Our Vision: A UK where “No good food goes to waste”. 

We are UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to approximately 8,000 frontline charities and community groups.  Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

There has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.  For more information visit:  www.fareshare.org.uk

FareShare is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities and as a Disability Confident Employer, we provide reasonable adjustments.

We aim to recruit from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our commitment to redistributing surplus food, come and join us. 

The role 

We are seeking a fundraiser who relishes the excitement of exceeding income targets and developing strong relationships. You will identify opportunities to increase the value of your partnership portfolio and work closely with the Corporate Development Team to ensure the transition between new business and account management is seamless for both FareShare and our partners.

You will manage a portfolio of partners: designing and delivering tailored partnership plans and an innovative and personalised suite of partnership activity. You will work with colleagues across fundraising to ensure we maximise the value of our partnerships. We currently have partnerships with a large variety of exciting brands such as Tesco, KPMG, Yorkshire Building Society, Premier Foods and many more. Our partners support us in a variety of ways including cause related marketing campaigns, staff and customer fundraising and corporate donations.

To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record of excellent partnership/relationship management and ideally have experience of delivering a variety of fundraising partnerships including commercial brand licensing and staff fundraising. You will have excellent communication skills and will be comfortable negotiating bespoke deals and benefits packages and will lead renewal plans to secure and grow the support of current partners.

Cross team collaboration is crucial to the role, and you will be able to demonstrate strong relationship building and influencing skills.

Main areas of responsibility

1) Deliver first rate account management to a portfolio of existing corporate partners to achieve objectives and build excellent relationships that facilitate future growth.

•      Provide a high standard of professional relationship and account management to a portfolio of partners, delivering a mix of partnership types including Charity of the Year, commercial brand partnerships/campaigns and retail partnerships

•      Working with the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager and wider team to implement bespoke cultivation and stewardship strategies for each corporate partner, that encourage the development of strategic, multi-faceted partnerships thinking creatively and entrepreneurially to maximise the value of each partnership and meet agreed targets and KPIs

•      Ensure FareShare’s strategic priorities are addressed through our partnerships and that the brand is protected and appropriately valued

•      Prepare and deliver engaging and confident presentations (both at one-to-one level and at a much larger scale)

•      Establish, agree and monitor key milestones for each relationship

•      Ensure that partnerships are delivered on time

•      Monitor and maintain systems and processes, including Salesforce, financial accounting, pipeline, contracts and due diligence.  

2) Work closely with internal stakeholders to maximise the potential for fundraising

•      Work with the Corporate Development function on the development of new partnerships and to ensure a smooth transition from new business to account management

•      Work with other areas of Fundraising, the Food Team and Operations Team to maximise on opportunities for partners

•      Work with Marketing and Communications Team to promote partnerships across FareShare and partner channels.

3) Adhere to the organisation’s legal obligations, Charity Compliance & Policies

•      Efficient and effective management of commercial income activity ensuring compliance with GDPR, legal and charity regulation and FareShare’s own Ethical Gift Policy

•      Manage all legal and financial aspects of partnership agreements

•      Manage and work within FareShare’s IT systems and data guidelines

•      Represent Fundraising where required on internal working groups

•      Undertake training and skills development and keep up to date with the changing requirements of the role

•      Undertake any other duties as required.

Person Specification 

If you are a real team player with a proven track record in delivering exceptional account management, always meeting targets, as well as having excellent communication and relationship building skills, along with a tenacious approach, then we’d love to hear from you.

As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.

Essential Criteria 

• Minimum of two years of experience providing excellent relationship management and stewardship with key external and internal stakeholders in a charity
• Demonstrable experience of managing six figure partnerships in a charity ideally including commercial brand licensing
• Ability to create and deliver compelling tailor-made pitches, account plans and proposals to meet corporate objectives

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects with competing deadlines
• Experience of financial management
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills with experience creating legal agreements
• Commercial awareness with knowledge of various corporate sectors and relevant VAT considerations
• Target driven, proactive and creative
• Evidence of – using data, insight and creativity

Desirable Criteria 

• Experience of working with FMCG brands and retailers
• Experience of using Salesforce or a similar database
• Understanding of the Fundraising Regulator’s code of practice, data protection and other relevant legislation, guidance and good practice
• Understanding of GDPR requirements
• Line Management experience

Competencies and behaviours 

• An understanding of and commitment to FareShare’s mission. 
• A commitment to Equal Opportunities. 
• Flexibility and collaborative style of working across FareShare and with all our stakeholders.

​​Application process​  

For any further questions on this please email recruitment@fareshare.org.uk  

• Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
• 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Employers pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
• Season ticket loan

Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday, 23rd April 2025 11:59pm