Partnerships Executive
Comic Relief
Job Description
Our corporate partnerships are crucial to the success of Comic Relief and fundamental in helping us tackle poverty in the UK and around the world. We work with a range of organisations and brands, many of them have been with us for years!
The Partnership Executive will play a vital role in supporting the day-to- day management of our biggest strategic partnership at Comic Relief. The successful candidate will support the Senior Partnership Managers (SPM) in the day to day running of the partnership to ensure delivery of shared partnership plans and objectives
Interviews will provisionally take place on the 23rd & 24th of March
Key responsibilities
The core areas of focus for this role are:
Partnership Management
- Support the Senior Partnership Managers with all aspects of the day-to-day partnership management of our biggest strategic partner, helping to maximise partnership potential through fundraising, impact and storytelling
- Manage relationships with key stakeholders through effective communication, problem solving, and responding to requests in a timely manner
- Work alongside key teams within Comic Relief to deliver projects for partners. Teams including marketing, creative, PR, legal, talent, fundraising, finance and funding to ensure we are delivering against our partnership objectives and constructively supporting Comic Relief’s social change agenda
Staff Engagment
- Work with key teams within Comic Relief and with our strategic partner to identify and deliver corporate fundraising initiatives to engage and inspire colleague engagement and fundraing
- Support staff engagement initiatives for our partners, working closely with both the funding team at Comic Relief and funded partner organisations to plan and execute corporate visits (virtual and in-person) to continue to engage partner employees with Comic Relief’s work
Person Specification
- Organised, with a strong attention to detail and great time management skills
- Proven ability to build and manage strong relationships with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally
- Excellent verbal and written skills that enable effective, emotive communication
- A passion and enthusiasm for Comic Relief’s brand and work
- Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
- Experience with marketing and brand Campaigns
- Awareness of corporate partnerships within the charity sector