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 Plan International UK is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future. 

Key Responsibilities 
Strategy 
• Work with the Corporate Partnerships Manager to devise, develop and implement strategies and detailed action plans for each of the corporate partners under your responsibility. 
• Supported by the Corporate Partnerships Manager, ensure that corporate partnerships within your portfolio, and those you support, are managed within an agreed strategy and to targets which fit within Plan International UK’s business plan, strategic objectives and ethical guidelines. 

Partnership Management 
• Manage and support a portfolio of corporate partnerships – providing excellent account management and maximising their value by e.g. engaging customers and staff, securing pro-bono support and cause-related marketing products 
• Act as the lead professional representative of Plan International UK for the accounts you manage 
• Contribute to the development and delivery of communication and marketing plans for your partnerships 

New Business Development 
• Take the lead on developing proposals to secure renewals and additional funding from partners and ensure partnerships that are aligned with Plan International UK’s strategy and values 
• Research and identify new business prospects related to accounts 
• Provide support to Corporate Business Development team for cultivation opportunities and stewardship events for potential new donors 
• Provide support to the Corporate Partnerships team on high level strategic partnerships and help to coordinate and deliver pitches where necessary. 

Networking and Sector Knowledge 
• Attend appropriate networking and stakeholder events 
• Keep track of competitor performance in corporate partnerships and analyse trends in order to ensure we are able to anticipate and respond well to opportunities 
• Monitor developments and trends in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) and corporate engagement. 

Essential Criteria 
• Experience of working in a busy corporate fundraising team or a corporate environment, managing key relationships and accounts 
• Able to communicate effectively with stakeholders – both in writing and through presentations with the ability to adapt styles to meet the needs of different audiences both tactfully and diplomatically 
• Able to network with and influence senior people both internally and externally 
• A team player with an innate ability to collaborate and network and form effective and constructive working relationships across the whole organisation 
• Able to manage projects successfully within time and budget and effectively manage, monitor and negotiate donor budgets and licencing agreements 
• Solutions focussed, with the ability to identify and propose solutions to drive forward continuous improvement 
• Open to change and able to demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach 
• Highly proactive – able to work on own initiative with a flexible attitude to work to effectively manage a wide and varied workload, using strong organisational skills 
• Experience, understanding of growing and upgrading accounts and developing different strands within partnerships e.g. cause related marketing, employee fundraising, brand partnerships