Looking to join a high-performing, high-value team?
We are seeking an exceptionally talented Partnerships Manager to create and lead a compelling new business programme that will motivate and inspire strategic partners. If you are looking for a role with real, tangible impact in a charity that is making huge strides forward, this is the one for you…
Our new Partnerships Manager will play a key role in delivering ambitious growth by devising and implementing a new multi-year new business strategy to secure a portfolio of new strategic partners to deliver income, impact, and influence. This role will suit a brilliant strategic thinker with a passion for new business who has a natural aptitude for quickly establishing rapport and building relationships.
We’re looking for a spirited fundraising specialist with bags of energy and enthusiasm; someone with an impressive track record of securing partnerships from companies and trusts and foundations. Someone who is both inspired and inspiring about Practical Action’s work, as well as a motivational and dynamic manager of people with a current team of three.
Why join us?
The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values-driven and highly engaged colleagues, work-life balance, and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
Our new open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby near to the train station.
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
- Flexible working/hours – full-time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
- It is our practice normally that we operate a hybrid policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working (between 6-15 days per month).
- 27 days holiday in addition to public holidays which increases with the length of service.
- A pension scheme that new employees can join from day one of employment – (rules apply) employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.
- Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
- Cycle to Work scheme.
About us
We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting, and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience, and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK-registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, an independent development publishing company, and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Additional information
Practical Action believes that having a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace culture based on respect will enable us to be an effective organisation. We seek to create an inclusive workplace in which people are accepted as individuals, regardless of their differences and where they feel their contribution is valued. Practical Action is an equal opportunities employer and we encourage applications from under-represented groups.
We stay committed to cultivating an inclusive and diverse working environment and believe that people from different backgrounds or cultures give us different perspectives, and the more perspectives we have, the more successful we will be. By building a culture where everyone feels heard, respected, and valued we give everyone working with us the opportunity to achieve their full potential.
Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.
Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.
The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.
Closing date for applications: Monday 3rd April 2023
HOW TO APPLY
If you want to work for a charity with significant people ambitions, then we would like to hear from you. Download the full recruitment pack and then submit a copy of your CV and a supporting statement that describes your suitability for the role to [email protected]