Job Summary
This role involves identifying and nurturing valuable relationships with businesses to maximise funding, volunteer recruitment, and other philanthropic opportunities.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Corporate Partnerships Manager and the wider Philanthropy Department to secure and nurture partnerships with small to medium-sized organisations that provide financial support for programmes.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Identify and persuade small to medium-sized businesses to fund specific schools in Action Tutoring regions as part of a pilot 'local champions' scheme.
* Drive new applications from potential corporate volunteer tutors to meet growth targets in each region, for both face-to-face and online delivery.
* Generate regular reports and communicate updates to volunteer partners to demonstrate the value and impact of their volunteers and financial support.
* Support programme staff to develop local partnerships through businesses and public sector links.
* Maintain accurate records of recruitment channels and relationships; use data to analyse the effectiveness of different recruitment channels.
Key Skills and Qualifications
* Excellent relationship building and networking skills with stakeholders.
* Ability to manage varied workload and work on own initiative.
* Highly organised with excellent time management skills.
* Able to adapt communication depending on audience.
* Confident public speaker and able to present well to various audiences.
* Collaborative and open to new ideas.
* Computer literate with Microsoft Office skills.
* Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.