Corporate Partnerships Manager (2994)

Do you want to help create a better world for animals? At the RSPCA, we believe animal welfare is everyone's welfare. Join us in creating a better world for every animal. We can do it if we work together, everyone for every animal.

Choose a career with us and make a difference.

We are looking for a Corporate Partnership Manager to lead, deliver and grow our existing corporate partnerships.

• Working hours: 35 hours / Monday – Friday
• Hybrid role: This is a hybrid role, with an expectation to attend the office once a week (Wednesdays) in either Horsham or London. The role also requires flexibility to undertake planned travel, including occasional overnight stays and weekend work.

It's important to us that you feel part of our team from the start. We like to keep in touch with regular check-ins and team meetings, and there's always a teammate around for support or a quick chat.

Are you ready to join our movement?

We think this role is going to be popular and are expecting to attract high interest, so we strongly encourage early applications to avoid missing out. The closing date is 3rd April.

It's an exciting time to join us in the decade of our bicentenary as we focus on our Strategy to 2030. The RSPCA works 365 days a year, rescuing all animals of all types from abuse, neglect, and injury. 

The postholder will manage existing corporate partnerships so that they are mutually beneficial, raise significant funds, create positive change in animal welfare and increase brand reach to the UK public for the RSPCA and our partners.

Here's some of the key work you'll be doing: 

• To account manage a portfolio of newly established and existing corporate partners, ensuring that each partner is appropriately supported and is reaching its full potential
• To set the vision and development plans for each partner, ensuring each has clear objectives, key performance indicators (KPIs) and milestones, with support from the Senior Corporate Partnership Manager
• Identify new opportunities to grow current partnerships, including developing powerful ideas, pitches and tailored proposals
• Promote a ‘partnership culture' across the RSPCA by building and maintaining strong working relationships with key internal stakeholders, involving them, where relevant, in the planning and delivery of corporate partnerships
• Line manage the Corporate Partnerships Executive, helping develop their skills and deliver on their partnerships

We think this is a great role and to add value we are seeking a match of these skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we'd still love to hear from you.

• Experience working within a charity, particularly within Corporate Partnerships is highly desired.
• Excellent organisational, prioritisation and planning skills
• Demonstrable skills to manage and lead others
• Confidence with financial processes and data manipulation
• Engaging communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence external partners
• The ability to undertake planned travel including overnight stays and weekend working

So if you have a positive, forward-thinking can-do approach to daily tasks and thrive in an inclusive people orientated environment then we'd love to hear from you! 

The interview process will consist of two stages:

• First round (virtual) Monday 13th or Tuesday 14th April with Jess Whiffin, Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager and Lorna Maffei, Senior Corporate Development Manager

Second round (in-person) Wednesday 22nd April with Jess Whiffin, Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager and Sarah Colberg, Interim Head of Corporate Partnerships

Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles will need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK - We are unable to sponsor visas at RSPCA

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible

We are building the future of a diverse Society, and our priority is to support animal welfare by finding people from all backgrounds who are committed  to our mission.  For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA. Your transferable skills & lived experiences could make you a valuable addition to our RSPCA Family! 

We're here to support you and encourage you to let us know if you need any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please feel free to contact us at resourcingteam@rspca.org.uk or 0300 123 0685 so we can ensure the process works for you.