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Head of Corporate Partnerships (Maternity Cover)
Reporting to: Director of Fundraising and Development
Direct reports: 5 Corporate Partnerships Manager x2, Snr Corporate Partnerships Manager, Account Management Lead, Partnerships Development Lead
Location of Work: Flexible, this post holder can be based at home, our London office or a hybrid approach working from home with office visits as required, we continue to seek to enable flexible and remote working. The role may involve some irregular travel throughout England and Scotland.
Contract Type: Ideally full-time, 35 hours per week, although part time / flexible hours may be considered. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work.
Contract Length: Permanent
Salary: £50,500
BACKGROUND
Magic Breakfast is a registered charity providing healthy breakfasts to children and young people in the UK who arrive at school too hungry to learn, and expert support to their schools. Over 200,000 children and young people are on roll at Primary, Secondary, ASL / Special Educational Needs Schools and Pupil Referral Units that the charity works with, in disadvantaged areas of Scotland and England. Providing breakfast ensures that children start their school day with the energy and nutrition they need to be able to make the most of their morning lessons. Magic Breakfast also undertakes research, and campaigns for long-term solutions to end hunger as a barrier to learning.
This is an exciting time to join Magic Breakfast if you wish to make a difference to the lives of children. We are expanding our team to meet the challenge of ending child morning hunger, both for now and for good.
JOB PURPOSE
Magic Breakfast’s mission is to end child morning hunger in the UK now and for good. The biggest team within the Fundraising and Development department, Corporate Partnerships are responsible for building and unlocking multi-layered and mutually beneficial relationships that go beyond, and include, critical financial support.
The Head of Corporate Partnerships is responsible for leading, empowering and enabling a dynamic, growing and ambitious team to maximise the potential of both cash and gift-in-kind income streams. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing strategic, mission-led focus and alignment across new partnership development and management whilst also playing a critical role as part of the wider Fundraising & Development leadership and Magic Breakfast core management group.
In recent years, our existing corporate fundraising programme has developed and grown and includes a volunteering programme that engages with over 200 volunteers a year. Our portfolio includes long-term strategic relationships with companies including Heinz, Amazon and New York Bakery Company as well as newer partnerships with companies such as Marriot Hotels. As the Head of the team, you will provide senior and strategic support to help deepen the impact of our many multi-faceted relationships whilst championing innovation and creativity throughout. You will also oversee the development of a targeted pipeline to ensure there are clear strategies for identification, cultivation, and stewardship and that partners are aligned with Magic Breakfast values and our Ethical Fundraising Policy.
To enable the success of the partnerships team, the successful candidate will work closely with other departments across the organisation to build effective relationships and identify and deliver opportunities for partners to deliver on and engage with our strategic objectives and campaigns.
As a member of the Senior Fundraising Leads and Core Management Group, the post holder will also show exceptional leadership, role model our core values, and support the development and delivery of the major giving and wider fundraising strategy, and the in-year management of our organisational objectives and KPIs.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy and Leadership
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Support the development and delivery of a new Fundraising & Development strategy, identifying and contributing specifically to sustainable and ambitious growth from corporate partners in line with the charity’s financial ambitions and strategic objectives
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Lead in convening colleagues to ensure the organisation can make empowered decisions and continue to grow in an informed and sustainable manner.
Income Generation and Donor Stewardship
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Manage a high-performing corporate fundraising team, providing leadership and support to set and implement an effective corporate fundraising strategy raising £3,400,000 in cash and £1,500,000 from GIK in 2024/25 with a focus on multi-year investment.
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Increase cash and gift-in-kind income from corporate partners by:
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Building the capacity of the new business function to grow a robust and diverse multi-year pipeline of prospects and support them in on-boarding new high value partnerships
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Building the capacity of the account management function to effectively steward, uplift and retain our existing partners, maximising added value opportunities for mutual benefit.
Reporting, Budgets and Financial Management
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Manage all aspects of the Corporate Partnerships team budget.
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Lead on the data capture and reporting on all corporate management cash and gift income via our Salesforce data base, reporting as necessary on opportunities, risk and any changes to forecast or projected income received.
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Conduct effective annual planning and budgeting in close collaboration with colleagues from across the organisation, setting, measuring, and reporting against agreed budget, KPIs and objectives
Core Management Group
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Lead the Corporate Partnerships team in line with Magic Breakfast’s values, supporting and managing them in line with Magic Breakfast’s policies and procedures.
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Develop the team’s collective capability through career development plans, which identify training opportunities (formal external training as well as via project allocation and involvement with external partners)
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Take an active role in setting, delivering, and evaluating progress against Corporate Partnerships team strategy and goals
Please read the full job description attached.
WHAT WE OFFER
At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work.
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25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
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long service leave ( 1 additional day per year)
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end of year closure
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enhanced pension
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cash back health plan
Please see our job pack below for more information
APPLICATION PROCESS
Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, hr@magicbreakfast. com
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Shortlisting - 19th - 21st August
First interview - 28th August
Second interview - 3rd September
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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FareShare
Job Description –Account Manager
Reporting to: Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager
Location: London/Hybrid - in person working on Mondays (either head office or local network office), with flexibility of home/office for the remainder of the week
Contract: 24 Month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: 35 Hours, week
Salary: £39,414- £41,488
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.
About FareShare
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 8,500 frontline charities and community groups.
The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.
Every year, more than three million tonnes of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost-of-living crisis is driving millions into food insecurity.
We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.
FareShare’s Strategy & Vision
Our vision is of a UK where ‘No good food goes to waste’.
Our mission is to use surplus, fit-for consumption food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting frontline charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of poverty.
Our values run through everything we do and set out a clear framework for us to approach our work: passion, ambition, respect, collaboration, and focus.
The role
We are seeking a fundraiser or an experienced account manager who relishes the excitement of exceeding income targets and developing strong relationships. You will identify opportunities to increase the value of your partnership portfolio and work closely with the Corporate Development Team to ensure the transition between new business and account management is seamless for both FareShare and our partners.
You will manage a portfolio of partners: designing and delivering tailored partnership plans and an innovative and personalised suite of partnership activity. You will work with colleagues across fundraising to ensure we maximise the value of our partnerships. We currently have partnerships with a large variety of exciting brands from Tesco to Oliver Bonas, McDonalds to Subway, Kellogg’s to Pink Lady apples and Bloomberg to Burberry – our partners support us in a variety of ways including cause related marketing campaigns, staff and customer fundraising, corporate donations and wider sponsorships and partnerships.
To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record of excellent partnership/relationship management and ideally have experience of delivering a variety of fundraising partnerships including commercial brand licensing. You will have excellent communication skills and will be comfortable negotiating bespoke deals and benefits packages and will lead renewal plans to secure and grow the support of current partners.
Cross team collaboration is crucial to the role and you will be able to demonstrate strong relationship building and influencing skills.
Main areas of responsibility
1. Deliver first rate account management of corporate partnerships and promotions with existing corporate partners to achieve objectives and build excellent relationships that facilitate future growth.
- Provide a high standard of professional relationship and account management to a portfolio of partners, delivering a mix of partnership types including; Charity of the Year, commercial brand partnerships/campaigns and retail partnerships
- Working with the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager and wider team to implement bespoke cultivation and stewardship strategies for each corporate partner, that encourage development of strategic, multi-faceted partnerships thinking creatively and entrepreneurially to maximise the value of each partnership and meet agreed targets and KPIs
- Ensure FareShare’s strategic priorities are addressed through our partnerships and that the brand is protected and appropriately valued
- Prepare and deliver engaging and confident presentations (both at one-to-one level and at a much larger scale)
- Establish, agree and monitor key milestones for each relationship
- Ensure that benefits are fulfilled and delivered on time
- Monitor and maintain systems and processes; including Salesforce database, financial accounting, pipeline, contracts and due diligence.
2. Work closely with internal project teams to maximise the potential for fundraising
- Work with the Corporate New Business function on the development of new partnerships and to ensure a smooth transition from new business to account management
- Work with other areas of Fundraising, the Food Team and Operations Team to maximise possibilities for partners and FareShare and to report to partners in a timely manner
- Work with Marketing and Communications Team to promote partnerships across FareShare and partner channels.
3. Legal, Compliance & Policies
- Efficient and effective management of commercial income activity ensuring compliance with GDPR, legal and charity regulation and FareShare’s own Ethical Gift Policy
- Manage all legal and financial aspects of partnership agreements
- Manage and work within FareShare’s IT systems and data guidelines
- Represent Fundraising where required on internal working groups
- Undertake training and skills development and keep up to date with the changing requirements of the role
- Undertake other duties as required
Person Specification
If you are a real team player with a proven track record in delivering exceptional account management, always meeting targets, as well as having excellent communication and relationship building skills, along with a tenacious approach, then we’d love to hear from you.
As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.
Essential
- Experience of providing excellent relationship management and stewardship with key external and internal stakeholders
- Demonstrable experience of managing high value six figure partnerships in either a charity or commercial environment ideally including commercial brand licensing
- Ability to create and deliver compelling tailor-made pitches, business plans and proposals to meet corporate objectives
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels
- Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects with competing deadlines
- Experience of financial management
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills with experience creating legal agreements
- Commercial awareness with knowledge of various corporate sectors and relevant VAT considerations
- Target driven, proactive and creative
- Evidence of – using data, insight and creativity
Desirable
- Experience of working with FMCG brands and retailers
- Experience of working in a third sector environment
- Experience of using Salesforce or a similar database
- Line Management experience
- Understanding of the Institute of Fundraising’s Code of Practice, data protection and other relevant legislation, guidance and good practice
- Understanding of GDPR requirements
Competencies and behaviours
A commitment to Equal Opportunities. An understanding of, and sympathy with FareShare’s mission Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team and across other internal teams.
Benefits
- Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
- 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Employers pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
This is a great time to join the team at Haven House as a Corporate Governance Lead.
This exciting role will give the successful candidate the opportunity to work directly with the CEO, SLT and Trustees providing practical support.
As the Corporate Governance Lead, you will oversee the charity’s key corporate governance documents, including the Articles of Association and the Board Assurance Framework alongside being the Policy Manager for the organisation.
If you are a clear, confident communicator and have excellent planning skills, attention to detail, effective at managing your own time and multi-tasking then get in touch today. You will need to have a good understanding of the principles of good meeting practice, governance and decision-making and you should be comfortable building and managing relationships with senior stakeholders, and happy working at pace. Whether it’s helping produce a report or capturing a senior level discussion, throughout your work you will need to place an emphasis on clarity and business-value.
If this role sounds right for you and you have the right skills and experience, please do download the job description, and apply by returning the application form to the resourcing team.
Benefits
As an employee you will be entitled to the following range of benefits:
- Hybrid office/home-based arrangement
- 27 days' annual leave pro rata
- Pension scheme (company matches contribution up to 7%)
- Free onsite parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care voucher scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Blue Light Card discount scheme
If you are a potential candidate who would like to have an informal chat with someone about the role before applying, please email the resourcing team and we will be in touch.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.
Closing date: 23 August 2024
Interview date: TBA
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Lewisham Local connects the community to give, share and work together to create happier and healthier communities. We are growing and want to engage local people to give their time, money and skills to make a difference in Lewisham.
You will lead an exciting and unique local giving programme, engaging new communities of givers, leading impactful campaigns to raise awareness of the good causes and needs in Lewisham and develop a legacy of local giving in Lewisham.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
· Work closely with the Committee and key stakeholders focusing on a shared vision, mission of Lewisham Giving and to successfully deliver the strategy.
· Produce an annual plan of work that sets out the key priorities and activities for Lewisham Giving and is approved by the Committee
· Proactively establish and nurture a network of businesses, residents, community organisations, and individuals who will contribute time, money, skills, opportunities and connections to ensure a sustainable Giving model for Lewisham.
· Commission or carry out research as necessary to understand unmet need and inform plans to maximise impact.
· Further develop the giving model for Lewisham through co-design with residents and other relevant agencies and monitor and report on their impact.
For futher information please refer to the full job description and person sepcification attached below.
Closing date: Sunday 25th August 2024
Interview date: Thursday 5th September 2024
About the recruitment:
We are committed to our staff team reflecting the diversity of the communities we serve and strongly welcome applications from minority communities.
Shortlisted candidates who outline their skills and experience in the 2-page covering letter that matches the essential criteria will be interviewed. Two references from the previous and current employer will be taken up for the successful candidate, and where necessary employers may be contacted to gather further information.
We are committed to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children, where appropriate may require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Shortlisted candidates who outline their skills and experience in the 2-page covering letter that matches the essential criteria will be interviewed.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Closing Date: 18 August 2024
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Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for an influential and collaborative individual to join us as a Partnerships Manager with proven experience in either corporate partnerships, within the commercial sector, or partnerships more widely.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About you
As our Partnerships Manager, act as the day-to-day lead manager and central point of contact for major partnerships, ensuring the full potential value of these partnerships are maximised. You will work closely with our Programme Management team to support the successful delivery of our Programme for our global top ten partnerships.
You will develop and deliver long term growth strategies for our partnerships, proactively identifying and pursuing new opportunities that align with Save the Children and our partners priorities.
Additionally, you will achieve and exceed income targets or agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set for the partnership, leveraging resources to support the achievement of partnership's goals, monitor progress, and evaluate benefits.
In this role, you will:
- Develop and maintain trusted relationships with key stakeholders and partners, supporting them in ethical storytelling and communication efforts.
- Achieve financial and non-financial targets by creating and implementing detailed strategies for short-term income and long-term growth.
- Monitor and manage income, expenditure, and resources, providing regular forecasting and analysis to ensure financial objectives are met.
- Collaborate internally across Save the Children and with external markets to leverage resources and experience, ensuring partnerships align with organizational values and policies.
- Prepare and adapt various communications, including presentations, proposals, social media content, and reports, tailored to different audiences.
- Support senior colleagues and the broader Partnerships & Philanthropy team, including potential UK or international travel and engagement with legal and marketing teams for contract and project execution.
To be successful, it is important that you have:
- A growth mindset to drive forward progress with vision, energy, creativity and in a proactive nature. Strong communication skills combined with strong project management, organisational and relationship building skills.
- You will also have solid experience of managing complex partnerships, or within the commercial sector, to demonstrate the key elements required to succeed in this role.
- Experience in, or a strong desire and willingness to learn about international development.
- Experience in managing growth opportunities/sales pipeline, with solid outcomes and results.
- Ability to focus on the achievement of financial targets and views issues in terms of costs, profits, markets and added values.
What we offer you:
- Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- To have the best (and happiest) employees we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
- You can find our employment offer here.
Closing Date: August 18th, 2024
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
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Job Title: Corporate Partnerships - New Business Manager
Reporting To: Senior Manager – Partnership Development & New Business
Contract Type: Full-time
Principal Location: London
Salary Range: £38,000-46,000
About us:
Street Child, one of the world’s fastest-growing international children’s charities, are searching for an impressive and experienced corporate partnerships, new business minded professional to play a key role in continuing the organisation's extraordinary growth - from a start-up, aiming to support 100 children into school in Sierra Leone under 15-years ago, to our current status operating in 20+ countries and having recently reached over one million children since our inception.
Corporate Partnerships constitutes a key strategic growth area and income stream for Street Child, especially of unrestricted/flexible funds - and is one we are committed to significantly developing as a key pilar of our plans for continued growth. Live major partners include the likes of Liberty Global plc, UBS, Accenture, Infosys and Boodles the jewellers - as well as 70+ other firms, supporting at different levels, ranging from niche outfits to household brands. For the past few years Street Child, in collaboration with corporate partners, has hosted events at Davos, the UN General Assembly, and at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona - exciting initiatives that provided fantastic platforms, that we are keen to build on, with the support of this role.
We believe we offer a compelling corporate partnership proposition - high-quality, innovative, data-driven programming that protect and educate children in some of the world’s toughest situations; leverage potential via UN, philanthropic and Government matching grants; superb, agile and highly responsive donor service, with strong ability and willingness to tailor solutions; outstanding communications; and an entrepreneurial, commercial ethos.
The role:
We believe Street Child has a huge opportunity to achieve even more growth in the Corporate Partnerships sector by diversifying our coverage and relationships into new industries and growth markets. The New Business Manager role will play a key role in leading our New Business activity outside of our existing portfolio. Reporting to our recently appointed Senior Manager for Partnership and New Business, your role will involve:
1. Core New Business activity: Researching and development of prospect lists for priority industries to implement New Business campaigns capable of securing multi-year high value partnerships. Responsibility for building Street Child’s network of corporate relationships and growing pipeline of corporate partnership opportunities.
2. Partnership and proposition development: Working closely with our colleagues in the Corporate Partnerships and Global Programme Funding teams to develop engaging and impactful partnership plans and project propositions, focusing on priority countries and programmes to support Street Child’s strategy and mission.
3. Corporate engagement with events: Utilising the portfolio of events Street Child has across the year to engage and steward corporate relationships, including Street Child owned events and external events including the World Economic Forum and UN General Assembly.
4. Supporting on cross-organisational fundraising activations: Leading on new corporate engagement activities, including new fundraising and sponsorship activations, to support cross-organisational initiatives including our Spring Gala, annual Back to School Campaign and other key milestones throughout the year.
Key activities in this role:
- Development of New Business engagement plans – identifying, researching, engaging and cultivating new corporate prospects and relationships;
- Implementing ambitious New Business campaigns to target priority industries, including the oversight of prospecting and marketing mapping activity;
- Management of new business pipeline and prospect lists, including use and maintenance of corporate prospects data on CRM;
- Close collaboration with Partnership Development and Account Management teams to promote best practice corporate donor stewardship and partnership delivery;
- Active networking and attending various international events to maximise New Business opportunities;
- Consistent, proactive New Business activity via Street Child networks and cold approaches;
- Searching for suitable open corporate partnership opportunities/calls to apply to and working with colleagues to submit high quality applications;
- Supporting our corporate advocacy events, including inviting new corporate attendees for Street Child events - and working with colleagues to help plan/strategise Street Child presence as appropriate (including Davos, UNGA);
- Working with colleagues to develop our corporate propositions – both fundraising products and exciting, innovative new project proposals alongside our Programme Funding teams.
Key qualities:
- Highly credible, with strong all-round communication skills;
- Comfortable and excited about networking at high profile events including the World Economic Forum in Davos;
- New Business mentality but with a highly strategic mind and passion for creating genuine value-exchange partnerships between the NGO and private sector;
- Personable, tenacious, resilient, imaginative, ambitious;
- Team-worker;
- Flexible and agile – you will enjoy working in a fast-paced, fluid working environment focused on growth;
- Strong corporate fundraising and/or corporate background (preferably in sales/marketing);
- This is an exciting role in a small team with hugely ambitious and exciting global growth plans in the coming years. This role will be at the heart of our rapidly growing organisation making a great difference to the lives of children living in the world’s lowest resource and most dangerous humanitarian contexts. You will have huge support - but also a lot of scope to make the role your own and choose your path to impact. The opportunity here for impact, and career progression, is vast.
We will consider candidates with two types of backgrounds:
1. Proven superb, corporate fundraising track-records, ideally in the international development/humanitarian sector (or otherwise demonstrating strong development/humanitarian knowledge and clear passion for the sector); &/or
2. A compelling, commercial background - coupled with a super clear desire to use your skills and experience in the humanitarian/development space, and the ability to rapidly build relevant technical skills and knowledge.
A prior background in international development/humanitarian is preferred but is not essential. A strong commitment to Street Child's cause is essential.
The role is envisaged as UK-based but is global in scope. A willingness to travel is expected. The ideal candidate would work full-time; and physically in our City of London office for a minimum 3 days of the week – with some flexibility considered for outstanding candidates.
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Corporate New Business Lead (fundraising) Place of work: Hybrid/Flexible with a requirement to attend our offices in Hatfield, Herts, at least once a month.
We are seeking an experienced, confident, and proactive person to join our team. You will be an integral part of the charity, leading on the majority of new business within our Corporate Partnerships Team, building your own pipeline, and partnerships, whilst acting as resident expert for external corporate opportunities.
Join Our Team!
Salary: £34,000 - £38,000 (35 hours FTE) depending on experience
Hours: Full Time (35 hrs per week)
Place of work: Hybrid/Flexible with a requirement to attend our offices in Hatfield, Herts, at least once a month.
You will be ambitious in vision, feeling confident to develop strategic multi-year partnerships from the beginning. This is a role you can really make your own and know that your success does make a difference. By succeeding in this, we are helping to build better diagnosis, better care and better lives for everyone affected by Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
About us
We're the UK's leading charity for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
A diagnosis of Crohn’s or Colitis is life-changing. Over 500,000 people in the UK are living with a lifelong disease many people have never heard of, and for which there is no known cure.
Crohn’s & Colitis UK funds research, provides award winning information and support and raises vital awareness by increasing the public’s understanding of the conditions, and what it means to live with debilitating symptoms. But we need to do more. We need to be a louder voice in the marketplace. Our ambitious plans for 2024, will help to make a real difference to every supporter’s journey with us. If this excites you - join us!
About you
The role is suited to someone who:
- Has a proven new business track-record developing partnerships with commercial and corporate organisations across multiple sectors, ideally operating at five and six figures
- Experience of managing corporate fundraising partnerships, ideally from within the charity sector
- Demonstrable knowledge of the commercial sector and how to access decision makers
- Enthusiastic, highly motivated, and a good networker
- Confident in presenting and pitching presentations to a variety of stakeholders
- Both empathetic and resilient, with an open, honest, and flexible approach to work
- Enjoys a challenge, is self-motivated and is open to new ideas
- Excellent project and time management skills, with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities
- Good numeracy skills and ability to analyse and report on financial performance
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Is a strategic thinker, and a team player.
- Is a fantastic communicator, able to build and maintain effective relationships with our stakeholders.
- Has experience of working with databases
A full description of the role and responsibilities can be found within the job pack.
Benefits of working for Crohn’s & Colitis UK
If you are successful, you will be joining a dynamic organisation with an amazing culture. We offer competitive that include:
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing one day per year up to 30 days
- Pension scheme
- Flexible working options
- Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Wellbeing programme
- Interest free loan for season tickets
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking and secure bike locks
- Training and development financial support and/or study leave
- Performance review and development scheme
How to apply
Please submit a CV and supporting statement outlining why you’d like to apply, how you fulfil the person specification, and what you feel you will bring to the role, so you’ll need to refer to the Recruitment Pack.
Closing Date: Monday 12th August 9.00am
Please note: no applications will move forward within the recruiting process without a supporting statement. Applications will be assessed as and when they are received, and interviews arranged, so we may close the position before the closing date if a suitable candidate is found.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to the applicant residing in the UK and a valid right to work in the UK being provided.
We will not be accepting any contact from Recruitment Agencies or Media Sales
We break taboos, drive pioneering research, bring people together & campaign to improve lives. We are leading the fight against Crohn's & Colitis
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
GoodWork is a young and fast growing non-profit, supporting employers to offer fairer opportunities to young people from marginalised communities.
We partner with progressive businesses to bring diverse talent into entry-level roles, giving young people the opportunity to prove themselves without requiring unpaid internships or elite degrees to get ahead. Our flagship early careers programme supports 18-25 year olds from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to build their employability skills, access tailored support and transition into sustained employment aligned with their goals.
Key Info
- Part time, 0.6 FTE. Working days and pattern negotiable.
- 8 month Fixed Term Contract from October 2024 (start date negotiable), with potential to extend.
- Salary: £22,800 pro rated (FTE £38,000) with 4% employer pension contribution.
- Hybrid (London), one day a week in-person with the team at Fivefields, with the option to spend up to 10 days per month in the office.
- 25 days holiday per year (pro rated), plus Bank Holidays and additional leave during our annual Winter Break between Christmas and New Year.
- Appointment is subject to Enhanced DBS Check. GoodWork operates in line with safe recruitment practices and adherence to our Safeguarding Policy is essential.
About the role
We’re hiring our first Corporate Fundraising Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to join us at a key moment in our growth and shape our approach to corporate fundraising for the future. We’re aiming to generate £100,000 of corporate partnership income in the next twelve months, while laying strong foundations for growth from there.
You’ll report directly to and work closely with our CEO in expanding our network of corporate partners to increase our income, the opportunities we can offer young people and the scale of our impact.
You’ll be:
- Leading on identifying, researching, engaging and converting new corporate prospects and relationships. We work with a range of partners, including Wild Cosmetics, PA Consulting and Newsflare.
- Management of new business pipeline and prospect lists, including use and maintenance of corporate prospects data via Airtable.
- Proactive networking with early careers, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility leaders to develop new partnerships that grow GoodWork’s impact.
- Working with the CEO to develop our propositions, periodically refreshing our corporate offer with creative ideas, proposals and content to inspire decision makers.
- Maintaining and strengthening relationships with existing corporate partners in order to generate sustainable income and opportunities for young people.
- Getting involved with the delivery of our programme, to build your understanding of our mission and how we work with young people. This might involve mentoring one of our programme participants, supporting workshop delivery or interview coaching as a small part of your role, helping you stay close to the heart of what we do.
What we’re looking for
We are looking for someone with a track record of securing significant income and managing corporate relationships. There is scope for this to become a permanent, full-time position and for the successful candidate to become a key member of GoodWork’s leadership team as the organisation grows.
- A strong track-record in corporate fundraising, with demonstrable evidence of five-figure new business income generation.
- We will also consider candidates with proven business development experience in the private sector, with a well-articulated desire to move into the third sector and ability to rapidly build relevant knowledge and skills.
- Drive, ambition, strategic and creative thinking, with the ability to frame propositions to deliver mutual benefits for both GoodWork and our prospective partners.
- Tenacity and resilience, able to adapt and persist in the face of challenges and rejections.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills, with experience of managing stakeholder relationships and networking at all levels.
- Strong organisational skills and proactivity, able to work at pace and deliver to a high standard.
- Understanding of and alignment to our mission. You don’t need experience in the early careers, youth or education sector, however we expect the successful candidate to be able to clearly articulate their passion for our mission and desire to drive our work forwards.
We work with a diverse group of young people from marginalised communities. We particularly encourage applications from minority ethnic candidates and those who have lived experience relevant to our programme, particularly non-graduates and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
Ways of working
Our team works together in-person two days a week at Fivefields (Mon/Thurs) and we’d like our Corporate Fundraising Manager to join us for at least one of these days.
This contract is for 0.6 FTE (22.5 hours per week). We work flexibly, provided all our team can fulfil the requirements of their roles and collaborate effectively with colleagues. With this in mind, we’re open to requests to split these hours across three or four days of the week as best suits the successful candidate.
You’ll need to be able to attend occasional in-person events, including possible evening sessions for which time off in lieu will be given. You should also expect to attend regular in-person meetings with our London-based employer partners.
How to apply
- Apply via our online form by 09:00 on Monday 19 August. You’ll need to submit a CV of no more than two pages and answer the following questions in no more than 1,700 characters (about 250 words) each.
- Why are you a good fit for this role? Please tell us about your relevant personal and/or professional experience.
- Why do you want to work for GoodWork?
- Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a one-hour online interview between 27 August and 5 September.
- The final stage will involve an opportunity to meet the team, task and in-person pitch at our office between 9 and 16 September. If you get to this stage, you’ll be reimbursed for your time.
- An offer will be made subject to referencing and satisfactory completion of an Enhanced DBS check. The successful candidate will start as soon as possible, dependent on any notice periods in their existing role.
If you have questions that are not answered here, or requests for adjustments to the application process, please contact us via email and we’ll do our best to support.
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Join us at Zoe's Place Baby Hospice, where we’re seeking a dynamic individual to become part of our successful corporate team.
Your expertise will be crucial in managing our small/medium corporate partnerships as well as supporting new business income. You'll work closely with our Senior Corporate Fundraiser, providing excellent stewardship to our partners and delivering a remarkable supporter experience. If you're adept at building new relationships and nurturing existing ones, this role has your name written all over it.
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At The Lullaby Trust our vision is clear: a world where no baby dies suddenly or unexpectedly, and every grieving family gets the support they need. We exist to keep babies safe and support bereaved families.
We give families a safer start to life and create a supportive space for anyone whose baby or infant has died suddenly or unexpectedly. We empower families and health professionals with trusted advice on keeping babies safe, backed by research, and provide grieving families with bereavement support, side-by-side.
Since 1991 we have reduced the rate of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by 82% and saved the lives of over 32,000 babies. But our work is not over, as three babies still die suddenly and unexpectedly a week.
As the Corporate Partnerships Manager, you’ll play a vital role in securing funding from companies and businesses to help drive forward our work. We rely completely on voluntary funding to fund our work, and our corporate partnerships play a huge role in enabling us to do this, year after year. The successful candidate will be starting with an excellent baseline and portfolio but will really be able to build the pipeline, taking our partnerships to the next strategic level.
The Corporate Partnerships Manager will:
- Account manage a range of corporate partnerships from cause related marketing, to charity of the year and staff fundraising
- Build a new business pipeline and secure new partners
- Line manage the Senior Trusts and Foundations Officer within the high-value team
- Work with the wider Income and Engagement team to deliver to income targets
It is a key time to be joining The Lullaby Trust as we develop our new brand positioning, new website and creative direction, to help us reach more families and supporters than ever. We are a friendly, flexible employer and want to create a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.
If this excites you, we would love to hear from you. For more information on the role and how to apply, please download our job pack
For every baby. For every family. Forever. Together, we can keep babies safe.
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The Baytree Centre (registered charity no 1175145) is a women and girls social inclusion project based in the heart of Brixton, working to support local women and girls from some of the most deprived wards in Lambeth. Inspired by Catholic Social Teaching, we aim to build confidence and self-esteem, promote aspirations, broaden horizons, and help our beneficiaries to improve life chances for themselves, their families, and their communities. Our programmes include academic activities and education support; one-to-one coaching and mentoring; skills development; and positive and well-being activities.
Pivotal to the success and delivery of the Centre’s programmes is our Fundraising Team's work to fund our programmes.
Overall Purpose of Role
The Corporate and Individual Donor Manager will play a leading role in driving our fundraising strategy, cultivating and maintaining relationships with corporate partners and individual donors to secure vital funding for our programmes. This role demands a strategic thinker with exceptional communication skills and a proven track record in donor management and fundraising.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Corporate Donor Management
- Develop and implement a targeted corporate fundraising strategy to significantly grow corporate donations.
- Identify and research potential corporate partners, aligning their CSR objectives with the mission of The Baytree Centre.
- Create compelling proposals and presentations tailored to corporate donors, highlighting the mutual benefits of partnership.
- Establish and nurture relationships with key decision-makers within corporations, ensuring ongoing engagement and support.
- Plan and execute corporate fundraising campaigns and events to drive donor engagement and increase contributions.
- Collaborate with the Communications Manager to create bespoke corporate sponsorship packages and marketing materials.
- Monitor and evaluate the success of corporate fundraising activities, adjusting strategies as necessary to achieve targets.
Individual Donor Management
- Develop and execute a strategy to grow individual donations, including major gifts, regular giving, and one-off contributions.
- Identify and engage potential individual donors through research, networking, and targeted outreach.
- Craft personalised communication plans to build strong, long-term relationships with individual donors.
- Organise and manage donor recognition programmes and events to acknowledge and celebrate donor contributions.
- Create and launch innovative fundraising campaigns, leveraging digital platforms and social media to reach a broader audience.
- Develop and distribute impactful fundraising appeals and newsletters to inspire and retain individual donors.
- Analyse donor data to identify trends and opportunities for growth, providing regular reports to senior management.
General Responsibilities
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure a cohesive approach to fundraising and donor engagement.
- Stay informed about fundraising trends and best practices, incorporating this knowledge into fundraising strategies.
- Provide regular performance reports and updates to the senior management team.
- Ensure compliance with fundraising regulations and ethical standards.
Person Specification
- Knowledge and experience in working with the corporate sector
- Proven experience in corporate and individual donor fundraising, preferably within the charity sector.
- Strong understanding of the fundraising landscape and donor management principles.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Strong organisational and project management skills.
- Proficiency in using fundraising databases and CRM systems.
- A proactive, results-oriented approach with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Passion for the mission and values of The Baytree Centre.
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We are looking to recruit a creative and ambitious Fundraising and Communications Manager. A key focus of the role is the development of our donor management systems and corporate partnerships, whilst providing strategic oversight of the charity’s internal and external communications. Bid-writing expertise is desirable but not essential. We are looking for a highly effective individual with demonstrable and relevant fundraising experience, as well as excellent planning, organisational and people skills. The Fundraising and Communications Manager will ensure we take a strategic approach to fundraising that ensures the charity’s income will support our growth and development in the years ahead, in line with our 2030 Strategy.
This is a great opportunity to bring established skills and experience to bear in a local organisation undertaking groundbreaking work in a range of exciting areas. The Fundraising and Communications Manager will work alongside colleagues with a wealth of experience at Sufra, and will collaborate closely with the local community and a wide range of local partners and donors. Your input and collaboration will support the charity’s work developing innovative food access models and civic engagement programmes, as well as our efforts campaigning to change the policies that perpetuate poverty.
We would encourage applications from local residents, with knowledge of the London Borough of Brent. We’re open to applications from anyone with relevant experience, but we are particularly interested in hearing from those with the following:
- Accredited Fundraising and/or Communications Qualification OR Equivalent Experience
- 3+ years of relevant fundraising experience in a charity of a similar size or larger than Sufra
- Experience in the strategic management of marketing and communications
- Line Management and supervision
- Budget Management
- CRM development and management
- Proven numeracy and data analysis skills
- Excellent written communication skills, including writing creative and impactful copy
- Ability to work with others collaboratively
- Advanced IT Skills (Microsoft Office, Teams,
SharePoint, Mailchimp, CRM systems) - Honest and Trustworthy
- Positive, Friendly & Hard-working
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment and manage different projects at once
- A self-starter with a can-do attitude
- Commitment to the Values of Sufra
This is an exciting opportunity to join our small but mighty team in a strategically important position as manager of our flagship Fair Water Footprints Programme. Over the past 15 years Water Witness has carved out a key role in holding governments, business, and investors to account for sustainable water management. In 2021 this work triggered the Glasgow Declaration for Fair Water Footprints - a breakthrough moment at COP26, when twenty-eight founding Signatories committed to end the abuse of water in our supply chains and establish water stewardship as the global business norm by 2030. With our partners we have secured significant funds to take forward and scale up this groundbreaking work which will harness trade, enterprise, and civic engagement to drive water justice and climate resilience as part of the UK’s Just Transition for Water Security.
The Programme Manager will be accountable for coordinating and delivering our contributions to the Fair Water Footprint Programme. These will include: the production and dissemination of influential water footprint assessments; pioneering new research and on-the-ground investigations; participatory planning, technical support and training with diverse partners; development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of action plans, advocacy and communication campaigns to secure improved water security for millions of people and systemic change at a sectoral and global scale.
The successful candidate will use their exceptional organisational and communication skills, technical know-how and experience of multi-stakeholder engagement and policy influence to shape this world-changing initiative and ensure impact. They will represent Water Witness at the highest levels, to convene and work constructively with leaders from public, private and financial sectors, civil society, and academia, to co-lead a partner coordination unit, and ensure value for money and impact through sub-contracts and grants.
This new position will play a central role in delivery of our wider 2030 Strategy, will support our country teams and line manage a Programme Officer. Once established they will take on a wider remit for effective delivery across our portfolio of exciting programmes. The post will suit a high-calibre professional seeking the next step in their career as an influential leader for social justice and sustainable development. We seek someone who shares our values, who thrives in a fast-paced setting and who will be as equally comfortable facilitating participatory processes with remote communities, as when compiling high-quality reports within tight deadlines, or shaping evidence and diplomacy to sway Ministers, CEOs and the global media.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you looking for an engaging, fulfilling, and varied role? Young Enterprise is looking for a new Educational Partnerships Manager in Tees Valley with some work in North Yorkshire and County Durham. To succeed in the role it is vital that you can travel extensively across the region and into North Yorkshire so the candidate will ideally live in the area.
Young Enterprise is a national charity working directly with young people, teachers, and volunteers, helping young people prepare for their future. This role supports the continued development of YE’s impact by providing young people with opportunities to engage in YE’s enterprise and financial education programmes building vital skills, developing an enterprising mindset, supporting them to build their future and enabling them to make a positive contribution to their community and society.
As Educational Partnerships Manager you will be a key contributor to the regional educational partnerships team, supporting the team to achieve shared KPIs for the region and the wider organisation. The role of Educational Partnerships Manager involves working directly with young people and teachers in schools that are delivering / supporting the delivery of our Young Enterprise programmes.
The Educational Partnerships Manager role will suit someone who can work with young people, build rapport and engage young people from a range of backgrounds. You will need to be confident in working within education settings and liaising with school staff, volunteers, and corporate volunteers. This can be a varied role, but a very exciting role as well as very rewarding. Your experience in relationship development and management will help with developing new schools as well as supporting existing school relationships. There is not an exhaustive list but is to provide you with a flavour of the role.
We are looking for:
· A motivated self-starter
· Ability to develop new relationships with range of stakeholders and support existing ones
· Confident and happy in presenting and delivering to large audiences
· Good organisational, prioritising, and problem-solving skills, with the resilience to work effectively under pressure
· Excellent manner, rapport and professionalism with young people
· An understanding or experience of managing relationships with volunteers
· A great promoter and inspirer in helping young people achieve their potential
· Computer literacy with understanding of word, excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams
You'll be working alongside an experienced and passionate small regional team, with a 'can-do' ethos of supporting each other and sharing knowledge across programmes and geographies.
Why work for us?
· People-focussed with a friendly and supportive work-place culture
· An active commitment to equality and diversity
· Access to mentoring scheme with a corporate partner
· Generous holiday allowance of 7.2 weeks (pro rata)
· Access to NHS top-up scheme, for money back on expenses such as dental and optical
· Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
· Cycle-to-work scheme
· Group Life Assurance
This is a home-based role, however, will require significant travel in Tees Valley and some travel to parts of North Yorkshire and County Durham so the candidate will ideally live in the area.A DBS will be required.
To apply, please send your CV – with a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining why you think you would be right for this opportunity by no later than midday on 2nd August 2024. Please note applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Social mobility will be at the heart of Young Enterprise’s future strategy, what measures would you take to ensure that those most in need receive the support of our programmes and services?
Please prepare a presentation of no more than 5mins to outline your approach with young people, educators and business partners.
Interviews will be held on 13th August.
Although we endeavour to respond to all applications, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date you should consider your application unsuccessful.
Social mobility will be at the heart of Young Enterprise’s future strategy, what measures would you take to ensure that those most in need receive the support of our programmes and services?
Please prepare a presentation of no more than 5mins to outline your approach with young people, educators and business partners
We empower young people to discover, develop and celebrate their skills and potential.
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Percival are excited to be working exclusively with Asthma + Lung UK to help them recruit for a Corporate New Business Manager to join their growing team. Asthma + Lung UK’s mission is to be the driving force behind the transformation of lung health. They do this by changing perceptions of lung health and campaigning for its prioritisation, supporting those affected with information, advice, and practical help.
You will be joining a brilliant Corporate Partnerships team with big ambitions for growth in a well-established Fundraising Department. The main focus of this role will be to generate new, long term and sustainable income through the acquisition and cultivation of new corporate partners. Your work will be vital; enabling them to fund research to find new treatments and cures, support people who struggle to breathe to take control of their lives and to campaign for better lung health.
Job Title: Corporate New Business Manager
Salary: £38,000-£42,000
Contract Type: Full-time, permanent (35 hours per week)
Location: Hybrid, London E1
Department: Corporate Partnerships Team
Reports to: Head of Corporate Partnerships
You will be creating and managing a new business pipeline of prospects to approach for new funding. You will be working closely with the Head of Corporate Partnerships to diversity their new business portfolio with a specific focus on targeting corporates within the health sector, for five figure level plus partnerships. Working towards set targets, you will be responsible throughout the whole partnerships process from identifying prospects, cultivation, proposals, pitching and negotiation to secure new corporate support.
To be successful in this role, you will:
- Have demonstrable experience securing five + figure gifts from corporates and have consistently met and exceeded team and individual targets.
- Be confident in creating emotive, tailored and compelling proposals for prospects and delivering on successful pitches and presentations.
- Thrive in a target driven environment
- Be a keen ambassador for lung health across the UK and stay abreast of key market trends and opportunities.
Recruitment Process Timeline -
Application Deadline: Tuesday 30th July
1st Stage Interviews: TBC
We value diversity and know how important it is for charities to fairly represent their beneficiaries, therefore we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
The team at Percival are committed to your journey as a candidate and will provide any necessary support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please don’t hesitate to contact Madeleine on [email protected]
To apply, simply submit your CV. Should you meet the requirements, we will provide you with the full job description and arrange a call or meeting to provide further information about the next steps. Please note you may be required to complete a cover letter in order to submit a full application. To fully understand what we will do with your data, please review our policy
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