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Age UK is currently recruiting for a passionate Senior Corporate Partnerships Executive to join our award-winning Partnership Management team.
As Senior Corporate Partnerships Executive you will help manage and deliver key areas of activity with a 7 figure, multi-year corporate partner for Age UK - Dunelm. We anticipate this will be circa 80% of the role. The remaining time will be managing a portfolio of smaller corporate partners for us. Going above and beyond to ensure that our corporate partners feel valued and connected to our cause, you'll use your creativity and networking skills to identify future growth opportunities that match the mission and priorities of Age UK and older people.
With a strong passion to support older people, solid account management experience, and excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills; as a Senior Corporate Partnerships Executive you'll be able to manage diverse projects and have a proven track record in securing income.
This is a hybrid opportunity, a blend of homebased and office working. Our linked office for this role is in London and you would be expected to attend the office once a week (Thursday) for the Corporate Partnership team day. The role may involve occasional travel, including some overnight stays.
Age UK internal grade - 6L.
Must haves:
* A passion to support older people and the mission of Age UK.
* Experience of managing corporate generating at least £50Kpa
* Experience of building relationships with fundraisers or volunteers.
* Excellent communication skills - both written and oral - you'll need to have the social skills and presence to communicate to a variety of audiences. And employee a high degree of diplomacy, tact and confidence.
* Experience of supporting in the delivery of successful fundraising events.
* Experience working as part of a team and in a busy office environment.
* Experience of organising and prioritising your own workload, working on a range of tasks simultaneously and monitoring and reporting on activity.
* Sound administration skills, including but not limited to a good working knowledge of MS Office products, databases and experience in conducting research.
* Able to use own initiative, think creatively, problem solve and seek advice when needed.
Great to haves:
* Experience in managing 6 figure partnerships
* A sound understanding of the principles of corporate fundraising, and knowledge of the basics of fundraising regulations.
* Ability to spot opportunities, identify partners' needs and drivers and match these with the priorities of Age UK and older people.
What we offer in return
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
- Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
* The role may involve occasional travel within the UK to attend meetings, events and presentations, including some overnight stays.
* This is a hybrid position with the Corporate Partnerships team attending the London office weekly on Thursday's.
All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
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Thank you!
Age UK is recruiting! With over 250 locations across the UK, our stores raise funds for some of the incredible services and support provided by the charity.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our fantastic Royston team as an Assistant Manager.
Our amazing Assistant Managers support our Store Managers in all aspects of the business, helping to guide and support our valued team of Sales Assistants and volunteers while ensuring customers are provided with an exemplary shop experience.
Please note this role includes working every Sunday.
If you have a passion for retail and would like to use your skills within a charity that supports thousands of older across the UK, then this may be the role for you!
To ensure the smooth running of our stores, we will be conducting interviews throughout the advertising process. Early applications are advised.
You will have:
- The ability to work collaboratively and consultatively with the Shop Manager
- Ability to lift and carry bags of stock up to 10kg's.
- Be able to lead a team of volunteers and staff
- Ability to delegate and coach staff
- Excellent customer services skills
- The ability to manage time under conflicting priorities
- IT literacy and numeracy skills
Ideally you will also have:
- The ability to understand and establish successful retail processes
- Ability to understand basic financial reports
- Experience in a customer facing role
What we offer in return:
- A 20 hour working week
- 25 days holiday (pro-rata) + bank holiday allowance
- A generous pension - we will contribute 8%
- Great discounts and rewards through Blue Light Card and BenefitHub
- Life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan
- Tickets for Good - Free and discounted tickets for events
Additional Information
To comply with UK legislation, we cannot accept applications from candidates under the age of 18 as the successful candidate will be required to work on their own in the shop without the aid of other staff.
All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.
Is this the job for you? We know that men, of all backgrounds, and men and women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented in our workforce, and we want to change this! So, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants from these groups.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.