Corporate Development Lead

Corporate Development Lead

Are you a driven and experienced professional passionate about building impactful partnerships? We are seeking a Corporate Development Lead to join our charity fundraising team on a fixed-term contract for 16 months (37.5 hours per week). This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a vital cause by expanding our corporate partnerships and driving income generation.

This role is based in London, we are flexible with where the work is done, but we would like to see you in the office a minimum of 1 day per week, as well as out meeting partners and prospects as much as possible.  There will be times within this role where on site visits are vital for networking purposes.

We are an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation and we particularly welcome and encourage disabled applicants and those from the Black and Asian communities to apply for the role as they are under-represented within the workforce.

Do you have the skills and experience to be our Corporate Development Lead?

• Based in the relationships division, you will lead the corporate team (new business and account management) to deliver exponential growth for the coming years.
• Deliver your own new business income targets, as well as ensuring the corporate team delivers all activity and income expectations for the financial year and future financial years.
• Ensure the team delivers first class account management to our existing relationships, so partnerships can be extended and achieve growth.
• Identify and secure multiple new six and seven figure, long-term strategic relationships with leading corporate partnerships.
• Build an extensive pipeline of new partnership opportunities with major organisations including managing and growing a charity of the year list.
• Proactively contribute to and monitor the delivery of financial and non-financial KPI’s to ensure the New Business team targets are achieved.
• Effectively reconcile and report on monthly, quarterly and annually on income actuals v’s targets and complete reforecasting and budget processes.
• Develop, monitor and maintain key systems and processes including; Alms database, donor-cycle, pipeline, relationship mapping, contracts, due diligence and procurement.
• Work effectively with colleagues across the organisation so we can maximise all opportunities and ensure we are developing the most compelling propositions possible.

If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for fundraising and corporate development, we want to hear from you! Apply today and help us make a difference.

Benefits

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

• 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
• Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
• Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
• Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
• Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Mencap

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