Partnerships Executive

About the role

Sense has a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our Business Development team as our Partnerships Executive. This is a full time, 12 month fixed term, position working 37.5 hours per week. This role will working flexibly between home and our office in King's Cross, London.

This role will play a key part in achieving the Corporate Partnerships strategy, which is at an exciting point as Sense expands its programmes to reach more people who are deafblind or have complex disabilities. Sense is committed to developing our Corporate Partnerships Portfolio and have identified corporate income as a strong growth area for the charity. The successful candidate will be working within the Philanthropy & Partnerships team which consists of philanthropy, trusts and foundations, and statutory funding, contributing over £3m to support programmes across the UK. 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the initiative to expand Sense’s ‘talks and training’ offerings by establishing and maintaining relationships with EDI (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion) professionals and leaders of corporate staff networks.
• Assist Partnership Managers in the day-to-day management and nurturing of existing corporate partnerships, ensuring consistent support and service delivery aligns with Sense’s strategic goals.
• Conduct weekly research to identify corporate foundations and charity of the year opportunities, lead the application process, and support partnership managers by strengthening their pipelines.
• Actively participate in team discussions and strategy sessions, contributing to the development and implementation of the corporate partnership strategy.
• Assist in maintaining the CRM system by entering data on partner interactions, ensuring accuracy and completeness of records to support effective relationship management.
• Assist in compiling status reports and updates for the corporate partnerships team, helping track against targets and outcomes.

Key skills and experience

• Familiarity with the principles of account management, including supporting the retention and growth of client or partner relationships.
• Experience assisting with the development of new business pipelines, from initial research to the support stages of deal closure.
• Ability to support negotiations and positively influence outcomes under guidance, contributing to the acquisition of new opportunities for income.
• Comfortable working under senior staff and supporting interactions with senior stakeholders, with the potential to occasionally represent the organization at events or meetings.
• Skilled at building long-term relationships with stakeholders internally and externally
• Excellent presentation skills in order to influence and persuade a wide range of audiences.
• Confident communicator with the ability to match opportunities to objectives.  

For a full job description and person specification, please see the link below

About Sense

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.

We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

To apply

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly.  We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.