Senior Partnerships Manager

Job title:                    Senior Partnerships Manager

Salary:                        £50,152 per annum

Location:                    5.7 The Loom, 14 Gower’s Walk, London, E1 8PY (UK Hybrid Working)

Contract:                    12 Month Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Leave Cover)

Hours:                         35 hours per week (Full Time)

Benefits

• 33 days of holidays (including bank holidays) plus Christmas office closure
• Option to buy or sell holiday days
• Generous pension scheme of up to 10% employer contribution
• Cycle to Work loan scheme for the purchase of a new bike/cycling equipment
• LinkedIn Learning access
• Employee Assistance Programme

We are recruiting a Senior Partnerships Manager at the Fairtrade Foundation to cover a period of Maternity Leave. This senior manager will play a crucial role in spanning knowledge across supply chains and commodities to provide an end-to-end service relationship for our major commercial partners.

This individual will need technical knowledge and the appetite to immerse themselves in varying supply chains whilst demonstrating commercial and relationship management to build a multi-faceted partnership with different functions of the organisation. You will steward and grow deep, holistic partnerships with category and channel strategies that link up joint partnership ambitions and impact goals across certified sourcing, thematic interventions, insights and data, advocacy and stakeholder engagement.

Your partnership strategy will complement our global development work in areas including human rights, climate change, gender equality and living wages/incomes as well as specific commodity categories. You will manage relationships with our consumer facing businesses in the UK and globally to maximise impact through volume growth and ensure that we have a pipeline of new opportunities through your partnership, as well as securing the existing work we do together. You will champion a growth first mindset that will enable sustainable income for Fairtrade, to ensure we meet our targets, and, most importantly, to ensure we deliver impact for producers. You’ll need to be a strong relationship builder with businesses (including at a senior level) and a quick learner in an evolving environment, with experience working in, with or for commercial partners and in the sustainability context.

Fairtrade changes the way trade works through better prices, decent working conditions and a fairer deal for farmers and workers around the world. Globally, across all Fairtrade members, we share a vision of a world in which all farmers and workers can enjoy secure and sustainable livelihoods, fulfil their potential and decide on their future. To achieve this we connect disadvantaged farmers and workers with consumers, promote fairer trading conditions, and empower farmers and workers to combat poverty, strengthen their position and take more control of their lives.

The Fairtrade Foundation is an equal opportunities employer, offers flexible working and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with ethnically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQ+ candidates and from candidates with disabilities, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to greater results for producers and farmers around the world.

Closing date:                         5pm on Friday, 8 November 2024