Corporate Partnerships & Events Manager

Are you seeking a rewarding account and events management role operating at the intersection of business and charity?

Are you looking for a role where you can hone your account management and business development skills by working with some of the world’s leading employers?

About the Role

As Partnerships & Events Manager, you will play a key role in strengthening Pilotlight’s business partnerships and delivering impactful events that showcase our mission. You will manage and grow relationships with our business partners while planning and executing business and charity-focused events to raise Pilotlight’s profile. 

 Reporting to the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager, you will collaborate across teams to deepen relationships, identify cross-selling opportunities, and represent Pilotlight’s work to key audiences. 

Key Areas of Responsibility: 

  Business Partnerships: 

• Manage a portfolio of business partners, ensuring retention and growth.   

• Achieve income and activity targets for business partnerships.   

• Support the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager with reporting, proposals, and stakeholder meetings. 

Events: 

• Plan and deliver a compelling events portfolio, including exclusive panel discussions, our annual Summit, online learning events, and exhibition stands.   

• Ensure events effectively showcase Pilotlight’s mission and foster new opportunities for partnerships. 

Cross-Selling and Representation: 

• Collaborate with the Senior Business Development Manager and other teams to identify cross-selling opportunities.   

• Act as an ambassador for Pilotlight, influencing stakeholders and increasing visibility, including via social media. 

Experience and Competencies: 

• Proven experience managing business partnerships in a not-for-profit/charity or B2B setting.   

• Experience delivering and managing B2B events, from roundtables to trade show stands.   

• Strong ability to create and deliver engaging pitches and proposals to corporate audiences.   

• Skilled at using CRM systems, ideally Salesforce, for partnership and event management. 

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with confidence in influencing stakeholders.   

• A commitment to our mission, values, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion principles.   

• (Desirable) Experience selling within the Learning & Development or Social Value sectors. 

About You 

You will have experience in a client-facing role, ideally gained in a business-to-business (B2B) environment, with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines. You will be a clear communicator with a commitment to the organisations mission and work. 

In return… 

Come and work for a professional, talented, and friendly team, always striving to learn and grow. You will experience a great learning environment, with training and development opportunities, as well as a flexible approach to work. You will receive a generous holiday allowance, pension contributions and other benefits such as enhanced pension provision, maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave and pay and other perks through Perkbox. 

About the Organisation 

This successful social enterprise amplifies the impact charities, business and individuals can bring to make a better world.  

This is done by bringing charities together with business and business experts who can tackle the pressing issues charities are facing. It manages the relationship between business and charities to maximise the impact they bring and increases the impact of individuals by bringing them new experiences, perspectives and learning.  It increases the impact of organisations by exposing their talent to new situations and challenges. It increases the impact of charities by giving them the expertise and resources they need.  

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are particularly interested in candidates from underrepresented backgrounds. 

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