Corporate Partnerships Executive

Reporting to: Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager

Location of work: Flexible. The role is hybrid with at least 2 days in the office per month. The post holder will be expected to attend partner meetings and events when necessary. The role may occasionally involve some irregular travel throughout England and Scotland. 

Contract type: Full-time, 35 hours per week. Flexible hours may be considered. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work

Contract Length: Permanent

Salary: £31,500

BACKGROUND

Magic Breakfast is a registered charity providing healthy breakfasts to children and young people in the UK who arrive at school too hungry to learn, and expert support to their schools. Over 200,000 children and young people are on roll at Primary, Secondary, ASL / Special Educational Needs Schools and Pupil Referral Units that the charity works with, in disadvantaged areas of Scotland and England. Providing breakfast ensures that children start their school day with the energy and nutrition they need to be able to make the most of their morning lessons.  Magic Breakfast also undertakes research, and campaigns for long-term solutions to end hunger as a barrier to learning.  

Against this backdrop, we are looking for a Corporate Partnerships Executive to join our Corporate Partnerships Team. This exciting and diverse role is perfect for someone looking to make a difference and gain or build on previous  experience in corporate fundraising or other income streams. The successful candidate will provide partnership support, including managing a portfolio of small to mid-size partners, support the development of our pipeline of new opportunities, ultimately ensuring that we can achieve our vision of no child too hungry to learn. The candidate will also provide some administrative and special project support to the Corporate Partnerships Team.

 JOB PURPOSE

Corporate partnerships at Magic Breakfast have grown significantly in the past couple of years, and we have worked hard to create multi-layered and mutually beneficial partnerships that go beyond financial support. With significant corporate supporters like Amazon, Heinz, Kellogg’s, Arla and many others, this is an exciting time to join Magic Breakfast and take ownership of a small portfolio of partners and support the team’s objectives.  

As the Corporate Partnerships Executive, you will work closely with the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager, Corporate Partnerships Managers as well as the Head of Corporate Partnerships, and colleagues across the rest of the organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to learn more about fundraising, relationship management and the impact of fuel for learning on children and young people. We are committed to ensuring this role has a clear pathway that includes development opportunities and progression into becoming an Account Manager. 

The role involves managing your portfolio of accounts, ensuring opportunities are maximised, targets are met, and partners are supported. Where appropriate, you will support Managers on key activities in their partnerships to build your exposure to high-level, strategic partnerships as well as play an integral role in representing Partnerships in some of our most exciting and innovative campaigns.  Along with the rest of the team you will play a crucial role in helping to secure new corporate partnerships.  Team support is the final vital component of this role: reconciling income, producing reports, fundraising materials, planning events and maintaining records on Sales Force all sit in this role.  

Building excellent working relationships with colleagues, partners and prospects is key to this role, as is the ability to manage a busy workload with many competing priorities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES  

Partnerships

·       Manage a portfolio of small-medium corporate accounts, ensuring excellent account management and stakeholder engagement.  

·       Identify opportunities to uplift partnerships by developing account plans where appropriate  

·       Support the corporate team with significant fundraisers and account activities

·       Work with the corporate team to implement a clear stewardship plan for all corporate accounts  

·       Lead on the delivery of the Partnerships Newsletter and represent the partnerships team in relevant organisational working groups 

·       Help to produce compelling and timely reports Coordinate stakeholder school visits and volunteering opportunities where necessary

·       Help to identify opportunities to raise awareness and build recognition of Magic Breakfast

·       Where appropriate, lead on planning and delivering key events for the Corporate and wider Fundraising team

·       Produce attractive and effective fundraising materials 

General:  

·     Ensure all corporate financial records are maintained and recorded.  

·     Keep accurate records of account activity and income via Salesforce.  

·     Reconcile income raised for all managed accounts, ensuring up-to date financial tracking sheets

·     Support the delivery of the organisational volunteering vision and strategy   

·     Keep abreast of corporate fundraising trends and news.   

·     Contribute to team meetings, sharing best practice and supporting team members where necessary  

·     Help to maintain a positive working environment; be energetic and participative, keeping the vision of Magic Breakfast at the heart of everything we do

·     Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role

·     Adhere to all Magic Breakfast policies and procedures

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential 

·     Experience of relationship management  

·     Experience producing compelling materials and communications.  

·     Strong administrative skills and experience of project management 

·     Experience networking, liaising and cultivating relationships 

·     Experience of managing and sustaining relationships with a range of managers, teams and external contacts

·     Strong verbal and written communication skills

·     Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team

·     Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and to work to deadlines autonomously

·     A collaborative team player with the confidence to work both self-sufficiently and across teams and departments

·     Ease with using IT packages such as Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.  

·     Highly organised with attention to detail, and an ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment

·     Interest in CSR/ESG and keeping up to date with corporate fundraising landscape

Desirable 

·     Experience of conducting due diligence  

·     Experience in planning and delivering cultivation/stewardship events. 

·     Experience of using a fundraising database (ideally Salesforce) for relationship management, prospect tracking and forecasting purposes. 

·     Understanding of GDPR 

·     Knowledge of the charity sector and fundraising landscape  

Other 

·     Passion and commitment to Magic Breakfast’s aim of alleviating morning hunger as a barrier to learning for children in the UK.  

·     Adhere to the Magic Breakfast values and advocate for our environmental mission 

·     Share Magic Breakfast’s commitment to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion within the workplace. 

·     Willing to travel within the UK occasionally for meetings and other events 

Application Process

We have a firm commitment to encouraging fairness and diversity in our workforce and we encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority background, who are underrepresented in our organisation.  

Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, hr@magicbreakfast.  com

Closing date for applications: 14th January 2024

Shortlisting: 15th January 2024

First round interviews: 23rd January 2024

Second round interviews: 30th January 2024