Overview

Partnerships Manager – Fully Remote

Permanent

£40,000

We have an exciting opportunity for a Partnerships Manager to join our team and grow income from high-net-worth individuals and corporate supporters. You will identify, engage, and steward prospects to secure funding, while developing and implementing long-term relationship and stewardship plans.

You’ll be joining a passionate, fun, and target-driven team in a motivating environment, with the chance to make a real impact on the services we provide.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Researching and identifying potential major donors, determining appropriate stewardship pathways, and involving Trustees or staff as needed.
  • Implementing stewardship plans for major donors to secure five-figure gifts and above.
  • Developing and supporting external fundraising committees to raise funds for local Forward Trust services.
  • Researching and approaching potential corporate supporters, cultivating relationships, and securing funding.
  • Collaborating across the organisation to develop engagement packages, partnership proposals, and progress reports.
  • Managing the Fundraising Officer, providing support, motivation, and guidance.
  • Representing Forward Trust at meetings, networking events, and conferences.
  • Supporting the Head of Fundraising to develop strategies to maximise income from high-net-worth individuals and corporates.
  • Ensuring data in the CRM is accurate, compliant with GDPR, and used effectively to inform fundraising activities.
  • Managing and reporting on income and expenditure budgets, liaising with Finance, and contributing to reports for Senior Management and Trustees.
  • Collaborating with other fundraising team members and participating in team meetings, supervision, and training.

What We’re Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience:

  • Proven track record of major donor fundraising, securing five-figure sums and managing effective stewardship pathways.
  • Proven experience in identifying, managing, and growing corporate supporter accounts of at least five figures.
  • Experience managing at least one member of staff.
  • Skilled at managing high-level relationships internally (Trustees) and externally (high-net-worth individuals).
  • Experience managing budgets related to your area of work.
  • Proficient in using a CRM or other database to manage contacts.
  • Understanding of GDPR principles and their impact on fundraising.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly and compellingly.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to understand departmental income and expenditure projections.
  • Willingness to attend fundraising events, which may be out-of-hours or away from home.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits – 

  • Flexible working
  • Training and development opportunities
    • Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
    • Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Crisis Loan Scheme
    • Electric Car Scheme
    • 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata’d for part time employees)
    • Access to Blue Light Card
    • 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
    • Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
    • Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
    • Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
    Diversity at Forward Trust
    The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.

    When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

    To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.  


    Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

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    If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.

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