Corporate Partnerships Officer

Reporting to: Corporate Partnerships Development Manager

Responsible for: None

Salary: £31,145

Hours: 35 hours a week

Contract: Full-Time

Location: Hybrid Working - 2 days per week in Women for Women International Head Office, London UK

Background

Women for Women International invests where inequality is greatest by helping women who are forgotten — the women survivors of war and conflict.

In Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Sudan, women learn skills to rebuild their families and communities through the Women for Women International’s Stronger Women, Stronger Nations Programme.

They form support networks, are equipped with the skills to earn an income and save and gain knowledge and resources about health and their rights. Since 1993, our global community has invested in the power of over 550,000 women across 17 conflict-affected countries, to create a ripple effect that makes the world more equal, peaceful, and prosperous.

The Role

This role will join a small and dedicated Corporate and Philanthropy team, responsible for delivering a seven-figure income budget annually.

As Corporate Partnerships Officer, you will play a pivotal role in the continued growth of corporate fundraising at Women for Women International UK. With a strong portfolio of long-standing and engaged corporate partnerships, our focus is now to grow our new business, particularly in new and emerging industries, to support our global revenue strategy and reach more women whose lives have been affected by conflict.

This role is crucial in supporting the delivery of our corporate fundraising goals in the UK and, sitting within the wider global corporate team, this role will liaise with our colleagues across UK, Germany and US teams.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to advance their corporate fundraising skills, working in an international development context.

This role would suit someone with the following qualities:

Experienced, or with a strong interest, in fundraising, preferably with knowledge of corporate fundraising
Able to work with a team to deliver goals
Confidence and ability to manage a small portfolio of partnerships, liaising externally and providing excellent customer service and donor care
Excellent skills in presenting information, verbally and in writing, to a range of audiences in a clear and confident manner
Ability to multi-task priorities with attention to detail and maintain accuracy under pressure, and keep to deadlines
Organised and able to plan and prioritise to meet multiple deadlines
Up to date in your knowledge of fundraising regulation, compliance and GDPR, and its implications for fundraising policy and practise
Experienced in using Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Canva and databases, ideally Salesforce
A passion for global issues, women’s empowerment and human rights

Diversity at Women for Women International is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, political opinions, and pregnancy and maternity. Applications are welcomed and encouraged from all interested parties.

All our staff are required to adhere to WfWI’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policies and to our organisational values: Empowerment, Integrity, Respect, Resilience and the Leadership Principles: Decisive, Accountable, Courageous, Adaptable and Inclusive.

To learn more about the power of women for women, visit womenforwomen.org.uk or follow @WomenforWomenUK on social media.

To apply please complete an online application form on our Recruitment system: Pinpoint.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 23rd March 2025

You will have an opportunity to attend a Q&A with Corporate Partnerships Development Manager – Wednesday 12th March 2025, 12:30 - 1:15pm

If you are interested in attending, please go to our website for the Recruitment UK email address and contact HR.

1st Interview will be online on Friday 28th March 2025 (this is not changeable)

2nd Interview will be face-to-face on Wednesday 3rd April 2025 at our Head Office, London (this is not changeable)

Key Responsibilities

Purpose This role contributes to the delivery of the Corporate Partnerships team’s key objectives, helping Women for Women International’s strategy of reaching millions of marginalised women:

Maintain and develop relationships with existing corporate partners.
Connect with corporate partner’s audiences and staff to build the WfWI community.

Build relationships with new corporate partners to diversify our corporate portfolio to include new sectors. Engagement This role requires a high level of engagement, both internally and externally:

Internally, this role requires: attendance and minute-taking for all internal corporate team meetings; liaising with our Comms Team both in the UK and globally around campaign moments; liaising with the finance team regarding partner invoicing and income tracking; and liaising with other teams regarding cross-organisational partner activity (such as events and Corporate Stand with Her)
Externally, this role will account manage a portfolio of low-level partnerships providing high-quality support to partners, including fielding questions, delivering content and imagery for marketing, drafting communications for both WfWI and partner channels, content creation, compiling plans for key campaigns etc.

Delivery Corporate Fundraising

Support the Director of Global Corporate Partnerships and UK Philanthropy & Corporate Partnerships Managers to deliver on our ambitious but exciting corporate fundraising strategy, raising income from companies and brands.

Account Management

Proactively account manage a portfolio of smaller corporate partners, meeting income targets and objectives.

New Business

Work with the Director of Global Corporate Partnerships and UK Philanthropy & Corporate Partnerships Managers to identify, research, approach and deliver new potential corporate partners, specifically managing our new business pipelines.
Identify and support the Individual Giving / Community Fundraising Officer to approach and deliver new activities to bring on board new corporate partners.

Administrative Support

Maintain accurate administration for the corporate team, including handling gifts, relationship agreements, conducting and updating due diligence research etc.
Ensure our database is updated and used regularly to manage and review partnerships
General administrative support including notetaking, thanking, management of pipelines, invoice requests.

Other

Be responsible for personal learning and development and participate in supervision, training, and meetings as required.
Undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Required

Confident in verbal communication and relationship management skills to build meaningful partnerships and motivate fundraisers
Able to provide excellent customer service and donor care
Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to write compelling copy, edit, and proofread
Solid computer skills, including experience working with Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Canva and databases. Ambition to learn and develop advanced Excel skills
Ability to multi-task priorities with attention to detail and maintain accuracy under pressure, and keep to deadlines
Ability to conduct research into potential prospect organisations and to input into the due diligence process for partner

Preferred

Relevant degree or similar experience
Knowledge of Salesforce or other similar CRM systems, experience in building emails in Marketing Cloud or on similar email marketing systems, and experience in building webpages on Drupal or similar.
A love for fundraising and understanding of charity/corporate partnerships and the benefits of these to both parties
Knowledge of or interest in international development policies and/or programmes, women’s rights and/or women’s experience in countries affected by conflict