New Business Executive

We are seeking proactive and driven individuals with excellent business development skills to join our team to develop six figure partnerships with leading UK and international corporate organisations. You will use your skills and experience to create compelling propositions and lead on engagement, applications, the pitch process and negotiations to secure new corporate partnerships that provide value for both partners.

There couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Alzheimer’s Research UK and its growing Corporate Fundraising team. We are the fastest growing medical research charity in the UK, tackling dementia, the world’s greatest medical challenge. Dementia describes a set of debilitating cognitive symptoms caused by diseases of the brain, most commonly Alzheimer’s. But, like heart disease or cancer, the diseases behind dementia can be delayed, slowed or stopped with the right investment in pioneering research. Our mission is to help bring about the first life-changing treatment by 2025, with an ultimate vision to end the fear, harm and heartbreak of dementia.

We are changing the way people think about dementia through award-winning campaigns like #sharetheorange, and revolutionising research with a world-leading strategy firmly focused on breakthroughs.

Our corporate partners choose Alzheimer’s Research UK because they recognise our pioneering spirit, creativity and our readiness to think and act differently. This approach typifies all of our teams, and our growing Corporate Partnerships Team is no exception, having an unrivalled opportunity to bring the power of influential corporate partners to bear on our greatest medical challenge. We have worked with awesome brands like Google, Dyson, Shazam, Facebook and Brewdog to name a few.

Main tasks include:

• Adopting a focused and strategic approach to identifying, researching, and targeting prospective corporate partners
• Building and maintaining a pipeline of new business opportunities to include strategic partnerships, charity of the year partnerships, and sponsorship opportunities.

We are looking for:

• Educated to A level or equivalent
• Strong business development and relationship management skills, ideally from a charity background
• Evidence of delivering high quality and creative presentations and written proposals to help target and engage potential partners
• Experience of engaging and building relationships with key external stakeholders and decision makers to deliver positive outcomes
• Experience of conceptualising and building new strategic partnerships from scratch within a fundraising and/or corporate environment

Location: Granta Park, Nr Cambridge.

Salary: Competitive, plus benefits

The closing date for applications is the 30th September 2018. Interviews will be held on the 5th and/or 8th October 2018. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on this day.

For more information regarding this vacancy please visit the Alzheimer's Research UK website.