Partnerships Director UK

Hope for Justice is seeking driven and forward-thinking UK Partnerships Director to lead, inspire and motivate the Partnerships team in the UK. This role is based in the UK, as part of our global Partnerships team, with the main aim to lead and drive forward the UK national partnership strategy, develop and build the partnerships team, and to ensure results are achieved and income streams grown.

This role will be accountable for developing and nurturing key strategic partnerships in the UK, whilst also working to lead and develop the team to achieve the best results. The UK Partnerships Director will also lead on building relationships with high net worth individuals, churches and church networks, and corporate donors, as well as managing existing partners and connections.

To succeed in this role you will need to be able lead from the front while ensuring you work as a key team member. As well as being able to build strong partnerships, you will have the ability to gather, analyze and use data to drive the Partnerships strategy forward.

Requirements

• Develop and deliver the UK national partnership strategy to achieve national income targets. Be accountable for meeting national income targets.
• Develop, manage and grow income generative partnerships with key strategic partners including high net worth individuals, corporate and individual donors to achieve national objectives and recruitment targets.
• Lead, inspire and motivate UK Partnership Team to achieve results, providing for the development needs of staff within the team. Lead team meetings to analyse data, support and hold to account.
• Develop and implement an effective UK church partnerships strategy which enables Hope for Justice to further engage and build relationship with local churches around the UK.
• Manage existing church partners and church connections motivating them to collaborate, give and support the work of Hope for Justice
• Build relationships with churches and church networks that create opportunities to communicate our work at a range of events
• Monitor area performance and provide regular reports and forecasts to the Head of Partnership Operations on pipeline activity, movement and results against target.
• Work as a member of the senior regional man agreement team to give strategic input to the overall regional operation in the UK.
• Account manage key relationships with senior stakeholders in line with the globally defined approach and support the ongoing development of this approach. Lead on selected national accounts where appropriate. Run Account consultations and contribute towards our consultative approach.
• Represent the organization at conferences, churches, events, and network meetings etc. including delivering presentations and workshops.
• Work closely with Head of Partnership Operations, International Development Director and Partnership Directors across the HfJ team to achieve successful income generation, continuous improvement and long-term impact.
• Gather market intelligence and provide feedback to the organization on insight from your country and stakeholders.

Benefits of working at Hope for Justice

Hope for Justice is committed to supporting our staff’s wellbeing and offers competitive salaries and a range of additional benefits to our staff. This includes generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme contributions, company sick pay, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to the Employee Assistance Programme for staff and their family.

Salary: Up to £45,000 per year, dependent on experience

Closing date: 27th June 2021

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which include criminal records checks, in line with our Global background checks policy. Hope for Justice participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme, as part of the referencing process we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.