FOOD BANK AID

Job Title: Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager
Reporting to: CEO
Salary: £50,000, Full Time
Location: Food Bank Aid, 2b Chaplin Square, Great North Leisure Park, N12 0GL
Annual Leave: 25 days per annum plus 8 bank/public holidays

The Food Bank Aid Story:

Food Bank Aid began life in April 2020 (during the Covid-19 pandemic) when our founder and chair,
Naomi Russell, started a collection for her local food banks.

Today, Food Bank Aid distributes food, toiletries, and household goods to 32 food banks across north
London and Hertfordshire, from Watford to Tottenham and everywhere in between. The food banks
we support in turn serve an estimated 20,000 people every week. We have provided food banks with
£5 million worth of goods since we opened.

Our goal is to continue expanding Food Bank Aid’s operations to support more food banks across
London and the surrounding areas.

What makes Food Bank Aid different:

•  Nutritious Ingredients: We provide essential ingredients to encourage home cooking as well

as other essential household items.

•  Needs-Based Support: We communicate weekly with our food banks, providing only what

they need. This way, nothing is wasted.

•  Community Driven: We are a volunteer-led organisation utilising our local community to

pack, distribute, and deliver to the food banks. Currently, 400 volunteers support the work of
Food Bank Aid.

•  Networking: We link our food bank managers to create a network where they can share
expertise. This network is also used to redistribute excess items, offload fresh goods, and
share best practices.

Why Join Us?

Food Bank Aid is a young but rapidly growing charity with a vibrant, start-up culture. Our team
operates hands-on in the same space as our volunteers—it's not about fancy offices but about
tangible impact and shared purpose.

We are looking for someone who:

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Shares our passion for fighting food insecurity and making a real difference.

Is resilient, adaptable, and proactive, thriving in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment.

•  Has a sense of humour and the flexibility to embrace the challenges and rewards of working

in a dynamic, volunteer-led organization.

At Food Bank Aid, you won’t just join a charity—you’ll join a movement. This is your chance to shape
the future of a growing organisation, collaborate with passionate individuals, and drive meaningful
change in our communities. If you’re ready to make your mark, this is the role for you!

JOB DESCRIPTION

This is a key senior role within a small but dynamic London-based charity to grow income and
awareness from corporate relationships.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager will have the scope and
autonomy to cultivate existing partnerships and identify and secure new ones. You will be supported
by a Fundraising Officer, shared with the Senior Philanthropy and Trusts Manager.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with excellent leadership and relationship skills and the
creativity to develop compelling propositions. As Food Bank Aid’s first full-time Senior Corporate
Partnerships Manager, you will make your mark in steering our new Corporate Fundraising approach.

Key Focus Areas:

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Successfully lead Food Bank Aid’s Corporate Partnerships to develop our ambitious growth
strategy for existing and new partnerships.

Lead excellent stewardship and account growth plans, with a focus on deepening
engagement and developing longer-term, multi-year strategic partnerships.

•  Promote a portfolio of fundraising products and events for partnerships, in addition to our

active Corporate Volunteering programme.

•  Develop a pipeline of partners with whom Food Bank Aid can engage across different

activities.

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Implement an innovative approach to diversifying income streams, e.g., Sponsorships and
Commercial partnerships.

Responsibilities:

•  Oversee the Corporate Volunteering programme and steward partners into longer-term

relationships.

•  Proactively research, identify, and cultivate a pipeline of corporate prospects.

•  Respond to invitations for Charity of the Year pitches and proactively seek out new ones.

•  Work collaboratively with colleagues to create propositions that will appeal to prospects.

•  Regularly plan, monitor, and report upon progress against New Corporate Partnerships KPIs.

•  Work with the Marcomms Officer to deliver appropriate communications recognition for

Corporate Partners’ achievements and milestones.

•  Collaborate with the CEO and Finance Co-Chair to ensure donation levels and contracts

agreed are in the best interests of the charity.

•  Confidently use CRM databases, such as Donorfy, to manage relationships and track your

pipeline.

•  Take ownership of securing a personal income target of approximately £300K (with growth

potential in future years).

Skills & Experience:

The ideal candidate will:

•  Have a proven track record of proactively identifying leads and building a prospect pipeline,

securing initial engagements, and cultivating new business opportunities.

•  Have experience winning high-value new corporate partnerships of at least 5 figures.

•  Be a creative thinker with the ability to develop bespoke and innovative proposals to meet

corporate and long-term charity aims and objectives.

•  Be highly collaborative and effective in building working relationships internally and

externally.

•  Be a professional and persuasive communicator, with excellent interpersonal skills;

compelling and engaging both in person and in writing.

Food Bank Aid recognises the positive value of diversity and is committed to creating a diverse and
inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified or experienced individuals,
regardless of their race, gender, biological sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

To apply, please send your CV and a Covering Letter to: Recruitment@foodbankaid.org.uk.
We are ready to hire as soon as we find the right person and so will review applications and schedule
interviews on a rolling basis. So don’t miss this opportunity – apply now!