Community Fundraising Partnerships Manager

Acorns Children's Hospice are looking for a Community Partnerships Manager to drive the delivery of income from a wide range of partners across the Black Country region. You will manage a portfolio of community partners, building strong, long-term relationships and actively encouraging stock generation to local shops.

About the Role

At Acorns Children’s Hospice we offer specialist palliative care and support for children and their families across the West Midlands. We are there wherever and whenever they need us, in the hospice, community and at home. As the UK’s largest children’s hospice charity, in terms of both numbers of children and families supported, and annual expenditure on our care work- we need to raise more than £14 million each year to run and support our care services.

As Community Partnerships Manager, you will:

• Be the account manager for a range of community partners in the Black Country, taking time to understand their objectives and motivating them to raise as much money as possible for Acorns
• Drive an ‘off-the shelf’ approach that enables community groups to fundraise for Acorns with ease
• Lead on community/corporate sporting days such as golf or football matches.
• Regularly speak at events across the region to actively promote Acorns and bring new supporters on board to secure financial and non-financial support
• Work towards agreed income targets
• Collaborate with Retail and Volunteering Teams to ensure our non-financial asks are maximized and considered
• Contribute to the development of fundraising products and campaigns that appeal to community audiences

About You

• Proven experience of growing income through community engagement within a charity or commercial setting
• A demonstrable track record of deploying effective fundraising/sales tactics, understanding donor/customer motivation, cultivation and stewardship
• Skilled in managing partners throughout the full sales cycle: prospect identification, securing meetings, developing innovative proposals, pitching, handling objections, negotiating, motivating and closing agreements.
• Experience of organising events, managing volunteers, risk assessments and health and safety requirements
• Experience of public speaking
• Ability to travel independently throughout the organisation

What We Offer 

• £34,291 per annum, plus £3,192 car allowance
• 37.5 hours per week
• Based in Walsall (WS5 4NL) with travel across the region
• Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
• Discounts on refurbished tech
• Health cash plan
• Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
• Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
• Wellbeing, legal and financial support
• Career development through our Acorns Academy offering leadership, coaching, fundraising, clinical training and more.
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
• Annual leave entitlement increases with length of service

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be asked to provide two satisfactory references and will be subject to a DBS check for children.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation, we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?

Full Time

Walsall

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