New Commercial Partnerships Lead
About the role
Salary: £56,377 per annum
Closing date: 13/09/2026
Department: Brand, Marketing and Fundraising
Location: Any Crisis Skylight
Employment type: Permanent
Division: Fundraising
Hours Per Week: 35
Job Description
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We’ve embarked on our 10-year strategy for ending homelessness. We know it is not inevitable. We know together we can end it.
Location: Any Crisis Skylight. This is a hybrid role with homeworking available in line with Crisis’ Hybrid Working Policy.
About us
We’re the UK’s national charity for people experiencing homelessness. And we’re determined to end homelessness, for good.
We don’t just help prevent homelessness from happening, we deliver life-changing face-to-face services through our nine Skylight centres, and campaign fiercely to change policy in England, Scotland and Wales on issues including benefits and employment, health and wellbeing, housing, law and rights, and rough sleeping.
It’s an exciting time to join the high-value fundraising teams at Crisis. Not only are we preparing to deliver our Crisis at Christmas campaign, we’re in the private face of a £30M campaign to acquire 100 homes that will provide stable housing for people experiencing some of the most severe forms of homelessness. At the same time, we are delivering a bold ten-year strategy that aims to see the beginning of the end of homelessness by 2034.
As a core member of our corporate fundraising team, you will have the creative freedom and strategic backing to identify build, and secure new high-value commercial partnerships that transform our income.
About the role
This role will reimagine what commercial corporate partnerships look like at Crisis, and play a leading role in growing our income, brand profile and audience reach through new commercial relationships across all sectors.
From our iconic Crisis at Christmas campaign and slate of high-profile events, to our new housing delivery ambitions and our life-changing Skylight services, we’re looking for someone who can identify, shape and deliver innovative new commercial partnerships strategy that includes sponsorship partnerships, new cause related marketing campaigns and brand campaigns that will transform our income.
About you
You’ll be an experienced, tenacious, results-orientated senior fundraiser who will bring creativity to building a new commercial partnerships strategy that turbo-charges our income, grow our brand profile and audience reach.
You’ll own your pipeline and, with the New Commercial Partnerships Manager, identify, build and convert new sponsorship, cause related marketing and brand partnerships that deliver real value for Crisis, and our new partners.
You’ll be motivated by the challenge of reimagining what new commercial partnerships can deliver at Crisis, and be a self-starter who confidently speaks the language of corporate marketing, brand and buying teams and external agencies.
You’ll collaborate closely with our Brand, Marketing & Audience team, our Retail, Media and Client Services teams to package up new high-value commercial propositions at pace.
You’ll be commercially savvy who can spot new opportunities for commercial partnerships that others may miss. We’re looking for someone who can adapt industry priorities, motivations and funding trends into corporate new commercial partnership opportunities for Crisis.
You’ll be experienced at identifying, pitching and successfully securing six and seven figure new partnerships, and someone who loves building networks, external relationships and influencing internally and externally to get things done.
Please see the full Job Pack linked below, for a full list of requirements for this role. We realise that long lists of criteria can be daunting, and you may not want to apply for a role unless you feel 100% qualified. However, if you feel you have relevant examples to answer the screening questions, we encourage you to apply.
We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities, and backgrounds.
Working at Crisis
Our values, Bold, Impactful, Collaborative and Equitable, are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to end homelessness.
Our staff, members and volunteers are vital to getting the right government policies in place, providing breakthrough services, and building a supportive community. We’ll lead by example to nurture a positive and ambitious workplace guided by ending homelessness.
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
A competitive salary. Please note our salaries are fixed to counter inequity and we do not negotiate at offer stage.
Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy.
Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
28 days’ annual leave (pro rata) which increases with service to 31 days and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave.
Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay.
Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
Wellbeing Leave to be used flexibly
And more! (Full list of benefits available on
website)
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience, and career.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.
How do I apply?
Please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below. Our shortlisting process is anonymised as part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We do not ask for CVs, instead we ask you complete the work history section and answer the screening questions for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively. At least two members of staff score all applications.
Closing date: Sunday 13th September at 23:59
First interview date: Monday 21st September (Online, MS Teams)
Second interview date: Tuesday 29th September (Online, MS Teams)
AI in Job Applications
We understand some candidates use AI tools when applying. Whilst we welcome the use of technology to support clear communication and structure, we want to learn more about you, so please ensure that your application reflects your own skills, knowledge and experiences.
Accessibility
We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email jobs@crisis.org.uk and our Talent Acquisition team will contact you to discuss how we can help.
For more information about our work please visit
https://www.crisis.org.uk/about-us/
To see our work in action please visit:
youtube.com/user/crisishomelessness
www.facebook.com/crisis.homeless
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094