Description
Salary: £32,000
Contract Type: Fixed Term for 24 Months
Location: UK (minimum 2 days per week in the London office)
Work Pattern: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week with the opportunity for flexible working hours
Reporting To: Senior Youth Participation Manager, Impact Team
Youth Development at Mission 44
As a youth-focused foundation, young people are central to our work. We view young people as active collaborators in creating an inclusive future. Our commitment is to share power, to ensure they have meaningful influence over the decisions that affect their lives, their communities, and the systems around them. Mission 44’s Youth Empowerment Strategy aims to ensure young people are embedded across all aspects of our impact work (including grantmaking, convening and campaigning), as well as helping us to shape our strategy, evaluate our impact, raise funds and awareness amongst key stakeholders.
In this newly established role of Youth Participation Officer, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting and coordinating participation activities across the organisation, ensuring that young people are meaningfully involved, well-supported, and able to shape decisions and influence our work. Alongside this, you will support the team in launching and delivering an innovative programme created in partnership with our Youth Advisory Board.
We’re looking for someone who is passionate about youth empowerment, someone who is highly organised, and skilled at building trusted relationships. You will be a proactive problem-solver, able to balance multiple priorities while ensuring young people feel supported and heard. If you’re motivated by creating opportunities for young people to drive change, we’d love you to join our team and help us strengthen the impact we make together. Please note: this role involves some evening and weekend work.
Requirements
Implementation of the Youth Empowerment Strategy (40%)
- Work closely with the Senior Youth Participation Manager to successfully implement a detailed activity plan to achieve key objectives and key results.
- Play a key role in the execution of Mission 44’s new Youth Empowerment Programme, ensuring all activities are delivered on time, to a high standard, and in line with agreed objectives.
- Support the Senior Youth Participation Manager to design and facilitate engaging, inclusive workshops and meetings for young people.
- Design, lead and implement a learning and development programme for youth advisors to equip them with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to shape our work.
- Where required, represent Mission 44 externally at relevant events, meetings, and forums to champion youth participation and intergenerational collaboration.
- Uphold high standards of safeguarding in line with Mission 44’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
Planning, Coordination and Operations (40%)
- Serve as the primary liaison between our young advisors and Mission 44 directorates, including Fundraising, Communications, the CEO Office, and Impact; responding to staff enquiries on youth participation, fostering effective cross-team communication, and building trusted relationships with both young people and staff.
- Act as one of the main points of contact for Youth Advisors (alongside the Senior Youth Participation Manager), responding to queries, providing the tools, resources, and information they need to engage across Mission 44’s work.
- Support the planning and coordination of annual youth engagement activities, including scheduling, logistics, and communications.
- Develop and maintain efficient administrative and communication systems to keep operations running smoothly, including time tracking and invoicing for Youth Advisors.
Monitoring, Learning and Impact (20%)
- Support the Senior Youth Participation Manager and Head of Strategy and Learning to collect key impact and evaluation data from staff and young people.
- Support reflection and reporting activities amongst the staff and youth advisors, to capture learning and impact.
- Contribute to evaluation processes, and ensure we’re continually learning to improve our ways of working and approach to youth participation
- Seek and develop opportunities to raise awareness of Mission 44’s approach to working with young people.
- Assist with annual reporting and provide input into fundraising and communications materials where relevant.
About You
Skills and Experience
Essential
- A passion for and deep understanding of Mission 44’s values and approach to youth empowerment.
- Experience of working with young people and creating opportunities for them to lead and have their voice heard.
- Excellent organisational, coordination and communication skills.
- Good interpersonal skills, particularly in the context of managing both internal and external relationships.
- Able to effectively time manage and prioritise effectively while overseeing multiple simultaneous projects and deliverables.
- Capable of developing, maintaining and reviewing administration systems and processes to achieve maximum efficiency.
Desirable
- Experience working in the non-profit, grantmaking, youth employment or youth sector
- Experience in programme design and implementation.
- Understanding of intergenerational collaboration and participatory approaches.
- Experience of embedding young people in policy, advocacy and storytelling.
Personal Qualities
- Passionate about supporting and empowering young people to thrive and succeed.
- Committed to championing youth voice, ensuring that young people are positioned as agents of change.
- Highly collaborative, adept at building and maintaining relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and also as part of a dynamic team; self-motivated and proactive.
- Committed to embedding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of work.
- Curious, open to learning, and informed about best practices in youth participation and social impact.
- Creative and solutions-oriented, with the confidence to share bold ideas.
Benefits
- Enjoy 28 days annual leave, plus a day for your birthday
- Use our cycle-to-work scheme and free gym access
- Save for retirement with our generous pension package
- We finish every Friday at noon in August
- Optional health insurance and acccess to an EAP
- Professional development budget of £1k
- Unlimited volunteering leave, as agreed with your manager
- Wellbeing allowance to spend in whatever way works for you
- Competitive parental leave package
Description
Salary: £38,000 - £40,000 per year
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: UK (minimum 2 days per week in the London office)
Work Pattern: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week with the opportunity for flexible working hours
Reporting To: Yeonju Ahn, Head of Corporate Partnerships
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit an anonymised CV and covering letter (please remove any identifying details such as name, address, photos) by midnight on 13 January via the Workable link. Your covering letter should outline:
- Your motivations for applying to this role and what about our mission resonates with you
- How this role fits into your career plans
- Experience (professional, voluntary or lived) that makes you a great fit for this role in line with our values and the criteria outlined in this job description.
INTERVIEW STAGES
The selection process will consist of three stages (dates will be confirmed with shortlisted candidates):
- First-round interview w/c 26-27th January 2026
- Second-round interview
Candidates will be asked to prepare a presentation (10–12 minutes maximum) on a strategic partnership scenario. Candidates should allocate no more than 3 hours to prepare this task.
- Final interview with the CEO
Requirements
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Corporate Partnerships Manager will play a pivotal role in the delivery and stewardship of Mission 44’s corporate partnerships.
This role requires a candidate with demonstrable experience providing independent, day-to-day management support for a portfolio of corporate partners. The Corporate Partnerships Manager is the primary point of contact responsible for relationship management, project delivery, and detailed reporting, ensuring every partnership runs efficiently and with measurable impact.
Crucially, this role offers significant strategic exposure: supporting frontline fundraisers through high-level insight gathering and the preparation of compelling new business proposals. A unique component involves managing the internal coordination, logistics, and detailed briefing required for high-level partner touchpoints involving our Founder and Lewis Hamilton Ventures.
This is an ideal opportunity for a proactive, detail-oriented relationship manager who thrives on collaboration, takes pride in managing complex projects, and wants to contribute to bold, values-driven partnerships that deliver tangible social impact. The diverse scope of responsibilities, from hands-on delivery to strategic cultivation support, provides an exceptional foundation for a progressive career in partnerships.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Partnership Management & Corporate Account Stewardship (75%)
- Relationship Management: Manage a portfolio of corporate partners as the day-to-day point of contact, ensuring all partnership commitments are delivered on time and to a high standard.
- End-to-end Project Management: Provide end-to-end project management for key accounts, including capturing actions from meetings, maintaining delivery plans, tracking deadlines, and ensuring timely follow-through across all stakeholders.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Proactively keep internal teams informed about partnership developments, maintaining clear lines of sight across directorates and coordinating touchpoints where cross-functional input or collaboration is needed.
- Comms Alignment & Storytelling: Work closely with the Communications team to ensure high-value partners are integrated into long-term brand campaigns and storytelling strategies, driving partnership evolution over a multi-year horizon.
- Activation & Logistics: Coordinate corporate partner involvement in key events, campaigns, and storytelling opportunities, working closely with the Events & Engagement and Impact teams to manage invitations, logistics, sponsorship benefits, tickets, and communications that strengthen partner engagement.
- Impact Reporting: Track partnership outcomes and collaborate with the Impact team to transform data and insights into compelling, partner-ready narratives that demonstrate progress and reinforce trust.
Systems, Processes & Portfolio Operations (15%)
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date CRM records for all partner activity, ensuring data integrity and visibility across directorates
- Support portfolio-level reporting and insights, helping the team understand progress against KPIs and identify opportunities for improvement
- Contribute to the refinement of internal processes, partnership frameworks, and ways of working that strengthen efficiency, due diligence protocols, and partner experience
- Proactively identify opportunities to streamline workflows and enhance collaboration across teams
- Support internal due diligence processes and actively manage partnership risk, knowing when and how to escalate legal, financial, or reputational concerns to senior management
New Business & Opportunity Development (10%)
- Support the Head of Corporate Partnerships in identifying and developing new partnership opportunities through research and prospecting
- Conduct research on prospective partners to assess alignment between their priorities and Mission 44’s work.
- Synthesise findings into concise, actionable summaries and prepare briefings that enable senior colleagues to engage prospects in a well-informed manner
- Contribute to cultivation planning by identifying key decision-makers and opportunities for engagement
ESSENTIAL
- Demonstrable experience managing corporate partnerships, client accounts, or external stakeholder relationships in a charity, corporate, or agency context
- Proven ability to provide end-to-end project management for complex deliverables, including maintaining detailed delivery plans, tracking deadlines, and coordinating multiple internal and external stakeholders with accountability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the capacity to develop tailored messaging for different audiences.
- A track record of successfully working cross-functionally with teams to ensure alignment and delivery of partner commitments.
- Proven ability to translate complex impact data and partnership outcomes into compelling, accessible narratives and stewardship materials.
- Ability to deliver consistently high-quality work at pace
DESIRABLE
- Experience supporting partnerships focused on social impact, ESG, education, youth development, or DEI.
- Understanding of the UK education, STEM, or motorsport sectors, and the landscape of grantmaking organizations.
- Experience supporting or engaging with senior stakeholders
- Practical experience maintaining accurate records and reporting within a CRM system (e.g., Virtuous, Salesforce) to ensure data integrity.
- Experience in corporate fundraising or partnership development within an international context.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
- A genuine passion for Mission 44’s purpose, young people, and a desire to contribute to bold, systemic change in inclusive education and equitable STEM pathways.
- Resilient with demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- You see ambiguity and change not as challenges, but as opportunities to contribute to shaping processes, frameworks, and future strategy.
- A mindset comfortable with taking initiative, anticipating potential issues, and offering constructive solutions with exceptional self-accountability and follow-through.
- Operates with the highest levels of integrity and discretion when handling sensitive partner and organisational information.
- Strong personal commitment to learning and improvement.
Benefits
- Enjoy 28 days annual leave, plus a day for your birthday
- Use our cycle-to-work scheme and free gym access
- Save for retirement with our generous pension package
- We finish every Friday at noon in August
- Optional health insurance and acccess to an EAP
- Professional development budget of £1k
- Unlimited volunteering leave, as agreed with your manager
- Wellbeing allowance to spend in whatever way works for you
- Competitive parental leave package