Partnerships Specialist (12 Month FTC)
Department: PIC (Policy, Information & Communications)
Salary: £47,000 - £53,000 per annum plus benefits
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Full-time (we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements)
Location: Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (typically 2 days per week in the office)
Closing date: 12 July 23:59
Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone determined, someone like you.
In this role, you will play a pivotal role in identifying, developing and delivering long-term strategic partnerships that bring external organisations closer to Cancer Research UK’s mission. Working closely with the Partnerships and Philanthropy teams, you’ll help to create and grow high-value corporate and wider partnerships that deliver meaningful impact beyond income generation. You will focus on translating complex Policy, Information & Communications (PIC) activity into compelling and inspiring partnership opportunities, enabling fundraisers and potential partners to connect with CRUK’s work in innovative ways.
What will be some of the main responsibilities?
Have a clear overview of the activity and strategic priorities in Policy, Information & Communications (PIC) and identify appropriate PIC opportunities for Partnerships and major donors.
Act as a consultant, working collaboratively with relevant colleagues across teams to identify and build PIC funding and/or strategic opportunities for both existing and new partnerships.
Working in conjunction with the PIC directors and heads, and relevant Partnerships teams to facilitate the identification of strategic partnership and funding opportunities within PIC.
Provide oversight to delivery of key health partnerships including if required providing targeted partnerships delivery management.
Provide functional management of the health partnerships manager.
Build excellent senior relationships externally, both with partners and other charities, providing direction and managing escalations for delivery of health partnerships; this may include stewardship of key senior external stakeholders for a small number of partners.
Use effective communication skills and subject expertise to shape and deliver pitches with partners bringing our PIC work to life.
Accountable for robust tracking, measurement and impact reporting of core purpose PIC partnerships, reporting back to the business as required.
What skills are we looking for?
An excellent relationship manager with the capacity to build strong networks and drive collaborative ways of working within a complex organisation.
Experience in delivering mutually beneficial partnerships with tangible successes.
A strong communicator with ability to inspire and engage a range of stakeholders with ideas and information
Comfortable operating at a senior level and working collaboratively with senior stakeholders.
Ability to balance risks and opportunities and advise peers and senior stakeholders appropriately in decision making.
Able to think creatively and produce engaging content in order to develop new ideas and obtain buy in from a range of stakeholders.
Significant experience of influencing multiple stakeholders and communicating effectively and engagingly both internally and externally.
Sound understanding of the area of corporate partnerships and the needs of fundraising.
What will I gain?
Without you we wouldn’t be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, and much more. We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all of our roles wherever possible. Depending on your role, options for flexibility could include homeworking, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job splits, and core hours. For the majority of our office-based roles you’ll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average. You’ll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you’ll know that you’ll be changing lives through your work.
If you’re as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.
Together, we will beat cancer.
There’s a place for everyone at Cancer Research UK. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented, and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you. We don’t expect everyone to meet all of the criteria listed.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen by emailing us at [email protected].
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
Skills Required
- Proven relationship management and networking skills
- Experience delivering mutually beneficial partnerships with measurable outcomes
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to inspire stakeholders
- Comfortable operating and influencing at senior stakeholder level
- Ability to assess risks and advise peers and senior stakeholders
- Creative thinking and ability to produce engaging content to gain buy-in
- Significant experience influencing multiple stakeholders internally and externally
- Sound understanding of corporate partnerships and fundraising needs
- Eligibility to work in the UK (organisation cannot provide visa sponsorship)
- Experience managing or providing functional management to staff
What We Do
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research, influence and information. Nearly one in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime, but we’re finding new ways to outsmart it, so that more people can live longer, better lives free from the fear of cancer. We carry out scientific research to help prevent, diagnose and treat cancer and our groundbreaking work, funded almost entirely by the general public, will ensure that millions more people survive. Together we are beating cancer. Registered charity No. 1089464
