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Partnerships Manager

Resuscitation Council UK’s (RCUK) Communications and Engagement Department delivers creative communications and authentic engagement activities that support the organisation’s Vision to 2030, which is to ensure that everyone in the UK has the skills they need to save a life and receive appropriate resuscitation.

As an experienced Partnerships Manager, you will have a flair for identifying and nurturing corporate and community partnerships. You will have the confidence and drive to work independently as well as within a team, collaborating with a wide range of departments. You will have proven experience of forging and maintaining successful strategic partnerships that drive business growth, expand reach and support our mission.

The role will involve:

• Greatly strengthening our brand's visibility and reputation.
• Negotiating partnership agreements, defining terms, setting goals, and ensuring alignment with both RCUK and partner priorities.

The ideal candidate is a proactive and creative thinker, driven by results, and enjoys collaborating within a small, close-knit team. We encourage you to apply if you like a challenge and will thrive on being given the responsibility to work autonomously to cultivate and oversee transformational relationships.

What you will do:

• Responsible for coordinating, managing and supporting RCUK’s collaborative activity with community and corporate partner organisations in the UK.
• Act as the central link between partner organisations, and our patient and public voice group.
• Manage relationships with both corporate and community partnerships developing strong new relationships and strengthening existing relationships, liaising with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Take leadership for all operational aspects of our community and corporate partnerships, including the quality of partnership bid documents and correspondence received by the partner, and any day-to-day matters.
• Work closely with the Media and Campaigns and Policy and Public Affairs departments on campaigns and parliamentary engagement opportunities.
• Jointly working with the Media and Campaigns Manager to align the right partner/s with campaigning activities.
• Writing press releases to announce new partnership relationships and promote partnership events locally.
• Work closely with teams in RCUK to identify and develop growth opportunities for new and existing partnerships.
• Ensure RCUK discharges its responsibilities in relation to involvement/consultation with our patient and public voice group.
• Implementing and developing community and commercial strategic relationships with organisations, in accordance with Resuscitation Council UK’s overarching objectives and goals.

• Lead on the implementation of a new partnership strategy for RCUK working closely with the Director of Communications and Engagement and key internal stakeholders, ensuring it remains relevant and develops across the life of our partnership activity.
• Lead on developing bespoke individual plans for each partner relationship.
• Proactively research and develop a pipeline of new partners whose values and mission aligns with the RCUK vision, presenting progress in monthly stakeholder meetings.
• Develop compelling partnership propositions and presentations for corporate prospects, ensuring alignment with our values.
• Chair a monthly partnership forward planning meeting with internal stakeholders and key members of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Look for specific income-generating partnerships that will help fund our campaigning activity.
• Continually monitor and evaluate each partnership to ensure objectives are being met in line with both RCUK and the partners' expectations.
• Set KPIs for each of our corporate and community partnerships and ensure effective corporate account management - managing multiple and high-value partners.

• Effectively manage the relationships with partners at all levels including internal stakeholders.

• This role will occasionally involve regional travel to meet with corporate or community partners.
• This will include working outside standard hours and involve occasional weeknight/weekend work.
• This role will involve external face-to-face meetings to initially establish new relationships, and it will also involve supporting in-person community and corporate partners' campaign events.
• This list is not exhaustive. In addition to the duties outlined above, the role may also include any other duties reasonably requested by their line manager. It is a requirement of all RCUK staff to take an active participative interest in their own continuing professional development.

The post is hybrid working and based in London. The successful candidate is expected to attend the office a minimum of one day per week.

What we can offer you:

We offer competitive salaries, generous annual leave, and opportunities for professional development. All staff benefit from flexible working hours, and ensuring staff are able to balance their work and personal life is important to us.