Corporate Partnership Manager - Appcastenterprise : Job Details

Job Description

Meals & More Charity established by Brakes Foodservice in 2015 is seeking to recruit an experienced Corporate Partnership Manager to further support its aims in providing support to children who live with poverty and social isolation and have limited access to adequate food provision and activity throughout school holiday periods.

Meals & More is privileged to have the support of its founder organisation, Brakes Group (Sysco GB) and is now seeking to grow its impact and further develop its fundraising strategy to maximise and secure income opportunities from potential partners.  Specifically, Brakes Group has a good network of suppliers and partners with whom we wish to seek deeper and longer-term relationships to support more children and young people. This will therefore be the primary focus of the role, but we are open to exploring other income sources.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• To deepen and grow a portfolio of existing corporate supporter accounts, providing exceptional supporter care and delivering successful partnerships
• To develop corporate relations with an emphasis on securing new Meals & More supporter partners and funding
• To develop and manage Meals & More strategy for raising funds from Corporate Business base.
• To forge and nurture long-term mutually beneficial relationships with corporate supporters and raise funds towards the ongoing work of Meals & More.
• Develop and maintain a portfolio of companies taking responsibility for delivering and developing plans for securing new income from businesses by identifying growth areas and opportunities within the corporate sector.
• Develop a long-term strategy for Corporate Giving within the corporate arena.
• Monitor Corporate Responsibility issues and keep up to date with professional fundraising associations and media regarding fundraising tools and skills development.
• To develop, write and present funding proposals, corporate applications, and reports.
• Track, analyse and report on fundraising results in the Corporate field and measure, manage and report performance using agreed performance measures.

About you:

We are looking for someone who has experience in a similar Partnership Management role, ideally with a fundraising background. You’ll have experience deepening and growing a portfolio of existing corporate supporter accounts, providing exceptional supporter care and delivering successful partnerships. A great role if you understand the aims of the charity and funding given over to Delivery Partners. As a member of a small team, the successful candidate will be a self-starter, comfortable working directly with the Operations Director and the Board to develop a new partnerships strategy that increases the income and expands the reach of our services.

What we offer:

• A competitive salary
• Pension scheme
• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days, with option to purchase additional holidays + bank holidays.
• Huge discounts on all sorts of lovely food and award-winning products through our staff shop
• Discounts on Cinema tickets, shopping and earn cashback on purchases through Sodexo.
• Recognition awards and Incentives
• Real career opportunities - being part of Sysco, the world’s leading foodservice business, opens a world of possibility.

Our Background:

Meals & More provides support to children who live with poverty and social isolation and have limited access to adequate food provision and activity throughout school holiday periods. Meals & More provides funds and resources that help our delivery partners run holiday clubs across the United Kingdom. Founded by Brakes in 2015, Meals & More is an independent registered Charity.

Through sustained growth, Meals & More reached its goal of supporting provision of 2.5m meals through its network of partners. With over 35,000 children and young people attending clubs during the holidays we are now looking to double our support.

Meals & More is a catalyst for positive change, bringing likeminded people together, creating the opportunity to improve life chances, contributing to happier, healthier children and families. Through provision of nutritious food and enriching educational and physical activities, Meals & More partnerships contribute to be supportive environments, boosting health, self-belief, and aspirations. We believe that every child matters and deserves a good start in life, not only at school but throughout the year.

Our Partners and supporters have a clear understanding of Meals & More aims and collective challenges. We embrace all opportunities to work with organizations and businesses that have similar goals and share our aspiration to make a difference.