Partnerships Manager
Share
Job Location:
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
Vacancies:
Job Summary
About the Role
Were looking for a Partnerships Manager to build bold trusted relationships and high-impact collaborations across business government and society advancing our mission to shape a better future through responsible leadership.
Youll be working at the heart of the Institutes mission acting as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of stakeholders across 15-25 of our partner organisations from FTSE 100 firms and government departments to charities and social enterprises.
Youll spend time understanding their context spotting growth opportunities and identifying ways to help them get the most from their partnership with the Forward Institute.
As a key member of our Partnerships team youll play a pivotal role in ensuring our partners thrive within the Forward Institute movement. Your key responsibilities are to:
Act as the trusted primary contact for 15-25 partner organisations overseeing all day-to-day touchpoints.
Deepen relationships with key decision-makers identifying opportunities to expand and deepen partnerships (including securing renewals and sales).
Maintain CRM data insight and reporting from across the team to inform partnership strategies and sales planning.
Support new business conversations and proposals building narratives that connect partner need with our purpose.
Project manage partnership delivery helping to coordinate leadership offsites and events with the wider FI team.
Monitor sector and market trends feeding insights into our offering and programmes.
Represent the Forward Institute at events championing our mission and community.
Coordinate with operations and finance on contracting procurement compliance and reporting.
Youll be working at the heart of the Institutes mission acting as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of stakeholders across 15-25 of our partner organisations from FTSE 100 firms and government departments to charities and social enterprises.
Youll spend time understanding their context spotting growth opportunities and identifying ways to help them get the most from their partnership with the Forward Institute.
As a key member of our Partnerships team youll play a pivotal role in ensuring our partners thrive within the Forward Institute movement. Your key responsibilities are to:
Act as the trusted primary contact for 15-25 partner organisations overseeing all day-to-day touchpoints.
Deepen relationships with key decision-makers identifying opportunities to expand and deepen partnerships (including securing renewals and sales).
Maintain CRM data insight and reporting from across the team to inform partnership strategies and sales planning.
Support new business conversations and proposals building narratives that connect partner need with our purpose.
Project manage partnership delivery helping to coordinate leadership offsites and events with the wider FI team.
Monitor sector and market trends feeding insights into our offering and programmes.
Represent the Forward Institute at events championing our mission and community.
Coordinate with operations and finance on contracting procurement compliance and reporting.
About You
Youll bring care ownership and initiative. You work with confidence and clarity staying focused on the bigger picture even when things are moving fast.
Youll thrive in this role if you:
Are passionate about building enduring relationships - trusted by key stakeholders precise and thoughtful in how you build and sustain relationships.
Have 2 - 3 years experience in partnership management client relations or account management
Are curious and insightful able to spot and develop opportunities for commercial growth and impact.
Are organised and proactive able to juggle competing priorities follow through on detail and keep systems running smoothly .
Have experience with or open to using CRMs and AI tools to work smarter faster and with greater precision.
Are an excellent communicator able to turn complex ideas into compelling narratives and tailor these depending on the audience.
Have a bias for action and can find creative routes through challenges.
Youll love it here if you
Youll thrive in this role if you:
Are passionate about building enduring relationships - trusted by key stakeholders precise and thoughtful in how you build and sustain relationships.
Have 2 - 3 years experience in partnership management client relations or account management
Are curious and insightful able to spot and develop opportunities for commercial growth and impact.
Are organised and proactive able to juggle competing priorities follow through on detail and keep systems running smoothly .
Have experience with or open to using CRMs and AI tools to work smarter faster and with greater precision.
Are an excellent communicator able to turn complex ideas into compelling narratives and tailor these depending on the audience.
Have a bias for action and can find creative routes through challenges.
Youll love it here if you
- Are energised by working with some of the UKs most influential organisations across business government and civil society.
- Thrive on meaningful conversations with senior leaders and love seeing ideas turn into impact.
- Have a curious mind and value learning from others perspectives.
- Enjoy working in a dynamic collaborative environment where initiative is valued.
- Appreciate autonomy but also love being part of a small ambitious team building something big together.
- Are happy to travel occasionally to partner sites events or convenings.
About us
We believe a better future is possible and how we get there begins with leaders. The choices they make will determine the years to come.
Responsible leadership is the courageous and creative use of power to shape a better future. It is a choice and we help leaders choose it.
Through breakthrough leadership programmes advisory interventions and our 1500 strong leader community we equip leaders with the mindsets capabilities insight and tools to transform their organisations.
Responsible leadership is the courageous and creative use of power to shape a better future. It is a choice and we help leaders choose it.
Through breakthrough leadership programmes advisory interventions and our 1500 strong leader community we equip leaders with the mindsets capabilities insight and tools to transform their organisations.
Benefits
We know our greatest strength is our people. We want every one of us to feel supported in their health in wellbeing and in building a secure future. When you join you are enrolled on Health Insurance we have a working from home set up generous training and development budget an abundance of library books to borrow our peoples pension scheme and more.
Our benefits are here to reflect our values in action: to help you thrive at work protect what matters outside it and feel confident through the twists and turns of your personal and professional journey.
Our benefits are here to reflect our values in action: to help you thrive at work protect what matters outside it and feel confident through the twists and turns of your personal and professional journey.
How to Apply
To apply please send your CV and a covering video (max 2 minutes) answering the following:
What are you passionate about and why are you interested in this specific role
We want to make this process as inclusive and accessible as possible. If you have any access needs or specific requirements please get in touch with.
Applications for this role are closing on 17 November
First round interviews will begin from 3 November.
Second round interviews will be the week of the 24 November
You must have the right to work in the UK.
What are you passionate about and why are you interested in this specific role
We want to make this process as inclusive and accessible as possible. If you have any access needs or specific requirements please get in touch with.
Applications for this role are closing on 17 November
First round interviews will begin from 3 November.
Second round interviews will be the week of the 24 November
You must have the right to work in the UK.
About us
Shaping a better future through responsible leadership.
We believe a better future is possible and how we get there begins with leaders. The choices they make will determine the years to come.
Responsible leadership is is the courageous and creative use of power to shape a better future. It is a choice and wehelp leaders choose it.
Through breakthrough leadership programmes advisory interventions and our 1500 strong leader community we equip leaders with the mindsets capabilities insight and tools to transform their organisations.
We believe a better future is possible and how we get there begins with leaders. The choices they make will determine the years to come.
Responsible leadership is is the courageous and creative use of power to shape a better future. It is a choice and wehelp leaders choose it.
Through breakthrough leadership programmes advisory interventions and our 1500 strong leader community we equip leaders with the mindsets capabilities insight and tools to transform their organisations.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Restaurant Experience
- Customer Service
- Employee Evaluation
- Management Experience
- Math
- Employment & Labor Law
- Sanitation
- Leadership Experience
- P&L Management
- Mentoring
- Supervising Experience
- Restaurant Management
About Company
Everything is changing - and everything is at stake The Forward Institute is a high-impact, fast-moving non-profit working with the UK’s most influential CEOs, policymakers, and institutions. At the heart of our mission is a belief that leaders change the world. So we’re building a ne ... View more
