Senior Partnership Development Manager

About the job

The RSPB are expanding our HQ Corporate Partnerships team as we continue to build on recent
successes and increased public awareness of our efforts to collaborate with businesses,
enabling collective action in support of nature’s recovery.

Your work with us will allow you to play a vital role in raising awareness of the crisis that
nature is facing and to make a significant impact in restoring habitats, saving species from
extinction, and providing opportunities for people of all ages to connect more closely to
nature – protecting it for the future.

About the Role

The Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager will be responsible for driving significant income
growth from corporates – working with brands and businesses to reach challenging targets. Your
role will incorporate close involvement in the ongoing stewardship of prospects and improvement
of the RSPB’s offer through engagement with stakeholders across the organisation. This role
will focus on securing investment through natural capital markets, including biodiversity net
gain, as well as the RSPB’s wider corporate partnership offering. You will be working closely
with colleagues in Conversation Investment, Business Conservation Advice, and the wider
Business Engagement function to deliver high-value partnerships which will have a significant
impact in the fight against the dual nature and climate crisis.

What we need from you

The post-holder will be someone who thrives in relationship management and successfully
securing new partnerships.

The successful candidate will have significant B2B new business experience and a proven track
record of securing complex corporate partnerships with strategic communications packages and
financial values of £1m+.

Flexible location with regular travel across the UK to visit partners and attend events
alongside scheduled working at the HQ in Sandy, Bedfordshire with team members – currently
monthly.

Essentials:

• Experience in securing high-value, multi-dimensional partnerships in the private or third
  sector.
• Able to take a leading role in the partnership development strategy, generating ideas,
  bringing external insight, and delivering on agreed areas of work.
• Experience in developing and implementing ambitious sector strategies and producing tailored
  new partnership propositions that meet corporate and RSPB objectives.
• Able to proactively generate leads, build networks, and influence others, both internally and
  externally to secure multi-dimensional £1m+ value partnerships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, effective proposal writing and
  correspondence to internal and external audiences.
• CRM system experience

Desirables:

• Knowledge of natural capital markets including Biodiversity Net Gain and Voluntary Carbon
  markets

Additional Information

This is a full-time role for 22 months.

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 30th September 2024. For further
information, please contact [email protected]

As part of this application process, you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and
complete an application form including evidence of how you meet the skills, knowledge, and
experience listed above.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels
supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world
richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of
colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate,
sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled,
we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any
additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have
a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

We reserve the right to
close this advert at any time.