Partnership Development Assistant

Partnership Development Assistant

The Partnership Development Team at Alzheimer s Research UK prides itself on delivering sector-leading partnerships. We are a friendly, collaborative, and ambitious team driven by our goal to fund vital dementia research and ultimately find a cure for dementia.

The successful candidate will support the Partnership Development Officers with partnership delivery with companies such as Dyson, The Perfume Shop, Cadbury, and Slimming World while building excellent relationships with supporters from within those organisations. This role will also support our new business team with their approaches to prospective companies.

The Partnership Development Team sits within the Corporate Fundraising function, which is part of the Philanthropy and Partnerships Directorate. We collaborate closely with all teams across the charity, so communication, collaboration, and strong relationship skills are essential.

This role will be known internally as Partnership Development Executive

Key Responsibilities:

Team administrative support

Provide accurate and timely administrative support for all members of the team.

Manage invites and room bookings for Corporate Team meetings.

Manage travel bookings for the team when required using our designated travel booking system.

Ensure accurate recording keeping through the use of our CRM system (Salesforce).

Be the main internal point of contact for the Corporate Team for operational enquiries.

Respond to incoming team enquires promptly and professionally.

Ensure accurate financial records are kept, by reconciling gifts across multiple donation platforms.

Fundraising stock management and distribution.

Assisting the team with event planning, including sourcing pricing quotes, raising purchase orders, booking equipment and ordering merchandise.

Update the team intranet and website pages.

Update internal group email distribution lists as required.

Support the New Business Team in securing new partnerships

Data management: adding new companies and prospects to ensure accurate records of approaches made by the team.

Monitor supporter information on the database to generate new leads for the team.

Generating reports for the New Business team and maintaining accurate records.

Provide ad hoc support in the lead-up to high-value pitches and applications e.g. prepare materials, book couriers etc.

Supporting our existing partnerships

Provide a first-class stewardship journey for fundraisers from companies that are supporting the charity. Including making sure they have the materials and resources required to fundraise preparing and sending information packs, wishing them good luck, drafting letters, and sending thank you messages.

Work closely with the Supporter Experience Team to ensure a consistent stewardship journey across all audiences.

Manage online giving pages and our CRM system to make sure corporate supporters are identified and recorded correctly, and their income potential is maximised.

Monitor the CRM system to make sure that all information about our corporate fundraisers is recorded correctly.

Filter enquiries from our corporate supporters whilst other members of the Partnership Development Team are on annual leave to ensure a timely and helpful response.

Help support event delivery by sourcing volunteers, merchandise, and gifts in kind for events.

Keep the Partnership Development Officers and Team Managers up to date on feedback from supporters.

Communicate key fundraising products and communications designed for our Corporate supporters with the Relationship Fundraising Team.

Develop new fundraising idea packs to engage our Corporate supporters and seek appropriate sign off.

Working with others

Work closely with the team managers to deliver high quality tools and assets, and create processes, which enhance our supporter experience.

Work with our Merchandising Team for the development and production of event materials as required.

Act as the team Data SME and GDPR Champion.

Liaise with our distribution centre to organise mass mailings of materials needed for pitches and large partnership launches and events.

Represent the Corporate Partnerships team on working groups for…