Corporate Partnerships Manager

About Home-Start Edinburgh

Home-Start Edinburgh supports families with young children through challenging times. Through compassionate, non-judgemental support, we help parents build confidence, strengthen relationships and create more stable foundations for family life.

We want more businesses in Edinburgh to feel connected to that mission – not simply as donors, but as local partners helping families in their own city. This role will be central to making that happen.

• Develop and deliver a practical corporate partnerships plan focused on new income growth.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of prospects across Edinburgh’s business community.
• Create and pitch compelling partnership opportunities for businesses of different sizes and types.
• Lead the development and rollout of Friends of Edinburgh as part of our wider new business approach.
• Secure new support through partnerships, sponsorship, employee fundraising, volunteering, events, gifts in kind and other relevant routes.
• Build excellent relationships with supporters and, over time, help grow and deepen those partnerships.

• Someone with experience in corporate fundraising, business development, sales, account management, sponsorship or partnerships.
• Someone who is confident building relationships externally and can combine warmth, credibility and persistence.
• Someone who enjoys creating opportunities from scratch and is comfortable working strategically as well as hands‑on.
• Someone who can write and speak persuasively, tailor approaches to different audiences and keep momentum in a varied pipeline.
• Someone who is motivated by purpose and excited by the chance to help shape a growing area of work.
• Applicants do not need to come from the charity sector; experience winning business, managing clients, developing sponsorship or building commercial relationships is valued.

• A genuine opportunity to build and shape this area of work.
• Flexible working of 20 hours per week.
• Values‑led organisation making a visible difference to families in Edinburgh.
• A role that combines autonomy, creativity, relationship‑building and social impact.
• The chance to create something sustainable and locally rooted.

• Salary: £38,000 FTE, pro rata for 20 hours per week.
• Location:
  
  Edinburgh / hybrid, with local travel for meetings and events.
• This post is subject to Home-Start Edinburgh’s safer recruitment processes.