Strategic Corporate Partnerships Manager

Strategic Corporate Partnerships Manager

Contract type

Permanent, full time – 35 hours per week

London, UK.

a minimum of 40 % of working time is spent face‑to‑face (London office, external meetings or travel). 60/40 hybrid working at Water Aid means roughly three days wherever you work best and two days together in person.

£44,168 - £46,493 per year with excellent benefits

Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. Water Aid exists to change that – for everyone, everywhere. Join us, and your energy will help unlock people’s potential and create a fairer future.

We’re a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen.

The Water Aid Corporate Partnerships team is responsible for developing and implementing Water Aid’s Corporate Partnerships Strategy which includes a focus on developing high value, high impact strategic partnerships.

As our Strategic Corporate Partnerships Manager, you will develop and manage ambitious, long‑term corporate partnerships and work closely with teams including Communications, Global Policy and Campaigns, and Country Programme Offices to drive sustainable change.

• Use your partnership management skills to develop high impact, shared value partnerships.
• Deliver high quality proposals, pitches and reports.
• Develop a strong knowledge of the sectors you work with, to be an informed and respected stakeholder.
• Work with a range of contact types both internally and externally.
• Champion Water Aid’s commitment to equity, inclusion and safeguarding.

• A proven track record of managing complex, multi layered corporate partnerships to deliver shared value.
• Experience of developing and implementing partnership development strategies including stakeholder stewardship.
• Ability to network with, and influence, senior people both internally and externally.
• Experience of writing high quality, engaging proposals and reports for a corporate audience, as well as experience of making presentations to senior‑level contacts and/or large groups of employees.

• Experience of corporate fundraising and developing 7 figure corporate accounts.
• Experience of new business generation.

View the full job description here.

Applications close at 12:00 PM (UK time) on Monday, 30 March 2026. Shortlisting and interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis, and the role may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found. We therefore encourage you to apply at an early stage.

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We also have an open role for a Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager (maternity cover). Please feel free to review this position as well if you think it may be more relevant to your experience.

At Water Aid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.

To apply for this role, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre‑employment checks will be carried out according to local law and Water Aid’s Safer Recruitment policy. All UK based roles require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

• 36days’ holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5days’ annual leave
• Employer pension contribution up to 10%
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Season ticket loan
• Free annual eye tests
• ‘Give as you Earn’ charitable giving…