Community Partnerships Manager; Homebased East of England

Overview

The Leprosy Mission (TLM) is looking for an inspirational Community Partnerships Manager to be the face of The Leprosy Mission within the East of England region. This is a home-based role that focuses on developing regional fundraising plans, building partnerships, and leading a regional volunteer network.

• Developing and delivering ambitious regional fundraising plans to maximise local support, providing exceptional stewardship and achieving financial targets in line with Community Fundraising Strategy.
• Building a network of regional volunteers, proactively seeking new opportunities and promoting best practice in community fundraising.
• Delivering the Community Fundraising Strategy within a designated region, identifying new income streams and recruiting and retaining new supporters.
• Actively managing volunteers with varied skills, including administration, desk-based research, public speaking, networking and understanding of other faith groups, and, in cooperation with the Line Manager, providing training and sharing information across volunteer groups.
• Working with other members of the Fundraising Team to actively promote legacies and provide pipelines to the Partnerships Team.
• Being responsible for a team of volunteers.
• Generating an agreed regional income target, ensuring ROI of role is at least 3:1.
• Working at least three Sundays every month to present at churches (with time off in lieu on Monday or Friday).
• Travelling extensively within the region, including attending quarterly meetings at the Peterborough Office, requiring overnight stays.
• Travelling overseas approximately every 3 years (first trip to take place within 24 months when possible), with the purpose of taking key funders to visit projects (each trip to last up to 14 days in duration).

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Entrepreneurial, results-driven and able to work on own initiative.
• Persuasive and engaging; able to make a financial ask with ease.
• Relationship-building skills, with the ability to develop effective working relationships.
• Ability to network face-to-face and on conference calls.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills, comfortable in adapting to different audiences, e.g. corporate, faith groups, etc.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to apply data insight to strategic decision-making.
• Excellent IT skills, including intermediate PowerPoint and Excel.
• 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 public holidays and Christmas office closure.
• Pension.
• Life assurance cover.
• Volunteering leave.
• Health cash plan.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental and paternity pay.

• Salary: Circa. £32,000 per annum + £7,000 car allowance.
• Contract and
  
  Hours:
  
  Permanent, full-time (35 hours per week).
• Location: Home-based in the East of England.
• Closing date: 9am on Thursday 15 January 2026.

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Business Development, Project Management, and Management
• Industries: Staffing and Recruiting, Fundraising, and Non-profit Organizations

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