Corporate Fundraising Manager

Corporate Fundraising Manager (Maternity Leave Cover)

Hours: 35 hours per week, 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday)

Location: Hybrid (Office in Amersham, Buckinghamshire), with occassional travel across the UK

Contract: Fixed-term, 12 month contract, to cover maternity leave

Job Description:

In this interim role, you ll play a key part in driving forward our corporate partnerships work to build strong, mutually beneficial relationships with businesses and organisations to support our mission. You ll identify and develop high-value opportunities, inspire charitable giving, and provide excellent stewardship to ensure partners feel valued, engaged, and motivated to continue their support.

You ll also contribute to maintaining a healthy and active pipeline of new prospects, supporting the long-term sustainability of our work. As part of our marvellous team, you ll enjoy the opportunity to manage and support colleagues, helping them thrive and deliver great results during this period.

This is a rewarding, hands-on role for someone who loves relationship-building, is confident working with corporate partners, and is excited to be part of a charity making a real difference to seriously ill children.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Lead the corporate fundraising programme at Roald Dahl s Marvellous Children s Charity, working closely with the Director of Fundraising & Communications, Director of Development, and Brand & Marketing Manager.

• Deliver an ambitious corporate partnerships strategy that supports both regional (aligned with Roald Dahl Nurse locations) and national growth.

• Contribute to the overall strategic planning of the Fundraising and Communications team, supporting the charity s broader income and engagement goals.

• Provide leadership and direction to the Corporate Fundraising Executive

Corporate Partnership Development

• Identify, research, package and secure high-value corporate partnerships, including Charity of the Year, sponsorship, cause-related marketing, and employee fundraising opportunities.

• Proactively grow and manage the new business pipeline, forecasting income and tracking likelihood of success, ensuring alignment with agreed income targets.

• Build creative, compelling cases for support and deliver inspirational, tailored pitches and proposals to senior corporate audiences.

• Horizon scan to identify new partnership opportunities and emerging sectors, working closely with the Programmes Team to align fundraising opportunities with service delivery and impact.

Account Management & Stewardship

• Deliver high-quality relationship management for all existing corporate partners, ensuring clear communication, excellent stewardship, and sustained engagement, with support from the Director of Fundraising & Communications, CEO and other senior staff as needed.

• Create and implement bespoke fundraising plans and incentives to support multi-year, mutually beneficial partnerships.

• Prepare engaging, tailored assets and communications including proposals, presentations, impact reports and updates for corporate supporters.

• Represent the charity confidently at meetings and events, delivering presentations and engaging with stakeholders at all levels.

Performance & Financial Management

• Track, analyse and report on income, ROI, and engagement across all corporate partnerships.

• Manage the corporate fundraising income and expenditure, reporting performance against forecasts.

• Maintain oversight of all contractual agreements and partnership terms for corporate partnerships and cause-related marketing.

Cross-Team Collaboration & Support

• Work collaboratively across the Fundraising and Communications team to deliver a calendar of corporate fundraising events, campaigns, and activity.

• Contribute content and stories to the charity s website, newsletter, annual review, and other external communications.

• Ensure strong collaboration with the Programmes Team to develop impactful narratives.

• Support the maintenance of accurate records on Beacon, ensuring all corporate fundraising activity is logged in our CRM system.

Other Information

This job description helps the post holder to understand his/her main duties. It is not exhaustive and the role s duties may change from time to time, in discussion with the post holder and consistent with the level of responsibility appropriate to the grade of the post.

• The post holder will be required to travel within the UK, for example to visit with corporate partners or to attend meetings in other parts of the country. This may occasionally require overnight stays. The post holder may also be required to undertake occasional evening and weekend work when, for example, we hold fundraising events or need to meet with funders.

• Roald Dahl s Marvellous Children s Charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Confirmation of appointment will be subject to a satisfactory standard Disclosure and Barring Service check.

• The appointment is subject to the satisfactory completion of a three-month probation period.

• Roald Dahl s Marvellous Children s Charity is committed to achieving the highest standards of service and employment practice. We give equal opportunity to everyone, regardless of background. While our offices are not currently accessible for people with significant mobility difficulties we will make all reasonable adjustments to allow the most suitable candidate to perform their role effectively

• The postholder will have the right to work in the UK.