Corporate Partnership Coordinator

Overview

• Full-time role
• Language: English
• Location: Cornwall, UK
• Salary: £28,000 per year
• Applications closing: 2nd April

Job Description

We are looking for a Corporate Partnerships Coordinator to join our Corporate Partnerships team. This role is all about delivering an excellent experience for our corporate partners, making sure they feel valued, informed and connected to Cool Earth's work.

You'll be responsible for day-to-day partner communications, coordinating events and engagement activities, and keeping our systems and records up-to-date. It's a varied role that suits someone who is organised, enjoys building relationships and takes pride in getting the details right.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to build a career in corporate partnerships or fundraising. You'll gain experience across stewardship, events, communications and administration while working within a supportive and ambitious team.

Responsibilities Partner stewardship and communications

• Deliver day-to-day stewardship for corporate partners, ensuring they receive timely, engaging updates.
• Act as a first point of contact for partner queries, responding promptly and professionally, and escalating issues where needed.
• Support the Partnerships team to deliver tailored stewardship plans, including thank-you communications, updates and touchpoints across the year.
• Draft and coordinate partner emails, newsletters and content for digital channels, working with communications colleagues where appropriate.
• Help prepare and send partner impact updates and reports, gathering information, data and stories from colleagues across the organisation.

Events and engagement

• Coordinate logistics for partner engagement activities, including webinars, speaker sessions and internal staff briefings.
• Support the planning and delivery of partner events, such as cultivation meetings, workshops or conference activity, including invitations, attendance lists and follow-up.
• Help develop and deliver digital engagement content for partners, such as presentations, slide decks and short updates for employee channels.
• Assist in organising virtual and in-person visits or briefings for key partners, ensuring a high-quality experience.

Administration and data

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date CRM records for all corporate partnerships, including contacts, activities, pipelines and income.
• Support the administration of partnership agreements, including preparing documentation, tracking deliverables and coordinating renewals.
• Process partnership donations and pledges, working closely with Finance to ensure accurate records, acknowledgement and reconciliation.
• Help prepare partnership materials and assets, including presentations, briefing notes, case studies and branded resources.
• Run regular reports and lists from the CRM to support stewardship, reporting and decision-making.

Team and prospect support

• Provide administrative support to the Partnerships team, including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas and circulating notes and actions.
• Assist with research on current and prospective partners, gathering information for briefings and supporting the development of pitches and proposals.
• Coordinate with colleagues in communications, programmes (MEL) and operations to gather information, stories and data needed for partner deliverables.

Other tasks as required by the Development team.

Role Requirements

It is essential to us that you have/are the following:

• Experience in supporter care, customer service, account management, or administration.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills with great attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Confidence working with databases and CRM systems.
• A friendly and professional manner.
• A proactive problem-solver who takes ownership.
• Genuine interest in and commitment to the humanitarian and environmental principles of Cool Earth.
• Aligned with our values: "smart", "driven", "open", and "locally-led".

It would be great, but not essential, if you also have:

• Fluent written and spoken Spanish.
• Experience using Salesforce or a similar CRM system.
• Experience coordinating events or webinars.
• Background in relationship or account management roles.
• Understanding of CSR, ESG, and environmental sustainability.
• Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Google Workspace, Slack, and Trello.
• Experience working in a charity, NGO or values-led organisation.

How to apply?

To apply for this role, please fill in the application form.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applicants, so encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.