Head of Partnerships and Fundraising

The Role

The Head of Partnerships and Fundraising is responsible for the majority of income generation for our charity. The Switch raises income from corporate volunteering partnerships and through grant applications to other trusts and charities, which together contribute circa £800,000 per year. This is a role that requires strategic thinking, relationship and negotiation skills, and the ability to meet income targets.

This role will manage and grow our current key corporate partners, ensuring sustainability and longevity in our partnerships. The person will be responsible for communicating effectively with corporate partners on a strategic level, to understand how we can improve our volunteering offer and communicate impact to their business.

The job-holder will seek new partnerships in diverse industries where we have fewer stakeholders, to ensure our young people work with companies and volunteers from wide-ranging sectors.

In this position you will scope fundraising opportunities from grant and trusts, and be adept at assessing our viability so that applications we submit have a higher rate of success than average.

As Head of Partnerships and Fundraising, you will create new income streams which The Switch has not considered before, for example legacy funding, individual giving, corporate match funding. This will improve our financial stability.

In addition to income generation, this role will lead the Partnerships team and manage two to three staff as follows :

1. Our Corporate Partnerships and Volunteer Manager - oversees all volunteer logistics, including maintaining volunteer records and distributing relevant briefing materials to ensure volunteers are well-prepared for their role. Some time dedicated to fundraising too.

2. Our Communication Coordinator leads on our regular comms including our digital newsletter, social media pages, and bespoke comms for projects or funders.

3. Coordinator TBC.

Details

The Head of Partnerships and Fundraising leads the Partnerships Team and reports to the CEO.

Working hours are typically 9am 5pm Monday Thursday, and 9am 4pm Fridays.

Working from home (WFH) is typically 2 days a week, with Wednesdays mandatory in the office.

Flexibility will be required to cover meetings or events outside of these hours and WFH days.

Start date: autumn 2025

We are proud to offer a number of enhanced benefits to our staff, including:

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, additional Switch Off Day and Christmas closure

Health cash-back package, including discounts on gym memberships, retail and leisure.

Hybrid working

Pension

Learning and Development opportunities including Learning at Work Week activities

Volunteering days to spend on an activity close to your own heart.