The Partnership Manager role will report to the CEO and sit within the Business Development Team.

The Partnership Manager will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities in order to generate revenue, improve profitability and help the business grow. You will have a clear ability to tailor the way we sell our services to potential clients.

You will lead and support others across the company to communicate our service offering to external stakeholders that will directly contribute to the company’s growth strategy and impact.

The Partnership Manager will also be a key member of the department and contribute to, departmental strategies, systems and maximising efficiency, and communicating our brand values and services that attracts a wide range of clients.

In this role, you will work closely with the Digital Communications and Marketing, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programme and Finance teams.

Essential Experience

• Have a minimum 5 years sales and client relationship experience
• Proven success in a similar role, with a track record of securing income through multi-year partnerships
• Strong relationship management skills, particularly within the education and/or corporate sector.
• Ability to manage a heavy and varied workload effectively and maintain high levels of both accuracy and output
• Ability to think strategically and identify new opportunities and initiatives to grow the business
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience of producing high quality written materials that are tailored to the needs of specific internal or external audiences.
• Experience managing a CRM system, sales systems flow and executing sales campaigns/funnels
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and working independently to find solutions to problems