Martin House provides free specialist palliative care to babies, children and young people with complex and life-shortening conditions. Families from across West, North and East Yorkshire have access to our care 24/7, 365 days a year, including specialist doctors. Every year we care for more than 550 families, at the hospice, in hospital and in families’ own homes, as well as supporting around 200 bereaved family members.

We’re looking for a dynamic Partnerships Manager to lead and grow relationships with our major corporate partners. In this role, you’ll nurture high value partnerships, create robust account plans, and set ambitious growth targets. You’ll play a key role within the Philanthropy & Partnerships team, driving sustained year on year income growth and strengthening long term, strategic partnerships.

The role will involve:

• Developing and stewarding relationships with key corporate decision makers, to maximise partnership opportunities with prospects and existing partners.

• Account manage a range corporate partnerships, developing and securing them for multi-year support.

• Actively secure sponsorship from corporate partners for Martin House events.

• Ensure all corporate partners have correct and up to date Partnership Agreements and Licence Fee Agreements.

• Forecast, track and report on the income performance of your area including the reporting of performance against agreed KPI measures.

• Support the Philanthropy & Partnerships Team Manager through contributing to special projects, working groups and strategic planning.

• Support with hosting networking and cultivation events to increase profile of Martin House to new supporters.

• Accurately record communication and account information on the database.

• Maintain awareness of other charitable partnerships, alongside new fundraising trends, tools and campaigns.

• Work closely with other income generation teams within Martin House to maximise the support of new partners and ensure organisational objectives are achieved.

• Act as an ambassador for Martin House, maintaining positive and effective communication internally and externally when representing the service offered by the hospice. There is an expectation that the post holder will need to travel to visit businesses, attend meetings and conferences etc. sometimes outside of working hours.

Our ideal candidate will

• Be committed to Martin House’s values – Excellence, Respect, Integrity and Compassion.

• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbal, non-verbal and written

• Show experience working in corporate fundraising or in a marketing/sales position in a client facing role

• Develop and maintain internal and external working relationships at all levels

• Demonstrate experience of managing multiple corporate accounts in a commercial and/or charity setting and maximising income from these through proactive stewardship

• Demonstrate the ability to deliver compelling proposals, presentations and pitches to a variety of audiences

• Adopt a creative and proactive approach to all aspects of the work

• Demonstrate the ability to work on own initiative and cooperatively as part of the fundraising team

• Have the ability to set, monitor and analyse income and KPI targets and have a track record of meeting and exceeding targets

• Have knowledge of fundraising legislation and governance

• Have demonstrable knowledge of fundraising databases

• Demonstrate a positive can-do attitude

Martin House places families at the heart of all that we do and this is reflected in the amazing benefits we offer our valued team members.

• Annual leave – eight weeks per year, including bank holidays

• Sick pay – six months full pay and six months half pay following successful completion of probationary period.

• Recognition of NHS pension scheme for candidates who are currently in the scheme and up to 10 per cent contributory AVIVA scheme.

• Enhanced maternity and partners leave to exceed the NHS entitlement

• Health and wellbeing programme including access to free of charge Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their families

• Accredited Menopause and Mindful employer

• Life insurance – two times annual salary

• Free parking at our children’s hospice in Boston Spa

Please apply via our website www.martinhouse.org.uk/get-involved/join-our-team/ and complete an application form, referring to the Job Description and Person Specification which can be found here. For further information contact Lizzie Philpott by email at lphilpott@martinhouse.org.uk or by telephone 07741 639473.

The closing date for applications is noon on 19th January 2026. Interviews will take place on Wednesday 28th January 2026. If you have not heard from us by Friday 23rd January, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Martin House is committed to providing care and improving services irrespective of race, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, marital status, or sexual orientation.

Martin House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment.

Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with safer recruitment standards and successful applicants may be required to undertake a DBS via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK.