Are you a talented individual looking to develop your career in a progressive conservation organisation? The reason the John Muir Trust exists – to conserve, protect and repair wild places for the benefit of everyone – has never been more important.

The John Muir Trust is recruiting a Corporate Partnerships Manager to lead on the Trust’s corporate fundraising. This is a unique opportunity to join the Trust’s Income Generation team as it looks to significantly increase income to support its exciting Strategy.

The John Muir Trust is committed to working together to promote a more inclusive environment and we need a diverse team to realise this. Applicants are welcome from all walks of life with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences to support our work on behalf of wild places.

Main responsibilities

Key duties

• Manage expansion of the Trust’s corporate fundraising, identifying targets, developing materials, and making persuasive asks for relevant projects.

• Lead on stewardship of corporate partners, building on existing relationships to maximise income and meet ambitious targets.

• Plan and manage events and individual meetings with potential corporate partners, making tailored asks in order to optimise return.

• Develop funding bids, working with a range of colleagues to submit compelling proposals to funders, ensuring approaches match their strategic priorities.

• Write reports and updates to keep partners informed of the positive impact of their support.

• Liaise with colleagues across the organisation to ensure that fundraising activity reflects the Trust’s strategic priorities.

• Line management of part of the Income Generation team: agreeing objectives and work plans, managing workload and performance.

• Work with the Income Generation Director and the wider team to assist with other aspects of fundraising as required.

Person specification

Essential skills, knowledge and aptitude

• At least three years’ experience in a similar role or at a comparable level in a comparable organisation.

• Demonstrable track record of income generation from corporates.

•Proven ability to build, manage and develop key stakeholder relationships.

• Experience of working with senior staff and trustees on project development, prospect development and relationship management.

• Excellent communication skills, including evidence of the ability to turn complex project information into persuasive fundraising content for various audiences.

• Line management experience – experience of managing staff remotely would be an advantage.

• Understanding of the charitable and environmental sectors.

• Energy, enthusiasm and desire to meet ambitious targets and ability to work flexibly and creatively towards those targets.

• Highly self-motivated and able to work autonomously, take initiative, make decisions and manage own workload.

• Commitment to and sensitive communication of the Trust’s core values and strategic direction.

• Experience with CRM systems. Desirable skills, knowledge and aptitude

• Understanding of key land management and policy issues facing the Trust.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualifications and/or significant evidence of continued professional development relevant to the role purpose and level.

Other details

Type of contract: Permanent Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Grade D (Starting at £38,413)

Pension: 5% employer contribution to a group auto-enrolment pension scheme

Reporting to: Income Generation Director

Location: Flexible, with regular travel to Edinburgh or Pitlochry

Holidays: 34 days (including bank holidays) per year plus 2 ‘wild days’ or 2 sustainable travel days

John Muir Trust standard terms and conditions of employment apply.