Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser

IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

The post of corporate partnerships fundraiser is focused on generating funding from a range of sources to support the global growth and impact of CDP and to enable us to advance our mission. The successful candidate will be based in the CDP London Headquarters and work closely with our offices around the world.

The key task will be securing revenue from commercial companies as part of a corporate partnership with CDP. Click here to review our various corporate partnership programs. We are looking for an experienced fundraiser/sales person, who is able to work autonomously and within a small team.

Main responsibilities

• Responsibility for identifying and developing new funding relationships and raising commercial funds for CDP
• Relationship management of some CDP corporate partners
• Working closely with our broader fundraising team to maximise funding efforts globally

Requirements

• Strong fundraising / revenue generation track record
• Tenacious and not afraid to make lots of phone calls
• Ability to build relationships from scratch and develop into large scale funding partnerships
• Strong capacity for relationship growth and management
• Highly organised and efficient at planning
• Strong understanding of business and commercial organisations
• Well networked in the UK or European sustainability world a bonus
• Ability to represent CDP at high level meetings
• Ability to distil complex ideas into clear concise and compelling proposals
• Strong relationship management skills
• Excellent organizational / project management skills
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Self motivated, with the ability to organize own work, set priorities, meet deadlines and follow up on assignments
• Some understanding of environmental market and business
• Team worker
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, owerpoint)
• Desirable:
  • A keen personal interest in and commitment to sustainable development
  • Understanding of climate change and its environmental as well as societal impacts

Benefits: Competitive NGO salary, annual bonus, 24 days holiday, non-contributory pension provision after probationary period.

Interested candidates should send a copy of their résumé with a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role to Paul Robins, Director of Fundraising at paul.robins@cdproject.net with "Corporate partnerships fundraiser" in the subject line.

Deadline for submissions: 10 February 2012