Our client's vision is a world where older people fulfil their potential to lead active, dignified, healthy and secure lives. We are now partnering with the charity as they seek a Strategic Donor Partnerships Manager on a maternity cover contract.
Duties will include providing organisational level management of key strategic donor partnerships, driving the development of new funding partnership opportunities and leading the development of organisational resource development policies, resources and ways of working for the organisation and its network members.

The role will focus on donor management, specifically managing strategic partnerships providing organisational level oversight to key strategic contracts. The holder will have responsibility for coordinating the development of a strengthened approach to commercial contracting and developing a strong understanding of the commercial contracting market, key players and trends, and support improved knowledge in these areas internally. The role will involve leading the development and revision of resource development policies, resources and strategy and acting as main contact point for global resource development structures, systems and ways of working across global Resource Development team.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable skills and experience in the development and management of large complex programmes. Experience of managing donor compliance requirements for large, complex contracts and the ability to understand and communicate complex contractual requirements clearly to stakeholders with varying degrees of knowledge. They will have experience of monitoring and evaluating programmes to assess their impact and extract learning and a proven track record in risk mitigation and management by applying analytical skills and a proactive approach to understand issues and find solutions.

To apply, please submit a Word Document version of your CV; cover letters are not required at this stage.