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Corporate Development and Partnerships Assistant (Volunteer)
Head of Corporate Partnerships & Corporate Development Manager
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Kentish Town, London
1. Overview
1.1. Background & Description of the role
War Child’s mission is to support and strengthen the protective environment for children who, as a result of
conflict, live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion.
Over the next five years War Child will develop its organisational capability to benefit, directly and indirectly,
10% of the most marginalised children, living in ten of the worst conflict affected countries in the world. War
Child will campaign to persuade decision makers to begin allocating the level of financial and political
commitment needed to reduce the number of children dying and suffering from the effects of war. We will
harness the credibility and learning from the increased scale of our programmes work to make a significant
contribution to the conditions, in which others are encouraged, enabled and compelled to benefit those children
marginalised by conflict that War Child is unable to help directly.
The Corporate Development and Partnerships Assistant (Volunteer) role is crucial for our award-winning,
creative Fundraising Division, in supporting the team in raising funds to continue this rapid growth and expansion
of our impact. The Corporate Development and Partnerships Assistant role will have a focus on supporting War
Child’s corporate accounts and supporting the corporate development team with prospecting and researching.
1.2. Key Responsibilities
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Provide support in account managing War Child’s existing partnerships.
Maintain individual corporate contacts and organisations on War Child’s fundraising database.
Provide support in pinpointing new business opportunities.
Utilise War Child’s fundraising database as a relationship management tool to record, monitor and report
on existing partnerships, new fundraising opportunities, and update records for individuals and
companies.
Conduct and write research reports on potential new corporate partners.
Research and explore new areas of fundraising (individual, corporate and challenge) for War Child.
Support the Corporate Partnerships team with resource collation for corporate proposals and
applications.
Support the wider fundraising team with tasks where appropriate.
1.3. Working With
The role involves working closely with the following stakeholders:
 All staff in the Fundraising Directorate
 All staff in the Programmes Directorate
 Other War Child colleagues
 War Child’s Corporate Partners
 War Child’s Key Supporters
1.4. Responsible for
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Providing indirect support to the Corporate Development and Corporate Partnerships team.
Job Description and Person Specific Requirements
1.5. Contractual Terms
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This role will be a 4-6 month placement, working 5 days a week.
This is a voluntary position, with lunch and travel costs provided (for travel within zones 1-6 of London
Underground).
Any offer made will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written references, (from your most recent
employer, any other previous employer and a character reference). War Child reserves the right to call
the referees.
The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a DBS check, be compliant and sign up to War
Child’s Child Protection Policy prior to offer being made.
2. Job Description
2.1. Corporate Fundraising
Support the Corporate Partnerships team in developing War Child’s portfolio of corporate partners committed
to supporting the charity in a wide range of corporate fundraising activity (including but not exclusively Charity
of the Year, Gaming, Cause-Related Marketing, Sponsorship and Corporate Foundations).
Corporate development and account support:
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Provide day to day support for current corporate partnerships working with Corporate Partnerships
Manager to maximise income.
Support in the development of corporate partnership proposals.
Build excellent working relationships across the organisation, with teams who help to deliver War Child’s
corporate partnerships.
Build excellent working relationships with staff who work for War Child’s corporate partners.
Support at corporate events as required.
Maintain information on corporate contacts and organisations on War Child’s fundraising database.
3. Personal Specification - Essential Requirements
War Child’s office is a fun and lively environment made up of small group of extremely dedicated staff and
volunteers. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their own personality and creativity to our
fundraising and the wider charity.
3.1. Experience
 Conducting desk research
 Some understanding of charity fundraising mechanisms
3.2. Expertise
 Confident to work independently
 Relationship development
 IT literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Office and databases
3.3. Legal
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Eligible to work in the UK
Job Description and Person Specific Requirements
3.4. Key Competencies
 Commitment to the vision and mission of War Child UK.
 Ability to be creative for continuous improvement and to contribute towards a culture of innovation
along with knowledge impact.
 Flexibility approach to work including some weekend working and occasional visits to the network.
 Ability to effectively organise and prioritise own workload whilst making effective decisions.
 Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
 Ability to collaborate and form effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
 Attention to detail with a key focus in achieving results.
4. Personal Specification - Desirable
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Involvement on a marketing or fundraising project
Involvement in proposal applications
Experience of using/managing relationship databases
Experience of managing own projects
An understanding of or experience of delivering fundraising events
Interest/knowledge of the charity sector
5. Application Process
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Please send your CV and a brief covering letter which outlines how you meet the person specification to
Sheena Bourke, Corporate Development Manager [email protected] by 5pm of Monday 1st
February 2016.
Due to limited resources at War Child, HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates
Interviews will be held during week commencing 8th and 15th February 2016.