Partnership Development Assistant 2025

The Corporate Team at ARUK has just enjoyed a record-breaking year of fundraising by our corporate partners. We require a proactive and organised colleague to provide the team with vital administrative support.

The successful candidate will support our partnerships with companies such as Dyson, The Perfume Shop, Cadbury, and Slimming World while building excellent relationships with supporters from within those organisations. This role will also support our new business team with their approaches to prospective companies.

This is a 12-month fixed term contract to cover a secondment period. This role will be known internally as Partnership Development Executive – FTC.

Main duties and responsibilities

Team administrative support

• Provide general administrative support for all members of the team.
• Manage invites and room bookings for Corporate Team meetings.
• Ensure accurate recording keeping through the use of our CRM system.
• Be the main internal point of contact for the Corporate Team.
• Respond to incoming team enquires promptly and professionally.
• Ensure accurate financial records are kept, by reconciling gifts across multiple donation platforms.
• Fundraising stock management and distribution.
• Assisting the team with event planning, including sourcing pricing quotes, raising purchase orders and booking equipment and ordering merchandise.
• Update the team intranet and website pages.
• Post from the Partnership Development team Twitter accounts, monitor LinkedIn for activity by our partners and flag to appropriate team member.
• Update internal group email distribution lists as required.

Securing new partnerships

• Fundraising data management: adding new companies and prospects to ensure accurate records of approaches made by the team.
• Monitor supporter information on the database to generate new leads for the team.
• Generating reports for the New Business team and maintaining accurate records.
• Provide ad hoc support in the lead-up to high-value pitches and applications e.g. prepare materials, book couriers etc.

Supporting our existing partnerships

• Provide a first-class stewardship journey for fundraisers from companies that are supporting the charity. Including making sure they have the materials and resources required to fundraise – preparing and sending information packs, wishing them good luck, drafting letters, and sending thank you messages.
• Work closely with the Central Fundraising Team to ensure a consistent stewardship journey across all audiences.
• Manage online giving pages and our CRM system to make sure corporate supporters are identified and recorded correctly, and their income potential is maximised.
• Monitor the CRM system to make sure that all information about our corporate fundraisers is recorded correctly.
• Filter enquiries from our corporate supporters whilst the Partnership Development Officers are on annual leave to ensure a timely and helpful response.
• Help support event delivery by sourcing volunteers, merchandise, and gifts in kind for events.
• Keep the Partnership Development Officers and Team Managers up to date on feedback from supporters.
• Communicate key fundraising products and communications designed for our Corporate supporters with the Regional team.
• Develop new fundraising idea packs to engage our Corporate supporters and seek appropriate sign off.

Working with others

• Work with our merchandising team for the development and production of event materials as required.
• Liaise with our distribution centre to organise mass mailings of materials needed for pitches and large partnership launches and events.
• Represent the Corporate Partnerships team on working groups for internal projects to ensure the team’s needs are met.
• Work closely with our Supporter Care Team, Central Fundraising Team and Insight & Development teams to make sure that the Corporate Partnership team is following processes correctly and is adopting improved practices where possible.

What we are looking for

• Confidence working with computers and Microsoft Office; knowledge of Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience using databases.
• Experience working in a customer/client facing position.
• Demonstrable administrative experience or relevant transferable skills.
• Experience of building and managing relationships with colleagues.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise and effectively manage multiple tasks.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Friendly and professional demeanour.
• A confident and friendly manner; would feel at ease representing the charity among varied external contacts.
• Able to work as part of a wider team as well as being proactive and can work independently.

The closing date for applications is the 22nd June 2025, with interviews being arrange once shortlisting has been completed. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.

The charity

Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.

There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trials that slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer’s Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.

The benefits

It is important to offer a range of benefits which are designed to meet both the organisational and individual needs, are market competitive and designed to attract and retain employees.

• Holiday entitlement
• Healthcare
• Sick pay
• Pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Family friendly policies
• Learning development