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The Sutton Trust is the UK’s leading foundation dedicated to improving social mobility. Founded by Sir Peter Lampl in 1997, the Trust delivers programmes to 7,000 young people each year across the country, rigorous research into the issues of low social mobility and educational disadvantage, and policy advocacy to affect systemic change. The Trust gives opportunities to young people from low and moderate-income backgrounds to improve their chances of accessing top universities and the professions. It seeks to ensure young people reach their potential, regardless of their background, school or where they live.
The Trust has created a new role in the Development team to support with high-quality account management of mid-level strategic corporate partners and corporate givers, alongside stewardship delivery across the corporate partner portfolio. This is a fixed-term maternity cover position and will be an exciting opportunity to contribute to a successful income stream and meaningfully engage with a growing network of companies.
The role will be line managed by the Development Manager and will work with colleagues across the Trust including the Employer Working Group to ensure that the maximum value is realised from corporate partnerships against the Trust’s wider mission of championing social mobility.
Main Duties
- Account managing a portfolio of mid-level corporate partners donating around £10-15K and corporate givers donating £5K in addition to volunteering with programmes.
- Supporting with the gathering of data and drafting of reporting across the corporate portfolio, including annual partnership reports and impact reports.
- Working closely with the Senior Donor Relations Manager and Development Manager to deliver cross-corporate stewardship including events such as employer webinars and comms materials such as the bi-annual ‘LinkingUp’ newsletter.
- Working with programmes colleagues to prepare materials such as programmes summaries and volunteering calendars.
- Researching awards opportunities and drafting awards submissions.
- Attending regular Employer Working Group meetings to share opportunities and information with colleagues across programmes, research, and policy.
- Support with managing our industry consortiums, including preparing Bridge Group summaries, note-taking at Pathways Advisory Groups and keeping track of invoices and renewal discussions.
- Liaising with Finance to produce invoices and creating gift agreements to secure financial pledges from corporate partners.
- Other duties as necessary from time to time
Person Specification
We are looking for an individual who
- Is sympathetic to the aims of the Trust and its mission to address educational disadvantage
- Is interested in learning more about corporate fundraising and account management
- Enjoys working with impact and outcomes data to create compelling narratives for reporting purposes
- Is organised and able to prioritise multiple tasks
- Demonstrates excellent attention to detail and flexibility in supporting colleagues on a variety of issues and projects
- Shows a high degree of initiative and the ability to take responsibility for a wide variety of tasks
- Has strong interpersonal skills, and excellent verbal and written communication
- Is eligible to work in the UK
For appointments at the higher end of the salary range, we would be looking for
- Experience in stakeholder management e.g., responsibility for corporate accounts or other key partnerships.
- Experience with donor relations, such as creating volunteering and engagement schedules, drafting impact reports.
- Evidence of comms and/or project-management skills, such as preparing newsletters, designing materials, or co-ordinating stewardship events.
