Corporate Partnerships Manager

Hours: Full-time, 36.25 hours worked over five days, between the hours of 8am-6pm

Contract length: Permanent

Salary: £33,000

Working pattern: Remote working with occasional travel required

Application deadline: Sunday 7 June 2026 (we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications).

Interviews conducted: TBC

Start date in role: TBC

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Who we are

Brake is the national, acclaimed charity delivering the National Road Victim Service, a specialist, accredited, UK-wide support service for road victims, delivering case-managed care for anyone who has been bereaved or seriously injured in a road crash or who is supporting a road crash victim.

Not your average job

We are seeking a fantastic corporate partnerships manager to join our Income Generation team. This is a key role for the organisation, proactively leading on new business; delivering mid and high-value partnerships and maintaining a healthy and active pipeline of new prospects to support the long-term sustainability of our work. The successful candidate will develop compelling proposals and pitches to build new relationships and provide excellent stewardship for existing corporate partners. They will manage and deliver the Income Generation strategy, annual operational plan, and income forecasting and develop accurate annual budgets and forecasts, monitoring performance against plan and meeting KPIs and targets.

We are looking for an individual able to demonstrate a good track record of success in achieving and exceeding set income targets in corporate fundraising as well as devising, driving and delivering corporate fundraising plans. Excellent written and creative skills, with experience in developing relationships is crucial as is the ability to organise, prioritise, and deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines. Strong networking skills with the ability to manage high-profile relationships professionally and tactfully are essential.

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What we offer

• A generous 35 days of annual leave (including bank holidays and 3-day shutdown period between Christmas and New Year, pro-rata for part-time working patterns)
• Birthday day off (taken any time)
• Enhanced sick pay and compassionate leave
• Death in service benefit
• Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working
• A rewarding role with purpose
• Be part of a skilled, friendly team with an engaged Board of Trustees

You have

• Excellent comprehension and communication skills (analytical and numerical), reflected in your academic background and career
• A track record of applying these skills with a sense of ownership and focus on outcomes
• Listening and negotiation skills. You forge respectful and positive relationships that drive towards communicated and shared goals, with steps that are mutually agreed
• An ability to strike agreements that have impact, fast and can demonstrate this (for example, through experience in leadership, business development, sales)
• An understanding of civil and political campaigning and being at the heart of delivering campaigns effectively
• An opportunistic, positive approach; you are able to spot a corporate lead or project opportunity that can be pragmatically pursued through partnership working
• A commercial approach. You understand that charities need to fundraise; and with more funds, we can do more good. You can confidently achieve funds through clear communication of the charity’s needs and the benefits of working with us
• A values-driven passion for our cause and the charity; and a sensitivity that enables you to work effectively with a range of people, including road victim volunteers.

About us

At Brake, we are committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel valued, respected, and supported. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and life experiences, and particularly encourage candidates from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ community, and people with disabilities to apply.

We believe that diverse perspectives strengthen our work and enable us to deliver the best possible support to individuals and families affected by road trauma. As a proud Disability Confident employer, we don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it.

If you are passionate about making a difference and share our vision for a world where no one is killed on our roads, we want to hear from you.

Please note: Due to the nature of our work we can't accept applications from traffic offenders. Candidates will be asked to disclose whether they have any unspent points on their licence at interview.

Join us today and be part of the solution!

Submit your CV and a covering letter which clearly demonstrate you have what it takes to perform this challenging and rewarding role to recruitment@brake.org.uk.

We'd like to get to know the real you through your application, not an AI version. If you do use AI to write your cover letter, please check it and make sure it reflects who you are. We encourage cover letters in alternative formats such as videos or presentations.

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Questions? If you would like to discuss the role further, please get in touch, we'd love to chat.