Fundraising & Partnerships Mgr

Job Title: Fundraising & Partnerships Manager

About the Role

Support the CEO to identify, pursue, and convert opportunities that sustain and scale the charity's impact.

Responsibilities

• Secure income-generating relationships with trusts, foundations, and philanthropists.
• Develop corporate partnerships that fuel programmes with funding and volunteers.
• Build collaborations with organisations supporting outreach and growth.

This role creates positive change by securing funding and partnerships that enable FIRST UK to expand its STEM education programmes, making technical knowledge and soft skills more accessible and inclusive for young people across the UK.

Required skills and experience:

• Evidence of winning income (e.g., corporate partnerships, sponsorship, grants)
• Evidence of driving growth (e.g., in sales, membership, users, income)
• Experience stewarding relationships (partners, funders, trustees, volunteers, stakeholders)
• Excellent relationship-building skills with strong follow-through

Benefits and culture highlights:

• Responsibility and autonomy in a lean, agile, fast-paced organisation
• Freedom to experiment and fail fast without hierarchy and bureaucracy
• Flexible and remote working culture embedded before the pandemic
• Sense of purpose working with a validated impact model