Application Guide
How to Apply for Senior Corporate Partnerships Development Officer
at Cats Protection
🏢 About Cats Protection
Cats Protection is the UK's largest cat welfare charity, making it a unique opportunity to work for an organization with national impact and a passionate community of employees, volunteers, and supporters. The charity focuses on improving the lives of millions of cats and their caregivers, offering a meaningful cause-driven environment where your work directly contributes to animal welfare.
About This Role
This Senior Corporate Partnerships Development Officer role involves leading the development of new, long-term corporate partnerships to increase sustainable net income for Cats Protection. You'll be pivotal in driving new income by identifying funding opportunities and working across teams, supporting the implementation of the corporate partnerships fundraising plan in a remote, part-time capacity with some travel for meetings and events.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve researching and identifying potential corporate partners, drafting business proposals, and conducting virtual meetings or conference calls to present opportunities. You'll also collaborate with internal teams to align partnership strategies, manage agreement negotiations, and network to build relationships, all while working remotely with occasional travel for in-person events or meetings.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Cats Protection Is Looking For
- Has significant corporate partnership fundraising experience, specifically in generating new business, with a track record of securing long-term partnerships.
- Possesses extensive experience in developing strong relationships with supporters, clients, and colleagues, and is skilled in networking to identify and pursue opportunities.
- Is experienced in presenting business proposals both in person and via conference calls, and can manage commercial participators agreements, including negotiating updates and changes.
- Is familiar with the CIOF codes of practice relating to corporate partnerships, ensuring compliance and ethical fundraising practices.
📝 Tips for Applying to Cats Protection
Highlight specific examples of corporate partnership fundraising successes, including metrics on income generated and partnership longevity, tailored to a charity or animal welfare context.
Emphasize your ability to work remotely and manage a part-time schedule (21 hours over 3 days), demonstrating time-management skills and flexibility for travel as needed.
Research and reference Cats Protection's current corporate partners or campaigns to show your understanding of their fundraising landscape and how you can contribute.
Detail your experience with commercial participators agreements and negotiation, providing concrete examples of how you've handled updates or changes in past roles.
Showcase your networking skills by mentioning relevant industry connections or events you've attended that could benefit corporate partnership development for a cat welfare charity.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
["Your passion for animal welfare and alignment with Cats Protection's mission to improve the lives of cats and their caregivers.", 'Specific achievements in corporate partnership fundraising, such as securing new business or managing long-term partnerships, with quantifiable results.', 'Your ability to work collaboratively across teams and remotely, highlighting experience in a homebased or flexible work environment.', "Knowledge of the CIOF codes of practice and how you've applied them in previous roles to ensure ethical fundraising."]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Review Cats Protection's current corporate partners and fundraising campaigns to understand their existing relationships and identify potential gaps or opportunities.
- → Study the charity's annual reports or financial statements to grasp their income sources and how corporate partnerships contribute to their overall strategy.
- → Familiarize yourself with the CIOF codes of practice related to corporate partnerships to demonstrate compliance knowledge during the application.
- → Explore the Marketing & Income Generation directorate and the corporate partnerships team structure to understand how this role fits within the organization.
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Applying without specific examples of corporate partnership fundraising experience, especially in generating new business for charities or similar organizations.
- Failing to address the part-time, remote nature of the role or not demonstrating flexibility for travel to meetings and events as required.
- Neglecting to mention the CIOF codes of practice or ethical considerations in fundraising, which are crucial for compliance in this charity role.
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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