<div><h3>Partnership Development Manager</h3><p>We’re looking for an experienced and driven <b>Partnership Development Manager</b> to join Mencap’s Corporate Partnerships team.</p><p>As a <b>Partnership Development Manager</b>, you will secure and grow <b>six- and seven-figure corporate partnerships</b> that transform opportunities for people with a learning disability and their families.</p><p>This is a strategic and highly visible role. You’ll translate Mencap’s organisational priorities into <b>insight-led, compelling partnership propositions</b>, building relationships with major corporates and positioning Mencap as a partner of choice.</p><p>Working across Mencap, you’ll co-create partnerships that are <b>values-led, inclusive, and rooted in lived experience</b>, delivering both income and long‑term impact.</p><p><b>This is a full‑time, permanent role (37.5 hours per week) based in London (Aldgate East), with an expectation of at least one day per week in the office. We offer a hybrid working pattern with a strong commitment to flexible working.</b></p><h3>Join Mencap at a pivotal moment</h3><p>Mencap is entering an ambitious new chapter. With the launch of our <b>Mencap 2030 strategy</b>, new leadership, and significant organisational investment, we are scaling our impact, and corporate partnerships will be central to that growth.</p><p>This is a <b>new, high‑impact role</b> created to unlock bold, sector‑leading partnerships. It’s an opportunity to shape how we engage with major brands, drive <b>significant income growth</b>, and deliver partnerships that <b>influence both business and society</b>.</p><p>If you’re excited by working at pace, creating <b>strategic brand alignment</b>, and securing high‑profile, national partnerships that drive real change – we’d love to hear from you.</p><p>This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of partnership fundraising at one of the UK’s leading charities.</p><h3>You will:</h3><ul><li>Play a leading role in delivering an ambitious <b>growth and transformation agenda</b></li><li>Help shape the <b>inclusion agenda</b>, influencing how businesses support people with a learning disability</li><li>Have the <b>space to innovate</b>, test new approaches, and develop sector‑leading partnerships</li><li>Work across <b>campaigns, policy, programmes and impact</b>, contributing to long‑term systems change</li><li>Engage with <b>senior stakeholders</b>, internally and externally, with high visibility across the organisation</li></ul><h3>What you’ll be doing</h3><ul><li>Securing <b>six‑ and seven‑figure partnerships</b>, including strategic, brand‑aligned collaborations and charity of the year programmes</li><li>Building and driving a <b>high‑value, multi‑year pipeline</b> across priority sectors</li><li>Developing <b>compelling, insight‑led partnership propositions</b> aligned to organisational priorities</li><li>Leading on <b>high‑quality pitches and negotiations</b> with senior corporate stakeholders</li><li>Creating partnerships that deliver <b>strategic brand alignment and mutual value</b></li><li>Working collaboratively across fundraising, communications, policy, programmes and impact teams</li><li>Ensuring partnerships are shaped through <b>co‑production and lived experience</b></li><li>Using data and insight to inform <b>strategy, innovation and growth</b></li><li>Acting as a senior ambassador for Mencap, with strong internal and external visibility</li></ul><p>Above all, you’ll be <b>values‑driven, ambitious and motivated to create lasting social change</b>.</p><h3>Why Mencap?</h3><p>This isn’t just about fundraising, it’s about building partnerships that help create a more inclusive society.</p><ul><li>At Mencap, you’ll be part of a team that:</li><li>Puts <b>people with a learning disability at the heart</b> of everything we do</li><li>Is investing in <b>growth, innovation and long‑term impact</b></li><li>Values collaboration, creativity and ambition</li><li>Is committed to belonging,flexible workingand <b>supporting you to do your best work</b></li></ul><h3>Our commitment</h3><p>Mencap is committed to <b>equality, diversity and inclusion</b>. We welcome applications from people with lived experience of learning disability and from all backgrounds.</p><p>We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This role will be subject to appropriate pre‑employment checks.</p><h3>Ready to help shape the future?</h3><p>This vacancy will close on 11 June. We reserve the right to close this role early if a suitable candidate is identified, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Apply now and be part of a team building a more inclusive world, through partnerships that truly make a difference.</p></div>