Partnerships Manager

About Mission 44 Established by Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2021, Mission 44 is a charitable foundation working to build a fairer, more inclusive future in which every young person can thrive. The charity supports bold organisations, leaders and ideas to reimagine the future and transform the lives of young people from underserved communities.

Through grantmaking, research and advocacy, Mission 44 is focused on building a more inclusive education system, supporting progression into STEM careers and empowering young people to be changemakers. You can find out more information in this presentation.

Given the global reach of Sir Lewis, and the common challenges faced by young people from underserved communities around the world, Mission 44 aims to evolve into an international organisation over the next two years.

About the Role

We are looking for a new Partnerships Manager to join our organisation, playing a key role supporting the Head of Impact in developing and delivering our progressive grant-making programmes in line with our Grant-Making Policy. This is an exciting and busy time to be joining Mission 44 as we continue our start-up journey and deliver on a strategy with collaboration at its core. In this role you will be responsible for building and managing strong and effective working relationships with a range of partners through our grant-making functions. You will support Mission 44 to build an exciting portfolio of funded partners aligned with our

organisation goals. Your role will involve every aspect of the grant-funding and partnership lifecycle; from identifying to managing a pipeline of new funded partners. Working alongside these funded partner organisations, our Youth Advisory Board and the wider Mission 44 team you will also support the delivery of our approach to

grant-making that seeks to build the capacity of funded partners and share learning to drive change for young people from underserved backgrounds.

This role will require an outstanding communicator, with an understanding of relational grant-making and ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to achieve aligned goals.

Working at Mission 44

Our team The Mission 44 team currently has 17 employees with recruitment of a further 4 employees planned this financial year. The team is currently organised into three directorates: Impact, focused on grantmaking and research, External Relations, focused on communications and fundraising, and Operations. Diversity at Mission 44 We offer a working environment that values and respects every individual’s unique

contribution. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people and are committed to equality of opportunity and anti-discrimination practices. We positively encourage applications from all sections of society and are particularly interested in attracting applications from candidates from diverse and underrepresented groups.

Our values

Everything we do at Mission 44 is guided by our five core values.

● We are brave: with an ambitious sense of possibility, we focus on where we can drive systemic change.

● We are collaborative: we build partnerships and coalitions to solve problems and make change happen.

● We are curious: we are evidence-led and continuously learning how best to grow our impact.

● We are inclusive: we put equity at the heart of everything and amplify the voices of the underrepresented.

● We act with integrity: we are honest and transparent, and build trust-based relationships

About You

Skills and experience

Essential

● Experience of working with a relational grantmaking foundation, either as a grantmaker or as a fundraiser.

● Proven experience of building and maintaining strong relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

● Proven experience of interpreting and analysing information to inform your judgement.

● Experience of using a database or other software systems to manage and analyse data.

● Excellent written communication skills.

● Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.

Desirable

● Experience of grantmaking or fundraising with trusts and foundations

● Experience working in the non-profit, education, youth employment or youth sector

● Knowledge of participatory models of grant-making and/or participatory research.

● Experience in organising and running events

Personal Qualities

To be successful in this role, the candidate will need to be:

● Passionate about supporting and empowering young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to flourish and succeed

● Flexible and creative; you thrive in a dynamic organisation

● Committed to embedding the values of equity, diversity and inclusion in everything that you do

● Highly collaborative; your default is to work in a cooperative and supportive way

● Adept at building and maintaining relationships with a wide range of stakeholders

● Enjoys managing multiple projects on parallel and competing deadlines.

● Able to work independently, displaying strong initiative in solving day-to-day problems

● Able to role model Mission 44’s values and bring them to life in all of your work