Volunteer Ambassador Corporate Sponsorship Fundraising

What will you be doing?

The successful candidate will work directly with the Founder & CEO and senior team to lead on strategy and plan for ethical sponsors and the corporate sponsorship fundraising campaign. The role comes with the option to join the Advisory Board for the right candidate. The role is home-based and expenses incurred attending any physical meetings and the Prize Awards will be fully reimbursed by the C.I.C.. We are looking for an experienced and polished professional with strong credibility and leadership skills comfortable working on their own initiative and with the option to build a team. Ideally you will have experience of creating, planning and timely delivery of similar corporate sponsorship fundraising activity. If you have experience running similar Challenge or Innovation Prize competitions this would be a distinct advantage but is not essential; otherwise I am looking for a mix of related or transferable skills including campaign sponsorship research, excellent sponsorship negotiation and a strong closer.  A separate PR, media and communications campaign will support the digital marketing campaign and the sponsorship fundraising activity. Any further resources can be jointly agreed at the initial planning stage and your input both encouraged and valued.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a skilled, experienced and passionate professional who feels inspired by our vision and mission and our Prizes and associated causes and motivated to make them a great success. The ideal candidate would be an experienced business and corporate sponsorship fundraising professional or with transferable skills and a proven track record ideally (but not essentially) with Challenge or Innovation Prizes and Awards events who would enjoy working with a new social enterprise. The skills we are looking for are as follows:  The leadership, experience and ability to advise, plan and deliver our sponsorship campaign for the Prize Awards.

Experienced and skilled sponsorship / new business professional Proven track record across ESG, ethics and sustainability Track record of setting and achieving / exceeding sponsorship campaigns and sponsorship targets Researching target sponsors Sponsorship negotiation and strong closing skills Sponsors will be aligned with our statement of principles and commitment to ESG, ethics and sustainability.   Excellent proposal writing skills (or the digital marketing team can create these and other marketing materials.) Advise on additional resources as required

What difference will you make?

As 'Sponsorship Ambassador' your role will be key to determining the ethical, ESG and sustainability criteria for the selection of sponsors and to planning the sponsorship campaign that will drive the success of our Prize Awards.