Director of Partnerships
Director of Partnerships
Mary’s Meals serves nutritious school meals to children living in some of the world’s poorest communities. The promise of a meal attracts these hungry children into the classroom, giving them the energy to learn and hope for a better future.
Mary's Meals International is recruiting for an innovative, values-driven leader to join Mary’s Meals as Director of Partnerships.
Reporting to the Chief Growth Officer (CGO), you will be responsible for developing and supporting global strategic funding relationships to ensure the long-term financial sustainability and growth of our movement.
As Director of Partnerships, you will be responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of a strategy that ensures a reliable and diverse funding stream to radically grow the movement and the number of children we can consequently feed.
We are happy for you to work remotely and flexibly, in a way that best supports your work life balance.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Develop and oversee the implementation of a global fundraising strategy that fits in with the overall Growth strategic plan, to maximise income growth through a range of philanthropic funding sources.
Work closely with the CGO and the CEO to identify and advance funding priorities and relationship opportunities, at times supporting the key relationships and at times being the lead on a key relationship.
Work collaboratively with the Mary’s Meals International Programmes team on opportunities for government and institutional funding.
Build relationships with the National Affiliate Executive Directors to ensure that global relationships are well defined.
Lead the Partnerships team who are focused on increasing support from trusts, foundations, corporations, governments and major individual donors.
About you:
- A strong background in growing income streams, you will bring a proven track record in securing multi-year funding at the level of six figures.
- You will have experience raising funds from a diverse range of fundraising streams including major donors, institutional funders, foundations, multi-lateral funders and corporations.
- You will have strong understanding and experience of how donors make decisions to ensure maximum fundraising success.
- Experience within a non-profit organisation that is international would be very beneficial.
Please see the job description and recruitment pack below for full list of duties, requirements and further information.
If you are inspired to join our movement and our vision, mission and values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please click above to send your CV and a succinct covering letter, of no more than 1 page, telling us why you are a great fit for this role and why you want to work for Mary’s Meals International.
We welcome applications from candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse charity providing a supportive place for you to do the best and most rewarding work of your career.
Applications for this role will close on Sunday, 15 June at 17:00.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Please note: If you have any special requirements or adjustments before an interview, please let us know.
