Charity Partnership Manager

As our Charity Partnerships Manager you will take a leading role in supporting the community & sustainability programmes within the Group ESG & Sustainability team. With Greene King’s ambition to create a leading ESG programme amongst UK businesses, the role will manage the relationship with our official charity partner (Macmillan Cancer Support) as well as other charity relationships on a day to day basis to enhance Greene King’s social purpose.

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.  

A competitive salary, pension contribution as well as: 

• 33 days Holiday – With the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days! 
• Life Assurance – Up to 4 times your salary!  
• Discounted Dental & Health Insurance  
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount
• Free employee assistance program – Mental Health, well-being, Financial, and Legal support because you matter!  
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so, you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank 
• Refer a friend – Who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn up to £1,500 for referring them! 
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% of at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more… 
• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – As one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career  

In your role as Charity Partnerships Manager you will:

• Develop, manage and deliver annual charity partnership programme including day to day relationship with Macmillan Cancer Support partnership team
• Communicate programme and be Greene King ambassador for Macmillan Cancer Support
• Engage with internal stakeholders including divisional MDs, marketing & operational colleagues to establish targets and deliver objectives
• Work with internal communications, external communications and operational  communications to communicate objectives of the programme and actions required of stakeholders
• Develop and manage partnership with Pennies to drive charitable donations through its platform for GK charity partner
• Ensure accurate and impactful reporting of the partnership progression
• Explore new concepts and innovation for the partnership producing business case for each and presenting to the exec board and senior stakeholders

What you'll bring...

• Significant experience of managing corporate charity partnership(s)
• Experience of managing and delivering expectations of multiple stakeholders
• Understanding of UK ESG environment and how our ESG strategy aligns with the company activity and its values
• Strong written and oral English language skills - able to write clearly, effectively and succinctly and able to transform technical content into understandable, concise copy
• Solid understanding of computer software platforms (MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• You’re a self-starter with a high energy level and a good problem solver with a sense of urgency to meet deadlines
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills with the ability to build strong relationships internally and externally
• A team player, able to work with professionals from different disciplines and cultural backgrounds, while being capable to operate independently
• Ability to influence and catalyse change through the application of exceptional interpersonal, relationship building and collaboration skills
• Strong sense of social purpose driven values and empathy, being an advocate for purpose led change with a commercial, creative, and pragmatic thinking
• Strong project management skillset and excellent attention to detail

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