Corporate Growth Executive
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Job title: Corporate Growth Executive
Job reference: JG031
Contract: Permanent, full time, 35 hours per week
Location: London based with hybrid working (minimum 2 days per week in the office)
Salary: £33,000 - £36,000 per annum (depending on qualifications and experience)
Can you be a responsible business without giving?
At CAF, we believe that giving is good for business. We already work with 2,500 corporate clients in the UK who share this belief (from partnerships and large private companies to the FTSE 100), and last year we distributed £85 million from these clients to charities worldwide.
With you as part of our growing Business Development team, we can help more companies to realise their purpose through strategic and impactful giving programmes, and more charities to benefit from their funding.
We’re looking for a talented and well-organised Corporate Growth Executive to join our Business Development team in our Giving and Impact Services department at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). This newly formed team works across our key Private Client and Corporate audiences, and so will also give you broad insight into the world of High Net Worth philanthropy.
What you’ll do
At CAF, every one of us contributes to our impact, and as our Corporate Growth Executive, you too will play an integral part in what we do.
As our Corporate Growth Executive you will:
- Work closely with the Senior Corporate Growth Manager to deliver our new Growth Plan for Corporate Business Development
- Support the Corporate Client Team to identify, track and convert new opportunities for growth
- Manage incoming leads by tracking and triaging new enquiries and ensuring consistent communication and handling of prospective clients across CAF internal teams
- Research and co-ordinate relationships with new potential sources of referrals / introducers into CAF’s Corporate Giving solutions
- Coordinate meetings, presentations and events for key Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) at CAF in order to promote our services and elevate our external profile
Who you’ll be
This role is for you if you have experience of working in business development, corporate partnerships or have relevant transferable skills and are keen to make a difference to society. We are looking for:
- Positive, solution focused attitude
- Friendly, supportive approach to teamwork
- Self motivated and focused on completing tasks
- Great attention to detail and organisation skills in order to track, log and analyse opportunities
- Good time management and organisation skills
What’s in it for you
At CAF you will receive:
- Six weeks holiday plus bank holidays
- A wide range of development opportunities to support personal and professional growth
- Pension scheme with better-than-market employer contribution options
- Social impact benefit schemes
For all our employer benefits and to gain an insight into our culture and values, please visit cafonline.org/careers.
Who we are
At Charities Aid Foundation we accelerate social progress by providing essential connections between donors, charities and communities.
We safeguard and deliver vital donations, offer expert advisory services and financial products to donors and charities, and provide tailored charity banking through our award-winning bank CAF Bank.
Our purpose is to enable a better landscape for giving and a fair and sustainable future for all.
Diversity and inclusion
We know that the more diverse and inclusive our organisation becomes, the more creative, effective and impactful we will be. Our aim is for our workforce to represent the society we serve, and we have embarked upon an ambitious pathway to achieve this.
We want to attract, retain and develop the best of talent at all levels, and provide a leading and great place to work, where every voice matters.
How to apply
The closing date for applications is Monday 31 March at 12.00.
Interview dates:
1st round – via MS Teams – w/c 07 April
2nd round – at the CAF London office – w/c 14 April
Please complete the form below, attach your CV and Cover letter, then click ‘Submit Application’ if applying via our website or send your CV to recruitment@cafonline.org quoting reference number JG031.
We welcome applications from everyone who feels they meet the criteria, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital, veteran or parental status.
Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please indicate on the application form if you would like to be considered as part of the Disability Confident Scheme.
To apply for this role you must be able to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK.
So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact our Recruitment team at recruitment@cafonline.org or 03000 123 566 to request assistance or reasonable adjustments.
Job Reference: JG031