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Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a Senior High Value Engagement Manager with a strong blend of relationship-building skills, strategic thinking and communications expertise, to effectively engage high value partners, lead and inspire a team and drive fundraising to help children and families get the future they deserve.

About us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, make sure their unique needs are met and help their voices to be heard – particularly those who might be discriminated against, including girls and children with disabilities.

About the role

As our Senior High Value Engagement Manager, you'll lead a team of two managers and one executive to deliver inspiring engagement offerings – including communications, innovative digital experiences and standout programme visits – for our high value partners (including businesses, individuals, trusts and foundations). You will work closely with our partner relationship managers to understand partners' interests, motivations and goals, and provide communications and experiences that connect them to the impact of our work with and for children.

You'll have a crucial part in growing strategic partnerships and securing large donations that help children around the world, including in the UK, to grow up safe, healthy and learning. You will lead on the highest priority proposals and projects, using your creative flair to bring Save the Children's work to life and amplify children's voices. Proactive in sharing your significant knowledge and expertise, your ideas will also help your team and others to develop exceptional experiences and journeys for partners.

What will an average day look like?

Every day is different in our team, but here are some of the things you can expect to do in this role:

• Work in a fast-moving environment of agile, multi-disciplinary teams. Working in such an environment requires you to be flexible and adaptable. Plans and priorities may change frequently, and you will need to be willing to adjust your approach, reprioritise tasks and accommodate new requirements or information. You will also need to embrace a mindset of continuous learning and improvement to keep up with the fast-paced nature of the work
• Lead your team to (as well as personally deliver) inspiring, relevant communications and experiences for partners, to support the organisation's strategic goals – for instance, raising flexible funds
• Lead the team to produce digital products, such as ‘scrolling story' webpages and bespoke films, and to create new products and experiences for partner – working closely with other creative teams
• Lead your team to manage high-risk / strategic international programme visits and support other teams to manage visits
• Use your knowledge and expertise to help Partnerships & Philanthropy develop strong partner journeys, to build relationships that last
• Support others in P&P to create standout stories – for instance, leading by example, coaching others and offering training in writing, design and authentic storytelling
• Focus on the wellbeing and professional development of your team, providing support, guidance and coaching
• Drive continuous evaluation of the team's outputs and impact, sourcing feedback from other teams, and evolve ways of working to respond to changing needs and priorities.

About you – to be successful, it is important that you have:

• Exceptional writing skills, with the ability to produce accurate, inspiring and relevant content to influence an outcome – minimum three to five years' professional experience as a writer, with strong editing skills
• Experience of packaging complex technical information for presentation to a lay audience
• Excellent verbal communications skills – confident presenting to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders
• Experience of managing and developing a team, including recruitment, management, continuous support, career development and performance management of staff
• Problem solving skills, with experience of seeking creative ways to overcome complex problems, responding to changing priorities and demands
• It would be a bonus if you also have experience of communicating information to philanthropic or corporate donors, writing proposals or reports.

What we offer you:

• Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. We also understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
• To have the best (and happiest) employees, we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing – both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
• You can find our employment offer here.

To learn more about the position, please review the Job Description in the attached documents.

Closing date: 4 August, 2023 (Interviews likely to be held on 17 and 18 August)

Please note:

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Ways of Working:

Remote First – The majority of our roles can be performed remotely, however you may work from the office as often as you wish. Whilst you will be predominantly working from home, we may at times require you to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). Note: This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team. This is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.

On-site – There are certain roles that cannot be performed remotely and so your role will be based in an office location and you may occasionally be able to work from home.

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.

To see our full statement please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/our-policies/diversity/

Salary Structure:

Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff. To see our full offer please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/what-we-offer/

Interview Expenses:

Candidates should note that unfortunately it is not our policy to reimburse expenses accrued when attending interviews at Save the Children UK unless you are requested to attend an interview in an alternative location to where the role is based.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)
• receipt of satisfactory references
• proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

If you have any questions, we have an FAQ section. For anything else you can email us on: [email protected]