Regional Partnership Lead

Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they're likely to die from.

We're looking for a resilient, selfdriven, and highly motivated Regional Partnership Lead to join our local fundraising team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a competitive, fastpaced environment and brings experience from a commercial sales setting, a corporate partnerships role, or the charity sector. You'll take the lead in growing local corporate income by identifying, securing, and developing highvalue partnerships across a wide range of industries helping us deliver meaningful impact for thousands of people receiving endoflife care.

As Regional Partnership Lead, you'll be a true selfstarter: proactive in building a strong prospect pipeline, confident in pitching to senior corporate stakeholders, and skilled at creating compelling cases for support. You'll collaborate across fundraising teams, support colleagues in your region, and act as a strong ambassador for our charity within corporate and community networks.

If you're tenacious, commercially minded, and energised by securing new business, this role offers the chance to make a real difference.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage a robust prospect pipeline across multiple sectors.

• Develop creative, tailored cultivation and stewardship plans for top prospects.

• Conduct prospect research to identify target companies, brands, and key contacts.

• Stay informed on market trends, campaigns, and partnership opportunities.

• Develop and steward relationships with senior decisionmakers to maximise partnership value.

• Collaborate with national corporate partnerships and wider fundraising teams.

• Represent the charity externally, raising awareness of our mission and services.

• Meet and exceed financial targets through securing new and future year partnerships.

• Lead on writing compelling, commercially focused proposals and pitches.

• Create and deliver imaginative employee engagement and public vote strategies.

Skills & Experience Needed

• Proven experience in a sales, commercial, business development, or corporate partnerships environment.

• Comfortable pitching to senior corporate stakeholders in competitive settings.

• Demonstrated ability to build and manage relationships with senior decision makers.

• Excellent organisational and time management skills.

• Creative thinker with a strategic, methodical approach.

• Experience in business development, fundraising, partnerships, or similar commercial/charity roles.

• Ability to craft compelling, persuasive cases for support.

• Highly resilient, target driven, and motivated by achieving results.

• A proactive self starter who thrives working independently as well as collaboratively.

The full job description is available .

Application & Interview Process

• As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.

• Close date for applications: Sunday 1st March 2026 (We encourage early applications, as we may close the advert ahead of schedule).

Salary: up to £41,000 per year

Contract: Permanent, full time

Based: Home-based role covering the vibrant London, Southeast and East regions, with London-based candidates preferred due to the size and energy of the patch. (Travel required)

Benefits you'll LOVE:

• Flexible working. We're happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.

• 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)

• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)

• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets

• Continuous professional development opportunities.

• Industry-leading training programmes

• Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes

• Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits

• Access to Blue Light Card membership

• Subsidised Eye Care

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We're happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments.

At Marie Curie, our values are central to everything we do. They guide how we care for people, how we work together, and how we make decisions every day. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe for everyone - staff and volunteers alike - supportive, inclusive and rewarding. We provide care for all, and that commitment extends beyond the people we serve. We actively consider our impact on the planet, embedding sustainability into everyday decisions to create a lasting, positive difference for the individuals we care for and the world we share.

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential. Marie Curie is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, recognising both the social justice imperative and the strength a diverse workforce brings. We actively encourage applications from people of all cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you require any support, please contact us at .

Every application we receive is personally reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team, and in return, we ask that your application authentically reflects you - your experience, perspective and voice.