Partnerships Manager

Job purpose and background

Are you passionate about working to prevent dangerous climate change, halt deforestation and champion water security? CDP is seeking a dedicated, mission-driven Partnerships Manager to join the Partnerships team at CDP. By joining CDP, you will be welcomed into a dynamic, internationally respected and globally represented NGO with opportunities for professional development.

The London based Partnership team works with partners in the UK and other regions including Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Russia and works closely with our global counterparts. In this varied role, you will support the growth, development and delivery of CDP’s Accredited Solutions Providers program, working closely with global teams across the organisation to do so.

CDP’s Accredited Solutions Provider program connects our base of thousands of disclosing companies with the providers that can support their environmental measurement, management, and leadership efforts. Their services include verification, software, consultancy, renewable energy, science-based targets and more. Read more about the program here: https://www.cdp.net/en/info/accredited-solutions-p....

Key responsibilities include:

• Account management of existing key corporate partner relationships, with a focus on partners in Asia. High quality execution of corporate partnership deliverables including, but not limited to, onboarding, optimizing visibility, conducting webinars, and supporting technical inquiries;
• Working across the CSC UK & WW team on business development predominantly to grow the Partnership membership group as well as encouraging companies to disclose to CDP, become a supply chain member, commit to adopting environmental targets or actions;
• Contributing to the UK & WW team by integrating Partnerships work into the wider strategy, communications and events.
• Provide administration support to the UK based Global Head of Partnerships and work with them to generate additional income streams from a variety of sources

The precise description and nature of your job may be varied from time to time and you may be required to carry out other duties as necessary to meet business needs.

Required skills and experience:

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role, working in NGOs and/or commercial organisations
• Strong account management and written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently, with strong attention to detail
• The desire to scale a program and continually innovate
• Interest/knowledge in issues related to the climate change, sustainability, environmental, and corporate social responsibility space
• Ability to work with global colleagues, and develop strong internal and external stakeholder relationships across multiple teams and time zones
• Excellent MS Office Suite skills (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)

Desired skills and experience:

• Degree educated or equivalent (Environment/Sustainability- related degree desirable)
• Experience of working in a global organisation
• Additional language skills

This is a full-time role based at CDP’s Central London office reporting to the Senior Partnerships Manager.

Salary and benefits: £32,000 - £35,000, per annum, 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, generous non-contributory pension provision, annual discretionary bonus (depending on company performance), Employee Assistance Programme, life assurance, Training and development, Flexible working opportunities and other benefits.

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK.

Before you apply

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How to apply

To apply please

• Complete the following short form
• Email your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the required skills and experience or key responsibilities, which should be no more than two pages, to [email protected] with ‘Partnerships Manager – First name Last name’ in the subject line.

The deadline is 9am on Wednesday 27^th January 2021. Due to volume of applications, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the deadline you should consider your application unsuccessful.