Corporate Partnerships Officer
Job Description
Job title: Corporate Partnerships Officer
Company: City of London
Job description: Job Type: Permanent, full time
Salary: £31,740 – £35,540 per annum, inclusive of Inner London Weighting
About the Barbican
The Barbican is an international arts, conference and education centre in the heart of the City of London. We are London’s Creative Catalyst for arts, curiosity and enterprise. Across our theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues and public and community spaces, we spark creative possibilities and transformation for artists, audiences, and communities – to inspire, connect and provoke debate.
Our core values are: Inclusive; Connected; Sustainable; Joyful; and Daring.
As we enter an exciting new stage of the Barbican’s life, there couldn’t be a better time to join us. Focussed firmly on the future, we’re working on ambitious plans to create better access to the arts, transforming our building and reimagining what an arts centre can be.
Through our work on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, we’ll ensure the Barbican becomes a place where everyone belongs – where creativity, enterprise, and learning coexist, and everybody can achieve their fullest potential. You can read more about our exciting plans
About the role
Are you passionate about fundraising and supporting an inspiring programme of artistic events, learning activities and community work?
We’re seeking a Corporate Partnerships Officer to join the Barbican’s Development department to join a supportive team to help create and deliver exciting partnerships with companies to support the Barbican’s arts, learning and community programmes. The Corporate Partnerships Team fundraises through corporate membership, sponsorship and philanthropic programmes retaining and recruiting a strong and loyal corporate supporter base of exciting companies including Searchlight Pictures, Campari, Vestiaire Collective, Bank of America and Sotheby’s.
The Corporate Partnerships Officer will be a main point of contact in the team primarily account managing and delivering our corporate membership programme and supporting on the delivery of larger scale partnerships. Alongside delivery of Corporate Members benefits they will lead on all corporate member events and manage the corporate team’s participation in Development wide events such as exhibition private views. They will provide key administrative support to the Corporate Team producing communications including monthly mailings, presentations and reports, tracking expenditure and raising invoices. Alongside this they will also support on new business research and proposals and manage their own prospect pipeline
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build on their fundraising experience and contribute to the work of an exciting multi arts venue at a key point of change for the organisation.
The successful candidate will be a strong relationship builder and have the ability to communicate at all levels and to prioritise and manage multiple projects simultaneously. The successful candidate will be supported to gain experience across the full spectrum of Corporate Fundraising activity.
The Barbican offers an excellent range of staff benefits full details can be found .
How to apply
To view the Job Information Pack for this role, please go to the attachments section.
To apply for the role, please click the apply button on the bottom of the page.
Closing date: Midnight, Monday 4th March 2024.
As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff, we are particularly keen to encourage applications from groups that are currently underrepresented in fundraising and the arts, including people from Global Majority backgrounds and disabled people. In recognising the positive value of diversity, we want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. If you have a disability and need adjustments to the application process, please let us know.
Expected salary: £31740 – 35540 per year
Location: London
