Job Opportunity: Open City seeks Partnership Coordinator

Partnership Coordinator at Open City 

Following culture recovery funding, Open City is looking for an enthusiastic Partnership Coordinator to join our small dynamic team as we enter an exciting new period of development. The successful candidate will work with Head of Development and across the team to support Open City corporate partnerships, sponsorships, and public appeals. 

About Open City

Open City is a registered charity with a mission to make London and the built environment more open, accessible, and equitable. We engage all citizens, particularly from under-represented backgrounds, to learn about urban design and city landscape, and have a meaningful role in shaping its future.  From our flagship Open House Festival and its international network, Open House Worldwide, connecting 46 cities around the world, to pioneering learning programmes for schools, families and young people, we open up buildings, places and careers paths to those who are normally locked out of them.

Job Description

As Open City’s Partnership Coordinator, you will work with colleagues across the team on stakeholder engagement and stewardship of our current partners and on developing new prospects across design, architecture, and the wider built environment. You will work closely with the Head of Development on prospect research and proposal development for potential new private and public sector partnerships including consumer-facing and sustainability sectors as we look to extend our reach.  As part of our public programmes and appeals, you will also work on supporting partnership events as part of Open City’s Reopening London campaign.  

We are offering this contract as a three month position initially but if the role is viable after three months, Open City is fully committed to extending the position to a permanent contract.

Our ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role, must have exceptional standards of supporter care, interpersonal skills and strong attention to detail, along with the ability to be proactive, spot new opportunities and innovate. This role is ideal for someone with experience of charity fundraising looking for the next challenge in corporate fundraising or someone from the commercial sector looking to use transferable skills in the charity sector. Som knowledge of the architecture industry and built environment sector in London would be helpful to this role. 

Key roles and responsibilities

• Stakeholder management, including research, cultivation and stewardship of new and existing corporate supporters 

• Coordination of sponsorship and corporate partnership database

• Development of partnership presentations and sponsorship proposals

• Coordination of cultivation events and stewardship plans for corporate audiences 

• Support and collaborate with the Open City team across various programmes and events where necessary, proposing ideas, and contributing to the development of the charity’s operations

• Coordinate and manage budgets as well as manage invoicing

• Take an active role in improving Open City on behalf of the staff who work there and the audience it serves

Person specification

• At least one year experience of working in corporate fundraising, development or account management role 

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to form good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Experience of charity fundraising and knowledge of UK corporate sector

• Experience of stakeholder management  

• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills

• Ability to work effectively as a member of a small team and with a collaborative approach to achieving organisational goals

• Highly responsible with the ability to work with absolute discretion, tact and confidentiality.

• Excellent IT and database management skills 

• An entrepreneurial and flexible approach with a positive attitude to change

• Enthusiasm for architecture, design and the arts

• Interest in the work and projects run by Open City

Desirable

• Proficient in using IT, particularly Adobe inDesign

• Events management (virtual and in person)

How to apply

Please send a CV and covering letter of no more than two sides of A4 to Mil Vukovic-Smart, Head of Development at Open City at mil@open-city.org.uk with the subject line ‘Partnerships Coordinator’.

Deadline: midnight on Sunday 9 May, with interviews taking place on Friday 14 May.

Start date: ASAP 

Salary: £28,000 pro rata, 3-months part-time contract with possibility of extension. We think the position could be a four day role, but are open to other proposals.