Based in central Birmingham, with regular travel and some flexible home working.
Salary £43,275 per annum - full time 36 hours per week. The full job description can be downloaded here.
Benefits include: 30 days holiday, working flexibly policy, non-contributory healthcare benefits, season ticket loans and a company pension scheme.
Deadline for applications: 11 March 2025
Interview Date: 24 March 2025
We are the British Dietetic Association (BDA). We are an award-winning not-for-profit organisation, based in Birmingham, employing dedicated, dynamic and professional staff who deliver services for our membership of more than 12,000 dietetic professionals.
We are the leading organisation of nutrition professionals in the UK; representing the entire nutrition and dietetic workforce across all sectors. Our vision is to improve the health of the UK population by: protecting and improving health and care services, developing health and social care nutrition policy, improving the impact of dietetics and promoting positive discussion on food, nutrition, wellbeing and health.
Role details:
The BDA is seeking a Partnerships Manager to work as part of the Commercial Team in order to lead the management and development of the BDA’s corporate partnerships, the securing of sponsorship & partnership income and the delivery of the BDA Work Ready programme, to support the financial sustainability of the association through income diversification.
The role has a particular focus on delivering an integrated approach to partnership development and governance and works across the organisation to maximise the impact of commercial partnerships for our partners and our membership.
The role will support the BDA’s Strategic Plan 2024-34 and will suit a candidate with a proven track record of account management, proposal writing, line management, CRM reporting, commercial sales experience and creative problem solving skills.
The BDA have a collection of small departments who all work closely together and have a ‘one team’ ethos, so a friendly, team-oriented approach will be welcomed, as well as a strategic, decision-making skills.
Ideal candidate:
We’re looking for someone who can hit the ground running and who is able to continue excellent relationships with our established stakeholders whilst developing new commercial prospects. We would like you to be dynamic and ideally have experience of developing commercial strategies within a regulated or professional association/charity environment along with an understanding of delivering commercial services to a range of partners.
In return, we offer exciting opportunities to develop the commercial arm of the BDA and build purposeful partnership relationships. The team is very friendly and supportive but the role will require somebody who enjoys the challenges that come with a broad role in a small team, as much as meeting sales targets and monitoring project impact.
For full details of the role, please download and refer to the Job Description.
If you would like an informal, confidential discussion about this post, please contact Jo Lewis, Director of Partnerships [email protected] or by calling 0121 200 8080.
Please apply to: [email protected] with your CV and a covering letter by the end of Tuesday 11 March.
Applications without a covering letter will not be accepted.