Corporate Partnerships Executive

Location

Worthing, Hove and Arundel

Vacancy Type

Full Time/Fixed Term

Pay Range

Grade 5 - £31,660 Pro rata for part time roles

Contracted Hours

37.5 hours per week

Application Deadline

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Job Profile

Job Profile document

Job Summary

About the role

Are you passionate about building meaningful relationships and creating partnerships that make a real difference?

We are looking for a Corporate Partnerships Executive to join our ambitious and supportive Philanthropy & Partnerships Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in growing income from corporate partnerships, helping to fund the vital care and support Southern Hospice Group provides to local people and their families.

Working with both existing and prospective corporate supporters, you will develop and manage a diverse portfolio of corporate partnerships, securing support through strategic partnerships, sponsorship, employee fundraising and gifts in kind. You'll combine excellent relationship management skills with a proactive approach to identifying new opportunities, building long-term partnerships that deliver meaningful impact for both the hospice and our supporters.

If you're a confident communicator who enjoys developing relationships and delivering outstanding supporter experiences, we'd love to hear from you.

You'll be

• Growing income from corporate partnerships, helping to ensure local people and their families receive outstanding hospice care when they need it most.
• Developing strong relationships with existing and prospective corporate supporters, creating mutually beneficial partnerships that deliver lasting impact.
• Delivering exceptional stewardship, events and engagement opportunities that inspire businesses to support Southern Hospice Group's work.
• Working as part of a collaborative and passionate Philanthropy & Partnerships Team, contributing ideas, sharing opportunities and celebrating success together.

PLEASE SEE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Chestnut Tree House is the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Medicash and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Your application and interview should give us an accurate and authentic picture of your skills and experiences. Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Before you submit an application, we will ask you to confirm the information you provide is true and accurate. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.