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Strategic Partnerships Manager – Institutional Funding
BirdLife International. Manage and develop key government, bilateral and multilateral donor relationships .
Posted 9/25/2026full-timeCambridge • United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £45,000 - £49,000 per yearWebsite
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Manage and develop key government, bilateral and multilateral donor relationships
- Build and maintain a strong pipeline of institutional funding opportunities
- Connect funder priorities with BirdLife’s conservation programmes
- Collaborate with global programmes, regional teams and national BirdLife Partners
- Develop strategic partnerships and identify new funding opportunities
- Lead high-quality proposals, including complex, multi-country and consortium bids
- Provide insight, coordination and strategic donor expertise to institutional fundraising
- Help secure funding for BirdLife’s Global Strategy to 2030
Requirements
What you’ll need- Significant experience developing, managing and growing institutional donor relationships
- Personal responsibility for income generation and pipeline development
- Strong track record developing and writing successful institutional proposals
- Experience ideally including large, complex, multi-country or consortium bids
- Ability to identify opportunities, understand donor priorities and develop compelling, fundable projects with programme colleagues
- Good financial and technical understanding, including budgets, logframes, donor compliance and risk
- Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams, cultures and geographies
- Specific and in-depth donor knowledge and experience with bilateral donor agencies such as the UK, Germany or the Nordics, or multilateral environmental funds such as GEF and GCF welcomed
- Conservation experience is not essential; transferable expertise from international development, humanitarian or other relevant sectors accepted
- Genuine commitment to BirdLife’s mission
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive 12% pension benefit / up to 12% company pension contribution
- Hybrid working on-site and from home/remote
- 25 days holiday excluding Bank Holidays in year 1, increasing by 1 day per year up to 28 days
- Access to LinkedIn Learning with more than 13,000 on-demand courses
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Health Assured online health portal
- Inclusive and supportive workplace culture
- Recruitment process adjustments available