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The Communications and Partnerships Manager is responsible for the planning, development and delivery of communications and engagement strategies to an existing membership base and targeted initiatives for growth. This role is key to driving the brand profile of the peak body to highlight our longstanding and valuable advocacy and policy role within and for the sector. The role will provide leadership and support within the team on a range of communications activities for initiatives including sponsorships and campaigns that support member recruitment and member retention.
The role involves but is not limited to, encouraging contribution to our publications and reports, submissions, and consultations, inviting them to our forums, encouraging them to nominate for our annual Awards and supporting their activities in our communications, including digital media.
Partnership Duties:
- Develop and implement a practical and achievable strategy to grow membership and generate revenue through new partnerships focused on advertising and sponsorship
- Identify, build, and maintaining relationships with strategic corporate partners and potential new members.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and growth across events, partnerships, publications, communications and facilitate these initiatives.
- Maintain communication and regularly follow up with prospective members
Comms Duties:
- Manage and implement the communications plan that underpins the organisation’s Strategic Plan
- Manage existing and develop new relationships within member organisations – these are predominantly communications and marketing teams
- Source and manage content for the weekly email communication blasts to members (policy alerts, grant alerts, event alerts, publication & report releases, general announcements)
- Write exceptional copy for multiple purposes including developing storytelling campaigns that correspond to activities such as launching of reports or working with a specific group of members showcasing their research or celebrating milestones
- Monitor and drive the strategic communications, with the team, that support membership renewals.
- Curate and publish a quarterly publication that calls for content from within the membership
- Manage all publications to ensure brand coherence and brand promotion
- Managing social media channels and online platforms, moderating, and responding to engagement, as required.
- Collate data and analytics and providing regular reports on the website, campaigns, social media and the broader role objectives
What you'll need to succeed - Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, coupled with the ability to interact at a strategic level.
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge in a corporate partnership, fundraising or business development role.
- Proven success in engaging and developing corporate partnerships.
- Demonstrated strength in networking and business development.
Desirable
- Experience in the health and medical research industry or membership association
- An understanding of philanthropy/fundraising
- Event Management experience with online and face to face events
Essential:
Experience as a generalist communications/partnerships or fundraising
- Ability to prepare compelling membership and sponsorship/partnership proposals
- Experience in website content management and social media experience
- Project Management experience
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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