Posted August 5, 2025
The Community Partnerships Manager is responsible for cultivating and managing relationships with corporate and individual supporters. This includes overseeing donations, sponsorships, volunteer activities, corporate partnerships, and fundraising events. The role also involves managing external communications and publicity efforts, as well as managing and motivating the department team to achieve strategic objectives.

This role encompasses three key areas:

• Fundraising: Lead and manage fundraising initiatives, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Develop strategies to secure grants, and donations, and oversee the planning and reporting of fundraising activities.
• Community Partnerships: Build and maintain strong relationships with corporate partners, benefactors, and volunteers. Drive engagement through account management, cultivation events, and volunteer retention strategies, ensuring long-term support for the organisation.
• Communications: Oversee external communications and publicity efforts to enhance the organisation’s visibility and reputation. Represent the organisation at events, manage media relations, and support internal communications related to partnerships and outreach.

This role encompasses three key areas:

• Fundraising: Lead and manage fundraising initiatives, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Develop strategies to secure grants, and donations, and oversee the planning and reporting of fundraising activities.
• Community Partnerships: Build and maintain strong relationships with corporate partners, benefactors, and volunteers. Drive engagement through account management, cultivation events, and volunteer retention strategies, ensuring long-term support for the organisation.
• Communications: Oversee external communications and publicity efforts to enhance the organisation’s visibility and reputation. Represent the organisation at events, manage media relations, and support internal communications related to partnerships and outreach

The Community Partnerships Manager is expected to demonstrate advanced proficiency in both core and functional competencies. Core competencies include strong teamwork, adaptability to change, continuous self and team development, and a deep commitment to social impact. The role requires a client- and benefactor-focused mindset, complemented by innovative problem-solving skills. Functionally, the manager must be skilled in securing and managing donations and funding, executing fundraising activities, and negotiating and monitoring contracts to support the organisation’s strategic goals.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as Social Work, Community Development, Communications, Public Relations, or Business Administration.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in the social service sector.
• Proven track record in fundraising, corporate communications