Head of Strategic Partnerships

About us

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

​​​​​​​About the role

As Head of Strategic Partnerships, you will – lead and coordinate strategic mission–led partnership working with the private sector to end homelessness. Ensuring Crisis is ready to work with corporates in partnership to make a direct impact on ending homelessness. Through your work with corporate partners they will change or adapt the way they do business to end homelessness, boost their business results and all through working with teams across Crisis. This is the future of ending homelessness.

The role will be based at Crisis Head Office in London and will be required to work from the London office a minimum of one day a week. 

​​​​​​​About you

You will be great at building relationships at the highest levels of organisations and creative enough to identify different and new ways that corporate partners can work in partnership with Crisis to make a direct impact on homelessness. This might be through, services, policy or supporting the organisation to improve or be more efficient. You will have the tenacity and resilience to deliver difficult changes, the strategic ability to create an exciting vision and to build a strong strategic approach for each individual partnership.

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.

Working at Crisis

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days and option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
• Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
• And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation. 

How to apply

If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

Closing date: Sunday 5th June 2022 (at 23:59)

Interviews will be held w/c 17th June 2022

Accessibility

We welcome applications from people who identify as neuro diverse and want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team, contact details can be found on our website.