Partnerships Executive - 12 Month FTC

About Us:

At Cuckoo we put our customers at the heart of everything we do as we try to make their lives easier and their broadband faster. Because the truth is we want them to actually feel good about their broadband. Thats why we call it feelgood broadband.

Weve already topped MoneySavingExperts poll for the best customer service (twice) and are well on the way to achieving our overall aim: to become the UKs most recommended way to connect.

So if youre as customer obsessed as we are and want to help change the face of the UKs broadband industry wed love to hear from you.

About this role:

Cuckoo has designed a Community Referral Scheme as a critical step to building a sustainable sales & marketing framework.This will provide financial rewards to organisations that refer new customers to us and is another step in our journey to becoming the U.K.s most recommended way to connect.

As a Partnerships Executive you will assist the Partnerships Lead in identifying organisations with fundraising needs that could benefit from joining our referral scheme. Your role will involve reaching out to these organisations onboarding them to the programme and nurturing positive relationships along the way.

You will work closely with colleagues across Cuckoo to ensure our partner organisations have all the resources and support they need to effectively promote Cuckoos products to their members.

What youll do:

• Research & identify potential partners: Organisations and likeminded brands that may be interested in becoming a member of the Cuckoo Referral Scheme (CRS).
• Plan activities to increase awareness and engagement in CRS and add leads to the onboarding journey. Youll have creative license to develop unique prospective methods.
• Engage with a pre agreed contact list and create plans to manage leads effectively with information about CRS. Providing answers to questions addressing any concerns and owning the prospecting and outreach of potential partners to share relevant information. Sharing the benefits of the CRS and encouraging them to join us on our mission to become the UKs most recommended way to connect!
• Owning the onboarding steps which includes working with various internal Cuckoo teams to ensure they are set up and ready to go as an official partner resolving potential issues and ensuring contracts and admin are completed.
• Take ownership of the reporting tracking and performance of the Cuckoo Referral Scheme.
• Be the main point of contact for individual partners as well as being prepared to respond to queries and provide supportand make sure information about Cuckoo is shared with their members providing additional support as necessary and thereby creating the right environment for sales.
• Support the Partnerships Lead in negotiating commercial arrangements with local organisations national charities and businesses.
• Work with the rest of the Marketing team to make sure the messaging to partner organisations is consistent with other Marketing activity and ensure learnings are being shared.

You should apply if you are:

• A great communicator: Able to demonstrate enthusiasm and confidence when communicating with stakeholders at all levels inside the company and outside (treasurers leaders local sports clubs and charities for example) as well as present ideas simply and effectively.
• Highly organised: Can work within different contexts whilst reviewing planning and prioritising your workload with the ability to keep multiple projects in play but focus on whats urgent and important in line with the businesss expectations.
• A natural networker: Building relationships quickly and efficiently and able to represent Cuckoos values in every interaction. Someone who is willing to engage people from different backgrounds and with varied experiences.
• Resilient & persistent: Able to keep pushing despite possible setbacks maintaining an enthusiasm for what you are doing. Not fazed by the occasional knock back or someone saying no.
• Collaborative: A team player able to work across multiple business functions including colleagues across the Marketing Product Creative and Procurement functions and get their support in building an effective partner network.
• Commercially aware: Able to build good awareness and understanding of the commercial impact of the role for Cuckoo and comfortable working to commercial objectives.
  
  

It would also be great if you:

• Are comfortable working in a fastpaced environment.
• Have previous partnerships account management or sales experience in a B2B2C context.
• Have experience of working within a startup/scaleup environment.
  
  

Life inside the nest:

• 4x Life Assurance
  
• per annum (DOE)
• Income Protection
• Salary Sacrifice Pension
• 30 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays
• Enhanced Sick Leave
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Private Healthcare
• Private Dental Care
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme
  
• Health Cash Plan
• Shopping Discounts
• Discounted Breakdown Cover
  
  

Cuckoos commitment to inclusive hiring:
One of our Cuckoo values is We are different. And we really mean that. Were a diverse bunch with loads of different backgrounds experiences skills and perspectives. And all this makes us strong and better as a team. So if youve got something different to bring to our flock whether youve picked up skills in unexpected places or you approach challenges in a way that others dont wed love you to apply.

Can you see yourself working with us Apply now!
We want all candidates to have every opportunity to shine and show us your talents please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure our assessment process works for you!