Partnership Developer

Position: Minimum 3 days a week
Reports To: Partnership Team Leader
Salary: £24,500 to £26,500 (Open to conversation on renumeration dependent on experience)
Location: within commutable distance of Cardiff, London and Manchester
Of note: Please see information at the bottom of this advert regarding Ministry Partner Development
Closing date: 3rd August 2025
Interview date: We are offering interviews on an ongoing basis as applications come in.
Start date: 1st September 2025. Time will be given for partner raising.

Fusion exists so that every student has the opportunity to find hope in Jesus and home in the local church during their time at university. This role sits within the Partnership Team. The Fusion Partnership Team develops and deepens Fusion partnerships to strengthen student mission. This role requires an understanding of the local church context, excellent communication skills, and a passion for building partnerships to advance student mission.

As a Partnership Team Member, you will play a key role in speaking truth, hope and vision in a variety of contexts to advocate for student mission across the church. You will increase the depth and breadth of relationships with partner organisations, churches and individuals to further the mission of Fusion. Collaborating with other team members, you will establish and maintain strong connections with churches to increase commitment to and confidence in student mission across the church in England and Wales.

Fusion is a student mission movement. Fusion’s growth is fuelled by many kingdom-minded individuals being invited to partner and participate in this vision. Ministry Partnership Development is a key part of this role, the successful candidate will, therefore, cover 100% of their salary through a team of partners who give financially to Fusion.

We encourage applications from a wide range of applicants, especially those currently underrepresented in Fusion’s team. These include people from global majority backgrounds, those with a disability and women. If you have any questions about the role please do get in touch at adam@fusionmovement.org or roscoe.crawley@fusionmovement.org.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Relationship Building and Networking

• Engage in regular and dynamic communication and follow-up with partner churches, providing updates on Fusion’s activities, initiatives, and impact
• Ensure our various partners (churches, church leaders, student workers, students) are engaging with Fusion and our services well
• Grow & diversify the range of stakeholders engaged with our services
• Connect partners to relevant resources and training
• Serve churches by joining in with local church student mission activities in diverse university locations to deepen relationships and encourage the church
• Organise and participate in meetings, events, and conferences when required
• Provoke and confirm bookings for the Coaching Team
• Think creatively about ways to build relationships with partners
• Grow and monitor church giving, regularly inviting churches to give to the mission

Communicate Core Mission

• Confidently communicate Fusion’s core message and vision with churches, church leaders, student workers and students
• Communicate with local churches and Christian organisations to grow financial support and participation in Fusion’s mission
• Share testimonies and stories with stakeholders to encourage and invite deeper engagement
• Speak at churches and Christian gatherings to raise awareness and inspire support for student mission and Fusion
• A first point of contact for Fusion, demonstrating our values through support, encouragement and prayer

Learning and Impact

• Collect and distribute stories that demonstrate the impact of Fusion’s mission and inspire confidence in student mission
• Listen and be responsive to the needs of the local church
• Evaluate student work impact statistics (number of students, small groups, baptisms & salvation) through an annual survey
• Contribute to the increased publicity and sale of Fusion resources
• Share insight from churches with the Development team to help sharpen our projects and products

General

• Participate in our prayer meetings and any special prayer meetings held from time to time
• Lead team prayers and devotionals
• Contribute to our collective promotion of Christian standards in our work and working relationships and contribute to a working environment of mutual Christian encouragement

Support Raising (MPD)

• Raise 100% of salary through MPD (Ministry Partnership Development)
• Communicate regularly with ministry partners including prayer points
• Equip your ministry partners to pray, advocate and champion student mission through your partnership with them
• Extend ongoing invitations to new people to join your MPD team
• Allocate 10% of your time to maintaining partner support

This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement that the post holder is a committed active Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
It is an occupational requirement of this post to have a personal faith in Jesus to effectively support churches and students in their mission to students and to help make Fusion events a place where people can encounter God & find hope in Jesus.

Essential

• Personal faith in Jesus
• Organised with good time management
• Self-starter
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Confident phone conversation skills
• Commitment to personal and spiritual development
• Evident commitment to and involvement in local church
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Empathy and situational awareness
• Skilled in teamwork and committed to continual learning
• Uses initiative to get tasks done
• Trustworthy and professional when engaging with a range of stakeholders
• Ability to travel for work, including overnight trips
• Happy to participate in weekly team prayer and occasionally lead it

Desirable

• Experience leading in student ministry and mission
• A good knowledge of UK church culture and diversity
• Knowledge and/or experience of UK student mission landscape
• Experience and/or confidence in sales
• A valid full driving license
• Digital communication skills
• Problem-solving ability
• Public speaking experience, ideally in a church/Christian ministry context

Benefits

• 31 days annual leave including bank holidays (pro rata – rising to 36 days after 5 years)
• Paid retreat day allowance for spiritual rest and growth
• Time off on your birthday
• Generous parental leave (ask us!)
• Flexible working
• Pension Scheme – Fusion will match your contribution up to 4%
• Mobile phone allowance
• Regular team away days
• Cycle to work scheme

If you feel called to work with Fusion please apply! If you have any questions and wish to discuss this opportunity further before applying, please contact our Head of Operations, Adam Mitchell-Baker, at adam@fusionmovement.org or our Partnership Team Leader, Roscoe Crawley, at roscoe.crawley@fusionmovement.org.