Overview
Help power Chesterfield’s place story through partnerships.
We are seeking a relationship-driven, confident partnerships executive to drive the commercial strength, reach and impact of the Destination Chesterfield Partnership.
Acting as a key contact for Chesterfield Champions and prospective partners, you’ll build trusted, long‑term relationships, champion the value of partnership and identify opportunities to deepen engagement and secure sustainable income through sponsorships, events and collaborations.
You’ll support delivery of Destination Chesterfield events, ensuring partners, attendees, speakers and sponsors have a quality experience that reinforces the value of involvement. Working closely with colleagues and strategic partners including Chesterfield Borough Council and East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA), you’ll also aid investment‑focused engagement and help connect businesses with opportunities.
In this outward‑facing, people‑centred role, enjoying building rapport, spotting opportunities and representing Chesterfield with confidence and professionalism is a must.
Overview
– Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with Chesterfield Champions and prospective partners.
– Support voluntary contributions and retention by ensuring partners clearly understand and experience the value of their involvement.
– Primary contact for businesses engaging with Destination Chesterfield.
– Identify and secure new commercial income opportunities, including sponsorships, advertisement, engagement and event partnerships.
– Oversee the commercial elements of Destination Chesterfield events, including partner engagement and speaker liaison.
– Coordinate event speakers and contributors, including pre and post event communication and ensuring a positive experience.
– Support inward investment and strategic partner engagement by coordinating meetings, briefings and connections.
– Attend and represent Destination Chesterfield at events, meetings and networking activities.
– Maintain accurate CRM records and oversee commercial administration processes including invoicing, working with colleagues and AI.
– Share insight internally, improve processes and support overall support partnership, marketing and event activity.
Overview
– Confidence, be personable and organised.
– Experience of business development, account management, partnerships or relationships in a commercially focused role.
– Able to building rapport, build and maintain relationships with businesses and senior stakeholders.
– An understanding of value-led engagement models.
– Proven income generation or retention in a partnership, sponsorship or value led environment.
– Able to work collaboratively as part of a small team.
– Comfortable representing the organisation at events including good communication with a wide range of people.
– Experience of supporting or managing the commercial aspects of events, sponsorship or business engagement activity.
– Managing multiple priorities with a positive, proactive approach.
– High-quality administrative skills within experience of successfully using CRM systems or similar.
– Full UK driving licence, access to a vehicle, and willingness to travel and work flexibly.
For more information please click here to view the job description and person specification.
Benefits
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25 days holiday plus bank holidays each year (pro rata for part time)
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8% employer contribution to pension scheme (non-contributory for employee)
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Wellbeing support including access to Westfield Health plan, Mental Health First Aiders, self help toolkits, discounts and more
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Your Birthday off plus an extra day of leave after 5 and 10 years' service
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Life assurance (death in service support scheme) for your beneficiaries
#6
Dress for the day and agile working policies (role dependant)
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Two CSR days to take per year (volunteering activity)
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Access to tax-free childcare and Bike2Work schemes
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Special leave for bereavement, compassionate leave & dependent related time off
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Learning and professional development opportunities
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Flexibility to take unpaid leave, paid study leave & special leave for territorial army
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Recognition and engagement schemes including our Our Stars
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Tax free 45p per business mile for cars (up to 10,000 miles per year)
Company Overview
Destination Chesterfield delivers marketing campaigns to help improve the economic prosperity of Chesterfield by promoting it as a contemporary destination to inward investors and supporting existing businesses. Established since 2010, this project is funded through support from local businesses (known as Chesterfield Champions), Chesterfield Borough Council, East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire) operates as the managing employer for Destination Chesterfield.
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Send your CV and a covering letter detailing why you believe that you will add value to the role and Destination Chesterfield to recruitment@emc-dnl.co.uk with the subject line as the vacancy reference, 2DC.
Alternatively, post your application to: FAO HR department, East Midlands Chamber, Commerce House, Millennium Way, Dunston Road, Chesterfield, S41 8ND
Applications that do not include both a CV and covering letter will not be considered.
If you’re successful at this stage, you will be invited for an interview. If you’re unsuccessful, the Chamber’s HR team will let you know by email.
First, you’ll be invited to attend an in-person interview in the Chesterfield area within 10 days of the advert deadline. If your interview goes well, you may be invited to attend a second interview or offered the role.
At the end of each interview, the interviewer will confirm the timeline for next steps.
Virtual interviews are approximately 30-minutes and in-person interviews usually last around an hour with a mix of competency based interview questions and practical tasks.
Decisions will be made at each stage of the process, as we score applicants against the role criteria. If you’re successful, we will contact you to make an offer. This will be followed up in writing and a contract will be sent to you once a start date is confirmed. You will receive information on your induction and what you will do on your first day. If you have any questions, please just get in touch.
If you’re unsuccessful, we will either write to you or contact you by telephone, and if you’ve attended an interview we’re more than happy to provide feedback. You’re welcome to apply again for another role in the future.
Chamber Statement
All suitably qualified people are encouraged to apply for vacancies regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Applicants require current eligibility to live and work in the UK, they must also disclose any unspent convictions or cautions and company director disqualifications in their covering letter. Please inform recruitment@emc-dnl.co.uk of any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process. The business is dedicated to retaining talent and therefore it may decide to prioritise and support internal applicants. For information about how we process your data click here.
