Situated within the Commercial Function in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Government Commercial Sponsorship Team (GCST) is the Sponsorship Centre of Expertise for the UK Government. In effect, we are the UK Government’s internal sponsorship agency.
The team (which consists of around 20 sales and account management specialists the majority based in London with some individuals based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff) leads sponsorship activity across UK Government’s most high-profile events and campaigns. These have included the UK’s participation at various Expos Osaka, Investment Summits, COP summits, FIFA World Cup Doha and other high-profile business, sporting, and cultural events. Current projects include Expo2025 Osaka, Venice Biennale, Greater Together LA, and COP 30. We work with many of the UK’s largest companies including HSBC, Diageo, Reckitt, Barclays, JLR, Aston Martin and IHG. The team is also responsible for developing sponsorship policy, governance, and capability across government and works closely with Cabinet Office, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and other government departments, operating both in the UK and across our embassy network around the world.
The Sponsorship Lead will have responsibility for developing and selling sponsorship rights for the UK Government’s events and campaigns as well as managing relationships with internal event and campaign owners and building impactful partnerships with industry. This is a sales target-driven role where you will be actively establishing new sales leads and closing new business.
