Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

Partnerships Coordinator – Fellowship

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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About the role

  • Advances priority partnerships by coordinating executive and team-level engagement that moves partnerships from discussion to action.
  • Manages the CIO’s calendar and related administrative support for ongoing strategic projects and priorities.
  • Serves as a liaison between the CIO, PI leadership, internal teams, and external partners to align meeting objectives, participants, and materials.
  • Prepares agendas, briefing context, and materials to ensure partnership meetings—especially those led by the CIO—are productive and outcome-driven.
  • Tracks partnership commitments, decisions, and milestones; coordinates follow-up and next steps across the PI team.
  • Identifies stalled progress, scheduling bottlenecks, or missing inputs and flags them to Directors or PI leadership with recommended actions.
  • Maintains accurate partnership documentation, timelines, and task tracking within established project management systems.
  • Coordinates meetings within the Program & Impact team, across various departments and with external stakeholders (agency leaders, consultants, etc.).
  • Distributes documents, information, instructions, and other resources to ensure both internal and external stakeholders have tools and resources to be effective.
  • Documents progress against project plan, updates leaders, and identifies implications for the overall project and connections to other ongoing projects/grants.
  • Serves as a primary point of contact for projects when multiple units are involved with the same project to ensure effective and synergistic team actions.
  • Communicates consistently and clearly with Project Leads, team members, and other key stakeholders to keep the projects on track.
  • Proactively identifies potential stakeholders for involvement in projects and recommends when and how others can make meaningful contributions to a project’s success.
  • Offers high-level customer service and customer-focused problem-solving that builds trust and ensures more effective project implementation.
  • Demonstrates commitment to BBBSA’s shared leadership competencies and organizational values.
  • Provides consistent follow-up regarding assigned projects and after meetings.
  • Cultivates an environment where all team members feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their potential.
  • Manages related and other duties as assigned in support of department and business needs.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or G.E.D equivalent required with additional post-secondary coursework or certification related to project management, nonprofit management, office administration, public administration or other related field preferred OR relevant experience equivalency.
  • A minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience, with an emphasis on administrative excellence and project management.
  • Exceptional administrative skills, with high attention to detail.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, customer service oriented.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently, managing multiple projects, while achieving results consistently on deadline.
  • Excellent team working skills; ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
  • Highly organized in approach, with ability to set and manage priorities.
  • Highly proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and project management software (such as Asana).
  • Knowledge of youth development programs, especially mentoring and related implementation.
  • Project Management Certification
Benefits
  • Fully remote
  • Professional Fellowship Program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementadministrative supporttask trackingcustomer serviceattention to detailcollaborationproblem-solvingtime managementdocumentationmeeting coordination
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillsteamworkorganizational skillsindependenceleadershipcustomer-focusedproactive identificationtrust-buildinginclusivity
Certifications
Project Management Certification