Program Manager, Communities of Practice
Solutions Journalism Network
Development Officer, Strategic Partnerships
ChildFund International
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • District of Columbia, Washington
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💰 $65,000 - $75,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Manage a portfolio of institutional donors with a focus on mobilizing resources to support our work in the Americas and Asia.
- Build and develop new relationships with prospective institutional donors and contribute to institutional fundraising strategy in collaboration with Director of Institutional Partnerships and Vice President for Strategic Partnerships.
- Consistently create and deliver compelling reports and other donor deliverables, according to our grant agreements, including liaising with colleagues across the organization to collect data, write content, review financial information, and ensure compliance details.
- Work collaboratively across the Marketing, Communications, and Development team, engaging with key stakeholders, to deliver on strategic goals and KPIs.
- Liaise with Program and Finance colleagues to share grant requirements and donor expectations, build reports and deliver high -quality stewardship items.
- Work alongside the team to keep an accurate record of donor relationships in Salesforce, including stakeholder information, notes from meetings, reporting and submission deadlines, and correspondence with donor staff.
- Represent the organization, both internally and externally where opportunities arise, including donor visits, public events, and partner convenings.
- Keep abreast and keep the wider team updated on best practices and trends in the philanthropy sector, scoping out strategic opportunities to help us engage new prospective donors.
- Contribute to the development of a strong values-based team culture across different countries, areas and streams of work.
Requirements
- Outstanding organizational skills and time management, including ability to plan, prioritize and manage a varied workload to meet deadlines.
- Excellent writing skills, including development of compelling communications to engage donors and prospects.
- Strong interpersonal, influencing, and relationship building skills with the ability to work across teams and build strong internal and external networks.
- Passion for supporting and developing people to achieve their potential.
- Experience working in a hybrid setting across a variety of time zones, and the confidence and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a busy team.
- Experience working with a development/fundraising team to deliver financial goals or partnership deliverables.
- An understanding of the funder and wider philanthropy system, particularly in the US, the Americas, and Asia.
- Appreciation for working with community-based organizations towards a shared goal.
- Experience coordinating with a diverse range of colleagues to develop concept notes and funding proposals.
- Knowledge of programming related to issues affecting children and young people and / or experience in the international development sector preferred.
- Knowledge of Spanish is beneficial but not required.
