Corporate and Community Partnerships Manager

Sacred Heart Community Service•San Jose, CA

23d•$80,000 - $86,000•Onsite

About The Position

Sacred Heart Community Service (SHCS) located in San José, CA is looking for a passionate fund development and engagement professional to spearhead relationships with corporate and community partners, while providing leadership to the operations of the volunteer engagement infrastructure of the organization. This individual must be highly organized and possess a solid record of fund development and/or engagement accomplishments, superior writing and strategic communications skills, and an ability to work flexibly and creatively. The ideal candidate must be equally committed to our vision of a community united to ensure every child and adult is free from poverty, an approach of driving policy change through transformational leadership development, and teaching and living an anti-racism and anti-oppression worldview. For 62 years, SHCS has been one of the leading institutions in addressing poverty in Santa Clara County through a strategy that combines addressing the consequences of poverty through impactful programs while building power with people to push for systemic change. POSITION SUMMARY: The Community and Corporate Partnerships Manager (CCPM) is a key member of SHCS’s Community Development team which design and implement the organization’s fund development and community engagement efforts, responsible for cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding an assigned portfolio of corporate and other institutional or community partners. The CCPM serves as the primary SHCS relationship manager for those partners, building strong long-term relationships, understanding partner interests, identifying meaningful opportunities for engagement, and developing solicitation and stewardship strategies that generate philanthropic revenue, sponsorships, in-kind support, volunteer engagement, and other forms of support for SHCS. The CCPM works closely with the Fund Development team on fundraising strategy, gift processing, donor recognition, stewardship, and revenue goals, and coordinates with the Community Partnerships Manager and Volunteer Office when partners participate in volunteer activities. The CCPM retains responsibility for the overall partner relationship and engagement strategy. The CCPM also connects interested partners and volunteers to advocacy opportunities led by SHCS leaders, Organizing/Policy staff, or other designated campaign leadership.

Requirements

Strong commitment to SHCS’s vision of uniting the community to ensure every child and adult is free from poverty.
Strong commitment to community engagement, leadership development, and anti-oppression principles.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively and respectfully with people from diverse communities, cultures, and backgrounds, using culturally responsive practices.
Minimum 2 years of progressively responsible experience in corporate partnerships, institutional relations, community partnership development, fund development, external relations, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience cultivating and managing relationships with corporations, institutions, community organizations, or other external partners.
Demonstrated experience generating philanthropic, sponsorship, in-kind, volunteer, or other forms of organizational support through external partnerships.
Experience developing cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for organizational or institutional partners.
Demonstrated skill in meeting and event planning, group facilitation, public speaking, and representing an organization with external partners and community audiences.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for corporate, institutional, donor, volunteer, and community audiences.
Proficiency with CRM and database systems, including Salesforce or a comparable platform, as well as Google Workspace, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and web-based communication tools.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-directed, with the ability to manage multiple partner relationships, priorities, deadlines, and follow-up responsibilities simultaneously.
Four-year degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional or lived experience.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in Spanish/English or Vietnamese/English.
Knowledge of Silicon Valley’s corporate, philanthropic, civic, and community networks.
Experience with corporate philanthropy, sponsorships, employee engagement, workplace giving, or corporate volunteer programs.
Experience building productive relationships with corporate, institutional, and philanthropic leaders.

Responsibilities

Cultivates, solicits, and stewards a portfolio of existing and prospective corporate and other assigned institutional and community partners to achieve annual philanthropic revenue, sponsorship, engagement, and partnership goals established in coordination with Community Engagement and Fund Development leadership.
Develops individualized relationship, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for assigned partners based on partner interests and priorities, giving capacity, volunteer interests, and opportunities for deeper engagement with SHCS.
Collaborates closely with the Fund Development team on solicitation strategy to identify and develop opportunities for corporate and institutional giving, sponsorships, employee giving and matching gifts, in-kind support, workplace campaigns, and other forms of philanthropic investment, and ensure gift processing and acknowledgment, donor credit, stewardship, and reporting so that each partner experiences a coordinated SHCS relationship.
Coordinates partner giving drives, recognition, and stewardship activities designed to strengthen relationships, retain partners, and increase philanthropic support.
Builds relationships with partner leadership, employees, and other key stakeholders and serves as the primary SHCS point of contact for assigned partners.
Collaborates with other Community Development team members, and other departments to coordinate partner strategy and share relationship information.
Maintains accurate partner records, contact reports, solicitation activity, pipeline information in Salesforce and regularly reports on progress toward philanthropic revenue, sponsorships, in-kind support, volunteer engagement, partner retention, and progress toward goals established in SHCS Strategic and Operating Plans.
Represents SHCS at partner meetings, presentations, service fairs, networking events, open houses, and other outreach opportunities, and works with the Volunteer Office to prepare volunteer ambassadors to represent SHCS when appropriate, to cultivate prospective partners and deepen existing relationships.
Coordinates with the Volunteer Office to connect assigned partners with group volunteer opportunities, including reviewing availability and confirming participation. The CCPM owns partner-facing communication, reminders, attendance confirmation, and follow-up, while the Volunteer Office maintains volunteer procedures and operational support.
Ensures timely follow-up with partner organizations after volunteer activities to deepen relationships, strengthen stewardship, and identify additional philanthropic opportunities.
Reviews volunteer participation and outcomes with the Volunteer Office and incorporates that information into ongoing partner stewardship and relationship strategy.
Conducts 1:1 conversations with partner representatives and engaged volunteers to deepen their understanding of SHCS’s mission and the systemic causes of poverty, and to connect them with opportunities for philanthropic support, volunteer engagement, leadership, organizational events, and advocacy.
Facilitates conversations about poverty, SHCS’s mission, and opportunities for deeper engagement, including philanthropic support, volunteer involvement, and advocacy opportunities led by SHCS leaders, Organizing/Policy staff, or other designated campaign leadership.
Recruits, trains, schedules, and manages interns, volunteers, and others as assigned. Team supervision includes providing structure, training, evaluation, and professional development.
Supports organization-wide programs, events, trainings, and outreach efforts—such as the Holiday Program, Pack-a-Back, and Solidarity Summit—by coordinating assigned partner participation, fundraising, and engagement.
Participates in the Manager Round Table and Emergency Response Team and serves as an on-site manager as assigned.
Supports SHCS policy campaigns by engaging interested partner organizations, volunteers, and stakeholders and connecting them to advocacy opportunities led by SHCS leaders, Organizing/Policy staff, or other designated campaign leadership.
Performs other duties as assigned.