Deputy Director, Corporate Partnerships - US

Prosper Global

1d • $76,800 - $91,200 • Remote

About The Position

The Deputy Director is responsible for supporting private fundraising and partnership development in support of Prosper Global’s strategic priorities, as outlined in the Pathway to Prosperity (P2P). The Deputy Director will support Directors on the corporate partnerships team to advance strategic partnerships with top donors, prospects, and influencers. The successful candidate will have relationship management experience, an understanding of Prosper Global programming and trends in philanthropy, strong written and verbal communications, and experience in project management.

Requirements

• Proven ability to manage projects and competing priorities
• 5 years increasing responsibility in corporate fundraising or corporate social responsibility strongly preferred
• Cross cultural acumen and proven abilities to work cross functionally in a global environment.
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Ability to work in teams to develop and execute strategy for successful partnership experience and engagement
• Understanding of international aid and development preferred
• Understanding of corporate decision-making processes preferred
• An outstanding project manager and relationship builder — equally effective navigating internal stakeholder relationships and external corporate partner relationships. Able to juggle competing priorities and deadlines across multiple partnerships simultaneously.
• A skilled cross-functional coordinator — able to pull together the people and pieces needed to move partnerships forward and hit team-wide fundraising and engagement goals.
• Strategic and creative — able to identify new employee-engagement and workplace-giving opportunities, and to bring innovative thinking to stewardship and partnership development.
• A strong communicator — skilled at writing and editing proposals, reports, pitch decks, and stewardship materials for varied audiences.
• Emotionally intelligent and collaborative — able to build trust quickly, read stakeholder needs, and work smoothly across teams and cultures.
• Grants-management experience — comfortable overseeing award review, kick-off, reporting, and compliance for a portfolio of corporate donors without losing sight of the relationship-building side of the job.
• Knowledgeable about the corporate landscape — fluent in corporate decision-making processes and current CSR/philanthropy trends, with a track record of securing philanthropic support.

Nice To Haves

• 5 years increasing responsibility in corporate fundraising or corporate social responsibility strongly preferred
• Understanding of international aid and development preferred
• Understanding of corporate decision-making processes preferred

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of corporate partners and prospects that are appropriate for the deputy-level role. Create partnership strategies to secure new funding and renewals through adept management of the donor lifecycle, including new business development, proposal development, closing, ongoing stewardship efforts, and renewals.
• Outside of the deputy's assigned portfolio, provide business development, stewardship, and communications support to a range of corporate donors and prospects, in alignment with P2P priorities and emerging corporate funding trends.
• Support and project manage the business development process. Write/edit concepts, proposals, pitch decks, and other fundraising materials.
• Support and project manage the development and delivery of stewardship materials such as info sheets, program updates, and formal reports.
• Support and project manage initiatives in support of corporate partnerships, including trips and meetings, profile elevating events, campaigns, and communications.
• In partnership with the Employee Impact team, support employee engagement projects to drive awareness and increase unrestricted support through workplace giving.
• Support knowledge management by maintaining donor and prospect records in Raiser's Edge NXT (CRM), SharePoint, etc. ensuring institutional knowledge is captured, shared and accessible across the team.
• Collaborate with program, technical and innovation team members to match key program needs with potential funders and develop successful proposals.
• Coordinate with program, technical, innovation, communications, and leadership team members to ensure donor engagement strategies can be effectively implemented.
• Effectively represent Prosper Global in donor and prospect meetings, communications, and at events.
• Prepare briefing materials, talking points, and other content to support colleagues and leadership in external representation.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of strategic priorities, relevant technical areas, and key partnerships to represent the organization and programs to internal and external stakeholders.
• Actively learn about safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work.
• Practice the values of Prosper Global including respecting the dignity and well-being of participants and fellow team members.
• Encourage openness and communication in their team; encourages team members to submit reports if they have any concerns using reporting mechanisms e.g., Integrity Hotline and other options.

Benefits

• Ongoing Learning: In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed