Senior Development Officer, Corporate and Foundations partnerships - US base (flexible remote)

Mercy Corps

85d • $64,000 - $76,000

About The Position

The Senior Development Officer plays a key role in supporting Mercy Corps’ global corporate and foundation partnership teams by providing business intelligence, project management, and operational support. This position is responsible for delivering high-quality research and analysis to strengthen prospect pipelines and guide sophisticated engagement strategies with corporate and foundation donors worldwide. They maintain a strong understanding of existing partnerships, regularly share insights on trends and opportunities, and identify potential reputational risks to ensure alignment with Mercy Corps’ policies and values. The role requires building and maintaining efficient operational processes to effectively manage, track, and measure research, due diligence, and pipeline development. In addition, the Senior Development Officer provides critical operational support across the teams, including knowledge management, preparation of donor-facing materials, preparing background materials for events, and management of invoices and other logistics.

Requirements

• BA in relevant field required, such as International Relations, Business, Communications & Marketing, etc.
• 5+ years of experience in supporting donor relations and stewardship - preferably foundation and corporate partnerships.
• Demonstrated success managing project timelines.
• Experience in conducting in-depth donor research.
• Excellent writing and analytics skills, with proven ability to present clear and succinct analyses.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with colleagues in both remote and in-person work environments.
• Excellent computer & tech skills (MS 365, Sharepoint, Google Suite, project management software), including remote communication and project management platforms.
• Experience in international development work or a demonstrated interest in this field is preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Interest in the private philanthropy and international development nexus.
• Awareness of and sensitivity to multicultural international development work.
• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive working environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a strong familiarity with current donors and prospects and provide timely business development insights on strategy announcements, leadership transitions, philanthropic trends and other opportunities for funding across the private sector funding landscape.
• Proactively identify new prospects through relationship mapping, industry scans and other data sources to add to the corporate, foundation, strategic philanthropy, and Gulf donor pipelines.
• Assess prospect capacity and alignment; work closely with Sr. Directors of Corporate & Foundation Partnerships to assign qualified prospects and make recommendations for engagement strategies.
• Create and maintain systems for tracking, prioritizing and allocating research requests from the global corporate & foundation partnership teams, and report on key performance indicators.
• Coordinate with the Major Gifts research team on cross-department strategies and business intelligence.
• Develop and lead tracking systems for due diligence screenings, approvals and filing in compliance with Mercy Corps policies, in partnership with Executives.
• Conduct in-depth due diligence research for partners and prospects, assessing reputational risk for the organization, securing approvals and elevating for executive review as required.
• Support prospect outreach, proposal development, grants management, and donor stewardship activities as needed.
• Support across the corporate and foundation teams in organizing and preparing materials and logistics for global events and donor travel.
• Manage internal team knowledge sites, for example the team SharePoint site.
• Manage in-bound inquiries and responses via the CFT partnerships email on the website.
• Manage team subscriptions and invoices.
• Maintain schedule, agenda, and meeting notes for regular meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 5% of time dedicated to learning activities for personal and professional growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees