The Director, National Foundation Partnerships plays a critical role in ensuring Teach For America is maximizing the resources of the foundation community to reach its organizational goals. This position is ideal for individuals with strong strategic thinking, operational, and communication skills and would allow him/her to contribute meaningfully within a high-growth, entrepreneurial non-profit. The Director of Foundation Partnerships will report to the Vice President, Foundation Partnerships, and work very closely with other members of the foundation partnerships team to manage challenging workflows across a complex foundations stream portfolio, while playing a strong leadership role in contributing to the broader national development team’s operations.
Areas of Responsibility:
Portfolio Management (80%)
- Producing high-quality deliverables aligning current and prospective funder interests to engage, cultivate, and steward foundation relationships alongside directors in support of team’s growing portfolio; includes proposals, concept papers, letters, mid-year and final reports for restricted program grants, thank you letters, and other touch points and customized materials such as spreadsheets, decks, and graphics.
- Supporting a growing portfolio of national funders from end-to-end, with a special focus on general operations donors and program-specific grants
- Developing content-knowledge and expertise on specific programmatic areas related to donor and prospect interests
- Develop short and long-term project plans to convene various stakeholders to execute multi-faceted partnership and manage multi-year grant commitments
- Collaborate with TFA’s finance team and program teams to create, track, and report on restricted grant budgets and inform programmatic budget conversations
- Supporting portfolio managers and senior leaders in preparing for meetings and responding to requests from national foundation donors and ensuring donor readiness regarding donor data within her portfolio (e.g. crafting talking points about historical results in a region or in a specific area of program, providing relationship context); providing follow-up support as necessary
- Ensuring best-in-class recordkeeping via TFA’s Salesforce database (e.g. gift processing and gift data for portfolio, contact information, etc.)
- In some cases, serve as TFA’s contact in external settings, including grant management and donor cultivation
- Craft strategies for donor cultivation and advise peers and partners across the org on fundraising strategies
Cross-team responsibilities and special projects (20%)
- Within the Foundations and Development team, take personal responsibility for cultivating a strong team culture that reflects Teach For America’s core values and commitment to diversity and inclusiveness.
- Partner across the National Development team on special projects related to strategic priorities and operational improvements
- Foster strong relationships with and serve as a trusted advisor to regions, especially those with shared donor portfolios, fostering collective impact mindsets that support the vision of One TFA
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree required
Skills/Experience:
Prior Experience
- 5+ years of professional experience, grant-writing and/or event management experience, preferred
- Record of achieving ambitious goals and creating effective systems to manage multiple projects
Work Demands
- Occasional travel; 1-2 times per quarter
Skills
- Exceptional written communication and ability to develop tailored materials crafted to address donor interest and perspectives
- Ability to anticipate needs and develop solutions to achieve ambitious goals and create effective systems to manage multiple projects
- Superior customer service orientation and follow-through
- Keen detail orientation and organizational skills
- Excellent project management skills, especially related to communications and events
- Ability to organize, synthesize, and interpret data to construct compelling narratives
- Strong relationship orientation and the ability to influence others to achieve results
- Ability to be entrepreneurial and flexible in a fast-paced, diverse, results-oriented culture
- Strong facility with Excel and PowerPoint and/or other graphics tools preferred
- Familiarity with Salesforce a plus
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jan 6 2018
Active Until:
Feb 6 2018
Hiring Organization:
Teach For America
industry:
Nonprofit