MANAGER OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.
This is the vision of CARE, and has been since our founding 70 years ago, when 22 American organizations came together to rush lifesaving CARE Packages® to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader within a worldwide movement dedicated to eradicating poverty. In 2015, CARE worked in 95 countries to reach more than 65 million people with 890 life-saving poverty-fighting programs, including maternal and child health, education, food and clean water and more.
CARE is about enabling the human-to-human connections that affirm the dignity of every person on this planet. CARE puts women and girls at the center of its programs both because they are disproportionately impacted by poverty, something we cannot overcome until all people have equal rights and opportunities.
CARE is seeking a Manager of Community Partnerships who is responsible for building a local CARE movement to support ending global poverty. Essential to this mandate is recruiting and managing influential community members to help plan and execute fund-raising, profile-raising, education and advocacy activities for CARE within a metro city area while fully utilizing the branding, assets, products and services as directed by CARE headquarters. The Manager will manage, direct and grow all existing and potential affinity groups (Women’s groups, Young Professionals, et. al.); community volunteers and supporters; local company and government employees; and youth/college groups within a metro city area. The Manager is a member of the national Individual Giving team and is part of the Regional fundraising team. She/he will report directly to the Executive Director of the Region and will work in the New York City, Atlanta, Chicago or San Francisco (4 positions, one for each city) office of CARE, USA.
The Manager is expected to be a spokesperson and networker exclusively focused on the metro city area for CARE and has a goal of establishing and building partnerships and networks to launch a diverse movement of support (both financial and otherwise). They will manage community development initiatives throughout for the key market including community-based fund-raising, publicity & educational events and general awareness raising. She/he is expected to work closely with the Executive Director in assessing and prioritizing opportunities within the city to best position CARE, achieving and surpassing her/his fundraising goals, looking for opportunities to add value to across other units operating in the key market and developing the resources and strategic plan for expansion and growth in the metro city area.
Responsibilities
- Community-based fundraising and affinity group management - raise $350,000 - $500,000 within year one.
- Community relations and related events - conceptualize, develop and facilitate the implementation of projects related to commitment to community relations and being a valued part of the key market of focus.
- Cross - unit coordination - coordinate with national and regional efforts to maximize opportunities within the metro city area and recognize metro city CARE volunteers/leaders.
- Strategic planning - develop comprehensive metro city plan for CARE movement expansion and growth.Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree;
- 3+ years of fundraising experience with demonstrable success in community fundraising, professional volunteer management, public relations/community relations, special events, and networking;
- General familiarity with all aspects of local fundraising, special events, public relations, and volunteer management;
- Experience as a non-profit spokesperson. Must be comfortable with public speaking
- Proficient in fundraising, event management, volunteer management, database management, designing presentations, persuasive communication skills, strategic planning, and budget development;
- A background in or experience with international development or global poverty issues a plus;
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment;
- Strong public speaking skills.
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