Position Title: Strategic Partnerships Manager (Foundations, Trusts, and Corporations)
Department: Transformational Development
Reports to: Head of Transformational Development
Status: Temporary (Parental Leave Coverage), Full-Time (1 Year), exempt
Start Date: Early February 2025
Salary Range: $43.92 - $49.41
Location: Byron Center, Michigan (hybrid)
PURPOSE:
World Renew is a non-profit organization compelled to rebuild communities by God’s passion for justice & Mercy. We are seeking a Temporary Strategic Partnerships Manager to join our team for a period of 12 months. This position is dedicated to increase revenue for World Renew’s international development programs by engaging in networking and establishing connections and relationships with charitable foundations, trusts, and corporations, developing concept notes, expressions of interest and full proposal applications in response to funding opportunities. This is supported by increasing World Renew’s visibility; identifying grant funding opportunities; developing concept notes, expressions of interest and full proposal applications; and creating and deepening collaborative funding relationships with likeminded international development organizations. The Strategic Partnerships Manager will supports the capacity building of staff in regional teams for grant acquisition and management. This position is classified as a W-2 employee role for candidates based in the United States.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Prospecting: Network and establish connections and relationships with new prospects for grant funding focusing on charitable foundations, trusts, and corporations.
- Fund Acquisition: Apply for grants from charitable foundations, trusts, and corporations to finance World Renew’s international development programs
- Lead proposal development—in collaboration with field staff, the Finance Team (Finance Program Manager), and others—ensuring that high-quality standards are met and that applications are responsive to the stated interests of the donor and the requirements of the Request for Applications (RFA)
- Stay informed of World Renew programs and field office priorities and communicate appropriately with regional team leaders and field offices to ensure that funding requests align with regional and country program priorities and the funding priorities of the organization
- Ensure good coordination of the proposal development process using recognized project management approaches such as developing RACI charts and project charters; setting-up calendars and assigning tasks to collaborators; organizing meetings as needed to share information and make decisions; and ensuring adherence to the schedule and organizational guidelines and policies
- Liaise between grant making institutions and others within World Renew to communicate the requirements for specific grants received
- Seek funding from other institutional donors and partners as assigned
- Work with other grant staff to provide surge support in times of heavy grant proposal writing and/or reporting as approved by supervisor
- Program Design: Provide results-based management (RBM) support to ministry teams for grant program development
- Develop performance measurement frameworks and logic models which align with donor requirements
- Review program theories of change
- Advise on the selection of strong indicators
- Increase collaborative funding opportunities: network and establish connections and relationships with new prospects for grant funding focusing on likeminded international development organizations to identify potential consortium partnership opportunities.
- Work with Ministry Teams and/or individual countries as assigned to develop local funding strategies and broader grant-funding strategies.
- Facilitate/provide training and competency development for peers and/or Ministry Team staff in prospecting and developing team/country funding strategies.
- Support and strengthen local capacity building of program staff in grant acquisition, proposal development and overall grant management.
- Attend and participate in meetings of the PE team and contribute to a team culture of mutual support, accountability and learning
- Perform other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Mature Christian, capable of applying their belief systems to their work
- Able to respect and support the mission, vision, and values of World Renew
- Commitment to contribute to and promote a work environment that values diversity, inclusion and equity
- Committed to working towards gender equality, equity and justice in all aspects of our programming, plans, policies and organizational structure
- Strong face to face networking skills with a desire to promote World Renew and forge relationships
- Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills; able to produce proposals and reports that are clear, concise and compelling
- Demonstrated ability to develop logic models and performance measurement frameworks for proposals
- Experience developing and/or delivering training and coaching for capacity development in grants acquisition and management
- Committed to a community development approach that emphasizes participation, empowerment, and local decision making and able to communicate effectively about this type of development approach
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills in a multicultural work environment.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and meet deadlines.
- Flexible, adaptable, detail-oriented, team player.
- Ability to work independently
- Demonstrated computer literacy and experience using Google and Microsoft Suite
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position will maintain contractual agreements with consultants as needed.
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
A Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred.
At least three years of technical experience in grants required.
Professional certificate(s) and/or license(s) in Project Management preferred.
Two years’ experience in international community development and/or disaster response preferred.
Experience traveling to and working cross-culturally with vulnerable communities internationally preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Travel including meetings during non-business hours and occasional overnight stays is expected.
Minimum of one international trip per year to World Renew international programs
Extended time spent in front of a computer screen
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Occasional international travel to destinations with rough terrain, unreliable access to water and electricity, and increased exposure to illness.
