Senior Associate, Corporate Partnerships at Teach For All

Position Summary

• Teach For All seeks a Senior Associate, Corporate Partnerships Operations to work alongside the Global Head of Corporate Partnerships and the team to help attract, retain, and grow our group of corporate champions and supporters.
• The Senior Associate will play a critical role in supporting the actions, strategies and systems undergirding Teach For All’s cultivation of this deep and dynamic donor pipeline. 
• His/her duties will range from being responsible for the day-to-day project management of current or future partnership or being responsible for the team's data system and operations to research and meeting preparation, as well as managing up to the Global Head of Corporate Partnerships to execute expansive partnerships with donors and prospects.
• The Senior Associate will lead on designing and executing the actions, strategies and systems that will sustain Teach For All’s cultivation of this deep and dynamic donor pipeline. They will also develop and help execute a robust communications strategy for our corporate champions, as well as implement the systems needed to execute our cultivation calendar. 
• A successful candidate will be able to liaise externally with managers and representatives of global or regional corporations and should be familiar with partnership and project management. He/she will be able to think and create partnership proposals together with the team and to coordinate the different actors involved. Also, he/she will also be rigorous and systematic, to create and maintain systems to increase the efficiency of the corporate partnerships team, produce high-quality work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven and dynamic environment, and project manage self and others toward diverse and shifting priorities. 
• The Senior Associate will report directly to the Head of Corporate Partnerships. The Corporate Partnerships team represents approximately $9 million in annual revenue for Teach For All and more than 30 network partners all across the world.

Overview of Teach For All & the Global Development Team

• Teach For All is a growing global network of 61 independent, locally led organizations united by the purpose of developing collective leadership to ensure all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential. Each network partner recruits and develops promising leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work throughout their lives, from inside and outside of education, to ensure all children are able to fulfill their potential. Teach For All’s global organization works to increase the network’s impact by building awareness of the network’s approach, supporting the launch of new organizations, building the capacity of network partners by helping them learn from each other, maintaining network standards, and working collaboratively with the global education and development communities to catalyze progress towards ensuring all children fulfill their potential.
• Network partners are responsible for raising the funds necessary to thrive within their local countries. Teach For All’s global organization raises the funds to sustain itself (more than $27 million annually) and to catalyze growth in low-income countries (approximately $5 million annually).    
• The organization also seeks to support network partners in their efforts to raise funds. Over time, we would like to grow the extent to which the global organization supports network partners in their fundraising efforts, and the extent to which they support each other and the global organization in these efforts.
• Teach For All’s Global Development team is responsible for generating the global funding partnerships necessary to maximize the impact of our global organization, catalyze impact in low-income countries, and support our network partners to reach their goals. To fuel the network’s anticipated growth, the team needs to raise almost $80 million in the next three years, while generating at least $27 million for network organizations over this time.

Responsibilities 

• The Senior Associate, Corporate Partnerships, will play a key role in supporting the organization’s portfolio of corporate supporters. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

 Fundraising Responsibilities

• Lead the research of potential leads for the portfolio and coordinate the back end of the fundraising pipeline, identifying alignment between our work and donor interests and recommending concrete next steps for the organization to take.
• Developing, preparing and managing partnership proposals and creating compelling PowerPoint presentations for funder meetings and touch points.
• Communicating with a diverse set of network partner staff to maximize existing partnerships and help secure new corporate partnerships.

Project Management Responsibilities 

• Managing some of our corporate donor relationships, which involves project management and coordination of local/international network partner teams’ work.
• Developing and tracking communications and cultivation/stewardship plans across various corporate partnerships.
• Managing up to colleagues in order to execute on project plans for cultivation purposes (i.e. ensuring grant reports and milestones are on track)
• Drafting strategy documents and collaborating with internal staff on key approaches to advancing this portfolio.

Systems and Operations Responsibilities

• Maintaining strong systems and project plans to advance the work of portfolio efficiently and effectively (CRM, weekly tasks, meeting briefs and downloads, calendar scheduling, etc., internal and external donor-related communications, etc.)
• Managing the gift process for new donations and payments of the Corporate Partnerships Team while tightly project managing cross-team initiatives (e.g., building budgets or managing subgrants to network partners and donor reports/proposals)
• Leveraging data systems to stay abreast of fundraising efforts across Teach For All to proactively identify internal collaboration opportunities, such as ensuring next steps are completed, making strategic suggestions for donor cultivation strategies, knowing progress and path to fundraising goals, and identifying next steps and owners.
• Providing other administrative support on an as-needed basis

Requirements 

• At least 5 years of professional experience preferred, especially in non-profit fundraising or partnership management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Google Drive 
• English fluency required. Fluency in other regional languages is helpful, but not required.
• Prior experience with fundraising and/or business development preferred.
• Previous experience with Salesforce or other client relationship management system a plus.

As the ideal candidate, you will bring:

• Proactivity and empowerment about his/her responsibilities and those of the team.
• Strong project management skills 
• Ability to multitask, independently prioritize tasks and work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, dynamic, start-up environment
• Excellent written skills
• Systems-orientation a plus
• Ability to juggle several competing priorities at once with a spirit of flexibility and positivity
• Strong customer service ethic 
• Solutions-oriented mindset with proactive approach to problem solving 
• Strong critical thinking and interpersonal communication skills 
• Sensitivity to diversity in backgrounds and beliefs (e.g., racial, cultural, socioeconomic, political, etc.)
• Deeply committed to the mission, vision and values of Teach For All: 
• Sense of Possibility: We believe in the extraordinary potential of all children and in our collective potential to realize our aspirations, and so we act with courage, boldness, urgency and perseverance in pursuit of transformational impact
• Locally Rooted and Globally Informed: We value the enormous assets in the communities where we work, immerse ourselves in local perspectives, needs and opportunities, and work in deep partnership with students, families, educators, and community members—all while also seeking to build our understanding of what is possible based on insights from outside of our communities and countries.
• Constant Learning: We commit to continuous education, reflection and improvement as the foundation for the transformational leadership we strive to develop.
• Diversity & Inclusiveness: We seek to ensure full participation of people from all cultures and backgrounds, and we believe those who have themselves experienced the inequities we’re working to address should guide and lead this work.
• Interdependence: In recognition of our shared humanity and interconnectedness, we work with generosity and compassion to help each other develop and grow