Corporate Partnership Officer

at  Save the Children

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Professional qualification in Business, International Development, Finance/Accounting or similar
• University degree in international development, business administration, finance and/or minimum 7 years’ experience working in a related role.
• Entrepreneurial drive
• Experience managing grants, contracts & sub agreements in Non-Profit is preferable.
• Fluency in English is essential (both writing and speaking).
• Relevant experience managing corporate donor funded projects with International NGO’s particularly those addressing human/children’s rights and those applying partnership approaches.
• Demonstrated experience of leading successful fundraising and new business development for non-governmental organizations.
• Strong analytical skills, computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
• Ability to work well with a team and establish relationships with other teams/offices.
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
• Cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Highly developed interpersonal and English communication skills including influencing and negotiation.
• Excellent time management and planning capacity

ROLE PURPOSE:

Corporate Partnership Officer is supporting Business Development Manager (BDM) that represents an organizational shift rather than a fundraising tactic for short-term gain. Whereas traditional fundraising or account management treats every donors/client’s relationship approximately the same, key account management reorganizes the business’s teams and culture to develop different approaches to their biggest donors/clients across the organization. Therefore, the position has a greater responsibility to support Corporate Partnership Manager for both the donors/clients and the donors/clients’ interactions with other employees and departments to ensure a greater lifetime value for their donors/clients.
Corporate Partnership Officer is responsible to lead the engagement with the most important donor/client accounts within Save the Children (STC) especially MNC. This position also responsible to collaborative work with Members based Home Based Donor SCI’s regulation starting from. They will lead administration work, point of contact for all partnership work, and support the CPM for successful long-lasting member country relations.

Account Executives essential functions:

• Responsible for strengthening the relations with donors and as the resource person for donor compliance.
• Identify , research, and prioritise create funding opportunities with Members from corporate; provide clear recommendations to pursue and initiate action.
• In collaboration with the program teams, develop, and review annual stewardship reports for corporate donors /partners and ensure they are delivered according to the agreed upon schedule.
• Responsible in process of the co-creation opportunities with Technical Experts within SC IDN, potential donors, private sectors, and local partners.
• Managing AMS system, tracker, database, dashboard, KPI and meetings
• Manag e, coordinate, and advance partnership.
• Working with Donor Stewardship to implement donor stewardship program
• Support the Award Management Function

I n the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Business Development and Innovative Fundraising Manager