Since 1984, Share Our Strength® has led the fight against hunger and poverty by inspiring and organizing individuals and businesses to share their strengths. Today, through the No Kid Hungry campaign, Share Our Strength is ending childhood hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need. No child should go hungry in America – we’re on our way to making that a reality and we want you to join us. We’re bold, creative, always open to new ideas, and 100% dedicated to our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d like you to consider becoming part of our team.

The Corporate Partnership Development Coordinator will be responsible for supporting and contributing to efforts of the Corporate Partnership Development team with tasks and projects associated with Share Our Strength’s recruitment of new corporate partners. In particular, the coordinator will spend 75% of their time in pursuit of Share Our Strength’s new business prospects.

This position is preferably based in Washington, D.C. (Hybrid- 2 days per week); but could be fully remote for the right candidate living outside of the DC area 30 miles or more.

The position offers a salary range of $55k to $58k. Exact compensation within the stated salary range may vary based on skills, experience, internal equity, and geographical location.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with Corporate Partnership (CP) colleagues to research/identify prospective partners.
• Support in the creation of proposals, pitch decks and presentations for prospective partners.
• Maintain team resources to increase efficiency and ensure access to quality collateral and other materials across the CP team.
• Support in expense tracking, invoicing and budget updates.
• Track prospect outreach in CRM system.
• Continuously monitor external examples of successful cause marketing and philanthropic campaigns, sharing with the CP team for possible integration into new business presentations.
• Capture notes, and lead follow up from team meetings.
• Assist team in financial and pipeline reporting.
• Support CP team leadership in coordinating external and internal scheduling for travel, meetings, and calls.
• Maintain and grow knowledge of the private sector through attendance of conferences and professional development events, adding valuable insights to prospect conversations.
• Represent the organization and team with poise and professionalism in all communications, building external prospect relationships through meticulous service, support, and creative problem-solving.
• Manage incoming partnership inquiries, vetting initial feasibility, making strategic recommendations and directing to lead solicitors as appropriate.
• Represent the CP team on internal task forces as needed, working on cross-departmental projects.
• Up to 15% Travel

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field preferred but not required, plus experience managing aspects of marketing programs and/or sponsorships from the corporate, agency, or non-profit partner perspective.
• High proficiency MS Office products and experience with Raiser’s Edge preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Direct experience soliciting targeted funding by corporate partners, including but not limited to regranting programs, grant budgets and program reports or commensurate experience a plus.
• Ability to work proactively in fluid, dynamic office environment.
• Emotional intelligence and strong orientation towards customer service (internally and externally).
• Highly organized with the ability to handle multiple projects and priorities while coordinating workflow in a deadline-driven and service-focused environment.
• Must be proactive and a self-starter with excellent problem-solving and implementation skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills: ability to maintain strong professional relationships with a range of groups in-person, by phone, and electronically.
• Excellent time and project management skills; attention to detail. The coordinator will be required to meet multiple concurrent deadlines and organize time and priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in an entrepreneurial environment. Many projects involve intradepartmental and interdepartmental communication.
• Demonstrated interest in anti-hunger and anti-poverty issues.

COMPREHENSIVE BENEFIT PLAN:
We offer a comprehensive benefits plan which currently includes, but is not limited to, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, retirement, wellness benefits, and paid time off (vacation leave, sick leave, personal leave, holiday, parental leave, bereavement leave, military leave, and jury duty leave).

DIVERSITY:

At Share Our Strength, we value an individual’s diversity of backgrounds, experiences, ideas and perspectives. A hallmark of our history, culture and values has been the organization’s desire to bring together motivated, intelligent, and talented people to work together to find and implement solutions to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and abroad. We each come to Share Our Strength with a unique background, but together we form a team that yields amazing results. This shared value of encouraging and embracing diversity in our organization fosters a workplace and culture that is highlighted for its innovation, open expression of ideas, and collaboration. With a strong shared commitment to the organization’s mission, and a unique blend of individual strengths, we are all working toward ensuring that every individual can live a healthy and productive life.