Free the Children Associate Director Job Vacancy in Canada

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Director of U.S. Partnerships provides strategic guidance and oversight to a
team of 4 full-time staff comprised of program managers and coordinators, whom
in turn are responsible for the stewardship and management of over 80 diverse
corporate and major gift foundation partnerships. The Partner Relations team is
responsible for growing and maintaining the organization’s position as the
charity of choice amongst 100 per cent of its partners. The Associate Director
of U.S. Partnerships will work together with the Associate Director, Canadian
Partnerships under the leadership of the Director of Global Partnerships. This
is a permanent full-time position. The candidate should have a minimum of 3 to
5 years of progressive corporate stewardship experience, including experience
working in a cross-departmental collaborative environment.

• Reports to and takes direction from the Director
  of Global Partnerships
• Provides direction and oversight to a team of
  four program managers and two coordinators who each hold a portfolio of
  corporate and major gift foundation partners who support Free The
  Children’s local and global mandate
• Authors job descriptions for new and open
  positions within the team and conducts first and second round interviews
  for all new hires on the Partner Relations team
• Responsible for team management including
  on-boarding and training of new staff, conducting performance evaluations,
  and conducting recurring check-ins, ensuring all staff are set up for
  success
• Responsible for approving and tracking vacation
  requests, expense reimbursements (excluding travel),and responsible for
  the successful internal on-boarding of cross-functional teams upon
  acquisition of a new partner including assignment of a dedicated program
  manager
• Ensure the successful launch of new corporate
  partnerships through onboarding and robust project management, and on
  occasion event planning activities
• Initiate cross-departmental information sharing
  for partner-funded programs to track against deliverables associated to
  both domestic programs and international programs (including fulfillment
  of sponsored speaking tours, sponsored youth scholarship programs,
  sponsored campaigns and partner-funded Adopt a Village activities)

• Represent the organization’s interests and
  priorities amongst partners and in turn represent the partners’ interests
  internally at the organization
• Represent the organization at donor and partner
  events in a public-speaking capacity
• Responsible for the project management of
  corporate stewardship activities, tracking partnership health, assessing
  partnership risk and identifying growth opportunities
• Responsible for the authoring and reviewing of
  partnership agreements and contracts
• Responsible for the quality control of external
  communications including correspondence, major impact reports and
  presentations
• Ensure the proper reflection of partnerships on
  public-facing materials such as the Free The Children website, and the
  organization’s annual report
• Development of materials and resources to facilitate
  turnkey employee engagement activities

• Support the preparation of monthly financial
  reports to the Associate Director, Canadian Partnerships, detailing funds
  forecasted and accounts receivable for funds under management by Partner
  Relations and regional offices’ institutional funders
• Ensure the accurate and thorough record-keeping
  and filing of all partnership contracts, invoices, letters of agreement
  and other sensitive documents
• Refine the team’s performance reporting tools
  through its CRM system, Salesforce, to adhere with organizational
  standards
• Preparation of partnership updates for the
  Executive Director to in turn share with the Board of Directors annually
• Delivery of monthly new staff on-boarding
  presentation on behalf of the Development Department
• Documentation and knowledge sharing of trends
  regarding major partners, including:
  Generation of stakeholder analyses and partner briefing documents
• Reporting on employee engagement activities

• Postsecondary Degree in related field:
  International Development, Business or Marketing
• Demonstrate sound knowledge of international
  development and trends in corporate social responsibility, corporate
  philanthropy and cause marketing
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to
  manage multiple responsibilities within tight deadlines
• Very keen eye for detail
• A strong understanding of and experience working
  in the U.S. market specifically in the nonprofit sector
• Ability to motivate a diverse team of independent
  thinkers and foster their professional growth and development
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to
  navigate difficult conversations with internal and external Demonstrated
  ability to work well both independently and within a team setting
• Excellent comprehension and ease with the
  application of Microsoft Office programs, particularly PowerPoint, Word
  and Excel
• Familiarity with creating new documents using
  Adobe InDesign
• Familiarity with using a CRM system; experience
  using Salesforce is an asset
• Outstanding work ethic and proven ability to take
  initiative and remain organized and solution driven