Manager, Partnerships & Philanthropy

Summary

Join GiveDirectly as a Partnerships & Philanthropy Manager to drive innovative funding partnerships with individual philanthropists, foundations, and institutions. Collaborate with program, special project, and product teams to manage major grants and gifts, develop a funding opportunity pipeline, and create concept notes and proposals. Track and report on organizational pipeline health, and contribute to overarching fundraising goals. This role requires strong ownership, communication, and solution-oriented skills, with a love of data analytics and the ability to present complex information clearly. The position reports to the Partnerships Director and involves approximately 1-2 trips per year to operational countries. GiveDirectly offers a competitive salary, robust health benefits, flexible paid time off, and allowances for desk setup and learning and development.

Requirements

• Are strongly aligned with our values , and who actively demonstrate our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity
• We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve
• Bring excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially of complex work
• Bring strong organizational and project management skills
• Demonstrate understanding of and interest in key debates and major players in development and humanitarian assistance
• Have strong interest in and proven aptitude for being solutions oriented
• Have A proclivity for giving and gracefully receiving direct, honest, and constructive feedback
• Bring a minimum of 4 years experience in a top private or public sector organization

Responsibilities

• Supporting country and global teams with priority in-country & global donor lead generation, prioritization & engagement
• Developing high quality, brand-accurate core content in service of generating new catalytic in-country and global donor partnerships, including pitch decks etc
• Providing pitch materials for management team outreach to potential funders
• Owning the end-to-end drafting of funding proposals, pitches, concept notes, grantee reports, and more, for a variety of audiences
• Partnering with funders, as well as product, programs, and research teams to design core program parameters for proposals and communicate them effectively
• Providing oversight / owning routine reporting on overall fundraising pipeline and revenue projections
• Working closely with GiveDirectly’s VP Partnerships & Philanthropy on on rapid turn-around requests and special projects in service of GiveDirectly’s Executive Team
• Contributing to GiveDirectly’s growing fundraising pipeline and tracking performance against ambitious fundraising goals
• Identifying opportunities for improved analytics (via dashboards, processes, trackers, etc.) proactively and implementing ideas
• Maintaining relationships with assigned current partners and tracking their strategic priorities, including day to day informal and formal communications and presentations
• Building and scaling systems for gold standard relationship management and grants administration (including regular update calls, customised proposals, and reports)

Preferred Qualifications

• Love data analytics, and have an ability to present complex information clearly for a variety of audiences would be an asset
• Are genuinely excited and energy for the work we do and for collaborating with others

Benefits

• A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement
• A demonstrated commitment to helping all staff develop and grow
• A competitive salary
• A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country)
• Flexible paid time off
• Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development