Strategic Partnerships Manager

Summary

Join Team Rubicon as a Leased Employee, Strategic Partnerships, and coordinate fundraising activities and projects. You will manage partnerships, track progress, and ensure timely deliverables using Jira. This role requires strong project management, problem-solving, and communication skills. The position is temporary (3-6 months), remote within the US, and managed through a third-party agency. You will collaborate with the Development team to meet fundraising goals and handle confidential donor information. The ideal candidate possesses experience in fundraising/nonprofit management and proficiency in database management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 1-4 years of experience in fundraising/nonprofit management or equivalent experience
• Proficient in Jira (or similar project management tool) and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience in database management or data entry and adept at handling confidential donor information
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and innovate effectively in a fast-paced, unstructured environment and produce results while being able to adjust to constantly changing circumstances, deadlines, and parameters with a positive and ambitious attitude
• Efficient and detail-oriented, with strong communication skills – both verbal and written; strong social skills required

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain effective relationships with cross-functional teams, corporate partners, donors, and volunteer leadership by gathering, communicating, and appropriately disseminating critical information
• Act as the project manager for Strategic Partnerships, ensuring all partnership renewal timelines and contract deliverables are met by utilizing Jira and working alongside the Brand & Communications team; assisting with project needs to meet objectives
• Partner with the Senior Associate, Project Management to ensure all projects are delivered on time and to track the status of competing Development priorities
• Manage the contract lifecycle for TR’s Strategic Partners, to include creative brief submissions and lead the development of detailed project plans to monitor and track progress
• Gather all relevant information (project plans, metrics, outcomes) pertaining to partner accounts to aid in preparation of corporate donor reports and assist in writing corporate donor reports focused on gift impact and the execution of contractual obligations; communicate timelines, deadlines, project needs, etc. to account owners
• Provide support in tracking pertinent donor and donation information in the donor database, including entering, updating, maintaining records and opportunities in Salesforce/Mission CRM to drive fundraising and stewardship strategies
• Tracking invoice timelines per contractual agreements and creating important documentation to include invoices, donor commitment forms, and banking information
• Coordinating, joining, and taking notes on internal and external calls and distributing notes to appropriate stakeholders, ensuring that follow-ups and action items are completed

Preferred Qualifications

Ability and willingness to work evening and weekend schedule as needed

Benefits

This is a contingent; remote position and can be based anywhere within the United States and provides a flexible & non-traditional work schedule (relocation expenses not provided)