Strategic Partnerships Director

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.

In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

World Relief seeks a Strategic Partnership Director, Southeast to develop a portfolio of relationships with major donors (individuals, churches, foundations) through cultivation, solicitation and stewardship best practices in the southeast region of the US (Fl, GA, SC, NC).

Role & Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• An annual income goal for their region.
• Meeting monthly lead indicator objectives.
• Retention of major donors and church partners.
• Donor acquisition and new church partnership development. Implementation of strategic regional events.
• Working in partnership with the regions local offices in achieving US ministry fundraising goals.
• Develop, coordinate and manage a defined portfolio of partners within the larger major donor portfolio.
• Conduct in-person meetings, traveling as necessary/approved, with prospects and existing partners.
• In advance of each new fiscal year, participate in creation of donor journey strategies for prospective and existing partners.
• Work with additional staff and donors to facilitate special events
• Participate in international vision trips and ministry trips as appropriate for partners journeys.
• Track all aspects of major donor annual fundraising plans and ensure proper follow-up using World Relief’s preferred donor database management system.
• Effectively move prospective donors through the World Relief sales process through expert qualifying, pitching and closing skills.
• Create and deliver engaging partner care and growth strategies for each prospect and partner, adding value to their relationship with World Relief, building trust in the organization and connecting them deeply to our mutual mission.
• Oversee a timely stewardship process including major donor acknowledgement, ensuring 3-day turnaround, input from appropriate staff, and adherence to overall strategy for each donor.
• Support donor database management system by ensuring that hard and soft records are up-to-date and accurate.
• Proactively pursue new leads, converting them into prospects and guiding them through a sales process towards partnership.
• Maintain confidentiality of all donor-related information.
• Participate in portfolio reviews three times per year.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Communication and leadership abilities, particularly being able to guide prospective new partners towards making a decision to partner.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills; attention to detail.
• Strong public speaking and storytelling skills and the ability to relate to an audience and connect with people one on one.
• Natural persuasive personality and ability to share the blessing of financially supporting God’s work through WR
• Ability to engage donors of diverse backgrounds with World Relief’s mission.
• Strong planning, administrative and organizational skills; ability to manage time efficiently, meet deadlines, work independently and within a team; ability to work under pressure.
• Proven ability to work well with diverse groups of people.
• Strong interpersonal skills and flexible working style.
• Develop a thorough knowledge of World Relief programs through reading reports, conversing with staff, attending team meetings, etc.
• A genuine commitment to and ability to articulate the mission, values and ministry of World Relief.
• Possess a love for the poor and the local church, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or culture, and a burden to connect them with God’s love and the compassion of Christians in the United States.

Requirements

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
• Ability to articulate a personal walk with Jesus Christ and relate it to the ministry of World Relief.
• Ability to travel regionally and across the states in the territory.
• Demonstrated success in securing major gifts and cultivating relationships with major donor prospects.
• Track record of successfully raising funds, closing on major gifts, and meeting revenue goals.
• Bachelor’s degree, or commensurate work experience and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in non-profit or academic major donor planning, cultivation and stewardship.
• Able to travel up to 25% domestic and international

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week):

- Medical, Dental, Vision

- Offer 16 company Paid Holidays + 4 additional Personal days per year!

- Paid Sick and Vacation Time

- Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks for qualified employees)

- FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding

- Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)

- Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident insurance policies

- Legal Shield Insurance

World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:

- Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)

- Long Term & Short-term Disability

- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)

- Long Distance Travel Insurance

- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

World Relief - Retirement:

- 401K & Roth

- WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%

- Eligibility: Full Time (40 hours per week) is eligible after 3 months of employment. Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year.

World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):

- Verizon

- Pet Insurance through Nationwide

- Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual

- Working Advantage Discount Program

- Active & Fit Gym Membership

World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Silver-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations

· The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.

· Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.

· The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

· General office setting. World Relief also offers hybrid and remote schedules for limited positions.

· Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in virtual meetings may be required.

· Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.

· Physical, emotional and intellectual demands

· Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.

· All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Legal Background in the United States

World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. World Relief strictly prohibits and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination against employees on the basis of person’s race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law, which does not conflict with the protections afforded World Relief as a faith-based employer.

In addition, physical or mental limitations will not be a factor in the application of World Relief's employment policies or employee practices, except for those situations in which occupational requirement make consideration of such factors necessary.

Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.