Strategic Partnerships Associate

The Center for Victims of Torture is hiring a temporary, part-time (20 hours per week) Strategic Partnerships Associate to support CVT’s institutional fundraising strategy by researching, initiating and managing foundation proposal and reporting processes, providing a range of administrative support to large government and quasi-government contract proposals in both the US and globally, and providing administrative support to the institutional development team to maximize revenue generation.

Position open to:

• Candidates located in Arizona, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or Washington who are authorized to work in the U.S. and will not need CVT to sponsor them on a work visa.

Remote status:

• Position is fully remote within the United States.

Benefits:

• Employees in non-benefit eligible positions receive paid sick/safe leave hours and participation in CVT’s retirement plan once eligibility criteria are met.

Responsibilities:

• Proposal Writing and Proposal Management: Prepare foundation grant applications, and work with program, clinical, research, and finance staff to obtain information for foundation funding proposals. Provide administrative support to government contracts and proposals, including supporting the organization of workflow, managing a timeline, generating and updating checklists, tracking proposal requirements to ensure they’re being met, scheduling relevant meetings, following up with program, clinical, finance and research staff to ensure timely completion of proposal tasks (including budgets and budget summaries), and writing supplemental materials such as draft risk analyses or gender analyses (under the direction of program staff, research staff, or strategic partnership officers).
• Program Support: As assigned, partner with program managers to support the contributed revenue needs of individual programs. Keep key connections with the institutional fundraising team, other CVT staff. Participate in phone calls, meetings and field visits needed to support current and potential partner engagements. Conducts research on company, foundation or country background information, sectoral/subject-matter best practices, and other information needed for concept notes, partnership development strategies and proposal design.
• Prospect Research: Conduct ongoing research on potential donors including foundations, corporations, religious and civic organizations, bilateral and multilateral donors. Identify connections between donors and CVT Board members, volunteers and staff.
• Stewardship: Acknowledge grants personally and formally or assist program managers in this when needed. Invite donors to CVT events and engage CVT staff members and volunteers with donors in cultivation activities. Maintain Raiser’s Edge records for all prospects and donors with meeting notes and actions. Lead the reporting process for current grants as needed.

Qualifications:

Required education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations

• Bachelor’s degree
• 1 year of full-time experience in institutional fundraising, technical grant writing or proposal development

Preferred education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations

• Master’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in fundraising

• 3 years of experience in institutional fundraising and technical grant writing
• Experience working with international NGOs in proposal development and program design, including implementation

Competencies (knowledge, skills and abilities)

• Ability to compile content, write new content, proofread, and edit documents
• Ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds and institutional cultures
• Ability to think creatively and proactively about new institutional opportunities and new project designs that are consistent with organizational culture and mission
• Knowledge of local, national, and international donor landscape
• Excellent prospect research skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding sensitive donor information
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills
• Proficiency in using Raiser’s Edge or equivalent program to manage donor information
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word and Excel)
• Ability to manage work independently and collaboratively as a member of a team, including ability to take initiative
• Ability to participate in multiple proposal projects simultaneously
• Excellent skills in organization, attention to detail and time management (including the ability to meet deadlines)
• Knowledge in any of the following areas is preferred: human rights, mental health services, public health, transitional justice, refugee resettlement, the US asylum process, or international development
• Knowledge of the cultures, ethnic groups, or political dynamics of any of the following locations is preferred: East Africa, Middle East, Mexico, Latin America, South America, Thailand, Burma and the U.S. locations where CVT works (Minnesota, Georgia, Arizona, and Washington, DC)
• Proficiency in a language in addition to English desirable: Spanish, Arabic, Swahili or French (speaking or writing)
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally up to 5% time

Work Environment (subject to change):

• Typical office environment
• Time spent on the computer is approximately 90%
• Time spent in virtual meetings is approximately 40%

Supervisory Responsibilities: none

To Apply: Submit resume, cover letter and salary expectations to https://dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/cvt

Hiring Timeline: Most CVT hiring processes for US-based positions take about 8 weeks from when the position closes to when an offer is made to a candidate.

CVT encourages former clients and their immediate family members (parents, siblings, children, or partners) to apply for employment. To be eligible, a minimum of 6 months must have passed since the end of group services, or 12 months for individual or intensive services, for the former client and/or their immediate family member.