Institutional Relations Manager

## Institutional Relations Manager Apply remote type:
Location Type:
Hybrid Option Available (Mix of in-person and remote) locations:
Boulder, COtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
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** Position Type:
** Term - 6 months or more (Fixed Term)#
** Visa Sponsored Job:
** No
* * Relocation Assistance Eligible:
** No  
** Hiring Range:
** 83,299.00 USD
- * Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, and skills relevant to the role.
* ** Final date to receive applications at 12:00am MST on:**  # About the RoleUCAR is excited to announce the job opening for the Manager of Institutional Relations. Reporting to the Executive Director of Friends of the National Center, this position will lead corporate and foundation fundraising efforts on behalf of UCAR. This role identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards foundation and corporate funding to secure significant philanthropic support advancing UCAR's mission, while managing a portfolio of institutional donors and prospects in close collaboration with leaders across UCAR and NSF NCAR.
Position details:
Term: 2 years, with potential for extension.

Schedule:

Hybrid — 3 days/week in the Boulder office or traveling to meetings throughout the Front Range.
Travel:
Domestic travel up to 10% of time.
Events:
Availability for networking events and in-person meetings (mornings, evenings, and weekends) approximately 2–3 times per month.  #

Job Description
** Final date to receive applications:
** This position will be posted until
** 11:59pm MT on Tuesday, August 11.*
* *** Applications will not be accepted past this date.
***** Required application materials** *(preferably in PDF Format)***:**
* ** Resume**
* ** Cover Letter*
* * In lieu of a traditional cover letter, answer the following prompts that address the critical skills needed for this position.
* Your answers will be read and weighed equally to your Resume/CV and should provide specific, detailed, and informative responses based on your direct and previous work experiences.
*** Please keep responses to 1-3 paragraphs per prompt.***  +
** Track record with significant gifts
** Describe a corporate or foundation gift (six- or seven-figures, if possible) that you personally cultivated from first contact through to close.
* What was your strategy for moving that funder through the pipeline, and what specifically made your solicitation approach successful?*  +
** Translating technical work into funder priorities
** Tell us about a time you had to connect a complex, technical, or scientific initiative with an external funder's priorities (either by finding the right funder for an existing project, or by working internally) to identify a project that matched a funder's goals.
* How did you build that bridge, and what was the outcome?*  + Navigating complex/matrixed organizations      This role requires building trust with both external funders and internal scientists, program directors, and leadership across two organizations (UCAR and NSF NCAR). Describe your experience working within a complex, academic, or highly matrixed environment.
* How did you earn credibility with technical experts while also managing external relationships, and what did you do when their priorities didn't initially align?
*** Background checks
** are conducted for candidates selected for hire. Learn more.
** Work Location Expectations**:
This position is open to candidates seeking in-person or hybrid (combination of 3 days in-person and 2 days of remote), opportunities.
* UCAR requires ALL positions to be performed within the U.S., excluding U.S. Territories.*#
** What You Will Do
** Here is a brief summary of what one would expect to be generally responsible for in this role.
** Key Responsibilities
**** Front-Line Fundraising & Portfolio Management
*** Relationship Cultivation:
Initiate, build, and steward highly productive, long-term relationships with foundation program officers, foundation and corporate executives, and institutional decision-makers — designing systems to ensure donors receive exceptional reporting and impact metrics that lay the groundwork for renewed support.
* Portfolio Growth:
Actively manage a…