Partnerships Director, Texas and Midwest

What is the Opportunity?

The Partnerships Director will intentionally build and grow long-term relationships with key partners and prospective partners throughout the Midwest, inviting them into meaningful financial partnerships with Water Mission. As a member of Water Mission’s Investor Partnerships (IP) team, this individual will identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individuals and families with the capacity and desire to invest significantly in Water Mission’s mission.

The Partnerships Director will be responsible for developing and managing a healthy, diversified portfolio of partners and prospects with an annual fundraising goal of $2 million or more. Success requires both exceptional care for existing partners and a proactive commitment to identifying and developing new relationships that will strengthen the portfolio and provide sustainable, year-over-year growth. Through intentional relationship-building, the Partnerships Director will seek to understand each partner’s passions, interests, and philanthropic objectives;

connect those interests with opportunities to advance Water Mission’s mission; invite partners to make meaningful financial investments; and keep them thanked, connected, informed, and valued. The Partnerships Director will help partners see the impact of their generosity in bringing safe water and the hope of God’s love to people in need around the world. This full-time position reports to the Director of Partnerships and will be based in the assigned Midwest territory, in the Dallas–Fort Worth or Denver areas, and Chicago may also be considered.

A successful Partnerships Director, Texas & Midwest will:

• Maintain a strong Christian witness and model servant leadership to colleagues, partners, the communities we serve, and the public.
• Engage and participate in prayer before and after team meetings.
• Lead and actively participate in biblically based staff devotions and huddle.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of Water Mission’s organizational objectives, programmatic strategies, projects, and activities in order to effectively communicate Water Mission’s mission, ministry, and impact.
• Stay informed of relevant local, regional, national, global, philanthropic, and financial issues that may support effective partner engagement.
• Faithfully serve existing and prospective partners in keeping with Water Mission’s biblical philosophy of stewardship.
• Effectively communicate the mission, vision, ministry, and impact of Water Mission to a variety of audiences.
• Represent Water Mission at partner meetings, events, conferences, and other gatherings as requested.
• Document partner communications, strategies, commitments, and next steps accurately and in a timely manner using Virtuous.
• Provide portfolio updates, revenue forecasts, and other reports to Investor Partnerships leadership as requested.
• Meet or exceed established annual fundraising and performance goals.

• Build and manage a healthy, diversified portfolio of approximately 150 major partners and qualified prospects, with responsibility for raising $2 million or more annually.
• Develop and execute an annual portfolio plan designed to meet or exceed fundraising goals through a balanced focus on new partner acquisition, cultivation, solicitation, retention, and growth.
• Find and proactively develop new prospective partners through referrals, networking, research, events, strategic outreach, and existing relationships. Consistently dedicate time to new partner development and, when appropriate, invite engaged partners to introduce others who may share an interest in Water Mission’s mission.
• Continually build and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified…