Advisor, US Programs Private Partnerships; P3

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

As the Advisor, U.S. Programs Private Partnerships, you’ll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will support the Senior Director, Humanitarian Partnerships to maximize private sector support for Save the Children’s priority program areas in the United States. Specifically, you will focus on three core areas:

1) Reviewing and advising on funding opportunities to confirm alignment with U.S. Programs priorities and adherence to all Save the Children processes.

• Work with fundraisers to find funding opportunities that align with donors’ and agency priorities.
• Lead internal review and approval process for all designated opportunities to ensure teams are prepared to move to proposal development and guide fundraisers through the proposal development process in partnership with program colleagues and award management teams.
• Ensure fundraisers have the essential tools, content and resources to initiate fundraising activities in their respective constituencies, including talking points, content and access to communications, technical and/or state and programmatic representatives.

2) Developing/maintaining fundraising and stewardship content.

• Partner with the Philanthropy Operations communications pillar to ensure timely delivery of quality materials in optimal formats (i.e., printed, electronic, video, etc.) to support donor engagement and increased giving in alignment with established program priorities.
• Champion the strategic use of resources (i.e., microsites, donor round tables, workplace giving) that will provide an experiential link to Save the Children’s programs and provide a full range of donor engagement opportunities.
• Garner feedback from fundraisers on content with an eye toward continuous improvement to meet/exceed donor needs/expectations.
• Provide analysis of results of outreach to guide ongoing strategy.

3) Serving as the primary backstop for the Senior Director during a rapid onset emergency to drive humanitarian fundraising for the US Programs Emergency Response Team.

• In the early stages of the response(s), work alongside the Senior Director to streamline communication between the U.S. Programs Emergency Team and the Marketing and Growth division to drive more effective collaboration.
• Support fundraising operations in the days following an emergency, including pulling pipelines, reviewing giving dashboards, ensuring active donation links and updated copy, etc.
• Understand the private sector landscape and giving trends for emergency responses to provide strategic guidance for compelling, standout emergency campaigns and communications.
• Work with fundraisers to assess Children’s Emergency Fund funding opportunities aligned with humanitarian-context responses and priorities.

Hybrid – Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations.

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with philanthropic strategy and communications, including direct donor engagement to secure funding for priority projects.
• Creativity and innovative thinking working with communications colleagues on the creation of donor outreach to increase engagement and commitment.
• Project management and organizational skills including detail orientation, with ability to oversee multiple deliverables, manage stakeholder groups with potentially different points of view and adapt to evolving priorities.
• A high level of integrity and work ethic including the ability to maintain professional demeanor in high-pressure environments.
• Experience using CRM databases such as Blackbaud or Salesforce.
• Demonstrated ability to…