Vice President External Relations

Vice President, External Relations, The Partnership To End Homelessness

Full-time, Exempt

The Partnership To End Homelessness (The Partnership) is a homelessness prevention organization. Our values – compassion, inclusion, integrity, professionalism and social justice – steer our strategy and operations to achieve our mission of ending homelessness by preventing it. The Partnership’s upstream intervention model combines housing and crisis services with mental health and well-being programming to prevent people from losing their homes.

Our services are available to New Yorkers of any ability, age, family type, gender, national origin, race and sexual orientation who are at risk of, experiencing or recovering from homelessness.

At The Partnership, difference is us. We are an equal opportunities employer and prohibit discrimination against any individual based on ability, age, color, creed, culture, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other basis protected by law.

Leadership:

• Provide vision, direction and oversight for the external relations department, modeling organizational values and setting goals, priorities and performance standards;
• Serve as a senior advisor to the CEO and as a member of the Senior Team, providing external relations subject expertise and contributing to organizational strategy and management;
• Manage a small internal staff team in coordination with the oversight of consultants who manage outsourced external relations functions;
• Oversee external relations operations including budget planning, workflow management, and reporting as well as cross-functional and interdepartmental collaboration.

Fundraising:

• Create and implement an operational plan to develop existing, and build new, development and fundraising initiatives, ensuring diverse revenue streams with an emphasis on major and individual donor cultivation, foundation support and corporation sponsorship;
• Oversee and ensure thoughtful and caring cultivation, solicitation and stewardship processes, including identification and engagement of high-impact donors to ensure sustainable growth, collaborating across teams to deliver meaningful donor experiences;
• Expand and deepen foundation and corporate relationships, including identifying funding opportunities and aligning with organizational priorities, ensuring compelling funding applications and fostering long-term funding partnerships;
• Lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive planned giving program to secure long-term support, including the cultivation of relationships with prospective and current stakeholders and integration of planned giving messaging across all communications;
• Represent the organization at meetings, events and external networks to increase mission and impact visibility;
• Track, analyze and report on all fundraising activities, including impact, effectiveness and growth opportunities.

Communications and Marketing:

• Develop and execute a bold communications and marketing plan that fosters public curiosity about, and engagement with, the organization’s mission and approach;
• Direct all branding, media relations, digital marketing, social media and content creation to leverage data and program insights to tell the organization’s story in unique and compelling ways, without ever using client images or compromising confidentiality;
• Oversee relevant vendor relationships such as creative agencies, designers, developers and other consultants, ensuring adherence to the organization’s voice and values;
• Responsible for special events and external relations-related volunteer management.

• Alignment with, and commitment to applying, the organization’s values (compassion, inclusion, integrity, professionalism and social justice) in all functions and operations;
• Exceptional writer with a chameleon gift for adapting tone, style and structure for diverse purposes and audiences including creative, poetic storytelling, data narratives, concise briefs, policy documents and…