Manager, Corporate Engagement

Bronx Warehouse
355 Food Center Dr
Bronx, NY 10474, USA

Harlem CK & Pantry
252 W 116th St
New York, NY 10026, USA

Food Bank’s External Relations department is responsible for finding and connecting New Yorkers with opportunities to serve and support the city’s most vulnerable people, charities, and communities. The goal is to inspire New Yorkers to transition from bystanders to active mission participants, bringing new skills and assets to our citywide work. New Yorkers assist Food Bank For New York City in its mission to empower every one of our neighbors to achieve food security for good.

Currently 1 out of every 5 New Yorkers experience food insecurity, and as the need grows Food Bank seeks talent to meet the growing needs of the city.

Food Bank For New York City’s Manager, Corporate Engagement will be an effective project manager and fundraiser with the ability to work cross-departmentally to push forward multiple projects at once while ensuring attention to detail to each project. This role will lead the development and implementation of service events and cause-marketing partnerships including: customized volunteer programs, corporate service days, and 3rd Party Events.

The Manager, Corporate Engagement will work closely with the Volunteer Engagement team, Marketing and Communications team, Logistics teams, and Food Bank’s partners to conceptualize opportunities that both advance Food Bank’s mission and partner objectives including implementation of meaningful and impactful employee engagement experiences and partnerships.

This role is responsible for project management, execution (including recruitment), orientation/training design, as well as marketing & social media coordination for corporate and cause-marketing partnerships. This position is also responsible for expanding Food Bank for New York City’s reach and impact through the creation of a city-wide menu of engagement opportunities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Sell Food Bank’s employee engagement opportunities to organizations and corporations to meet Food Bank’s fundraising goals, including but not limited to volunteering, sponsorship, and virtual food drives
• Conduct outreach and secure new cause-marketing partnerships by identifying creative partnerships with new businesses and industries in partnership with the Marketing and Donor Relations teams.
• Execute on all secured custom service projects by serving as project manager, ordering supplies, drafting agreements, managing vendors and facilitating the volunteer project on-site as well as wrap reports, for events with up to 500 corporate volunteers.
• Serve as project and relationship manager which includes regular communications, stewardship of, and collaboration with corporate partners. Ensuring a high level of customer service and responsiveness to Food Bank’s corporate partners.
• Staff and lead volunteer projects for corporate partners as we work to transition corporate volunteer groups to donors.
• Curating content as well as writing and copy editing communications for social media strategy, wrap reports, and other various touch points for both corporate and charity partners.
• Report monthly on areas including lead capture, cause-marketing, and corporate volunteer engagement
• Collect, delegate, and analyze unsolicited incoming leads to ensure information capture and a high level of customer service
• Generate invoices and track budgets for volunteer groups and events
• Manage assigned staff and/or interns
• Perform other assigned duties

EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA or BS;
• Experience with data analysis, database management. Salesforce and NXT a plus
• Excellent knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint;

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Available for occasional weeknight and weekend experiences;
• Knowledge of poverty issues (knowledge of food insecurity a strong plus);
• Excellent organizational skills with a proven reputation for attention to detail;
• Demonstrated success and acumen in managing, mentoring, and motivating people;
• Excellent communication and people skills: listening, one-on-one conversation, public speaking and writing;
• Superior interpersonal skills with the ability to project professional…