Manager, Program Partnerships

ABOUT HFNY

For over 30 years, Hope for New York (HFNY) has served as New York’s Coalition of Hope, bringing nonprofits, churches, and everyday New Yorkers together to show kindness and compassion to their neighbors in need. Our Coalition of Hope strengthens nonprofits, leaders, and communities on the front lines with resources and connections that shatter scarcity and amplify impact.

HFNY invests in a diverse array of community-based nonprofits by providing grants, training, hands‑on support, and volunteers to 70+ vetted, faith‑based nonprofits across the five boroughs — building up their capacity to lead with excellence and serve more New Yorkers in need. We offer thousands of volunteer opportunities for individuals, workplaces, and churches — working closely with our nonprofit partners to ensure New Yorkers not only bring hope to their neighbors in need, but tangibly experience it too.

HFNY seeks a galvanizing, relationship‑driven, and strategically courageous individual to serve as Manager of Program Partnerships. This role is the primary relationship owner for a portfolio of 16–20 HFNY affiliate nonprofit partners, serving not just as a steward of those relationships, but as an active consulting partner: one who brings ideas, challenges assumptions, and works alongside affiliate leaders to unlock growth, expand impact, and solve hard problems.

A core focus of this role — in partnership with the broader Program team — is expanding HFNY's coalition through new affiliate partners, as the primary driver of reaching more New Yorkers in need. That means identifying, vetting, and onboarding organizations that extend HFNY's reach, while also deepening the impact of current partners and contributing to pathways for growth across the network.

The Manager of Program Partnerships is not a passive relationship manager; they are a proactive champion for what's possible, working collaboratively across the team to move the coalition forward.

This role sits within the Program team, reporting to the Senior Director, Programs, and works closely with the Director of Grants and Capacity Building Programs, the Manager of Collective Action, and the broader HFNY staff.

This role is the primary relationship owner for an assigned portfolio of HFNY affiliate partners — building deep, trusted, and action‑oriented partnerships in close coordination with the Program team.

Responsibilities include:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of 20–25 HFNY affiliate partners, maintaining consistent communication and meaningful touchpoints throughout the year
• Conduct annual partnership planning meetings to co‑develop goals, identify needs, and align HFNY resources — and follow through with accountability throughout the year in coordination with the broader team
• Go beyond relationship maintenance: actively bring ideas, challenge partners to think bigger, and serve as a strategic thought partner who consults on program design, organizational challenges, and growth opportunities
• Assess affiliate health, program quality, and volunteer engagement through HFNY's rubric‑based evaluation process; translate rubric findings into concrete, actionable coaching and development plans
• Connect affiliates to HFNY's full ecosystem of resources — grants, capacity building, volunteer matching, peer learning, and collective action initiatives
• Maintain up-to-date affiliate records and data across HFNY systems (Salesforce, Asana, and other platforms)
• Identify affiliates with unmet potential and proactively surface opportunities to the Program team around expansion, program deepening, or new collaborative initiatives

A key focus of this role is growing HFNY's coalition by identifying, vetting, and onboarding new affiliate partners — expanding the reach and depth of the network in alignment with HFNY's strategic priorities.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the vetting and onboarding of new affiliate partners: conduct organizational assessments, site visits, and mission alignment reviews for prospective affiliates; shepherd approved…