Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy. This position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability.

World Relief seeks a Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations to develop a portfolio of relationships with corporate and private foundation partners through identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship best practices. The position will be part of defining strategy with donors, interfacing with internal program staff for project development, stewarding high impact proposals/reports, and developing relevant content to generate leads. The Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations will be responsible for: an annual income goal;

meeting monthly lead indicator objectives; retention of partners; donor acquisition and new partnership development; implementing creative and best-in-class partner care; working in partnership with international and US field offices in achieving fundraising goals; developing, coordinate and manage a defined portfolio of partners within the Corporate & Foundation donor portfolio; conduct in-person meetings, traveling as necessary; in advance of each new fiscal year, participate in creation of donor journey strategies for prospective and existing partners;

develop and submit proposals, drawing on input and expertise from program staff; ensure timely receipt of project deliverables and required reports; partner with colleagues to prepare and submit consolidated reports to funders; deliver world-class written and verbal communications that demonstrate the impact of giving to World Relief; travel and represent World Relief at meetings with prospects and partners; navigate a complex relationship map of internal and external players;

function as part of a team environment with key leaders in the organization; track all aspects of donor annual fundraising plans; effectually move prospective donors; create and deliver engaging partner care and growth strategies; support donor database management system by ensuring that hard and soft records are up-to-date and accurate; proactively pursue new leads; maintain confidentiality of all donor-related information;

participate in portfolio reviews three times per year.

• An annual income goal.
• Meeting monthly lead indicator objectives.
• Retention of partners.
• Donor acquisition and new partnership development.
• Implementing creative and best-in-class partner care.
• Working in partnership with international and US field offices in achieving fundraising goals.
• Develop, coordinate and manage a defined portfolio of partners within the Corporate & Foundation donor portfolio. Conduct in-person meetings, traveling as necessary/approved, with prospects and existing partners.
• In advance of each new fiscal year, participate in creation of donor journey strategies for prospective and existing partners.
• Develop and submit proposals, drawing on input and expertise from program staff.
• Ensure timely receipt of project deliverables and required reports; partner with colleagues to prepare and submit consolidated reports to funders and other internal and external stakeholders on the progress of partnerships with funders.
• Deliver world-class written and verbal communications that demonstrate the impact of giving to World Relief.
• Travel and represent World Relief at meetings with prospects and partners. Navigate a complex relationship map of internal and external players.
• Function as part of a team environment with key leaders in the organization, including at the…