Officer, Partnerships, Fundraising (Environment)
Officer, Partnerships, Environment Partnerships The Partnerships team works to scale Pew’s impact in the world by building an engaged community of partners and mobilizing resources to advance our vital work. Position Overview Do you have a passion for building meaningful relationships and mobilizing resources to create positive impact for people and nature? As an officer on Pew’s Partnerships team, you'll be at the forefront of building fundraising and partnership support for key priorities of Pew’s Environment portfolio, including support for domestic and international conservation work and large-scale, global partnerships. Under the guidance of the team director, you’ll establish relationships both internally and externally, using metrics and ROI to meet key programmatic deliverables. To be successful, you'll need to have strong people skills, be adept at setting priorities and anticipating needs, maintain a strong work ethic, as well as the discretion to handle confidential information, and a capacity to quickly learn Pew and Partnerships' systems. As you become knowledgeable in all facets of Partnerships, you'll lead and support ongoing and special projects between your focus area and Partnerships more broadly as needed. Your responsibilities will evolve in line with Partnerships’ and the institution’s growth and needs. The officer position is based in Washington, DC, reports to the director, Partnerships (Environment), and will participate in Pew’s hybrid work program with core days in the office and the flexibility to telework the remaining days. Staff also enjoy four telework “flex weeks” per year. Responsibilities Execute an assigned portfolio of prospects to identify areas of philanthropic and partnerships support for the needs of the Environment portfolio. Set a primary goal to develop deep relationships with the Environment program teams, gaining credibility and a personal affinity for the work being conducted. Work in conjunction with program staff to understand and translate the value proposition of the work to external audiences. Guided by the scope of prospects’ interests, collaborate with, and refer prospects across the full organization to leverage the maximum philanthropic potential of prospects. Work collaboratively with resource mobilization colleagues who are also responsible for portfolio execution, identifying best practices while suggesting process improvements for the benefit of the overall team. Lead the development of written proposals, concept papers, fundraising plans, and other materials needed to creatively deepen prospect engagement for securing gifts. In coordination with the Donor Relations officer, develop and execute comprehensive and creative donor stewardship plans for portfolio. Collaborate closely with Prospect Research and Portfolio Management colleagues to identif...