The Center for Victims of Torture is hiring a temporary, part-time (20 hours per week) Strategic Partnerships Associate to support CVT’s institutional fundraising strategy by researching, initiating and managing foundation proposal and reporting processes, providing a range of administrative support to large government and quasi-government contract proposals in both the US and globally, and providing administrative support to the institutional development team to maximize revenue generation.
Position open to:
Candidates located in Arizona, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or Washington who are authorized to work in the U.S. and will not need CVT to sponsor them on a work visa.
Remote status:
Position is fully remote within the United States.
Benefits:
Employees in non-benefit eligible positions receive paid sick/safe leave hours and participation in CVT’s retirement plan once eligibility criteria are met.
Responsibilities:
Proposal Writing and Proposal Management: Prepare foundation grant applications, and work with program, clinical, research, and finance staff to obtain information for foundation funding proposals. Provide administrative support to government contracts and proposals, including supporting the organization of workflow, managing a timeline, generating and updating checklists, tracking proposal requirements to ensure they’re being met, scheduling relevant meetings, following up with program, clinical, finance and research staff to ensure timely completion of proposal tasks (including budgets and budget summaries), and writing supplemental materials such as draft risk analyses or gender analyses (under the direction of program staff, research staff, or strategic partnership officers).
Program Support: As assigned, partner with program managers to support the contributed revenue needs of individual programs. Keep key connections with the institutional fundraising team, other CVT staff. Participate in phone calls, meetings and field visits needed to support current and potential partner engagements. Conducts research on company, foundation or country background information, sectoral/subject-matter best practices, and other information needed for concept notes, partnership development strategies and proposal design.
Prospect Research: Conduct ongoing research on potential donors including foundations, corporations, religious and civic organizations, bilateral and multilateral donors. Identify connections between donors and CVT Board members, volunteers and staff.
Stewardship: Acknowledge grants personally and formally or assist program managers in this when needed. Invite donors to CVT events and engage CVT staff members and volunteers with donors in cultivation activities. Maintain Raiser’s Edge records for all prospects and donors with meeting notes and actions. Lead the reporting process for current grants as needed.
Qualifications:
Required education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations
Bachelor’s degree
1 year of full-time experience in institutional fundraising, technical grant writing or proposal development
Preferred education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations
Master’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in fundraising
3 years of experience in institutional fundraising and technical grant writing
Experience working with international NGOs in proposal development and program design, including implementation
Competencies (knowledge, skills and abilities)
Ability to compile content, write new content, proofread, and edit documents
Ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds and institutional cultures
Ability to think creatively and proactively about new institutional opportunities and new project designs that are consistent with organizational culture and mission
Knowledge of local,…