Corporate & Foundation Partnerships Manager, City Year Milwaukee

City Year Milwaukee
Corporate & Foundation Partnerships Manager

 

 

Organization's Mission and Goals

City Year was founded in 1988 on the belief that young people can change the world. City Year engages young adults from diverse racial, cultural, and economic backgrounds for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement. City Year's mission is to strengthen democracy through national service, civic leadership, and social entrepreneurship. We put idealism to work by tapping the civic power of young people to generate transformative community service, break down social barriers, inspire citizens to civic action, develop new leaders for the common good, and improve and promote the concept of voluntary national service. As tutors, mentors, and role models, these idealistic leaders make a difference in the lives of children, and transform schools and neighborhoods in 20 U.S. locations and in Johannesburg and London. This year 1,500 young people are serving on diverse teams in schools and communities.

City Year is a national service program. Since its inception, City Year has operated as an "action tank" - as both a program and a think tank - constantly combining theory and practice to advance new policy ideas and make programmatic breakthroughs. City Year has worked strategically to engage and educate public officials and policy makers on many facets of City Year and national citizen service as a means to shape policy and expand the opportunities for young people to serve full-time.

City Year served as the inspiration and model for creating AmeriCorps, the national service program created in 1992. Now with 20 locations in the U.S., City Year is one of the largest programs of over 900 AmeriCorps programs across the nation. City Year is also working to expand the concept of national and citizen service globally, with programs in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England. Corps members receive a small weekly stipend and upon graduation earn an Education Award of $5,500. The main focus and priority of City Year's service is to engage children and youth, helping them to grow and develop, and become more successful, confident, caring, and actively engaged citizens. City Year corps members primarily serve in schools and through after-school programs providing tutoring, mentoring, and leading the children into service.

 

City Year Milwaukee
At the request of local leaders and in partnership with Milwaukee Public Schools, City Year launched in Milwaukee in fall 2010. In the fall of 2011, City Year Milwaukee will deploy six diverse teams of corps members to perform a rigorous portfolio of in-school and after-school programs and civic and community engagement initiatives, in partnership with schools and leaders from the non-profit and business sectors across Milwaukee. Our partner schools include: Alexander Mitchell Integrated Arts School, Eighty First Street School, Northwest Secondary School, Rogers Street Academy, Roosevelt Middle School for the Arts and South Division High School.

 

Position Responsibilities:
Strategy: In partnership with the Development Director, create strategy to identify and secure corporate, foundation, individual and government partnerships, work with volunteers and staff to develop target list of prospects, create customized service products with appropriate price points, and develop sales materials. Understand the marketing and business needs of corporations and foundations and develop and implement a revenue generation strategy that addresses these needs.

Corporate and Foundation Management: Assist in the management of relationships and communications with current corporate and foundation funders. Work in collaboration with the Development Director on grant proposals and reporting processes for corporate, foundation, and government funders. Work on the logistics of building City Year's Team Sponsorship program in Milwaukee, which includes identifying and securing Team Sponsors and engaging them in ongoing service opportunities.

Major Gift Donor Management: Extensive emphasis on researching and identifying a portfolio of viable major donors. Identify major donors' philanthropic interests and work with the Development Director to provide these prospects with an opportunity to realize an outstanding philanthropic experience through their charitable investment of time, advocacy and financial support to City Year.

 

In addition, the Development Manager will:

• Develop successful identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies to direct and monitor the progress of donor relationships.
• Establish innovative strategies to promote giving to City Year, in particular focusing on attracting and increasing individual and leadership support.
• Work alongside the Development Director to promote membership in City Year's Leadership Giving Circles, inviting donors to personally invest in City Year by contributing gifts of $1,000 or more.
• Ensure accurate maintenance of records and donor information in the Raisers Edge database.
• Develop and maintain unique volunteer engagement opportunities.

Fundraising Events: Support the logistics for future City Year Milwaukee events, such as the Annual Tribute Dinner, champion's receptions, and other select gatherings, to raise awareness of City Year, fundraise and engage high net worth individuals, foundations and corporations.

 

Donor Management: Continue to strengthen individual donor base, assist in the management of the annual giving campaign and provide suggestions for cultivating all donors. Ensure diversity and sustainability of site donor base.

Skills and Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years of progressively responsible fundraising/development experience with proven track record in corporate, foundation and major gift solicitation and cultivation. Comparable experience will be considered.
• Knowledge of the Greater Milwaukee donor community.
• Strategic thinker with ability to manage short term and long term plans and goals, with a record of achieving results.
• Solid, persuasive writing skills required. Ability to deliver inspiring and succinct presentations and conduct productive meetings.
• Demonstrated management of personnel required.
• Strong and efficient use of word, excel and PowerPoint required, knowledge of Raiser's Edge system a plus
• Ability to work with diverse groups of young adults in a fast-paced entrepreneurial team environment.
• BA/BS required.

Competitive salary and benefits
Great benefits including health insurance, vacation days, holidays, parental leave, matching 401K, Flex Spending Account, T-Mobile Blackberry phone/service and more. Compensation offered commensurate with experience.

 

Interested applicants should email a resume, references, cover letter, and salary requirements to:
milwaukeejobs@cityyear.org
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