Corporate Development Manager

iMentor; Chicago, New York (IL, NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

401K match

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Wellness benefits

Job summary

iMentor is seeking a Corporate Development Manager to join a 10-person Development team focused on sustaining and growing our corporate portfolio. You will provide research, writing, and grants management support, project manage LOIs and proposals, and draft emails, agendas, and decks to drive partnerships and reporting.

The role is split 50/50 between Development Writing and Grants & Moves Management, requiring a proactive, highly organized self-starter with excellent writing and

Qualifications

• Excellent grant writing skills with the ability to articulate clear, persuasive ideas.
• Displays exceptional project management skills while balancing multiple, complex projects in a deadline-driven environment.
• Experience building compelling PowerPoint decks preferred.
• Strong relationship-building and donor stewardship capabilities.
• Familiarity with nonprofit sector compliance and reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support 3 frontline fundraisers to write proposals and grant reports for a pipeline of 50-75 national institutional partners at the $100K-$1M giving range.
• Draft event and meeting follow-up materials for new partnership cultivation including pitch decks and LOIs.
• Research and qualify corporate prospects to strengthen iMentor’s revenue pipeline.
• Proactively manage internal grants and stewardship calendar for timely deliverables.
• Own internal administration processes for frontline fundraisers: logging contacts, meetings, tasks, deliverables, outreach, campaigns.
• Draft e-mails, meeting agendas, and follow-up materials for frontline fundraisers as requested.
• Ensure accuracy of forecasting and opportunity data in Salesforce for corporate partnership pipeline.
• Build relationships with program, finance, and research to tailor funder reports.
• Collaborate with Marketing & Communications on sponsorship recognition benefits.

Skills

Grant writing

Project management

Relationship building

Salesforce

Nonprofit experience

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

The Corporate Development Manager (CDM) will join iMentor’s 10-person Development team, which is collectively responsible for raising $22M. The CDM will report to the Managing Director of Institutional Partnerships (MDIP) and will be focused on providing research, writing, and grants management support for the maintenance and growth of our corporate portfolio. Under the guidance of the MDIP and Director of Corporate Partnerships, the CDM will project manage and write LOIs, proposals, and reports; draft e-mails, meeting agendas, decks; and provide prospect research to uncover new opportunities. The ideal candidate is one who is a self-starter; an excellent writer, storyteller, and information synthesizer; highly organized; detail-oriented; and a cross-functional and collaborative project manager. This is an internal role for an individual who loves the writing, project management, and grants management side of institutional fundraising.

Development Writing (50%)

• Support 3 frontline fundraisers to write proposals and grant reports for a pipeline of 50-75 national institutional partners at the $100K-$1M giving range.
• Draft event and meeting follow-up materials for new partnership cultivation which may include pitch decks, one-pagers, and concept notes/LOIs.
• Research and qualify corporate prospects for fit to strengthen iMentor’s revenue pipeline and generate new sources of support.

Grants and Moves Management (50%)

• Proactively manage internal grants and stewardship calendar to ensure corporate deliverables (applications, reports, stewardship touchpoints) are executed in a timely manner.
• Own internal administration processes for frontline fundraisers, such as logging contacts, meetings, tasks, deliverables, outreach, and campaigns.
• Draft e-mail outreach, meeting agendas, and meeting follow-up materials upon request for frontline fundraisers.
• Ensure accuracy of forecasting and opportunity status data in Salesforce for corporate partnership pipeline and portfolio.
• Build relationships with key departments within iMentor – e.g., program, finance, and research and evaluation – to aggregate data and qualitative information that will help inform and tailor funder reports.
• Partner with key departments on corporate partnership execution and recognition – e.g. working with Volunteer Engagement team to plan corporate mentorship events; or engaging Marketing & Communications team to fulfill sponsorship recognition benefits.

Qualifications

• 5 years professional experience, with at least 3 years in relevant field with demonstrated success in relationship building, grants management, and proposal and report writing; experience in the nonprofit sector a must.
• Excellent grant writing skills with the ability to articulate clear, persuasive, and concise ideas.
• Experience building compelling PowerPoint decks preferred.
• Displays exceptional project management skills while balancing multiple, complex projects in a highly deadline-driven environment.
• Flexible and adaptive to effectively manage changing priorities and new opportunities.
• Salesforce experience required.
• Demonstrated alignment with iMentor's mission, values, and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Our organization works in partnership with district public schools across the country. In doing so we must meet all compliance requirements of those districts including background checks.
• iMentor is committed to ensuring healthy and safe environments for our staff, mentors, and the students we serve. In order to fully comply with the NYC Vaccine mandate, all iMentor employees (regardless of role or region) are required to be fully vaccinated priority to their start date.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary $70,000 – 75,000 commensurate with experience
• Up to 100% employer funded comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• 18 days paid annual vacation (increasing annually to 21, 23, 25), 13 paid holidays + your birthday + one floating holiday, iMentor closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day, plus 6-7 sick days annually
• 401K match up to 4%
• Hybrid Home/Office/School working arrangement
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Dependent care and health care flexible spending plans
• Flexible personnel wellness budget for reimbursements or marketplace purchases
• Every staff member is eligible for organization-sponsored professional development annually
• 1 hour of wellness time off per week for wellness activities of your choosing
• 9 weeks of paid parental leave

$70,000 - $75,000 a year