Partnerships & Community Engagement Lead

Sacred Heart Community Service

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 86,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid employee medical insurance

Paid holidays

Paid vacation starting at 10 days

Professional development

Job summary

Sacred Heart Community Service (SHCS) in San José, CA, seeks a Community and Corporate Partnerships Manager to lead fund development, cultivate corporate and community partners, and oversee volunteer engagement activities. You will drive revenue, sponsorships, and in‑kind support while coordinating with the Fund Development team and SHCS leadership to align strategy with organizational goals.

The role emphasizes relationship management, strategic planning, and a commitment to SHCS’s anti‑poverty

Qualifications

Minimum 2 years of progressively responsible experience in corporate partnerships, institutional relations, community partnership development, fund development, external relations, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience cultivating and managing relationships with corporations, institutions, community organizations, or other external partners.
Demonstrated experience generating philanthropic, sponsorship, in‑kind, volunteer, or other forms of organizational support through external partnerships.
Experience developing cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for organizational or institutional partners.
Demonstrated skill in meeting and event planning, group facilitation, public speaking, and representing an organization with external partners and community audiences.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for corporate, institutional, donor, volunteer, and community audiences.
Proficiency with CRM and database systems, including Salesforce or a comparable platform, as well as Google Workspace, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and web‑based communication tools.
Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and self‑directed, with the ability to manage multiple partner relationships, priorities, deadlines, and follow‑up responsibilities simultaneously.
Four‑year degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional or lived experience.

Responsibilities

Cultivates, solicits, and stewards a portfolio of existing and prospective corporate and other assigned institutional and community partners to achieve annual philanthropic revenue, sponsorship, engagement, and partnership goals established in coordination with Community Engagement and Fund Development leadership.
Develops individualized relationship, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for assigned partners based on partner interests and priorities, giving capacity, volunteer interests, and opportunities for deeper engagement with SHCS.
Collaborates closely with the Fund Development team on solicitation strategy to identify and develop opportunities for corporate and institutional giving, sponsorships, employee giving and matching gifts, in‑kind support, workplace campaigns, and other forms of philanthropic investment, and ensure gift processing and acknowledgment, donor credit, stewardship, and reporting so that each partner experiences a coordinated SHCS relationship.
Coordinates partner giving drives, recognition, and stewardship activities designed to strengthen relationships, retain partners, and increase philanthropic support.
Builds relationships with partner leadership, employees, and other key stakeholders and serves as the primary SHCS point of contact for assigned partners.
Collaborates with other Community Development team members, and other departments to coordinate partner strategy and share relationship information.
Maintains accurate partner records, contact reports, solicitation activity, pipeline information in Salesforce and regularly reports on progress toward philanthropic revenue, sponsorships, in‑kind support, volunteer engagement, partner retention, and progress toward goals established in SHCS Strategic and Operating Plans.
Represents SHCS at partner meetings, presentations, service fairs, networking events, open houses, and other outreach opportunities, and works with the Volunteer Office to prepare volunteer ambassadors to represent SHCS when appropriate, to cultivate prospective partners and deepen existing relationships.
Coordinates with the Volunteer Office to connect assigned partners with group volunteer opportunities, including reviewing availability and confirming participation. The CCPM owns partner‑facing communication, reminders, attendance confirmation, and follow‑up, while the Volunteer Office maintains volunteer procedures and operational support.
Ensures timely follow‑up with partner organizations after volunteer activities to deepen relationships, strengthen stewardship, and identify additional philanthropic opportunities.
Reviews volunteer participation and outcomes with the Volunteer Office and incorporates that information into ongoing partner stewardship and relationship strategy.
Conducts 1:1 conversations with partner representatives and engaged volunteers to deepen their understanding of SHCS’s mission and the systemic causes of poverty, and to connect them with opportunities for philanthropic support, volunteer engagement, leadership, organizational events, and advocacy.
Facilitates conversations about poverty, SHCS’s mission, and opportunities for deeper engagement, including philanthropic support, volunteer involvement, and advocacy opportunities led by SHCS leaders, Organizing/Policy staff, or other designated campaign leadership.
Recruits, trains, schedules, and manages interns, volunteers, and others as assigned. Team supervision includes providing structure, training, evaluation, and professional development.