Senior Officer, Partnerships (Fundraising)

The Pew Charitable Trusts; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Health savings account

Retirement benefits

Work-life benefits

Job summary

The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Partnerships team seeks a Senior Officer to lead fundraising and partnership support for Pew’s Environment portfolio. Based in Washington, DC, you’ll establish internal and external relationships, using ROI metrics to meet programmatic deliverables.

The role blends fundraising leadership with strategic collaboration across teams and external partners. You will guide proposals, donor stewardship, and collaboration with Donor Relations and Portfolio Management to drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required or advanced degree preferred.
• Typically 10 years of successful fundraising experience with a track record of closing significant gifts.
• Strong written, verbal, and editing skills with ability to translate Pew’s mission for donors.
• Experience developing complex written materials on a tight timeline.
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven, collaborative environment with accountability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert for the fundraising cluster.
• Develop fundraising strategy for projects within the cluster, including Enduring Earth and other large-scale collaborations.
• Manage a portfolio of prospects to secure philanthropic and partnership support.
• Build deep relationships with Environment program teams and external partners.
• Collaborate with program staff to articulate value propositions to donors.

Skills

Fundraising strategy

Relationship building

Project management

Communication & editing

Strategic planning

Discretion with confidential info

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Salesforce

PeopleSoft

Job description

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.

Environment Program

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 a Senior 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 senior 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

• Serve as a subject matter expert for the fundraising cluster.
• Help establish fundraising strategy for specific projects within the cluster, including Enduring Earth and other large-scale collaborations or Trust-operated projects.
• 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 the portfolio.
• Collaborate closely with Prospect Research and Portfolio Management colleagues to identify, assess, and drive opportunities, and to refine your portfolio.
• Participate fully in Pew’s Salesforce constituent relationship management and PeopleSoft financial systems, collaborating with analytics and administrative team members. Be meticulous in prospect reporting and tracking relationships in the CRM.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, is required; advanced degree preferred.
• Generally, 10 years of successful fundraising experience, with a demonstrated track record of closing significant investments and philanthropy through creative, entrepreneurial and sophisticated relationship building.
• Commitment to embody, practice, and develop growth mindset skill sets in work and interactions.
• Documented success personally implementing sophisticated cultivation strategies leading to successful closure of six and seven figure gifts, including gifts from both individuals and foundations.
• A strong commitment to producing measurable results combined with creativity in problem solving.
• Exemplary verbal, written, and editing skills, including aptitude to understand and translate Pew’s mission and interests for donors and prospects with clarity, crispness, and effectiveness.
• Experience developing complex written materials in a short period of time.
• A commitment to working in a deadline-driven, collaborative environment with respect for accountability and responsibility.
• Sound judgment and integrity; willingness to try new approaches; and a high level of enthusiasm and dedication to the mission and objectives of the institution.
• Experience setting short-and long-term planning goals in line with program priorities.
• Highly organized and experienced at handling multiple projects while maintaining clarity of focus and flexibility in the face of organizational change and ambiguity.
• Proven research and analytic skills, with the capacity to investigate an issue, ask thoughtful questions and recommend possible solutions.
• Discretion in handling and securing confidential information, and experience conducting oneself in a highly professional manner.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated proficiency in the use of software (Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and the capacity to learn technology used at Pew, including Salesforce and PeopleSoft if not already familiar.

Travel

Occasional travel as required.

Work Authorization

Candidates much be legally authorized to work in the country for which they are seeking employment without visa sponsorship.

Salary Range

United States Pay Range: $161,500 - $180,500

Total Rewards

We offer a competitive salary and benefit program, including:

• comprehensive, affordable health care through medical, dental, and vision coverage
• financial security with life and disability insurance
• opportunities to save using health savings and flexible spending accounts
• retirement benefits to help prepare for the future
• and work/life benefits to maintain a good balance.

Pew is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or any other protected characteristics.