Strategic Partnerships Administrator

City of Montgomery, AL; Montgomery (AL); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The City of Montgomery seeks a strategic partnerships director to lead development of sponsorships and external funding across city programs. You will design partnership frameworks, secure multi-year commitments, and coordinate with departments to maximize impact.

This role reports to the Chief Administrative Officer or Mayor’s designee and requires a bachelor’s degree and several years of fundraising and stakeholder engagement experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Business, Communications, Marketing, or a related field.
• Four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in strategic partnerships, sponsorship development, philanthropy/fund development, or external resource development, with multi-year commitments.
• Experience leading cross-functional efforts or contributing to organization-wide processes is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Lead City efforts to secure and manage strategic partnerships, sponsorships, and external funding.
• Serve as the primary liaison to corporate, nonprofit, foundation, and community partners.
• Design and manage partnership frameworks and external engagement approaches.
• Coordinate fundraising and resource development across departments.
• Ensure unified relationship management across the organization.

Connaissances

Partnership development

Fundraising

Sponsorships

External funding

Relationship management

Cross-department coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Business, Communications, Marketing, or related field

Description du poste

The fundamental reason this position exists is to lead the City's efforts to secure and manage strategic partnerships, sponsorships, philanthropic support, and external funding that enhance citywide programs, events, and community initiatives. This position expands the City's capacity to leverage public and private resources, reduce reliance on general fund expenditures where appropriate, and strengthen long-term sustainability of priority projects. The incumbent serves as the primary liaison to corporate, nonprofit, foundation, and community partners; designs and manages partnership frameworks; leads cross-departmental coordination for fundraising and resource development; and ensures unified external engagement and consistent relationship management across the organization. This classification reports to the Chief Administrative Officer or the Mayor's designee.

Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Business, Communications, Marketing, or a related field, and four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in performing work of considerable complexity and responsibility in strategic partnerships, sponsorship development, philanthropy/fund development, or external resource development, including demonstrated success in securing multi-year commitments, managing complex and diverse partner portfolio, and supporting initiatives with substantial external visibility and organizational impact. Experience leading cross-functional efforts or contributing to organization-wide processes is a plus.

NOTE: Qualifying education, training, and experience that provide the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job will be considered.