Associate Director Partnership Development
Associate Director Partnership Development
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Job Description
Organization
BSR is a sustainable business network and consultancy focused on creating a world in which all people can thrive on a healthy planet. With offices in Asia Europe and North America BSR provides its 300 member companies with insight advice and collaborative initiatives to help them see a changing world more clearly create longterm value and scale impact. Visit www.bsr for more information about BSRs 30 years of leadership in sustainability.
We are proud to say that we have a team of some of the most talented and motivated people working on sustainability in our global offices in Copenhagen Guangzhou Hong Kong London New York Paris San Francisco Shanghai Singapore Tokyo and Washington D.C.
Position Overview
BSR seeks to hire an Associate Director within its Partnership Development team to lead the development of concepts and proposals and engage with donors in pursuit of grant funding. BSR implements a wide variety of programs with support from foundations and bilateral/multilateral donors to further our mission of creating a just and sustainable world. Our grant funded projects are implemented globally and seek to harness the organizational operational technological and financial acumen of the private sector working with partners from civil society the public sector and others in the pursuit of more environmentally and socially sustainable development.
We seek to create projects that contribute to achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through business action. As such it is critical that the Associate Director thrives in an organizational environment that connects the private sector with the sustainability and development agendas.
The Associate Director can be located in the US or Europe with a preference for being located in a city where BSR has an office. The person will report into the Managing Director Partnership Development based in New York.
Key Responsibilities
Proposal and Concept Development
- Building off of donor intelligence received from BSRs business intelligence process partner with subject matter experts at BSR to brainstorm and develop impactful new project ideas that leverage BSRs content expertise and business network.
- Lead on grant proposal development for priority concepts. This involves draftinga compelling project narrative that translates our work for a donor audience as well as program activities and outcomes and a logical framework or theory of change.
- Lead oncomplex multiyear budget development for proposals in compliance with donor requirements and based on input from program directors and BSRs finance team.
- Liaise withBSRs compliance team on contractual elements of a formal grant proposal.
Donor Engagement
- Build on BSRs existing donor networks and relationships to lead donor engagement and secure new funding in support of BSRs Areas of Expertise. This will involve:
- Staying abreast of donor intelligence by reviewing donor updates events reports and other publicly available materials.
- Broadening BSRs base of donors by identifying priority donor targets and seeking ways to build new donor relationships.
- Maintaining regular communications with relevant donors and seeking ways to involve them in BSRs work either through projects research or events.
- Developing and implementing outreach plans for priority concepts.
- Attending relevant conferences or events where BSR priority donors are present.
Leadership
- In partnership with the Managing Director contribute to the overall strategy at BSR for grants funded work including priority areas of focus strategies for increasing grant funding and ways to enhance internal collaboration with content experts.
- Provide team leadership and oversight including mentorship of junior staff as appropriate.
Communications and Marketing
- Increase BSRs visibility with donors by creating content such as blogs social media posts and events related to our grant funded work.
- Develop marketing materials such as presentations.
Project Work:
- About 10 of the Associate Directors time will be spent implementing projects along one of BSRsareas of expertise based on organizational need and the individuals interests and capabilities.
Other tasks may arise based on need including working with operations compliance and finance teams to improve the overall operational performance of grantfunded work.
Compensation
At BSR we have implemented a transparent total compensation framework with an emphasis on internal equity. In order to maintain our equity our salary ranges for this position are listed below.
US: $107045$115073 (plus 8 target bonus)
France:(plus 8 target bonus)
UK:(plus 8 target bonus)
Denmark: 671702kr. 772457 kr. (plus 8 target bonus)
Qualifications
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience either in the form of developing and writing high quality grant proposals or working at a foundation overseeing grants and grantees.
- Demonstrated expertise with conveying a theory of change anddeveloping logframes budgets and work plans for complex multiyear and global projects.
- Good understanding of just andsustainable business and the private sectors role in achieving the SDGs and/ or one or more of BSRs areas of expertise.
- Knowledge of the international donor landscape and trends with existing networks and demonstrable success in securing grant funding from a diverse group of donors including private and corporate foundations and governments.
- Ability to drive strategic work and engage colleagues around collective action/implementation.
- Fluent in written and conversational English; additional language skills are a plus.
- Welldeveloped interpersonal skills for managing diverse teams including across diverse geographies and interacting with senior staff in donor organizations.
- Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office; experience with Salesforce and Microsoft SharePoint Online a plus.
- Capacity to work and thrive in a growing fastpaced entrepreneurial organization and collaborative environment.
- High ethical standards and commitment to BSR core values of leadership respect and integrity.
- Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and reference checks.
Diversity
BSR is committed to Diversity Equity and Inclusion. As a global organization BSR strives to represent a culmination of different perspectives backgrounds cultures and ideas. BSR encourages employees to be themselves and share their unique stories as these initiatives foster a global environment of creativity forward thinking and openmindedness. These values drive the innovative work of our staff and support BSRs overarching mission to build a just and sustainable world.
At BSR discrimination because of age race religious creed color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status sex (including pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding and/or related medical conditions) gender identity gender expression sexual orientation military or veteran status or any other status protected by regional laws is not condoned. BSR strives to maintain a fair and inclusive working environment. Thus these factors do not influence recruitment performance management processes and project assignments. BSR aims to support necessary accommodations and has a zerotolerance policy for discriminatory behavior and retaliation in response to the needs of our employees.
To learn more about our culture and opportunities please visit our Our Career Page
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
