Coordinator, Strategic Alliances

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About First Book:

First Book ( believes that education offers children the best possible path out of poverty. Reaching 5 million children from birth to age 18 annually First Book has also built the countrys largest and fastest growing network of educators serving kids in need: today First Book reaches 600000 educators nationwide and growing every week.

A global leader in social enterprise First Book harnesses the strategies of the private sector to advance social change. First Book has built a family of social enterprises to serve its network of educators and support children in need including the First Book Marketplace The First Book Accelerator First Book Insights and a range of other fact since 1992 First Book has distributed more than 225 million books and educational materials to children from low-income families. Because of its record of innovation and impact First Book has been celebrated globally by such institutions as the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship the World Economic Forum and in case studies at Columbia Business School Wharton Business School the Yale School of Management and the London School of Economics. Finally Charity Navigator recently awarded First Book its highest rating including a perfect 100% score for Accountability & Transparency.

About the position:

(This is not a 100% remote position/ MANDATORY IN OFFICE: Tuesday & Wednesday)

First Book seeks a Coordinator Corporate Partnerships to support the Strategic Alliances team in implementing and managing its nationally recognized causemarketing and corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaigns. These campaigns include partnerships with leading companies such as KPMG Citi Pizza Hut and Disney and align with First Books mission to expand educational equity.

The Coordinator will provide project management event planning partnership coordination corporate communications support and budgeting assistance across multiple campaigns and partner initiatives. The role also supports the development of partnership proposals activation plans and partner-facing materials within a fast-paced results-driven environment.

This position offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in cause-based marketing public-private partnerships corporate philanthropy and social impact strategy helping partners achieve both marketing and social impact objectives while advancing First Books organizational goals.

The Coordinator works closely with the full Strategic Alliances team and reports directly to the Vice President of Strategic Alliances.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support internal preparation for partner meetings by organizing materials drafting agendas and ensuring all documentation is complete and accurate.
• Support event logistics with corporate partners and internal teams by managing schedules preparing materials and coordinating onsite or virtual execution.
• Participate in partner calls and meetings by taking notes and documenting action items.
• Assist with tracking and administrative coordination by maintaining databases updating project trackers and completing followup tasks.
• Support communications tasks for causemarketing campaigns by gathering assets organizing content and routing materials for review.
• Draft sections of partner impact reports and internal summaries using relevant data and program outcomes.
• Participate in team meetings by preparing agendas and capturing decisions and action items for follow
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to complete partnership deliverables and shared tasks on schedule.
• Provide administrative support to the Strategic Alliances team including scheduling meetings coordinating logistics preparing gift acknowledgments updating the partnership pipeline and conducting basic research.
• Travel up to 40% during peak activation periods to support events and partnership activities.
• Perform general administrative tasks and other duties to support department operations.

Education

• Bachelors degree (BA/BS) required; coursework in business marketing communications nonprofit management or social enterprise preferred.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated selfstarter with an entrepreneurial mindset and ability to work independently.
• Strong team collaboration and project management skills with experience working across crossfunctional teams.
• Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity within matrixed organizational structures.
• Excellent verbal written and presentation skills including experience presenting in partner meetings.
• Experience preparing partnerfacing materials and presentations with increasing autonomy.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Excel Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience using donor databases or CRM systems (Salesforce preferred) and familiarity with social media in a professional setting.
• Ability to work effectively in a fastpaced deadlinedriven environment.

All full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits:

• Eligibility for medical and dental insurance coverage in accordance with plan terms.
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) coverage subject to plan provisions.
• Paid vacation leave accrued in accordance with organizational policy.
• Paid sick leave provided in compliance with applicable federal state and local laws.
• Up to twelve (12) paid holidays annually subject to organizational schedule and business needs.
• Eligibility to participate in the organizations 401(k) retirement plan including employer matching contributions in accordance with plan documents.
• Eligibility for an employer-provided parking stipend subject to program guidelines and business needs.

TO APPLY:

Candidates are invited to submit a resume and a cover letter detailing their interest in the position via submitted through external sites (including Idealist) will not be considered.

If you need assistance with applying please reach out to Tasha McNeill at or

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Junior IC