Manager, US Institutional Partnerships

Title: Manager, U.S. Institutional Partnerships

Department: Development, Institutional Funding

Center Background: The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights worldwide. With offices in New York City, and Washington, D.C.; Nairobi, Kenya; Bogota, Colombia; and Geneva, Switzerland, the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our 230+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center’s human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work. This has fueled the Center’s exceptional growth to an operating budget of more than $50 million and won the respect of law firms worldwide. Our global pro bono network includes over 2,100 lawyers across 6 continents, 88 countries, and 125 law firms, contributing over $30 million USD in pro bono legal services annually. The Center’s Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact: By 2030, half of the world’s population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they were in 2020. The Center has a record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights. We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies. The Center has also led development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights. It has built the legal capacity of women’s rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting. To learn more about the Center, please go to www.reproductiverights.org

The Job: The Manager, US Institutional Partnerships reports to the Associate Director of Foundations and works closely with the Associate Director and Senior Director of Institutional Funding to plan and implement the Center’s foundation funding plan. The Manager will manage a donor portfolio of foundation funders and prospects that provide funding up to $100,000 annually to the Center’s U.S. programs and general operations. This will include managing all aspects of the grant life cycle for all grants in their portfolio, including pre-bid capture, proposal coordination and submission, donor reporting, and other award activities, and knowledge management. This individual will also provide leadership and support across the Institutional Funding unit for example, through weekly unit updates and quarterly planning and replanning exercises as well as to other cross-team working groups, as assigned. The Manager will work closely with the other departments, principally the U.S. Program, as well as with the Finance, Compliance units and the Strategy, Evaluation, and Learning unit.

This position will be based in our New York City office in a hybrid model of 3 days working in-office and two days working from home. COVID-19 vaccination is required for all U.S.-based employees of the Center.

Primary Responsibilities:

[Note: all percentages are estimates and subject to change based on needs of the Center]

Donor Cultivation and Stewardship (30%)

• Monitors new funding opportunities and develops and manages cultivation plan in coordination with other departments.
• Manages stewardship for existing donor portfolio, including frequently sharing updates, setting up meetings with program staff, and preparing for renewal process.

Proposal Development (25%)

• Coordinates and supports the entire proposal-development process in response to specific funding opportunities, from proposal kick-off through post-submission debrief.
• Uses proposal-management systems to track tasks and follow up on actions to ensure timely completion of deadline-driven deliverables.
• Writes and edits proposals and reports, as assigned.
• Coordinates responses during award-negotiation phase.

Post-Award Management (25%)

• Ensures good donor relationships are maintained across the institutional funding portfolio
• Ensures timely, complete, and compliant submission of all grant deliverables, including required reports, modification requests, and close-out actions.
• Manages cross-departmental response to funder requests and required deliverables.
• Works closely with the U.S. Program and finance to ensure grant deliverables are delivered on time and the project budget is spent as planned.

Knowledge Management (10%)

• Updates knowledge management system (Raiser’s Edge) according to specifications and serves as focal point for other departments for key pre and post award documents and emails.

Unit Leadership and Support (10%)

• Works closely with the Associate Director to develop and monitor the Center’s institutional funding plan
• Tracks and reports on multi-year revenue projections for the U.S. institutional funding portfolio
• Serves on cross-departmental working groups.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Strong commitment to the Center's mission, purpose, and values.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 8 years of professional experience in the field of institutional fundraising.
• Experienced in facilitating teams to develop collaborative processes.
• Demonstrated excellent writing and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to draft and copyedit written communication effectively such as proposals, reports, memos, talking points, presentations, and emails.
• Solutions-oriented approach with strong analytical/reasoning skills.
• Must be able to work proactively and independently, multi-task, and work under tight deadlines.

Compensation: The annual salary for this position is $93,000.

Union Status: This position will be part of the CRR Union, a shop within Local 2110 United Auto Workers—Technical, Office, and Professional Workers Union.

FLSA Exempt Status: This is an exempt position.

Benefits:

• Health: The Center pays up to 90%* of the premium for a comprehensive health insurance plan with no in-network deductible and best-in-class reproductive healthcare coverage, including infertility. The Center also offers Dental and Vision coverage. (* % may differ in various countries).
• Flexibility: The Center currently operates in a hybrid model, requiring staff to work 3 days per week in the office and allowing work 2 days per week from home.
• Well-being: The Center offers resources to help prevent and recover from burnout through different programs that enable mental, physical, and community well-being. The Center provides generous leave, including paid parental leave, personal days, vacation, and sick leave. We are closed the last week of December to allow staff to spend winter holiday time with their loved ones.
• Growth: You will be working with and learning from some of the top legal and operational minds, all passionate about advancing reproductive rights worldwide. You will also be eligible for a stipend to use towards professional growth.
• Global: You will get a front-row seat to the fight for reproductive rights globally. You will have access to Employee Resource Groups to connect to colleagues with similar interests/backgrounds/views.
• Investment: After the first year of employment, the Center will contribute 7.5%* of your annual salary to a 401(k) (*applicable only in US and Kenya).

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Center is committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage people from all communities to apply. If you are excited about this role but unsure about whether your experience aligns with the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles. To learn more about the Center’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, please visit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Center for Reproductive Rights.

Center policy on visa sponsorship for U.S.-based positions: Applicants for employment in the U.S. must have valid work authorization that does not now and will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S. by The Center for Reproductive Rights.

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