Vice President, Development & Corporate Partnerships

This high-level driven leader, reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, believes that solutions to complex social problems are possible when Kansas Citians are united for transformative change.

Primary responsibility is to grow revenue by initiating, building, and sustaining relationships with community leaders and assigned corporate partnerships portfolio.

Position Duties & Responsibilities: The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed.

They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Fundraising: Develop and define strategies to increase annual revenue, attract and retain donors and promote year-round engagement within assigned portfolio.

Build cohesive relationships with corporate partner champions to elevate United Ways value proposition through workplace campaigns.

Increase participation and average giving by building a network of United Way ambassadors within business partner relationships.

Define and implement strategies to develop relationships, strategies may include sharing data, creating customized campaign activities, personalizing the relationship, etc.

Openly communicate with Development Team leadership on key developments that have potential on corporate accounts and relationships.

Proactively identify corporate prospects and align company goals to the number of ways they may partner with the United Way via employee giving campaigns, corporate match programs, corporate gifts, or sponsorships.

Develop growth and strategic plans for portfolio of accounts.

Stay apprised of trends or issues in relevant industries that affect business climate or culture, and economic environment which could impact fund development.

Work with UWGKCs Community Impact team to identify, develop and implement opportunities to communicate community impact work and UWGKC goals and priorities to key stakeholders.

Evaluate opportunities to enhance the employee giving campaign and make suggestions for improvement.

Lead a team of (3) individuals responsible for stewarding a portfolio of corporate partnerships to retain and grow revenue through campaign growth, company gifts/grants, new business opportunities, etc.

Support in creating organizational processes to enhance efficiencies and growth opportunities.

Relationships: Serve as primary account manager to an assigned portfolio of top corporate partners representing multi-million-dollar relationships, leveraging internal team members on the Marketing and Community Impact Team to support and execute partner-specific engagement.

Initiate face-to-face meetings with executives and key influencers to discover business and philanthropic interests within assigned portfolio and prospective partnered companies, leveraging support from Executive Leadership Team when necessary and appropriate to further build investment and engagement with partners.

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