Senior Partnerships Officer, Foundations

6 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom Mercy Corps Full time

**Location**:London or Edinburgh, UK

**Position Status**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: The starting range salary for this position is £37,040

**Closing date**: Applications to be submitted before August 28th

**About Mercy Corps**
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.

**The Department**
A part of the wider Development Team, the Foundation partnerships team manages Mercy Corps’ fundraising relationships with major European and US Foundations, working to develop strategic partnerships that support social impact at scale in our priority areas including economic and market development, food and water security, climate change, peacebuilding and emergency response, creating lasting impact with and for the local communities with whom we work.

We build meaningful partnerships through outstanding relationship management and partner services, connecting our partners to the work we do. We work across many teams at Mercy Corps, including the wider Development team, programmes and country-based colleagues around the world, marketing and communications team and the executive office. The Foundations team based in Europe works as part of a wider CFT team based in the U.S., splitting portfolios by geography whilst working collaboratively to pursue strategic objectives.

**The Position (General Position Summary)**
The Senior Partnerships Officer will be responsible for the account management of the existing and growing portfolio of foundation partners within Europe. A key focus of the Senior Foundation Partnerships Officer will be to provide a high standard of relationship management and stewardship so that partners are motivated to continue and increase their support to Mercy Corps’ work through increased funding values and deepened partnerships. They will also support the Strategic Partnerships Manager to raise funds from new trust and foundation partners. This includes primary responsibility across the portfolio for grants management - including proposal and agreement review, compliance and finance coordination, award kick-off, and reporting.

**Essential Responsibilities**
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
- Lead on the account management of agreed partners within the Foundations portfolio in Europe, ensuring that each partnership is backed by a strategic plan for development.
- Strategically enhance and steward relationships within the Foundations portfolio to significantly increase giving levels and alignment with Mercy Corps’ priorities.
- Support the Strategic Partnerships Manager on the formulation and implementation of individual strategies for developing key partnerships and initiatives around programmatic priorities.
- Act as a point person for partners and donors in response to outreach, questions and wider collaboration opportunities.

PORTFOLIO/GRANT MANAGEMENT
- Lead on coordination with desk teams, finance, compliance, country and programmatic teams to conduct agreement reviews, address internal/external compliance concerns, ensure timely grant reporting, track budget vs actuals and file official grant paperwork.
- Ensure account-related records are accurate and accessible and that up to date information is recorded on Raisers’ Edge and appropriate internal and global drives.Ensure that relevant teams understand and adhere to funding requirements so that the objectives of CFT grants are fully met.
- Maintain understanding of key foundation partnerships to be able to represent foundation strategies to internal stakeholders.
- Deputize key accounts when the Strategic Partnerships Manager is unavailable.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- Lead portfolio expansion efforts (research, strategy, planning, materials) and strategies for thematic sectors, like digital currency and climate.
- Write, edit and/or project manage the development of concepts, proposals, reports, pitch decks, updates and stewardship materials.
- Work closely with global, regional and desk programmes teams to remain up to date of MC priorities and global impact.
- Input into cross-team workstreams related to new-business mapping; global event and conference research and preparation.

REPRESENTATION
- Act as an internal expert on the philanthropic landscape, and channel the perspective of foundation partners in developing proposals and ideas with programmatic team members.
- Effectively represent Mercy Corps to partners and external audiences for both fundraising and profile elevation.
- Lead initiatives that aim to enhance and deepen partner relationships, including campaigns and events.

**Supervisory Responsibility **:None

**Accountability**
**Reports Directly To**:Strategic Partnerships Manager (Foundations)

**Works Directly With**:Corporate and Foundation Partnerships Officer

**Accou

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