Position:              Program Associate, Partnerships & Business Development,

Category:            Full-Time

Location:             New York, NY

Posting Date:     August 2011

Organization Overview

DonorsChoose.org engages the public in public schools by giving people a simple, accountable, and personal way to do something about educational inequity. Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on our site. Then, “citizen philanthropists” can support the projects that most inspire them. To date, more than 180,000 teachers and 5 million students from low-income families have received $85 million of books, art supplies, field trips, and other resources. Fast Company recently named DonorsChoose.org the first nonprofit to make the list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, and GOOD magazine highlighted DonorsChoose.org as one of 30 Places We Want to Work. Learn more at DonorsChoose.org/about.

Team Overview

The Partnerships & Business Development (PBD) team designs innovative philanthropic partnerships with corporations and foundations.  This team is responsible for generating $24 million in classroom project funding, often through award-winning cause marketing campaigns with partners such as HP, Bing, Sonic Drive-In, Crate & Barrel, Groupon and American Express.

Position Overview:

The Program Associate will support the development efforts of a 12 person team and report to the EVP for the PBD Team.  As a support staff member, your responsibilities will primarily focus on supporting the PBD team’s administrative needs and setting up systems to keep the team running effectively and efficiently. Core responsibilities are as follows:

Partnership and Team Support

· Provide general administrative support to the PBD Team including scheduling and setting up weekly PBD team calls, creating and distributing the team’s weekly internal e-newsletter,  copying and assembling meeting materials, maintaining marketing materials

· Revise, maintain and update the team’s institutional memory via our internal WIKI and Box.net folder system

· Compile classroom feedback including photos, thank you notes, donor comments for reporting

· Oversee efficient spend-out of grant funds and assembly of classroom feedback for donors

· Manage interns and intern project list

Research and Analysis

· Research corporate and foundation donors giving less than 100k to ascertain additional giving capacity

· Research VIPs to tee up larger managed giving asks

· Research gift card redeemers from key gift card partnerships

· Analyze  existing donors within certain giving categories

· Structure, analyze and manipulate data for grants, media requests, board meetings

Technology Support

· Serve as the team’s back up Salesforce.com administrator (training will be provided)

· Submit and monitor requests to the technology team to launch and update website-based programs for partners

· Create and maintain partnership records in our customer relations database, Salesforce.com, including contact and relationship records and logging of ongoing email, call and meeting notes

Position Qualifications

The right candidate is motivated by our mission and entrepreneurial, goals-driven culture. We seek a team player who is:

· A college graduate with up to two years of work experience (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required)

· Excited to serve in a behind-the-scenes role

· Highly organized, detail-oriented, results driven and motivated by project management

· Able to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously

· A strong verbal and written communicator

· A problem-solver with internal customer-service orientation and strong analytical skills

· Comfortable with tasks relating to administration and office management

· Adept with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel, and willing to learn new software programs

· Desire to work in a fast-paced, startup environment with aggressive growth plans.

· Excitement to take on challenges with a sense of humor. Bonus points given to kickball players, karaoke singers and Colbert Report watchers.

Compensation and Benefits

DonorsChoose.org is proud to offer a total compensation package including: a competitive salary with merit-based bonus potential, a comprehensive benefits program including employer paid premiums for medical, dental and vision coverage, transit benefits, non-contributing 401K plan, professional development budget, casual workplace and 5 weeks paid vacation plus national holidays.

To Apply

Please send an email with ONE attachment containing both a resume and cover letter with salary requirements addressed to Missy Sherburne at pbd-recruiting(at)donorschoose(dot)org. Include only “Program Associate” in the subject line. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. No calls, please.

DonorsChoose.org is an equal opportunity employer committed to developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.