Corporate Partnerships Associate

Organization
Partners in Food Solutions
Location
Minneapolis, MN/Hybrid
Job Type
Full-time
Deadline for Applications
04/10/2023
How to Apply
Please send the following to hr@partnersinfoodsolutions.com with the subject line: Corporate Partnerships Associate application: Email of interest , Resume or CV
Where to Apply
hr@partnersinfoodsolutions.com
Tags
Full-time

About PFS:

Partners in Food Solutions connects the expertise of volunteers from its Corporate partners (General Mills, Cargill, Royal DSM, Buhler,Hershey, Ardent Mills, and JM Smucker) with small and growing food processing companies in Africa. Our goal is to increase the capacity of the African food-processing sector to produce high-quality, nutritious, safe, affordable food for local populations, while at the same time increasing and sustaining demand for crops grown by smallholder farmers. We are pioneering a remote knowledge transfermodel through our custom, cloud-based platform so that volunteers can share their expertise from their home offices — or anywhere in the world.
To date, 1400 PFS subject matter experts have volunteered more than 100,000 hours and have worked with over 1600 small and growing businesses) with a combined outreach of 1.3 million smallholder farmers. With the continued support of its corporate partners, PFS is looking to broaden impact and outreach exponentially in the coming years.

About the Role:

Are you excited by the challenge of building partnerships with world-class multinationals to support African food entrepreneurs?
Are you interested in getting a jumpstart in a career in corporate social responsibility by collaborating with corporate leaders to grow awareness of PFS and fulfill their social impact goals?
Do you thrive on building relationships that can foster community across seven corporate partners and a global network of 1500+ experts from 40+ countries?
Do you want to grow your cross-cultural skills by closely collaborating with a global team and field staff across Africa?

The Corporate Partnerships Associate provides leadership in fostering collaboration with PFS’ seven multinational partner companies and in engaging a pool of 1500+ volunteer expert consultants that work to support our clients in sub-Saharan Africa. This is a key role in interacting with corporate leaders and team members from across the world – building relationships with key contacts, collaborating to design events, communications, and presentations to grow PFS engagement, and supporting corporate partners to live out their purpose and implement CSR priorities. An excellent opportunity for someone early in their career to understand how private industry and nonprofit organizations intersect. All tasks and projects require the exercise of independent judgment, a keen sense of responsibility, strong written and verbal communication skills, and commitment to the success of the organization in consistently delivering results and completing projects with a positive and cooperative attitude.

Occasional domestic and international travel to Europe and/or Africa may be required.

Responsibilities:

Serve as account manager for assigned corporate partners.
For each partner managed, collaborate with key corporate contact(s) to develop and execute custom partner engagement plans and cadenced calendars of events and communications to creatively engage partners and grow volunteer pool.
Event planning, participation, and support – Leverage anchor events for at least one in-person visit at each corporate partner managed
Achieve volunteer engagement and new volunteer recruitment targets for each partner
Achieve positive feedback from each corporate partner – NPS of 40 for each
Support development and management of corporate partner team resources, google drive, and shared calendar(s)
Build relationships and foster network of leadership champions/influencers at each managed partner
Collaborate with volunteer engagement team to target new volunteer recruitment in high need areas and support open position recruitment through engaging leadership champion networks
Build out corporate impact value proposition, communicate to partners, and foster collaborations aligned with CSR goals,business insights, and HR.
Support the Director of Partnerships & Business Development with partner-related fundraising targets
Contribute to a collaborative, professional, and fun work environment. Collaborate closely with African program associates to execute successful and timely handoffs.
Perform other duties as assigned

Required Skills & Experience:

 4-year college/university degree
 Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills
 Strong collaboration skills
 Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team
 Willingness to adjust hours to accommodate the needs of the job
 Ability to organize and effectively manage a wide array of tasks, projects and responsibilities
 Ability to work productively in a fluid environment with frequent interruptions or changes in priorities
 Proficient in Microsoft Suite Products (Word, PowerPoint) and Google Apps (Gmail, Calendar, Drive)
 Can-do, positive attitude

Preferred Skills

 Degree in business administration, marketing, communications or related.
 4-7 years of work experience in a professional office environment
 Experience working in a corporate environment
 International experience
 A passion for international development or corporate philanthropy/social responsibility
 A passion for social impact and volunteers
 Experience with Salesforce and/or other CRM or database programs
 Strong customer orientation