Lead Associate, Public Partnerships; P2

Overview

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world's hardest-to-reach places — over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you're creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

As the Lead Associate, Public Partnerships, you will be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will develop new, and increase existing, state and federal public funding and partnership opportunities for U.S. Programs. In this role, you will cultivate champions in state and/or federal public entities who can help us build awareness, promote funding, and generate support for Save the Children's work in rural communities.

You will be responsible for building non-partisan relationships, tracking policy developments, sharing information about our work, and maximizing public funding and partnership opportunities in your assigned states. Additionally, you will work closely with teams across the agency such as marketing, communications, private fundraising, programs and advocacy to create materials, support site visits, draft proposals and reports, and influence policy.

Hybrid — Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

Government Public Funding and Partnerships (50%)

• Prospect for new public partnerships and funding opportunities within assigned program states and federal scope of work.
• Promote programs and services targeting new grants, earmarks, and other designated funding opportunities.
• Deliver proposal pitches and presentations, negotiate terms and conditions, close funding asks, and follow up regularly with status reports.
• Contribute to, and coordinate, proposals and reports for government targets and ensure that they are completed and submitted on time.
• Steward relationships to maximize long-term engagement and financial support.

Government Relations Support (25%)

• Monitor and analyze government budgets and authorizing and appropriations legislation.
• Work with internal teams to execute a public funding agenda that advances the states  strategy and influences resource allocations to rural education, Head Start, and/or emergency responses.
• Coordinate with SCAN and the Policy and Advocacy team to collaborate effectively, execute on strategies to address new state legislation or regulations that affect the divisions  interests.
• Attend, lead, or help coordinate special events and advocacy activities, including field visits, opinion leader gatherings, briefings, and issues forums to cultivate champions among elected leaders in USP states. Travel will be a significant percentage of time, including regional state travel and national travel (car and airline options).
• Ensure accurate reporting of lobbying activities as mandated by relevant state and federal law.

Partnership Development Operations (25%)

• Contribute towards the implementation of partnership development plans as required and assigned by the Managing Director.
• Offer advisory support to the State team in creating and sustaining a pipeline of schools, communities, and partners that help move our programs and strategies forward in rural communities.
• Coordinate scheduling, logistics, and the execution of other administrative matters as requested.
• Generate materials and presentations to provide updates at various meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain records of contacts with elected officials entering all information into required systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to collect, maintain, and organize department one-pagers and key documents in a centralized repository for our team access and use.

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 3 years of relevant experience
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Demonstrated ability to convey clear understanding of issues related to poverty in…