Goodwall
Goodwall is a skills-based social network for Gen Z to learn and earn. With a mission to level the playing field for youth globally, we currently support 2m+ young talent in 150+ countries to build skills and connect to opportunities.
51 - 200 employees
Partnerships Director
August 22
Goodwall
Goodwall is a skills-based social network for Gen Z to learn and earn. With a mission to level the playing field for youth globally, we currently support 2m+ young talent in 150+ countries to build skills and connect to opportunities.
51 - 200 employees
đź“‹ Description
• Own and lead the Social Impact and Business Development strategy within your portfolio, in collaboration with the rest of the Partnerships team and in coordination with the Leadership Team. • Leverage Goodwall and your personal network to strengthen and scale up existing partnerships and cultivate new relationships with key actors in the space - use your knowledge of the sector and stakeholders to identify funding opportunities. • Steer complex relationships with a range of partners, including Fortune 500 companies, foundations, governmental agencies, United Nations agencies and other leading organizations. • Lead the proposal, and concept note writing of proposals for multi-million dollar partnerships. • Collaborate cross-functionally to improve the quality, clarity, and standardization of proposals for various projects, ensuring they align with the organization's social impact goals and best practices. • Based on your expertise on impact measurement, help drive the transformation of our Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) strategies to assess the effectiveness and outcomes of social impact programs. • Translate your understanding of the social impact landscape into innovative strategies that drive revenue growth. • Act as Goodwall’s social impact specialist, serving as the go-to person internally for inquiries and externally in partner conversations. • Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging tools and methodologies related to social impact, and integrate them into the organization's strategy.
🎯 Requirements
• 10+ years of sales / business development experience in the design and development of large scale programs in the social impact and / or EdTech sector (i.e. development aid, CSR, ESG, humanitarian, social enterprises, etc). • Experience in the sectors of youth up-skilling, youth development and employment, digital skills, and informal learning are considered a plus. • Track record of results in fundraising, proposal development and co-creating large-scale multi-million dollar partnerships with global organizations from the private and public sectors. • Outstanding capacity to manage relationships, understanding diplomacy, priorities and needs of a number of different partners, adapting to the audience and facilitating relationships. • Enjoy participating in the different stages of partnership creation alongside different colleagues from initial co-creation to contract signature including development and negotiation of joint initiatives. • Extensive experience in the development of the material required to formalize partnerships and enable funding: deck presentations, proposal documents, detailed budgets, work plans, contracts and MoUs, tender/grant application, reporting, etc. • Experience leveraging multi-stakeholders partnerships and combining different sources of funding and funding mechanisms. • Capacity to navigate the ways of working and procedures of a wide range of partners, to facilitate decision-making and funding allocation and disbursement. • Entrepreneurial problem-solver with a data-driven growth mindset. • A strong communicator internally and externally, and enjoy working with partners and colleagues from diverse international backgrounds and work experiences. • Comfortable working autonomously in a distributed environment, leveraging Salesforce, Notion and other productivity tools. • Ability to operate in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment that allows you to adapt and deliver results under pressure. • Enjoy the multi-faceted dimensions of this role from the technical aspects, to partnership development. • Enjoy getting things done, focusing on immediate results whilst contributing to the long-term strategy of the team. • You are genuinely excited and aligned with our mission, demonstrating a strong commitment to making a positive social impact.
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