Corporate and Private Partnerships Manager (Iran Nationals Only) - Iran

Job description

1. Role and responsibilities
The key role of the CORPORATE AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER is to generate new partnerships and/or funding support through engagement with the corporate sector, business leaders as well as individual philanthropists and private foundations. He/she is responsible for building NRC’s relationships with Iranian business leaders and international corporations with operations in Iran to develop joint projects as well as pro-bono, in kind and funding support to NRC. In addition, he/she will develop, implement and monitor a private fundraising strategy which aims to reach out to individual philanthropists and private foundations wanting to support vulnerable displaced children and youth in Iran.
The following is a brief description of the role.

Generic responsibilities:
1. Develop a Corporate Partnership Strategy for NRC Iran, in line with NRC’s global Corporate Partnership Strategy and Policy;
2. Develop a Private fundraising strategy for NRC Iran aiming to reach out to individual philanthropists and private foundations;
3. Identify partnership opportunities, broke and cultivate relationships, design partnership arrangements, facilitate partner negotiations, and formalize partnership deal structures;
4. In case of joint project with a Corporate or Private partner, contribute to proposal development together with the NRC programme unit;
5. With support of Advocacy and Communication unit, responsible for preparation of communication materials and tools (brochures, reports, infographics, web-based, social media, etc.) tailored for both engaging in a partnership and reporting back to partners;
6. Design, implement and be accountable for the organization of VIP events targeting corporate partners, business leaders, philanthropists and private foundations;
7. Ensure that tasks and activities in the unit are executed according to strategies, plans and procedures ;
8. Analyse and monitor the corporate and private fundraising environment as well as market trends relevant to humanitarian collaborations;
9. Monitor and evaluate partnerships and fundraising income, activities and costs ;
10. Any other task and responsibility falling under the mandate as instructed by the line manager.

Specific responsibilities:
1. Follow up leads and dialogues with corporates, business leaders, philanthropists and private foundations ;
2. Working consultatively and collaboratively with all NRC Iran units to identify concepts and suitable opportunities for corporate and private partnerships ;
3. With support of the Communication Unit, develop and implement solid communication with our corporate partners and private supporters (field reports, social media, web-based, etc.)
4. Work in partnership with Oslo based Head of Corporate Partnerships to ensure global and in country strategies are aligned;
5. Conduct due diligence/vetting of potential corporate and private partners and establish system to secure overview

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience within project management and/or corporate social responsibility, event management, or a relevant professional qualification ;
• Extensive knowledge of the Iranian corporate sector (international and domestic companies) ;
• Demonstrated ability to engage at senior levels in business and development sector contexts, and to build trust-based relationships with senior-level executives ;
• Experience working with stakeholders across the public, private, and non-profit sectors, and an existing network of contacts to draw upon if possible ;
• Demonstrated experience in creating new partnerships – including identifying partnership opportunities, brokering and cultivating relationships, designing partnership arrangements, facilitating partner negotiations, and formalizing partnership deal structures;
• Documented results related to strategic relationship building, partnerships and networking , and putting in place systems for relationship management;
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with other units (internal) and partners (external) ;
• Experience in developing and implementing fundraising or marketing/sales campaigns initiatives. Experience in event management for VIP guests ;
• Excellent project management skills ;
• Entrepreneurial mind-set and ability to devise creative win-win solutions.

Personal qualities

• Fluency in Farsi and English, both written and verbal ;
• Ability to multi-task and work with short deadlines ;
• Ability to work independently and proactively with limited daily support and supervision ;
• Knowledge of Afghan displacement crisis is an asset ;
• Previous work with charities or NGOs in Iran or abroad is an asset.

Language

• Persian (Farsi)
• English

We offer

Contract until end of 2017 with 1 year extension possibility.
This is a National Position

Miscellaneous info

• Travel: Some travelling must be expected