Overview
POSITION TITLE: Corporate Engagement Officer
REPORTS TO: Senior Director, Institutional Giving
SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None
LOCATION: New York (CSC) or anywhere ADL has an office
Grade/Class: Grade H, Exempt, PSA-Eligible
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
ADL is the leading anti-hate organization in the world. Founded in 1913, its timeless mission is “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Today, ADL continues to fight all forms of antisemitism and bias, using innovation and partnerships to drive impact. A global leader in combating antisemitism, countering extremism and battling bigotry wherever and whenever it happens, ADL works to protect democracy and ensure a just and inclusive society for all.
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:
The Corporate Engagement Officer is a key member of ADL’s fast-paced national development team. Major responsibilities include managing a portfolio of ADL’s six- and seven-figure corporate donors, including solicitation and stewardship, as well as developing and executing ADL’s National Corporate Partners Against Hate program and serving in a strategic leadership role for regional corporate relations fundraising and outreach. The Corporate Engagement Officer also leads and coordinates national corporate sponsorship and event opportunities across the organization.
Responsibilities
Primary:
- In partnership with the Sr. Director, design and implement corporate fundraising goals, strategies and prospect development plans to retain, enhance and expand corporate philanthropic support.
- Research, solicit, cultivate and/or manage a personal portfolio of corporate donors. Partner with programmatic colleagues to ensure project deliverables and reporting requirements are met.
- Provide strategic leadership and support to frontline fundraisers in their corporate engagement efforts.
- Serve as ADL Development liaison for incoming corporate philanthropic inquiries to ensure alignment, timely response and implementation of relationships.
- Oversee national Corporate Partners Against Hate (CPAH) program and develop and effectively implement benefits; lead in crafting Corporate Partners Against Hate policies and best-practices.
- Facilitate agency-wide strategy for securing corporate philanthropic engagement in partnership with frontline fundraising colleagues, regional operations teams, national programmatic team members, and our international colleagues.
- Serve as strategist and liaison between ADL and corporate sponsors for annual Never is Now summit and other national events.
- Represent Development on inter-departmental corporate working groups, as required.
Qualifications
Skills:
- Self-motivated team player with an energetic, flexible, and creative approach.
- Excellent communication and coalition-building skills with an ability to balance, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively present information to donors, board members.
- Highly organized with the ability to lead in a complex, fast-moving environment; a driving force who manages toward clarity and solutions is essential.
- Experience creating and working with a diverse team, providing strategic direction and delivering results is required.
- Ability to lead and drive results of employees working in remote work situations.
- Sound judgment and sensitivity to highly confidential information.
- Technical competence required. Working familiarity and comfort in database systems, reporting, and analysis.
- Reasonable level of experience using Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and comfort learning and utilizing new technology.
- Creativity, flexibility, and the ability to work with some ambiguity.
- A passion for the mission of ADL.
Work Experience:
- The ideal candidate has significant experience in institutional frontline fundraising with a proven track record of successful corporate partnership development.
- Supervisory experience preferred.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
Work Environment:
- ADL is a hybrid environment; this role may require 3 days in the office.
Compensation:
- This position has a salary range of $79,000 to $138,000. This salary range is reflective of a position based in New York, NY. Please note that actual salaries are commensurate with experience and reflect the budget for a given position, and since ADL has a location-based compensation structure, there may be a different range for candidates in other locations. For an overview of our total rewards package, please visit https://www.adl.org/about/careers.
ADL values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of underrepresented ethnic groups, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. ADL is an equal opportunity employer. Recruitment, hiring, promotions and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment shall be maintained in a manner which does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or military status, or in violation of any applicable Federal, state or local laws.
ADL will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation to support the interview process, please contact People & Culture at talentacquisition@adl.org.
ADL will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable State, Local, and Federal laws.
The information in this job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, or be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job, nor is it to be interpreted as a contract for employment.
