Manager, Coalition Building

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Translate the coalition-building strategy and priorities of CDP into actionable work plans, milestones, and deliverables.

• Oversee assigned coalition initiatives and workstreams from the planning phase through to implementation.

• Monitor progress and make adjustments to approaches as necessary.

• Manage project plans, timelines, meetings, documentation, and follow-up actions.

• Track deliverables, stakeholder commitments, budgets, risks, decisions, and milestones.

• Identify implementation challenges and propose or execute solutions.

• Manage relationships with partners and coordinate the onboarding and engagement of coalition participants.

• Hold contributors accountable for their commitments and escalate significant risks or obstacles.

• Support engagement efforts with funders, humanitarian organizations, grassroots networks, and other stakeholders.

• Plan and facilitate coalition meetings, workshops, and convenings.

• Synthesize discussions, insights, and stakeholder feedback into summaries, recommendations, talking points, and knowledge-sharing materials.

• Navigate diverse stakeholder perspectives and identify opportunities for alignment and collective action.

• Promote cross-departmental collaboration within CDP.

• Assist in creating fundraising materials, grant proposals, and reporting.

• Represent CDP at selected convenings and peer network events.

• Track fundraising commitments, coalition budgets, and resource requirements.

• Document the coalition's value, outcomes, and stories for communication purposes.

• Collaborate with fund management, marketing and communications, development, and strategy and innovations teams.

• Enhance internal processes, tools, and systems for coalition building.

• Share lessons learned and contribute to effective coalition-building practices.

• Report to the director of coalition building and support organization-wide priorities.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in stakeholder engagement, project management, philanthropy, community engagement, disaster and humanitarian response, or related fields.

• Proven experience in independently managing complex projects or workstreams that involve multiple internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to exercise sound judgment, solve problems, and make recommendations in complex or ambiguous situations.

• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage timelines, deliverables, and coordination across teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience in facilitation or meeting management.

• Ability to synthesize information, identify patterns, and translate insights into clear recommendations.

• Capability to manage multiple tasks with exceptional attention to detail.

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and effectively navigate ambiguity.

• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and the ability to learn and utilize project management, collaboration, and relationship management technologies.

• Preferred: experience in philanthropy, nonprofit, humanitarian, or disaster recovery sectors.

• Preferred: experience in supporting collaborative funds, coalitions, alliances, or cross-organizational initiatives.

• Preferred: familiarity with fundraising or resource mobilization.

• Preferred: experience using relationship management tools or CRM systems.

• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. now and in the future.

• Must be based in Mountain, Central, or Eastern U.S. time zones.

• Ability to provide documentation of extended legal eligibility to work in the United States.

• Resume and cover letter are required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible remote work options.

• Salaried, exempt position.

• Equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination protections.