Position Title: Foundation Relations Manager
Our (Awesome) Team
We are a fast-paced, high-performance team that is ambitious in our pursuits, passionate about our mission, and creative in our execution. We encourage professional development by exposing team members to all aspects of our organization.
Think you want to join our team? We are actively seeking a Foundation Relations Manager to join our team in our Santa Barbara, CA office. Details on the specific responsibilities and minimum qualifications are provided below, but before reading on please ask yourself the following questions:
If you’ve answered “yes” to each question, please read on!
The Position
ShelterBox USA is looking for a dynamic and strategy-minded Foundation Relations Manager who will partner with SBUSA’s Director of Foundation Relations. This position is responsible for growing and sustaining funding from foundations to support the global mission of providing emergency shelter and essential supplies to communities devastated by disaster or conflict situations.
The Manager is responsible for facilitating the entire fundraising cycle including identifying, soliciting, stewarding, growing and renewing foundation gifts to support ShelterBox USA’s mission. This includes but is not limited to prospect, donor, grant, and report research; foundation grant and report writing, foundation data management and analysis, and strategic planning.
Additional critical tasks include
Position Status and Location
This position is an exempt, full-time role and is located at ShelterBox USA’s fundraising headquarters in Santa Barbara, California.
The Person We’re Looking For
The person we are looking for is dynamic, full of energy and focused on our goal of establishing and building deeper relationship to secure foundation gifts. The Foundation Relations Manager is responsible for supporting the foundation fundraising activities of ShelterBox USA.
Required:
Preferred:
We offer a progressive benefits package including health insurance, paid time off, and professional growth opportunities
Due to the nature of a disaster relief organization, employees may be asked to work extended hours or on holidays without much advance notice.
At ShelterBox, successful leaders are engaged, lifelong learners who are excellent listeners and coaches, and value deep, authentic collaboration in a cross-functional team. Most importantly, at ShelterBox, success is measured in the “we” and not the “me.” Our leaders believe that their own success is measured not by personal accomplishment, but by how their team is growing and contributing, both as individuals and as a whole.
Instructions on How to Apply
To apply for this position, submit your resume and cover letter to careers@shelterboxusa.org . Resumes with accompanying cover letters will be considered more carefully than those without. Please include salary expectations. No phones calls please.
ShelterBox is a leading global nonprofit organization whose mission is to deliver humanitarian aid in the form of shelter and lifesaving supplies when natural disaster or political conflict devastates a region. From Syria, to Somaliland, the Philippines, Indonesia, the Lake Chad Basin, and beyond, in 2019 ShelterBox provided shelter to more than 145,000 people who were left homeless from disaster and conflict situations. ShelterBox has a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, a platinum status in GuideStar, was nominated for the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Peace Prize and is the official project partner of Rotary International in disaster relief.