Job Description
The role involves managing and developing government partnerships to support Acumen's mission of addressing poverty and climate challenges through fundraising, proposal development, relationship management, and cross-functional collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage existing government partnerships and develop new ones to support climate and poverty strategies.
- Lead proposal development, including writing, budgeting, and responding to due diligence and contract negotiations.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams on grant management, reporting, compliance, and deliverables.
- Engage with government partners through relationship management, partner calls, and oversight of reporting.
- Organize and represent Acumen at events, conferences, and high-level meetings with government stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain stakeholder maps and conduct annual assessments of government partnerships.
- Research opportunities for engagement and support representation at external events and conferences.
- Update fundraising and communication materials for government audiences.
- Collaborate with internal teams to track partnership effectiveness and identify areas for strategic engagement.
Requirements
- Minimum of 8-10 years of relevant experience in fundraising, account management, or project management, ideally working with bilateral or multilateral donors.
- Grant writing and budgeting experience is essential and will be a core part of the role.
- Proficiency in managing and understanding project level budgets and forecasts.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Highly organized and detail oriented, able to prioritize and deliver on time.
- Operational skills such as problem solving and project management, including the ability to work and deliver projects independently, proactively, and within deadlines.
- Experience supporting proposal development, including writing, work planning, budget development, responding to due diligence, and contract negotiations for new business development opportunities with government funders.
- Experience in evaluating requests for proposals.
- Ability to support tracking the effectiveness of key government partnerships across the organization, working with grant managers to ensure consistent approaches and identify areas for deeper engagement.
- Ability to collaborate effectively cross-functionally with grant managers, finance, legal, communications, and regional teams to provide inputs on grant delivery, donor reporting, compliance, and dissemination of outputs.
- Experience developing and maintaining stakeholder maps for existing government partners, including mapping multiple engagements across geographies and programs.
- Ability to conduct an annual assessment of government partnerships and prepare an analysis deck to share partnership strengths and areas of opportunity.
- Experience conducting research on events, conferences, and opportunities for engagement with government audiences, including supporting the creation of conference sessions and representing the organization externally.
- Ability to update fundraising and communications collateral to incorporate new messaging for government partner audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and as an active member of a team, supporting knowledge sharing and participating in cohort meetings.
- Authorized to work in the US or UK.
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders with courtesy, tact, patience, and strong teamwork skills.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range in New York: $86,400 - $103,000 plus a performance-based bonus
Hybrid work arrangement based in New York or London
Opportunities for professional development through participation in cohort meetings and knowledge sharing
Potential for internal recognition and career growth within a mission-driven organization
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