Territorial Director of Corporate Engagement

Territorial Director of Corporate Engagement

The Salvation Army South Territorial Headquarters, 1424 Northeast Expy, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA

Job Description

Posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM | Expires Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM

About this opportunity:

This position is responsible for pursuing, developing, managing, and stewarding new major corporate funding relationships within the territory for The Salvation Army on a regional, multi-city, territorial, and national (in sync with NHQ) basis, in collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders at all levels, including officer leaders, development professionals, leadership volunteers, and professional consultants, in order to maximize success with major corporate gifts generation and renewal across the territory, for programs and initiatives.

Key responsibilities:

• Develops through research a qualified list of top corporate prospects in the territory whose interests extend beyond local communities and develop communications and solicitation plans and goals for each prospect in sync with various stakeholders (including divisions) and in keeping with corporate interests.
• Works with divisions to support successful local corporate fundraising approaches generally through capacity development and resources and training.
• Identifies and recruits key board members (local, national), major donors and executive volunteers across the territory who have strong corporate leadership connections, to help with door-opening and scheduling appointments with key corporate decision-makers, working with assigned relationship managers.
• Solicits pre-disaster partnerships with major corporations for commitments to provide grants, point of purchase donation opportunities (to customers), internal employee donation drives, pro bono advertising or consulting, technology, equipment, personnel and/or in-kind resources in the early days of major disaster response.

What we are looking for in you:

• Five years of experience with professional fundraising and corporate partnerships, with a strong documented track record of success and success with securing corporate gifts at a six-figure or higher level. OR
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Ability to meet attendance requirements.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language.
• Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist on an intermittent or continuous basis.
• Ability to grasp, push, and pull objects such as files, and file cabinet drawers, and reach overhead.
• Ability to operate a telephone.
• Ability to operate a desktop or laptop computer.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
• Ability to access and produce information from a computer.
• Ability to understand written information.
• Ability to travel as necessary to carry out responsibilities and assignments.

Working Conditions:

Work is usually performed in a normal office environment where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

Employee Benefits:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Holiday Paid Time Off
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plans and more!

Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans. Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

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