Manager, Coalition Building
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Coalition-building manager coordinating philanthropic partnerships, workstreams and convenings at CDP, a strategic disaster-philanthropy organization. Advancing equitable disaster recovery through stakeholder engagement and collective action.
Responsibilities:
- Translate CDP’s coalition-building strategy and priorities into actionable workplans, milestones and deliverables
- Manage assigned coalition initiatives and workstreams from planning through implementation
- Monitor progress and adjust approaches as needed
- Manage project plans, timelines, meetings, documentation and follow-up
- Track deliverables, stakeholder commitments, budgets, risks, decisions and milestones
- Identify implementation challenges and recommend or implement solutions
- Manage partner relationships and coordinate onboarding and engagement of coalition participants
- Hold contributors accountable for commitments and escalate significant risks or barriers
- Support engagement with funders, humanitarian organizations, grassroots networks and other stakeholders
- Plan and facilitate coalition meetings, workshops and convenings
- Synthesize discussions, learning and stakeholder input into summaries, recommendations, talking points and knowledge-sharing materials
- Navigate differing stakeholder perspectives and identify opportunities for alignment and collective action
- Foster cross-departmental collaboration within CDP
- Assist with fundraising materials, grant proposals and reporting
- Represent CDP at select convenings and peer network events
- Track fundraising commitments, coalition budgets and resource needs
- Document coalition value, outcomes and stories for communications
- Collaborate with fund management, marketing and communications, development, and strategy and innovations teams
- Improve internal processes, tools and systems for coalition building
- Share lessons and contribute to effective coalition-building practices
- Report to the director of coalition building and support organization-wide priorities
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience in stakeholder engagement, project management, philanthropy, community engagement, disaster and humanitarian response or related fields
- Experience independently managing complex projects or workstreams involving 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 managing timelines, deliverables and coordination across teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including facilitation or meeting management experience
- Ability to synthesize information, identify patterns and translate insights into clear recommendations
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and navigate ambiguity effectively
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and ability to learn and use project management, collaboration and relationship-management technologies
- Preferred: experience in philanthropy, nonprofit, humanitarian or disaster recovery sectors
- Preferred: experience 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 US time zones
- Ability to provide documentation of extended legal eligibility to work in the United States
- Resume and cover letter required
Benefits:
- Flexible remote work
- Salaried, exempt position
- Equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination protections







