4-H, the nation’s largest youth development organization, grows confident young people who are empowered for life today and prepared for career tomorrow. 4-H programs empower nearly six million young people across the U.S. through experiences that develop critical life skills. In the U.S., 4-H serves every county and parish through our network of 110 universities and more than 3000 local offices. 4-H garners support from a unique private-public partnership of universities, federal and local government agencies, foundations and professional associations. 4-H is the private sector, non-profit partner of the Cooperative Extension System and 4-H National Headquarters located at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Position Summary

The Account Manager, Foundation works in partnership with Resource Development and Marketing colleagues to manage donor relationships through the creation and efficient delivery of holistic National 4- H Council partnerships, inclusive of high-quality 4-H Positive Youth Development programming nationwide and Council-led enhancements (i.e., marketing, professional development). Combining grant management, budget management and donor stewardship, the Account Manager, Foundation will be expected to provide high-level project management to 4-H stakeholders (National 4-H Council, 4-H National Headquarters [NIFA/USDA] and 4-H field affiliates) and foundation decision makers to advance 4-H’s mission. Under the leadership of the Sr. Manager, the Account Manager, Foundation will work to ensure donor satisfaction and grantee success through effective project management, fiscal management, and excellent donor stewardship to guarantee ongoing donor support, retention, and renewal. This position anchors multiple, cross-functional internal and external teams.

Responsibilities:

Account Management

• Liaise between cross-functional and external internal teams to ensure timely and successful delivery of solutions per donor's needs, and to improve the entire customer experience.
• Understand and anticipate donor needs and assist teams in exceeding donor expectations.
• Serve as day-to-daylead point of contact and administrator for all matters specific to donor account management.
• Manage program plan and timeline with internal teams and keep them informed and on track to execute deliverable promptly; maintain action items in a central location for the team.
• Provide strategic, high-level guidance and oversight to project team.
• Communicate funding opportunities and donor expectations to 4-H stakeholdersnationwide.
• Stay informed about organizational needs and strategic priorities.
• Communicate partner program updates and program performance both internally and externally on regular donor calls and meetings as well as through formal donor reports.

Sub-grant and Contract Administration

• Manage Request for Proposals (RFPs)/Request for Applications (RFAs) and contracting processes to gain field participation in funded projects and programs.
• Draft RFPs/RFAs and oversee the solicitation, review and selection process for grantees and contractors.
• Ensure creation of final scopes of work for all grant agreements, and contracts are provided to the Purchasing and Contracts Manager to generate required legal documents.
• Facilitate grant and contract execution and payments as agreed.
• Work with cross-functional leads to monitor achievement of deliverables per agreements and receipt of reporting.
• Serve as primary contact for any sub-grant and contract administration issues, directly accountable for resolution, promptly responding to internal and external customer needs.

Program Monitoring and Grant Compliance

• Serve as primary contact with 4-H field and donors for reports. Monitor field activity via reports and frequent contact; lead development of reporting templates;
• Facilitate and provide training to field staff as needed in reporting and evaluation procedures; develop and deliver formal donor reports for each assigned account.
• Act as primary budget steward by monitoring monthly project spending, accounting of expenses against approved budget and ensure achievement of Indirect Cost Recovery projections for each account managed.
• Develop a budget tracking system for internal and external reports.
• Assure fiscal integrity of program operation and timely spending of dollars to ensure implementation meets donor expectations.
• Conduct periodic site visits to monitor grant administration and financial operations.
• Coordinate budget work with Accounting department colleagues to ensure fidelity to project timeline.
• Track essential metrics for each grant including the number of youth reached through 4-H Positive Youth Development.
• Develop proficiency in using WebGrants, SharePoint, and searching in MAS500 for program reporting.

Donor Stewardship

• In partnership with Development Director and Sr. Manager, provide ongoing stewardship of national foundation donors.
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting donor relationships.
• Develop formal performance reports for each assigned account at least annually and according to donor requirements in support of donor stewardship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five to seven years’ experience in account management, project management, and working with multiple, complex cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated donor stewardship, program, and grants compliance experience for a non-profit, required.
• Prior budget management and project management experience in the non-or for-profit industry.
• Prior experience managing RFPs/ RFAs and sub-grant and contracting processes.
• Must have strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Proficiency in WebGrants, SharePoint, and searching in MAS500 for program reporting, highly desired.
• Must be able to perform in a team-orientedenvironment.
• Strong communication and organizational skills and ability to prioritize.

Director of Communications,MajorityAction

Location:Flexible/Remote.Wework on an Eastern time zone schedule with some flexibility for non Eastern time zones.

Reports to: Executive  Director

About MajorityAction:

MajorityAction is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering shareholders of all sizes to hold corporations and their leaders accountable to high  standards of long-term value  creation, corporate  governance, and social responsibility.

Our campaigns expose harmful corporate  governance and behavior, catalyze investor  and public action, and confront the minority who make corporate  abuses possible to defend the long-term financial, environmental, and social interests of the majority. We do this by weaving together  investigative research, institutional investor engagement, strategic communications, and grassroots partnerships into integrated strategic campaigns.

While Majority Action is not a traditional membership-based organization; the team works in close partnership with grassroots organizations. We work together  to develop strategies and execute tactics that support everyday people making their power felt in corporate boardrooms. Learn more atwww.majorityaction.us.

MajorityAction staff collectively believes that transformational change is possible, and that achieving such change requires tenacity, creativity, rigor, and collaboration. We strive to balance strategic pragmatism to advance campaigns with the courage to challenge ideas and systems that undermine sustainability, equity, and justice.

Our team values:

●   Integrityin our relationships

●   Asking hard questions, and adapting based on what we learn

●   Excellencein our work

●   Nimblenessand strategic flexibility in the face of challenge

●   Deep, equitable, and mutually beneficial partnerships

●   Working with awareness of and respect for our needs

Responsibilities:

●   Reimagineways to fundamentally transform the conversation on corporate accountability

●   Create measurable results  by owning Majority Action’s organizational communications strategy and execution across platforms, in partnership with their agency of record

●   Develop clear and consistent messaging across platforms that reframes the debate and

creates  the conditions for winning campaigns

●   Foster a culture of storytelling by building strong,  trusting relationships with teammates and movement partners

●   Develop systems and guidelines that enable rapid  response while protecting the

organization fromlegal  and reputational risks

●   Craft, edit, and proofread content to accurately reflect the voice and tone of the organization

●   Build  relationships to leverage the expertise of team members and strategic partners

to produce concise  and effective content – including reports, op-eds,  email blasts, press releases, and social media posts

The ideal candidate willhave:

●   A track record of designing and launching strategic communications plans that achieve desired outcomes in a campaigning, labor, or nonprofit context

●   Excellent  storytelling and written communication skills, with the ability to distill

complex conceptsinto clear and explainable statements

●   A background building multi-channel communications strategies that shift narratives among target audiences

●   An entrepreneurial spirit and proactive approach to project management, with

experience buildingout frameworks, templates, and processes to codify and simplify work

●   Hands-on experience developingand executing a brand or organization’s tone of voice

and messaging strategy

●   Exceptional attentionto detail, comfort with complexity, and intellectual curiosity

●   A history of relationship building that is centered in integrity, collaboration, and equity

●   Deep experience managing internal and external stakeholders effectively to execute in both rapid  response and long-term campaign moments

●   Clear alignment with our mission around corporate  accountability and challenging

systemsthat undermine sustainability, racial  equity, and inclusion

●   A background pitching press and securing publication helpful, but not required

Salary:commensurate with experience up to $125,000. This is a full-time exempt position.

Benefitsinclude:

●   100%  employer-covered health insurance, including dependent coverage