Job Title: Manager, Corporate Engagement
Department: Government & External Relations
Center Background: The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights around the world. With offices in New York City, New York; Nairobi, Kenya; Bogota, Colombia; Geneva, Switzerland; and Washington, D.C., the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our 230+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center’s human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work. This has powered the Center’s exceptional growth to an operating budget of over $50 million and won the respect of law firms in countries around the world, with an additional $29 million annually of donated legal services, representing the work of countless lawyers from more than 46 countries.
The Center’s Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact: By 2030, half of the world’s population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they are today. The Center has a track record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies. Additionally, the Center has led the development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights and has built the legal capacity of women’s rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting.
The Role: The Center is building a corporate engagement strategy and function as part of its strategic growth. The Manager, Corporate Engagement, will contribute to the function’s strategy implementation by building out a corporate program, identifying opportunities for growth, establishing and delivering on workplans, and setting up and maintaining a contact management system. They will also drive collaboration across other teams at the Center, such as campaigns, federal and state policy, pro bono, development, and global advocacy.
An ideal candidate thrives in a dynamic fast-paced environment, excels in close collaboration across functions, can provide clarity from ambiguity, and has at least 8 years’ experience in project and program management. This role will support the Corporate Engagement team and work closely with key stakeholders inside and outside of the organization. The Manager, Corporate Engagement will report to the Senior Director, Corporate Engagement.
The role will be based in New York City in a hybrid model of 3 days in office, 2 days working from home. Covid-19 Vaccination is required for all U.S.-based Center employees.
Primary Responsibilities: Program implementation and management
- Partners with Corporate Engagement Senior Director to identify programmatic elements, deadlines and deliverables
- Develops and maintains relationships with colleagues and vendors to build and support tech tools for relationship management
- Sets up project management systems and workback plan templates
- Updates systems and templates as needed
- Helps identify and secure needed resources for implementation
- Coordinates and collaborates with other teams to identify and secure speakers, expertise, etc. for program-related events, webinars, and resources
- Oversees the successful planning, implementation, and execution of multiple projects through all phases of the project lifecycle, on-time, on budget, and within scope.
Program strategy
- Partners with Corporate Engagement Senior Director to build out strategy and plan for its implementation
- Ensures regular check-ins across functions to collaborate, share strategic goals, and gather feedback
- Sets key checkpoints against strategic goals
- Helps manage Board Task Force and “kitchen cabinet” of advisors to weigh in on strategic questions and priorities as needs arise
Relationship management and tracking
- Works with CRR Technology Support Services and/or vendors to build out and maintain customer relationship management (CRM) system for corporate engagement
- Tracks growing corporate community, proactively prompting next steps and calls to build and deepen relationships
- Tracks collaboration with coalitions (e.g. Don’t Ban Equality) and coalition partners to ensure we contribute and follow up
- Evangelizes use of the CRM with others throughout the organization
- Promotes CRM use and provides needed CRM support to members of corporate engagement team
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and 8-10 years’ professional experience required
- Proven experience developing and iterating on project templates and plans. Experience with project management software like Monday.com preferred; exposure to agile project management approaches welcomed
- Proven experience setting up and maintaining CRM. Experience with Salesforce preferred, but not required.
- Able to work collaboratively across the entire organization with a focus on global inclusivity. Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience communicating with and influencing senior leadership as well as framing discussions to gain valuable feedback and experience.
- Experience communicating with external stakeholders and senior corporate stakeholders.
- Advanced competency using digital tools such as SharePoint, PowerPoint, Teams, Monday.com, Word, Excel, and Outlook
Don’t meet every single requirement? At the Center, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Behavioral Competencies:
- Develop & Manage Self & Others: Takes ownership of individual growth in order to achieve full potential; recognizes the value of direct reports and helps them develop their full potential while also achieving set objectives.
- Collaboration (People First): Works intra- and/or cross-departmentally to support the goals and overarching strategies of the Center and its strategic plan.
- Feedback (Improve & Innovate): Actively engaged in feedback cycles: Gives and requests feedback to and from peers, supervisors and direct reports about work products, behaviors, values, style, and approaches with a view on how this impacts self, other individuals, and teams.
- Accountability: Follow-through on each commitment made to individual contributors, teams and partners and proactively informs others of any delays that occur along the way.
Work Competencies:
- Project Management: Works effectively on project teams in order to achieve long-term project goal and objectives.
- Problem Solve & Make Decisions: Identifies, analyzes and resolves existing and anticipated problems, using common sense to make timely decisions in order to reach the best solutions for the organization.
- Internal/External Focus: Anticipates internal and external partner’s needs; assesses requirements and identifies new solutions that align with overall goals and objectives of the organization.
- Communication & Influence: Communicates with and influences others to gain agreement and commitment to the strategic goals of the organization.
Compensation: This position is $85,000 annually.
Benefits:
- Health: The Center pays up to 95%* of the premium for a comprehensive health insurance plan with no in-network deductible and best-in-class reproductive healthcare coverage, including infertility. The Center also offers Dental and Vision coverage. (* % may differ in various countries)
- Flexibility: The Center currently operates in a hybrid model, allowing staff to work 3 days in the office and work 2 days from home
- Well-being: The Center offers resources to help prevent and recover from burnout through different programs that enable mental, physical and community well-being. The Center offers generous leave including paid parental leave, personal days, vacation, and sick leave. We are also closed the last week of December to allow staff to spend time with their loved ones.
- Growth: You will be working with and learning from some of the top legal and operational minds, all passionate about the mission of advancing reproductive rights around the world. You will also be eligible for a stipend to use towards professional growth.
- Global: You will get a front-row seat to update on the fight for reproductive rights in the global space. You will also have access to Employee Resource Groups to connect to colleagues that share similar interests/backgrounds/views.
- Investment: After the first year of employment, the Center will contribute 7.5%* of your annual salary to a 401(k) (* only applicable in US and Kenya)
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Center is committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage people from all communities to apply. If you are excited about this role and unsure about whether your past experience aligns with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.
Our hiring processes and our work culture offer support and flexibility for staff with a variety of needs. Should you face an accessibility barrier in the application and interview process please let us know by contacting talent@reprorights.org. We will work with you to provide the accommodation that works best for you.
To learn more about the Center’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), please visit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Center for Reproductive Rights
Learn more about the Center for Reproductive Rights, go to www.reproductiverights.org
FLSA Exempt Status: This role is exempt.
Union Status: This role is covered by the Center’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.
How to Apply: Please complete the application below to apply. A cover letter and resume must be included in your application. Please include these application materials as attachments.
Please note that all genuine Center openings must be applied through the Center website. The Center does not charge a fee at any stage in the recruitment process (application, interviews, or selection). Nor does it request any medical eminations or bank account information as part of this process. If someone contacts, you on behalf of the Center requesting payment for your application please notify talent@reprorights.org before taking any further action.
Our hiring processes and our work culture offer support and flexibility for staff with a variety of needs. Should you face an accessibility barrier in the application and interview process please let us know by contacting talent@reprorights.org . We will work with you to provide the accommodation that works best for you.
Deadline for applications: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Center policy on visa sponsorship for US based positions: Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by The Center for Reproductive Rights.
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