Manager, Partner Communications

Salary Range

$80,000 – $85,000 / year

Position Overview

We are currently seeking an outgoing, strategic communications professional to help us expand and strengthen visibility of World Food Program USA’s corporate and institutional partnerships. The Manager, Partner Communications, reports to the Deputy Director, Communications and is responsible for liaising with the Corporate, Institutional, and MarComms teams and external donor organizations to build and implement strategic communications plans that amplify awareness and drive engagement. They must be an exceptionally strong project manager and have experience managing grant announcements, cause marketing, and ESG communication campaigns for the mutual benefit of the nonprofit entity and their corporate and institutional partners.

About World Food Program USA

World Food Program USA’s values provide the framework for how we behave and work together to reach our goals to feed and save the lives of the most vulnerable people around the world. Those values are:

• Collaborative: We are all one team.
• Accountable: We own our work.
• Respectful: We are kind to each other.
• Inclusive: We champion diversity.
• Optimistic: We have a make it happen attitude.

We are looking for applicants who embody these values and are invested in forwarding our mission.

Why Join Us?

• We are a dynamic, forward-leaning, financially stable organization.
• You will be joining an effective, committed, high-performing group of colleagues who are well-regarded in the community.
• This position will play a crucial role in aiding the organization in their mission of ending global hunger.

Highlighted Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead communications point of contact for World Food Program USA’s Corporate and Institutional Partnerships team, working with them to build a cadence of upcoming partnership activations and corresponding communications opportunities to elevate awareness, highlight partnership impact, and drive action.
• Work with the Director, Communications and Deputy Director, Communications to build strategic communications plans for partnership announcements and milestones, extending the lifetime of these announcements in external and internal communications via multiple channels.
• Serve as project manager for communication plans, holding cross-departmental meetings, maintaining action plans, and tracking KPIs to ensure successful execution on time and within scope.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with WFP USA Corporate team, communication channel leads, communication leads at partner organizations, and WFP Communications and Development divisions to foster trust and collaboration.
• Identify opportunities for promotion outside of major partner milestones, through thought leadership, events, media, and social media integration.
• Work with Corporate and Institutional Partnerships teams to build marketing components and campaigns into partner pitches, leveraging knowledge of cause marketing and ESG.
• Support Corporate and Institutional Partnerships teams in event development and execution.
• Support content development and review process for partner communications, including materials such as key messages, press releases, briefing documents, and speaking remarks.
• Track campaign performance and report back.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Experience: 4+ years of relevant work experience in grant announcements and communications, cause marketing, ESG communications, and project management.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., public relations, communications, marketing, journalism, or related field).
• Must live in the greater Washington, DC area and able to commute to our DC office as needed.
• May require occasional U.S. travel for partner meetings and events.
• Preferred: Nonprofit and agency experience strongly preferred.
• Experience developing and project managing the execution of strategic communications plans with multiple internal and external parties engaged.
• Working knowledge of public relations, media relations, events management, digital communications, and stakeholder communications.
• Strong interest in humanitarian assistance, international development, or global hunger.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects with minimal oversight in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment.
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented with flawless writing and proofreading skills.
• Professional demeanor and interpersonal style that elicits trust from leadership, funders, staff, and partners.
• Strong team player with a collaborative work ethic and ability to work well across multiple stakeholders.
• Must be a proficient and polished communicator.

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