Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
The Role: Partnerships Associate
To achieve our mission, TFT is looking to recruit an Associate who will play a key role in supporting the actions, strategies, and systems undergirding Teach for Thailand's cultivation of this deep and dynamic donor pipeline. His/her duties will range from account management, research and meeting, preparation, and partnership engagement to execute expansive partnerships. A make-it-happen and can-do attitude, disciplined work habits, and attention to detail will be keys to success in this role. The Associate will report directly to the Head of Partnerships.
Outcomes and Responsibilities:
This position will play a key role in building a strong base of supporters for Teach for Thailand's efforts by co-owning accounts along with the functional head to increase and accelerate our efforts to build a constituency of champions and raise THB 70m annually. We hope to increase our annual target by 10% to 15% by:
- Shortlisting companies and/or foundations based on in-depth research to build a pipeline of prospects donors.
- Growing and securing meetings from the list of prospects.
- Maintain tracker and database and updates and follow through on progress.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Account Management & Partnership Engagement Support
- Act as the primary point of contact for assigned accounts.
- Escalate, track, and resolve key account issues
- Deliver and execute partnerships strategy in order to support securing necessary resources (financial and in-kind) for the organization to execute the program
- Engage current partners through different levers in a creative and systematic way with the results such as inviting and taking donors to our events
- Engage and inspire prospects and advocates of Teach for Thailand in order to build lasting relationships in both the short and long term
- Process cash receipt forms for pledges and gifts in a timely manner
- Maintaining systems that allow the team to understand our progress and track critical tasks
- Draft donor-related communications, such as thank you letters, email correspondence, donor’s reports, and donor histories for network partners
Research and Meeting Preparation
- Conduct in-depth analysis of new and existing donors to inform strategy for influencing, motivating, and inspiring donors to contribute to our work
- Create strategic meeting briefs with appropriate objectives, asks, angles and donor history that anticipate potential questions from funders and proposed potential responses
- Prepare high-level landscape analysis research to build Teach for Thailand’s fundraising pipeline, identifying alignment between our work and donor interests and recommending concrete next steps for the managers
Proposal and Report Development
- Prepare partnership proposals and materials, including partnership agreements and MOUs.
- Ensure all partnership terms are well-defined, mutually beneficial, and legally compliant.
- Develop an annual or quarterly report for donors
