Associate, Employer Partnerships

About the role

This individual will lead the recruitment of thousands of volunteers from our employer partners. As a member of the Employer Partnerships team, you will build and scale systems that enable Braven to recruit 6,000+ volunteers over the next two years, while also contributing to the team's broader efforts across fundraising, employer stewardship, and student-facing programs.

Responsibilities

• Partner Research, Communications, and Stewardship (40%)

• Support Braven's Employer Partnerships strategy by researching prospects, surveying the changing employer landscape across industries and sectors, and staying on top of and circulating trends and news
• Ensure the Employer Partnership Team has the materials and resources needed to cultivate and effectively manage 75 - 150 employer partnerships by crafting persuasive presentations and drafting communications that motivate action across a portfolio of new and existing employer partners
• Provide hands-on support to Employer Partnership Directors and Head of Employer Partnerships managing Braven's top-tier accounts, especially for student-facing events and key partner engagements
• Collaborate with Braven's marketing team to design compelling materials that elevate Braven's value proposition for both partners and volunteers
• Triage and manage the partnerships inbox, ensuring timely, thoughtful responses to partner inquiries and requests

• Team Operations and Systems (40%)

• Elevate the operational excellence of the Employer Partnerships Team by designing and refining systems, processes, and tools that support scale and make impact possible
• Facilitate weekly team meetings and project manage follow-through on internal and external priorities - including meeting prep and follow-up, regional team coordination, pipeline review, and internal communication
• Support Head of Employer Partnerships in preparing for check-ins, tactical meetings, and ensuring we are meeting our goals and KPIs
• Manage and maintain high-quality data across accounts, contacts, meetings, and engagements in Braven's CRM, ensuring accuracy and accountability
• Steward partner relationships through thoughtful campaigns - like thank-you efforts, recognition in Braven's impact reports, and donor acknowledgment letters
• Oversee logistics and project management for bi-annual Braven Employer Council meetings
• Collaborate with the Data Insights and Data Operations teams to create and improve dashboards that help the team use data to drive decisions
• Create and maintain a centralized resource hub to ensure internal stakeholders have easy access to the materials and information they need to engage partners effectively

• Help project manage 100+ volunteer referral points of contact across employer partners in close collaboration with Braven's Employer Partnerships Directors, using email campaigns as a primary strategy to engage and mobilize volunteers at scale
• Deliver operational excellence - using tools like mail merges, CRMs, Tableau dashboards, trackers, calendars, and project plans to execute large-scale, high-stakes, deadline-driven recruitment campaigns efficiently and effectively
• Monitor data and performance in real time, using insights to refine strategies and drive continuous improvement

Requirements

• Minimum Requirements: 3-5 years of program management, project management, partnership management experience or related experience with a track record of achieving ambitious outcomes and building efficient systems
• Bachelor's degree
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills
• Highly-developed attention to detail, systems, and customer service
• A builder's mindset: you bring energy and creativity to building systems from the ground up, pressure testing them, and iterating to improve efficiency and impact
• Comfort making sense of complex data and using it to develop tailored strategies, clear priorities, and actionable next steps
• Thrives in ambiguity and finds joy in collaborating deeply with others and being a part of a rapidly growing organization
• Learns quickly and manages large volumes of feedback on a regular basis
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams
• Proficiency in Salesforce, Jira, Google Sheets, and generative AI tools, or similar systems
• Demonstrated commitment to building strong and welcoming cultures that help to develop others
• Exemplification of Braven's core values