Community Partnerships Lead, Office of Community Engagement

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify, cultivate, and advance relationships with prospective partners, moving them through the stages of prospecting, qualification, proposal, and agreement or collaborative project.
• Lean into development and maintenance of organizations and stakeholders, ensuring a systematic approach to relationship management and partnership development.
• Research and identify external funding proposals that present viable funding opportunities for OCE and community-focused external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with community partners to coordinate planning, grant writing, program design, budget development, and evaluation of grant funded projects.
• Afford assistance in managing OCE partnerships, including overseeing grant implementation, administration, and programmatic reporting for awarded grants.
• Liaise with the Argonne research community to identify opportunities where current research priorities and research expertise align with community interests and challenges.
• Demonstrate proficiency with AI tools to enhance relationship management, data analysis, grant prospecting, and partnership tracking.
• Partner with the OCE Community Engagement Strategist to facilitate management of external stakeholder relationships.
• Partner with the OCE Communications Coordinator to build awareness and support the execution of partnership communication strategies.
• Provide support for logistical needs of community engagement work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• PA4: Bachelor’s degree in liberal arts, business or science related field required and 6+ years of experience driving strategic partnerships with communities, agencies, non-profit organizations, and small business to further organizational goals and mission.
• Strong grant writing skills. Ability to blend technical and creative writing skills.
• Extensive knowledge of the principles and practices of grants application and monitoring.
• Promising track record of securing grant funding.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
• Experience in managing projects across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Knowledge of the Chicagoland community engagement ecosystem, networks, political environment, and key influencers is preferred.
• Ability to work with considerable independence within a team environment and a network of relationships.
• Ability to maintain records and develop reports to disseminate on a regular basis disclosing program results.
• Ability to travel in the performance of duties.
• Ability to attend events outside of normal business hours including nights and weekends periodically.
• Passion for the strategic thought partnership role as well as the mission of the lab.
• Ability to model Argonne’s Core Values: Impact, Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork.