Corporate & Foundation Relations Officer
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Organization: By The Hand Club For Kids is a Christian after-school program... (description). This is about the role? Could be "About the role" or "About the organization". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content.
We have:
- Rate of Pay: $90,000 - $100,000 per year => Pay section.
- Overview of Position: description of role, reporting to SVP, duties etc. That could be "About the role" (overview). Also "Responsibilities" later.
- Spiritual Requirements: list of spiritual requirements.
- Role Responsibilities: bullet list.
- Required Skills/Abilities: bullet list.
- Education and Experience: bullet list.
- Work Environment: description.
- Physical Demands: description.
- Disclaimer etc: boilerplate to remove.
- Benefits: Not mentioned explicitly. No benefits details. So we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does not mention benefits, so omit.
- Schedule: Not mentioned. Omit.
- Pay: we have.
- Qualifications: Could combine Education and Experience and maybe Skills? But we have separate headings: Qualifications, Skills. The instruction says use those headings if content exists. We have Education and Experience (qualifications). Also Required Skills/Abilities (skills). So we can have Qualifications (education + experience) and Skills (required skills/abilities). Also maybe Requirements: could include spiritual requirements? Or "Requirements" could be spiritual requirements plus maybe other mandatory items like driver's license, transportation, auto insurance. The posting includes "Spiritual Requirements" and also "Must have a valid driver's license, available transportation and their own auto insurance". So we can put those under Requirements.
Thus sections:
- About the role: overview paragraph.
- Responsibilities: bullet list from Role Responsibilities.
- Requirements: spiritual requirements + driver's license etc.
- Qualifications: Education and Experience.
- Skills: Required Skills/Abilities.
- Pay: Rate of Pay.
We should not include Benefits or Schedule.
We need to use for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like disclaimer, EEO, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove duplicated lines.
We need to ensure we include all substantive info from the posting.
Let's extract substantive info:
About the role (overview):
"By The Hand Club For Kids is a Christian, after-school program that emphasizes academic excellence while nurturing the whole child - mind, body and soul. Located in Chicago’s most under-resourced neighborhoods, By The Hand helps children have abundant life. The culture of By The Hand is Christ-centered, people-focused and results oriented. While loving and nurturing, By The Hand has a strong results-orientation, a very structured program and a growth mindset that believes with hard work we can all continue to learn and grow. Joining By The Hand’s incredible mission as an abundant life builder means jumping right into the work of healing and hope on behalf of our extraordinary children. You’ll have the opportunity of a lifetime to impact the trajectory of generations of stories; helping students soar to success in their academic performance, practice personal accountability and, even more importantly, grow in their understanding of God and their relationship with Jesus. By The Hand is a not-for-profit, religious organization. Individuals employed at By The Hand are working in ministerial roles and perform all or some of the following responsibilities: sharing the Gospel, teaching chapel, leading Bible studies, discipling students, and modeling behavior that is consistent with Christ’s teaching."
But note that the last sentence about responsibilities may be more appropriate under Responsibilities? However it's part of overview. We'll keep it in About the role.
Overview of Position: "Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Strategic Engagement, the Corporate and Foundation Relations (CF) Officer directly drives By The Hand’s fundraising efforts by actively managing a portfolio of major corporate and foundation relationships. In this high-impact role, the CF Officer will develop and execute targeted strategies to cultivate new funding partnerships, maximize current opportunities, and expand the organization’s grant footprint toward an overall fundraising goal exceeding $13 million. The CF Officer will be expected to manage the full fundraising cycle from identification to stewardship of all entities in their portfolio. To effectively drive partner relations and secure funding, the CF Officer will serve as a cross-functional catalyst—collaborating closely with the Grants Manager on grant writing and compliance, partnering with Volunteer Development to deliver high-quality corporate engagement experiences, and aligning with the broader Fund Development team to optimize every relational touchpoint. The CF Officer will be held accountable for meeting an individual fundraising goal through their identified portfolio, plus growth."
We can combine with earlier overview.
Responsibilities bullet list: from "Role Responsibilities" section.
Let's list them:
- Performs in a way that is consistent with the vision, mission, and culture of By The Hand and commits to excellence in every aspect of the overall operation.
- Models cultural values of By The Hand Club For Kids in day-to-day behavior.
- Follows all policies as outlined in the operational guide, including maintaining brand standards and ensuring 100% adherence to the Child Protection Policy.
- Participates in employee growth plans, including quarterly conversations and annual review meetings.
- Develops and executes corporate and foundation fundraising strategies, in collaboration with the supervisor, that cultivate relationships and secure major gifts.
- Plans and implements annual strategic cultivation plans with monthly action steps to achieve projections.
- Proactively identifies new funding opportunities and works to maintain these opportunities.
- Researches potential corporate and foundation grantors for solicitation and establishes effective, multifaceted communication with them.
- Ensures timely submission of high-quality grant proposals; tracks grant proposals and takes steps to improve success rate.
- Works with Grants Manager to ensure compliance with funder guidelines and stewardship of funder relationships.
- Works closely with the Volunteer Development team to adhere to the Volunteer/Donor cycle and handoff criteria.
- Supports corporate sponsorships and works to ensure a multifaceted engagement approach is implemented with corporate partners.
- Tracks and reports corporate and foundation activities with an emphasis on progress toward achieving goals.
- Tracks progress toward the portfolio goals on a weekly basis and attends a weekly team and individual check-in.
- Records actions, notes, and other relevant information in the donor database.
- Stays closely attuned to the corporate and foundation philanthropic community in order to identify and capitalize on all funding opportunities that might support new and existing By The Hand initiatives, including capital programs.
- Sources and attends appropriate networking events to establish a presence in the community and meet new prospects.
- Participates in larger fund development organizational projects when expertise and knowledge are applicable.
Also "Performs all other duties as required and assigned." appears under Required Skills/Abilities? Actually it's at start of Required Skills/Abilities: "Performs all other duties as required and assigned." We'll include that under Responsibilities maybe? It's a duty. Could be included.
Requirements: spiritual requirements list plus driver's license etc.
Spiritual Requirements:
- Has a personal and saving relationship with Jesus Christ, evidenced by a lifestyle that demonstrates the Word of God, and is in regular fellowship with other members in a Bible-believing church.
- Agrees with the By The Hand Club Doctrinal Statement and adheres to the Employee Biblical Standards of Living.
- Shows by example the importance of Scripture memorization, Bible study, prayer, witnessing and fellowship.
- Integrates Biblical principles into all organizational objectives and goals.
- Is ready to pray with and offer spiritual advice to staff, children, families, and others.
- Is prepared to share religious beliefs with anyone who inquires.
Additional requirements:
- Must have a valid driver's license, available transportation and their own auto insurance in order to travel around the city.
Also maybe "Ability to utilize database software, research programs, Microsoft Office, Ninety, Google Suite and Google Drive and all social media platforms." That's a skill, not requirement.
Qualifications: Education and Experience:
- B.A. or B.S. in Non-profit, Marketing, Communication, Business, Education or related field.
- At least 5 years of corporate and foundation fundraising experience preferred.
Skills: Required Skills/Abilities list:
- Performs all other duties as required and assigned.
- This position requires a Christ-like servant leader who has a sense of calling and models Biblical principles.
- Passion and commitment to urban student transformation, confidence to lead in a challenging situation, and belief that all children can learn.
- Operates with high autonomy and initiative.
- Proactively drives projects from concept to execution.
- Outstanding problem-solving skills with an orientation toward results, action, impact, and influence.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to determine the steps required to achieve overarching goals.
- Ability to work both as a team player and independently.
- Demonstrated strong relationship-building skills with children and adults.
- Demonstrated ability to generate seven figures in revenue from foundations and corporations annually.
- A successful track record in identifying and securing new corporate and foundation funders.
- Understands performance management and corporate and foundation reporting requirements.
- Superior written and oral communication skills; attention to detail, with a commitment to improving the quality and content of proposals, grants and reports.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with a diverse group of foundation and corporate contacts, including board members and influential stakeholders.
- Results-oriented and driven with an entrepreneurial and innovative approach to fundraising.
- Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to utilize database software, research programs, Microsoft Office, Ninety, Google Suite and Google Drive and all social media platforms.
- Must have a valid driver's license, available transportation and their own auto insurance in order to travel around the city. (But we already put driver's license under Requirements; but it's also listed here. To avoid duplication, we could keep it only once. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Duplicated lines should be removed. So we need to remove duplicated lines. The driver's license appears both in Requirements and Skills. We'll keep it under Requirements (makes sense) and not duplicate under Skills.
Also "Ability to utilize database software, research programs, Microsoft Office, Ninety, Google Suite and Google Drive and all social media platforms." is a skill.
Pay: Rate of Pay: $90,000 - $100,000 per year.
We also have Work Environment and Physical Demands. Those could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section like "Work Environment". But the allowed headings list does not include Work Environment or Physical Demands. So we need to incorporate that info into existing sections, perhaps under About the role or Responsibilities? The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., implying those are examples but we should use those headings only. It says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". So we cannot create headings like Work Environment or Physical Demands because they are not in the allowed list. So we must fold that content into one of the allowed sections. Where does it fit best? Perhaps About the role (overview) could include work environment and physical demands. Or we could add a short paragraph under About the role describing work environment. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot drop it. So we need to include it somewhere.
Thus About the role section can include the overview plus work environment and physical demands.
Let's extract Work Environment:
"This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopies, filing cabinets and fax machines. This job is not a virtual
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like disclaimer, EEO, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We need to ensure we include all substantive info from the posting. Let's extract substantive info: About the role (overview): "By The Hand Club For Kids is a Christian, after-school program that emphasizes academic excellence while nurturing the whole child - mind, body and soul. Located in Chicago’s most under-resourced neighborhoods, By The Hand helps children have abundant life. The culture of By The Hand is Christ-centered, people-focused and results oriented. While loving and nurturing, By The Hand has a strong results-orientation, a very structured program and a growth mindset that believes with hard work we can all continue to learn and grow. Joining By The Hand’s incredible mission as an abundant life builder means jumping right into the work of healing and hope on behalf of our extraordinary children. You’ll have the opportunity of a lifetime to impact the trajectory of generations of stories; helping students soar to success in their academic performance, practice personal accountability and, even more importantly, grow in their understanding of God and their relationship with Jesus. By The Hand is a not-for-profit, religious organization. Individuals employed at By The Hand are working in ministerial roles and perform all or some of the following responsibilities: sharing the Gospel, teaching chapel, leading Bible studies, discipling students, and modeling behavior that is consistent with Christ’s teaching." But note that the last sentence about responsibilities may be more appropriate under Responsibilities? However it's part of overview. We'll keep it in About the role. Overview of Position: "Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Strategic Engagement, the Corporate and Foundation Relations (CF) Officer directly drives By The Hand’s fundraising efforts by actively managing a portfolio of major corporate and foundation relationships. In this high-impact role, the CF Officer will develop and execute targeted strategies to cultivate new funding partnerships, maximize current opportunities, and expand the organization’s grant footprint toward an overall fundraising goal exceeding $13 million. The CF Officer will be expected to manage the full fundraising cycle from identification to stewardship of all entities in their portfolio. To effectively drive partner relations and secure funding, the CF Officer will serve as a cross-functional catalyst—collaborating closely with the Grants Manager on grant writing and compliance, partnering with Volunteer Development to deliver high-quality corporate engagement experiences, and aligning with the broader Fund Development team to optimize every relational touchpoint. The CF Officer will be held accountable for meeting an individual fundraising goal through their identified portfolio, plus growth." We can combine with earlier overview. Responsibilities bullet list: from "Role Responsibilities" section. Let's list them: - Performs in a way that is consistent with the vision, mission, and culture of By The Hand and commits to excellence in every aspect of the overall operation. - Models cultural values of By The Hand Club For Kids in day-to-day behavior. - Follows all policies as outlined in the operational guide, including maintaining brand standards and ensuring 100% adherence to the Child Protection Policy. - Participates in employee growth plans, including quarterly conversations and annual review meetings. - Develops and executes corporate and foundation fundraising strategies, in collaboration with the supervisor, that cultivate relationships and secure major gifts. - Plans and implements annual strategic cultivation plans with monthly action steps to achieve projections. - Proactively identifies new funding opportunities and works to maintain these opportunities. - Researches potential corporate and foundation grantors for solicitation and establishes effective, multifaceted communication with them. - Ensures timely submission of high-quality grant proposals; tracks grant proposals and takes steps to improve success rate. - Works with Grants Manager to ensure compliance with funder guidelines and stewardship of funder relationships. - Works closely with the Volunteer Development team to adhere to the Volunteer/Donor cycle and handoff criteria. - Supports corporate sponsorships and works to ensure a multifaceted engagement approach is implemented with corporate partners. - Tracks and reports corporate and foundation activities with an emphasis on progress toward achieving goals. - Tracks progress toward the portfolio goals on a weekly basis and attends a weekly team and individual check-in. - Records actions, notes, and other relevant information in the donor database. - Stays closely attuned to the corporate and foundation philanthropic community in order to identify and capitalize on all funding opportunities that might support new and existing By The Hand initiatives, including capital programs. - Sources and attends appropriate networking events to establish a presence in the community and meet new prospects. - Participates in larger fund development organizational projects when expertise and knowledge are applicable. Also "Performs all other duties as required and assigned." appears under Required Skills/Abilities? Actually it's at start of Required Skills/Abilities: "Performs all other duties as required and assigned." We'll include that under Responsibilities maybe? It's a duty. Could be included. Requirements: spiritual requirements list plus driver's license etc. Spiritual Requirements: - Has a personal and saving relationship with Jesus Christ, evidenced by a lifestyle that demonstrates the Word of God, and is in regular fellowship with other members in a Bible-believing church. - Agrees with the By The Hand Club Doctrinal Statement and adheres to the Employee Biblical Standards of Living. - Shows by example the importance of Scripture memorization, Bible study, prayer, witnessing and fellowship. - Integrates Biblical principles into all organizational objectives and goals. - Is ready to pray with and offer spiritual advice to staff, children, families, and others. - Is prepared to share religious beliefs with anyone who inquires. Additional requirements: - Must have a valid driver's license, available transportation and their own auto insurance in order to travel around the city. Also maybe "Ability to utilize database software, research programs, Microsoft Office, Ninety, Google Suite and Google Drive and all social media platforms." That's a skill, not requirement. Qualifications: Education and Experience: - B.A. or B.S. in Non-profit, Marketing, Communication, Business, Education or related field. - At least 5 years of corporate and foundation fundraising experience preferred. Skills: Required Skills/Abilities list: - Performs all other duties as required and assigned. - This position requires a Christ-like servant leader who has a sense of calling and models Biblical principles. - Passion and commitment to urban student transformation, confidence to lead in a challenging situation, and belief that all children can learn. - Operates with high autonomy and initiative. - Proactively drives projects from concept to execution. - Outstanding problem-solving skills with an orientation toward results, action, impact, and influence. - Strategic mindset with the ability to determine the steps required to achieve overarching goals. - Ability to work both as a team player and independently. - Demonstrated strong relationship-building skills with children and adults. - Demonstrated ability to generate seven figures in revenue from foundations and corporations annually. - A successful track record in identifying and securing new corporate and foundation funders. - Understands performance management and corporate and foundation reporting requirements. - Superior written and oral communication skills; attention to detail, with a commitment to improving the quality and content of proposals, grants and reports. - Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with a diverse group of foundation and corporate contacts, including board members and influential stakeholders. - Results-oriented and driven with an entrepreneurial and innovative approach to fundraising. - Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously. - Ability to utilize database software, research programs, Microsoft Office, Ninety, Google Suite and Google Drive and all social media platforms. - Must have a valid driver's license, available transportation and their own auto insurance in order to travel around the city. (But we already put driver's license under Requirements; but it's also listed here. To avoid duplication, we could keep it only once. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Duplicated lines should be removed. So we need to remove duplicated lines. The driver's license appears both in Requirements and Skills. We'll keep it under Requirements (makes sense) and not duplicate under Skills. Also "Ability to utilize database software, research programs, Microsoft Office, Ninety, Google Suite and Google Drive and all social media platforms." is a skill. Pay: Rate of Pay: $90,000 - $100,000 per year. We also have Work Environment and Physical Demands. Those could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section like "Work Environment". But the allowed headings list does not include Work Environment or Physical Demands. So we need to incorporate that info into existing sections, perhaps under About the role or Responsibilities? The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., implying those are examples but we should use those headings only. It says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". So we cannot create headings like Work Environment or Physical Demands because they are not in the allowed list. So we must fold that content into one of the allowed sections. Where does it fit best? Perhaps About the role (overview) could include work environment and physical demands. Or we could add a short paragraph under About the role describing work environment. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot drop it. So we need to include it somewhere. Thus About the role section can include the overview plus work environment and physical demands. Let's extract Work Environment: "This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopies, filing cabinets and fax machines. This job is not a virtual