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Executive-Consulting Manager for Corporate Philanthropy
Digital Consultant
2013 Fellowship

Changing Our World, Inc. is a leading international consulting firm providing personalized solutions in all areas of fundraising and philanthropy.  Our expertise ranges across four areas of practice: Fundraising, Corporate Social Engagement, Digital, and Research and Analytics.  We specialize in developing and executing effective strategies for our clients based on an understanding of their unique challenges and opportunities; the expectations of donors, consumers and stakeholders; and the dynamics of the marketplace.  

Headquartered in New York, we also have offices in Atlanta, Boston, Washington D.C., and London.  As a member of Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC), the world’s largest and most diversified communications company, Changing Our World has access to the best communications, public relations, and branding expertise available to assist our clients in taking their fundraising and philanthropic initiatives successfully into broader public realms.  We are the only firm of our kind that is part of a Fortune 200 company.

Executive-Consulting Manager for Corporate Philanthropy

Notification of Opening:  Changing Our World, Inc. is seeking an executive-level manager to join our Corporate Social Engagement practice in New York City.

Practice Overview:  At Changing Our World, Corporate Social Engagement represents the ways in which a company engages with its employees, consumers and communities to address vital social needs and business objectives.  We work with our clients to examine their current social engagement strategies from philanthropy to cause marketing to volunteerism, determine how to better align their activities to meet their goals and then chart the next steps to get there.  Our team seeks to achieve results for our clients that reinforce their brand, create measurable social impacts, build employee morale, and connect with consumers. 

Position Overview:  Changing Our World is seeking a motivated, experienced professional to join our Corporate Social Engagement practice.   As an executive-level manager and a core member of the firm, this individual will be responsible for the development, execution, and ongoing management of a portfolio of Changing Our World corporate clients.  The executive-level manager will lead major accounts and work closely with project managers to ensure the delivery of cohesive and innovative recommendations and results.  This position will be filled by someone who is willing to assume responsibility for identifying and securing business opportunities in both prospective and existing accounts, and managing the sales cycle to a successful conclusion.  The candidate will serve as a key contributor to the overall strategy and expansion of the Corporate Social Engagement practice.

Responsibilities:

Account Management

• Direct client engagements, providing guidance in the planning and implementation of corporate community involvement strategies designed to create sustainable impacts
• Provide clear strategic direction to project teams; manage workflows, timelines, and the development of deliverables
• Draw on past experiences to contribute thoughtful, creative and strategic value to accounts
• Work with project teams to understand/interpret client needs and ensure overall client expectations are met and surpassed
• Help to maintain client service standards including customer service, high-quality deliverables, and excellent relationship management
• Manage and coach junior staff on client projects and support team members’ professional growth
• Work with senior managers within Changing Our World to enhance client engagements, facilitate inter- and intra-division communication, and support execution of firm-wide operations
• Co-lead day-to-day operations of the Corporate Social Engagement practice, including mentorship of staff, infrastructure improvements and knowledge management
• Actively contribute to the overall culture of Changing Our World

New Business

• Leverage networks to identify and pursue opportunities for business development
• Grow business within existing accounts to help clients advance their community involvement agenda
• Co-manage a sales pipeline, develop proposals, present to clients, and negotiate contract terms
• Assist in setting and executing the strategy for business development and marketing, including active participation in the cultivation of prospects and promotion of Corporate Social Engagement services

Qualifications:

• 10+ years demonstrated success in management roles with increasing responsibilities
• Strong project management skills including demonstrated expertise in coordinating multiple work streams and managing clients and staff while maintaining client satisfaction
• Strong leadership capability with experience building, managing, working with and motivating teams
• Minimum of five years of experience in corporate community involvement, new business development and/or client-based consulting role with a professional firm
• Deep knowledge of corporate community involvement, social responsibility and citizenship  trends and tactics
• Consultative, strategic selling approach; ability to develop and nurture professional relationships, and ability to think strategically about potential sources of leads for the practice
• Exceptional interpersonal communications skills; ability to establish rapport with others while maintaining a professional poise
• Ability to both think critically as well as synthesize complex levels and types of information in order to provide client solutions
• Ability to be flexible and delegate appropriately when working under pressure and with competing deadlines
• Strong confident public speaker and facilitator
• Motivated, self-starter with a solutions-oriented attitude fitting a cross-functional team
• Excellent writing skills and creative ability to translate information into user friendly formats for a business audience
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Flexible to travel, as required
• Master’s degree preferred, Bachelor’s degree required

Compensation: Competitive salary and benefits package

Send resume and cover letter via email to: hr@changingourworld.com

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.  No agencies, phone calls or faxes please.

It is the policy of Changing Our World to provide equal opportunities for employment and advancement to qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or veteran status.

Digital Consultant

Position Overview:  Changing Our World is seeking a digital consultant for our New York office to manage a portfolio of existing clients.   We are looking for candidates with strong agency experience.

We believe that a strong digital strategy is essential to an organization’s overall success now and to its ability to adapt in our rapidly changing world.  Our digital specialists design smart, effective, and forward-thinking digital strategies that align with our clients’ organization and philanthropic goals every step of the way, partnering with them to increase revenue, engage constituents in meaningful ways, and innovate programs.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic guidance and day-to-day supervision for assigned client accounts, including junior staff supervision, oversight of work product quality and budget management; anticipating potential problems
• Manage and conduct digital assessments, design digital strategy roadmaps, provide implementation counsel
• Identify digital integration opportunities with existing and new business
• Write proposals, contracts, strategy memos, and reports
• Stay abreast of digital innovation and new media trends

Qualifications:

• Extensive knowledge of social media platforms/tools and emerging new media.
• Strong understanding of nonprofit and corporate philanthropy environment
• Experience writing/managing email programs for a political campaign, nonprofit organization or corporation.
• Experience creating and managing project budgets.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Technically proficient (some knowledge of HTML and design software).
• Knowledge of content management systems, CRM, and bulk email software.
• Ability to manage many different projects at once, from assignment to delivery.
• Work well with a variety of departments and key actors.    
• Ability to manage technical, creative, and digital production.
• In-depth understanding of online fundraising best practice
• 7 +  years experience

Compensation: Competitive salary and benefits package

Send resume and cover letter via email to: hr@changingourworld.com or apply thorugh LinkedIn.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.  No agencies, phone calls or faxes please.

It is the policy of Changing Our World to provide equal opportunities for employment and advancement to qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or veteran status.

2013 Fellowship

Project Location: New York City
Project Duration: 10 Weeks
Reports to: Executive Vice President of Research, Evaluation and Strategic Planning
Application Deadline: March 1, 2013; 5:00pm EST
Award Amount: $8,000

Fellowship Program Overview:  Changing Our World provides summer fellowships to highly motivated graduate students (Masters and Ph.D. candidates) currently enrolled in accredited programs of business, international studies, public policy, social sciences and related disciplines.  The competitive program aims to contribute to the development of future leaders in the public, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors, and, as an investment, advance the capacity of nonprofits and social enterprise organizations globally. 

Changing Our World fellows gain research and analytical experience and have the opportunity to further establish a career within or related to the nonprofit sector.  Fellows have the opportunity to network with and work alongside leaders in relevant nonprofit and philanthropy fields, and are also exposed to a variety of projects related to nonprofit finance, corporate social engagement, strategic planning, and technology.  

2013 Fellowship Overview and Project Scope:  There is increasing innovation in the delivery of educational content in higher education throughout the nation and globally.  Distance learning is not just a matter of reaching remote rural populations.  Online coursework, indeed online degrees, are now common.  Indeed, entirely new “free massive online courses” are offered to tens of thousands of enrollees, broadening access to knowledge in unprecedented ways.  These are not the purview of obscure colleges.  Neither is this only the initiative of private for-profit colleges.  Harvard, Stanford, MIT and a host of other research universities have joined the movement.  

The purpose of the 2013 fellow project is to document this remote access educational trend, and document its geographic, demographic, and subject matter distribution.  The analysis will extend not simply to the quantitative spread, but also to the qualitative implications for philanthropy in higher education.  Fundraising in this sector has long been grounded if not wholly at least largely on the student experience over multiple years in a single place.  The experience and direct relationships among students, between students and professors, and with regard to all matter of extra-curricular activities and communities has anchored the alumni experience which has fueled philanthropic giving.  If there is no campus, if there is no personal experienced grounded in a sense of place, what are the implications for that model?  How can a sense of community that yields long-term loyalty be grafted onto new technologies and new approaches to higher education?

Responsibilities:  The selected Summer Fellow shall construct and carry out a 10-week work plan with the guidance and support of Changing Our World's Research and Analytics team. The Summer Fellow shall compile his or her findings into a briefing and conduct a presentation to senior leadership.

Requirements:  The candidate must be a currently enrolled in graduate studies at an accredited institution of higher education. Experience in research and analysis in a business setting is preferred, but that setting need not be in the nonprofit sector. 

To apply, please submit the following four items to fellowship@changingourworld.com:

• Resume
• Cover letter indicating how the candidate's background and career plans align with the subject matter of the Fellowship 
• A proposed work plan outlining research methods and potential data sources (one-page)
• Letter of recommendation from a current academic professor or advisor* 

*Please note that the letter of recommendation should be submitted separately by the recommender. 

Fellows are selected on the basis of the following criteria:

• Academic achievement
• Creativity of methodology used to address the selected fellowship topic
• Excellent research and leadership skills
• Demonstrated civic engagement
• Commitment to philanthropic and/or nonprofit scholarship

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.  No agencies, phone calls or faxes please.

It is the policy of Changing Our World to provide equal opportunities for employment and advancement to qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or veteran status.