Director of Business Partnerships

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Our History

In 1879, Father Bernard Donnelly established Mount St. Bernard’s Orphanage in Kansas City. With that one act of faith, hope and charity, many lives — and a community — were transformed.

And, from that humble beginning a strong tradition of compassionate care and social service took root, thrived, and grew to become Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph.

Catholic Charities empowers at risk people to create a pathway out of poverty by alleviating their immediate crises to create stability; then providing robust support to lift them to dignity and self-reliance.

Today, millions of lives have been transformed, in the communities we serve . We have office locations in the Kansas City metro-area, St. Joseph, Missouri, a Food Pantry in Kansas City and another in Cameron, Missouri, while serving a 27-county region.

Our Culture / Mission Characteristics

While performing job duties, staff will :

• Follow the Catholic Social and Moral Teachings in all aspects while performing job duties.
• Work collaboratively to achieve goals and resolve conflict to achieve the greater good.
• Respect the diversity of talents and gifts of others and believe in cultivating those to promote personal and professional development.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment for helping others improve their own lives .

Mission

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us.

Vision

By lifting people in need to the dignity of self-reliance, and encouraging others to help, our communities will become one human family.

Values

Hope / Faith, Trust, Commitment, Collaboration

Position Objective

The Director of Business Partnerships will develop and foster mutually beneficial strategic relationships with businesses, not only to advance the mission of the Agency but also to help them attain their corporate social responsibility goals. Key responsibilities will include identifying potential partners and the benefit to each organization, establishing and cultivating those relationships, executing engagement strategies, coordinating events, and monitoring and evaluating the success of initiatives. Key skills required include strategic planning, strong communication and presentation skills, negotiation, project management, and business acumen especially around corporate social responsibility. While this position will be filled in our Kansas City, Mo and many of our business partnerships will likely be in the metro-area, we serve 27 counties of Northwest Missouri, and this position will travel to meet with businesses throughout this service area. Salary range : $54,000-$60,000 depending on qualifications and experience.

Essential Duties

Requirements :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Basic Qualifications

I understand that as an employee of Catholic Charities I am expected to perform in a manner consistent with the stated characteristics as outlined on the Performance Based Evaluation form and the following mission characteristics :