Responsibilities

• Build, cultivate, and steward relationships with key stakeholders and partners throughout the designated geographic area.
• Identify partnership opportunities and maintain a partnership pipeline aligned with Urban Strategies priorities, and connect appropriate programmatic staff to prospective partners.
• Strengthen engagement across faith-based, nonprofit, civic, philanthropic, education, business, and community sectors.
• Help develop and maintain sustainable regional relationship infrastructure that supports continuity beyond individual staff relationships.
• Represent Urban Strategies at appropriate regional meetings, events, partnership opportunities, and community gatherings.
• Increase awareness and understanding of Urban Strategies programs, initiatives, mission, and regional presence.
• Serve as a trusted regional representative and relationship lead while maintaining alignment with organizational priorities and leadership direction.
• Identify opportunities for shared engagement, communication, and coordination across Urban Strategies programs and initiatives operating within the market.
• Support stronger collaboration among program teams and help increase awareness of regional activities, relationships, and opportunities.
• Connect relevant organizations, leaders, and opportunities to the appropriate Urban Strategies initiatives.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in partnership development, community engagement, nonprofit leadership, public affairs, faith-based leadership, education, advocacy, fundraising, cross-sector collaboration, or a related field.
• Established credibility and relationship-building capacity within the designated community, region, or relevant professional networks.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships across multiple sectors and connect people, organizations, and opportunities.
• Strong strategic and systems-thinking skills with the ability to identify alignment points, regional opportunities, and community dynamics.
• Strong verbal, written, networking, public speaking, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across programs, functions, organizations, and community networks.
• Ability to represent Urban Strategies professionally and exercise sound judgment in external-facing environments.
• Commitment to community-centered, relationship-driven work and collaborative leadership.
• Must have ability to travel at any moment.

Benefits

• Remote work for eligible positions.
• Medical and Dental is paid 95% by company and 5% by employee (individual or family).
• Vision is covered 100% (individual or family).
• 401K matched contributions up to 4%.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Vacation time is generous but varies depending on program and position.
• 9 Sick Days and 11 Holidays.
• Every teammate gets long and short-term disability free.
• Positions that require laptops, the company provides one.
• Positions that require cellphone, company issues one.