Philanthropic Partnerships Coordinator – Join Our Team!

About Us

At the Center for Environmental Health, we are dedicated to our mission to protect public health and support decision-makers by leading science-backed approaches that center prevention and remedy environmental injustice. Our team is committed to making a difference through innovative programs and a deep-rooted culture of inclusivity and equity. Join us and be part of a mission-driven organization where your contributions will have a significant impact.

Make a Real Difference in Environmental Health

The Center for Environmental Health has a proven track record of reducing exposure to toxic chemicals, but we can’t do it alone. As our Philanthropic Partnerships Coordinator, you will support the Philanthropic Partnerships team in tracking, cultivating, and maintaining relationships with funders through writing and coordinating LOIs, proposals, and reports, managing grant-related systems, and conducting prospect research to secure resources that support our mission. The Philanthropic Partnerships Coordinator will support the entire Philanthropic Partnerships team with a focus on institutions and grants.

Your work will bolster meaningful public health advocacy and consumer protection cases that deeply impact people and the environment. CEH fights because we believe everyone has the right to a healthy environment and consumer products that are free of toxic chemicals. We are committed to catalyzing solutions, driving public awareness, developing standards, crafting policies, and litigating toward systemic change in the world. This is an opportunity to make a tangible difference.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Culture and Values: We foster a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative work environment. Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice is at the core of everything we do.
• Professional Growth: We offer robust opportunities for professional and leadership development, including training and mentorship programs.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Our competitive benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, 401k match, generous paid time off, and more.

Key Responsibilities

• Write Letters of Inquiry (LOIs), proposals, reports, and other communications.
• Coordinate document reviews with relevant staff and integrate edits from various stakeholders to produce persuasive proposals and reports.
• Create and maintain narrative boilerplate to be used throughout the year that is vetted by program staff
• Assist in the creation of proposal budgets and expenditure reports.
• Partner with program staff to gather needed proposal and report data and be a thought partner for staff on how to optimize data systems for reporting
• Assist in the facilitation of grants kickoff meetings, program officer meeting prep calls, foundation strategy meetings, and grant debrief calls by helping set agendas, taking notes, and ensuring feedback is incorporated into future grant processes.
• Identify foundation, corporate, and government grant prospects, corporate sponsorships and conduct prospect research (i.e. Foundation Search).
• Monitor prospect pipeline to ensure that CEH is pursuing new funders, moves management is happening on time, and that we are meeting set budgeted goals for new grants.
• Maintain grant deliverables systems in Salesforce and Asana for timely submissions and meeting deadlines for LOIs, proposals, reports, and other planned communications to funders
• Input funder correspondence, prospect research, meeting notes, and other moves management activities into Salesforce.
• Create new fields, reports, and dashboards in Salesforce to track and analyze our fundraising efforts.
• Ensure accurate reporting and data integrity.
• Assist with the cultivation of institutional contacts (including strategy, correspondence, and meetings) in collaboration with staff.
• Accurately track grant agreements, payments, and acknowledgments for all institutional grants.
• Manage and organize electronic grant files.
• Support the Philanthropic Partnerships team with other projects as needed, such as supporting major gifts, events, and organizational support.

 What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 1-2 years of working experience or equivalent educational experience.
• At least 1 year of internship or job experience in nonprofit grant writing and/or fundraising.
• Some database experience preferred (experience with Salesforce or similar donor database a plus)
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong editing skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and expert time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet overlapping deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and strength in multi-tasking, goal setting, and workload prioritization
• Ability to create project plans and keep plans on track with all stakeholders in the project.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated successful track record as a proactive self-starter and a flexible team-player that adapts well to change.
• Ability to thrive in a team environment and work collaboratively
• Proficiency with Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, and Google Suite.  
• Ability to travel regularly, including to CEH headquarters in Oakland, CA, up to 30% annually.

Salary:

We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. The salary range for this position is $60,000 per year. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. Our offices are open, and we are operating in a hybrid model.

CEH is an equal opportunity employer. As an organization committed to diversity and the perspective of all voices, it considers applicants equally of race, gender, gender identity or expression, color, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, age, ability, personal appearance, family responsibilities, or national origin.

Join Us: Be part of an organization where your work truly matters. Apply now and contribute to our mission to reduce exposure to toxic chemicals in our air, water, soil, food, and the products we use every day.

How to Apply:

Submit your cover letter and resume in a single PDF with “Philanthropic Partnerships Coordinator” and your surname in the file name to [email protected]. Center for Environmental Health is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and the perspective of all voices. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.