Corporate Partnerships Assistant, Americas

Overview

• Work Location: Remote globally; Americas time zones preferred; must overlap at least 3 hours daily with U.S. Eastern time zone

• Application Close Date: April 30, 2023

• Estimated Start date: June 01, 2023

• Department: Partnerships

• Reports to: Corporate Partnerships Manager

• Terms: Full-time, one year initial contract

• Travel:  Up to 10%

• Level:  2

About HOT

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) sits at the nexus of participatory mapping, community-led development, humanitarian response, open data and tech. With a talented and diverse team spread around the globe, HOT is an NGO which supports a dynamic global community of thousands of dedicated volunteers using maps and open data for humanitarian response and the Sustainable Development Goals. Working with humanitarian and development partners like the Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières, UN agencies, governments and others, the HOT community maps in solidarity with those affected by or at risk of disaster, contributing the maps and data aid workers need to do their lifesaving work.

In 2020 the work of the HOT community was recognized by TED’s Audacious Project, a collaborative philanthropic initiative that serves as a springboard for social impact on a grand scale, leading to an exciting new phase of growth. HOT is expanding its activities: opening four regional hubs and scaling up its support to local mapping communities with the audacious goal of mapping an area home to one billion people in 94 countries at high risk of disasters or experiencing poverty - mapping with communities before they are in crisis.

About You

Our preferred candidate is comfortable working in a very fast paced, startup-like environment with a highly motivated and unconventional team. A pro-active, positive, go-getting nature is essential. You should thrive in an environment where you direct your own day-to-day tasks in support of HOT’s mission, together with a team of staff and volunteers. You can choose your own office location or to work from home and should love working with remote teams as you’ll spend significant time on the phone, Slack, and Zoom.

About the Role

HOT is searching for a Corporate Partnerships Assistant to join our Global Philanthropy & External Relations (P&ER) team. The P&ER team is a new, dynamic team at HOT that has been tasked with ensuring the long-term financial sustainability of HOT. We see our relationships with Corporates as being a key piece of securing financial sustainability and this role will play an instrumental part in ensuring the health of those relationships. As a part of its corporate offering, HOT arranges and leads volunteers in events, including mapathons and other training events. The primary responsibility of this role is to lead virtual map training events, which we refer to as ‘mapathons’ for HOT’s corporate partners based in the Americas timezone.

Given this is an evolving team, there are many learning and growth opportunities for this role – across relationship management, philanthropy, external relations, and GIS.

Responsibilities

Training and Event Coordination

• Lead regular mapathons, and other volunteering events, both virtually and in-person whenever possible – (this involves presenting independently - representing HOT, training beginner mappers who have not mapped before, often with 100+ participants for multiple different partner organizations each week)
• Support the Virtual Volunteering, Sr Associate in logistics for volunteering engagements including scheduling events, delivering trainings, and communicating post-event
• Contribute to internal tracking systems and documents
• Lead regular Train the Trainer sessions to help partner organizations to launch and lead mapathons

Corporate Partnership Success

• Support the Virtual Volunteering Sr Associate in the coordination and tracking of virtual volunteering activities for HOT’s corporate partner organizations in the Americas, which during our busiest weeks, can include running up to 10 training events
• Coordinate with counterparts performing similar roles in EMEA and Asia time zones
• Ensure positive account management experience for corporate partners including regular, timely communications with partners (24-hour turnaround time Mon - Fri), tracking of activities in Salesforce CRM, and proactively communicating impact metrics to partners

Corporate Partnership Team Support

• Supports the Corporate Partnerships team in maintaining training and support documentation
• Owns the upkeep of Corporate Partnerships’ Shared Google Drive (ensures documents are organized and up-to-date)
• Conducts prospect research for identifying new, mission-aligned corporate partners and supports the P&ER function more broadly in conducting prospect research
• Desired but not required: Experience in grant writing, prospect research, budgeting, and proposal development

Qualifications

Essential

• A minimum of two years full-time work experience
• Excellent presentation skills and able to lead engaging presentations both online and in-person
• Experience with OpenStreetMap and using the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Tasking Manager
• Demonstrated experience working in the NGO sector (in a formal role, as a volunteer, or through corporate volunteering/Corporate Social Responsibility programs)
• Experience in partnerships and/or account management and/or corporate philanthropy
• Experience in Google Sheets and Excel
• Experience in JOSM
• Highly organized and able to manage working across multiple time zones
• Excellent attention to detail and coordination skills
• Flexible, honest and reliable
• Proven ability to work independently and lead activities
• Strong personal interest in humanitarian action/aid and sustainable development

Desirable

• Bachelors or Masters degree
• Experience supporting cross-sector partnerships
• GIS background
• Prior experience using GitHub
• Prior experience working in remote/virtual environments
• Prior experience in events management and coordination, including virtual volunteering initiatives similar to the Missing Maps project
• Lead Advanced Mapping sessions with volunteers (including highway, waterway, land use mapping as well as JOSM training and validation)
• Spanish language skills

Are you missing a few of the technical skills listed? We would still like to see your application. While the skills above fit our vision of this role, we are open to those candidates with a strong knowledge foundation that are fast learners and highly motivated to close any skill gaps.

Compensation and Benefits

HOT values transparency and equity. All HOT compensation globally is set according to a framework detailed on our website. HOT also offers:

• Fully remote & flexible work arrangements
• Flexible public holidays
• Paid time off
• Home Office Allowance
• Healthy Staff allowance or group plan
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Book Stipend
• Coaching Program supported by The Humanitarian Coaching Network
• Collaborating with a fast-growing, dedicated team who values humanitarianism, free, open-source, and accessible data

Equal Opportunity

We seek to recruit persons that reflect the diversity of the communities we work with. HOT does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, physical ability, religious or belief systems, political convictions, or sexual orientation. Further, HOT seeks to support the development and advancement of staff within the organization. Our staff includes people who are parents and nonparents, the self-taught and university educated, and from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds, lived experiences, and perspectives on the world. HOT is an equal opportunity employer. We seek to live our values and promote inclusivity in all locations. All of our staff work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of all is valued and respected.

HOT is committed to diversity within our team, and recognizes our role in closing the digital divide, including identifying obstacles that certain groups face in developing skills needed for roles in the humanitarian & technology sectors. Women, nationals of developing countries, and members of other underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

To Apply

Please complete the application by April 30, 2023. Your CV/resume should be in English and not exceed 2 pages.

The selection process will consist of the following steps:

• Online Application
• Written Exercise/Assessment
• Panel Interview/s