Senior Vice President, Policy, and Strategy 

Reports to: President and CEO  

General Definition of Work: 

This significant role will help to shape the future of a clean, green, and beautiful America through the work of our iconic organization. The Senior Vice President, Policy and Partnership manages National Policy Leadership, Strategic Partnerships and Program Design and Development.  

Policy Leadership & Strategic Partnerships 

In partnership with CEO, the SVP provides expertise to advance public space waste management (litter, recycling, green pillar policies) with key associations, NGOs, and federal agencies and funders to support cleaner communities and more robust community greening and waterway clean-up initiatives. She/He/They will maintain and develop stakeholder relationships that deliver scale and expanded affiliate and network opportunities for growth and programmatic sustainability and will be instrumental in leading collaborations with state and big city network partners to advance a common policy agenda and connected relationships. The SVP will develop, build support for, and implement strategies to support and cultivate deeper understanding of state agency relationships and their connection to federal policy and opportunities. In addition, the SVP will elevate and lead positioning for the organization on federal funding policies and opportunities for mission impact. The SVP will also, in partnership with the CEO, build and maintain key stakeholder partnerships including sector associations and policy working groups. 

This role will also play an important role in providing expertise and support for two multi-stakeholder collaborations around litter data and water/litter/climate adaptation. 

Program Design and Development 

The Senior Vice President will leverage his/her expertise and sector knowledge to design and develop programs and partnerships that address litter abatement on land and water, recycling, and green space initiatives in collaboration with corporate partners, stakeholders, affiliate network, and programmatic implementation colleagues. The SVP will also manage two high performing FTEs in KAB’s Green Pillar. Here, the SVP will provide leadership and partnership to advance Green Initiatives, knowledge and best practices and green program disaster response delivery. 

In addition to the above, the Senior Vice President is responsible for preparing, monitoring, and executing the annual budget for Policy and Partnerships. This position also participates as a member of the organization’s senior management team including setting the strategic program direction for the Organization.  

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Qualification Requirements 

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Responsibilities: 

• Serves as a subject matter expert around the organization’s “Four Pillars,” Litter Reduction, Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle, Beautification, and Restoration & Resiliency Disaster Recovery  
• Connects the organization to policy initiatives and partnerships that can scale impact in efforts to build clean, green, and beautiful communities. 

• Leads in the development of a policy and legislative strategy; researching policy issues and preparing legislative briefings; reviewing, analyzing, and supporting the drafting of legislation to further the efforts of KAB and KAB affiliates activating in the four pillar areas. 
• Consistent with policies adopted by the KAB Board of Directors, advocates on behalf of KAB on state and federal issues; represents the Organization at various national, state, and local conferences and functions. 
• Leverages and aligns corporate partnerships, sector stakeholders and affiliate leadership to build innovation models and collaborative solutions to advance thought leadership and research objectives. 
• Leverages and aligns the organization’s programming to be inclusive, diverse, and equitable. 
• Prepares and submits program status reports for presentation to the Board of Directors, Sponsors, and Affiliate Network. 
• Creates innovative programming to further the mission of the Organization, supports the Affiliate network, and with Development, identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards donors and sponsors for the Organization and Affiliates. 
• Attends and presents at key stakeholder and affiliate meetings and conferences in collaboration with the CEO, building relationships to advance impact goals. 
• Serves as a subject matter expert spokesperson in the four pillar areas for media inquiries. 
• Coordinates meetings for CEO as needed for advancing policy and partnership agendas. 
• Work with President/CEO to lead strategic planning process among key stakeholders in 2023-2024. 
• Supports CEO in design, development and implementation of organizational strategy and development of performance indicators. 
• Incorporates the KAB Model for Change throughout KAB programming and in day-to-day decision-making within the Organization. 
• Develops and administers the Organization’s Policy and Partnership budget, including reviewing and approving program expenses, contracts, and contract management. 
• Performs other related tasks as required. 
• Ability and flexibility to travel 15-20% of the time annually, including overnight travel, primarily U.S. domestic. 

What You Will Get  

You will be a member of an energetic team dedicated to the fulfillment of KAB’s mission. Just as KAB envisions a country in which every community is a clean, green, and a beautiful place to live, we also strive for our organization to be a beautiful place to work including:

• Generous benefits package 
• Liberal leave 
• Remote work culture 
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience 

Education and Experience: 

Master’s degree with coursework in public or business administration, environmental studies or law, sustainability, or related field and extensive experience in nonprofit management and private sector environmental or materials sustainability, or equivalent combination of education and experience. A track-record that demonstrates advocacy and/or legislative success. Minimum of 7-10 years of work experience in organizational management, business development, policy, law and operations and sustainability topics. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

Comprehensive knowledge of general laws and administrative policies governing nonprofit and community improvement organizations, their practices and procedures; comprehensive knowledge of the principles of community improvement and sustainable environmental and materials management including recycling; knowledge of accounting principles, practices, rules and regulations; multi-cultural skills appreciated; skill in the use of standard office software applications, specifically Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, Word, and Excel and CRM (Salesforce) and project management tools (ASANA); ability to be a good listener and be able to communicate ideas effectively both orally and in writing; ability to creatively and innovatively translate trends and stakeholder feedback into programs and training opportunities; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, including time management and the ability to multi-task while paying attention to detail; strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively with team members, local, state and federally appointed and elected officials, consultants, corporate sponsors, other stakeholders, and the general public.  

Physical Requirements: 

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and reaching with hands and arms, frequently requires standing, walking and repetitive motions and occasionally requires climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work has limited exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic). 

Please send a cover letter and resume to recruitment@KAB.org and put the position title in the subject line, thank you. 

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Senior Director of Affiliate Networks and Program Management                                                 

Reports to: President and CEO 

The Senior Director of Affiliate Network and Program Management provides management and oversight to the KAB (Keep America Beautiful) affiliate network of 700+ locally based volunteer driven organizations and works across KAB and its affiliate network to deliver high quality litter, recycling, and beautification programs to include KAB’s flagship programs: Great American Cleanup, America Recycles Day, Cigarette Litter Prevention Program and MLK Jr. Blvd. Granting Initiative. The position leads a team of Regional Directors and other programmatic and affiliate staff to assure coordinated, meaningful delivery and reporting on programmatic initiatives, affiliate expectations and strategic impact. The Senior Director will lead collaborative design of programs and initiatives, coordinate evaluation strategies and reporting, lead staff/stakeholder engagement strategy, serve as key programmatic relationship contact for corporate partnerships, and manage implementation of high-quality programs and corporate employee engagement opportunities. 

The Senior Director provides leadership to the network including providing best practice expertise for environmental programs and events and advancing knowledge sharing of best practices that emerge from the network. She/He/They foster collaboration throughout the network and monitor growth of affiliate engagement in the new online Affiliate Hub, and mentor affiliates in fundraising, organizational management, and program management. She/He/They attend key conferences of affiliates and network partners to develop relationships and identify best practices and opportunities. The right leader will practice a high degree of customer-centered leadership ensuring timely and accurate responses to inquiries and requests for information. The Senior Director also leads initiatives to recognize and celebrate affiliate success through awards programs, case studies and storytelling. She/He/They serve as executive sponsor for KAB’s annual National Conference, ensuring the delivery of a dynamic, engaging, and valuable event.  

The Senior Director develops and produces with colleagues the resource materials required for program implementation, including but not limited to, program guidance, resource, and collateral materials, purchasing and managing distribution of program supplies, and identifying and tracking program results. This position leads delivery of organizational requirements from affiliates, including the collection of annual affiliate dues and affiliate reporting requirements. The Senior Director champions the importance of maintaining high-quality data in Salesforce and leveraging Salesforce to track and build effective communications with affiliates and effective program management. This position also oversees the management and delivery of program grants to affiliates and stakeholders, 

This position is responsible for preparing, monitoring, and executing the annual budget for the affiliate network activities and employee engagement collaborating with the development team. This position participates as a member of the organization’s senior management team including setting the strategic program direction for the Organization, and as a key subject matter expert in sustainable materials management programs, drafts program policies and procedures as needed to support the Organization’s affiliate network, and other related work as apparent or assigned.

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Qualification Requirements: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Responsibilities: 

• Provides and exhibits outstanding customer service, teamwork, and organizational commitment. 
• Supports the KAB Affiliate Network by managing the day-to-day operations of KAB programs. 
• Develops and manages programmatic and grants budgets 
• Prepares and submits program status reports for presentation to the Board of Directors, Sponsors, and Affiliate Network. 
• Collaborates with peers to lead and create innovative programming to further the organizational mission, Identifies, reviews, and approves plans and proposals and works with program staff to coordinate and monitor workflows. 
• Manages a high-performing team of regional directors responsible for support and training of the affiliates and state leaders. Creates a positive working environment while supervising, coaching, and overseeing the professional development of staff. 
• Attends and presents at State Affiliate conferences as necessary to strengthen the relationship between national and local affiliates. Manages and implements KAB grant programs, leading process to establish grant guidelines and program implementation materials, issuing, reviewing, and awarding grants, approving grantee final reports, and preparing an annual report. 
• May serve as a subject matter expert spokesperson for media inquiries. 
• Incorporates the KAB Model for Change throughout KAB programming and in day-to-day decision-making within the Organization. 
• Serves as Executive leader of the Organization’s National Affiliate Conference Supports the overall organization as a key member of the leadership team. 
• Performs other related tasks as required. 
• Ability and flexibility to travel 15-20% of the time annually, including overnight travel. Primarily domestic U.S.  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of community improvement and sustainable environmental and materials management and greenspace creation and management. 
• Ability to translate trends and stakeholder feedback creatively and innovatively into programs and training opportunities for community environmental, litter abatement, and recycling organizations. 
• Understanding of affiliate networks and models for successful leadership of these high-performing non-profit, government, and hybrid structures.
• High-level communications skills; able to be a good listener and communicate ideas effectively both orally and in writing and in a collaborative solution-building approach. 
• Strong abilities to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, including time management.  
• Exceptional project manager with demonstrated ability to manage multiple demands requiring a customer-service sensibility, quality record keeping, and attention to detail.  
• Knowledge of general laws and administrative policies, practices and procedures governing nonprofit and community improvement organizations  
• Familiarity with CRM (Salesforce) and project management software (ASANA) or comparable tools and an ability to adopt new technologies and processes quickly 
• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices, rules and regulations and the ability to manage grant budgets and review contracts and invoices. 
• Skill in the use of standard office software applications, specifically Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.  

Education an Experience: 

Master’s degree with coursework in public or business administration, environmental studies, sustainability, or related field and extensive experience in nonprofit management and private sector environmental or materials sustainability, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum of 7-10 years of work experience in organizational management, business development, nonprofit leadership, environmental programs, and operations.  

What You Will Get  

You will be a member of an energetic team dedicated to the fulfillment of KAB’s mission. Just as KAB envisions a country in which every community is a clean, green, and a beautiful place to live, we also strive for our organization to be a beautiful place to work including: 

• Generous benefits package 
• liberal leave 
• remote work culture 
• Salary Range: $130-$150,000 annual 

Physical Requirements: 

The KAB headquarters is in Stamford, CT but this position may be remote 

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and reaching with hands and arms, frequently requires standing, walking and repetitive motions and occasionally requires climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work has limited exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally remote but may include work in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic). 

Please send a cover letter and resume to recruitment@KAB.org  

Please put the position title in the subject line, thank you. 

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Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation

Keep America Beautiful, Inc.

Reports to: Senior Vice President, Impact and Analytics

Experience:  Research and Evaluation, Systems Management, Data Analysis 5+ years (required)

Organization

Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s largest community-based nonprofit organization, inspires and educates people to act every day to improve their environment. For more than 65 years, Keep America Beautiful (KAB) has worked to end littering, improve recycling, and beautify America’s communities. KAB contributes to the health and well-being of communities through the work and passion of nearly 700 KAB affiliates nationwide, millions of volunteers and the collaborative support of our corporate partners, social and civic service organizations, academia, municipalities, elected officials, and individuals. Our methodology is informed by a science-backed consumer behavior model for change that has proven effective in delivering results that beautify and unify communities to transform the nation.

Position

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Impact and Analytics, the Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation conducts research in support of the Keep America Beautiful mission and implements data and evaluation strategies to understand the impact of the organization and its network of 700 community-based affiliates. The Senior Manager works at the intersection of data, technology, and programs to ensure that Keep America Beautiful scales its work and achieves its mission. To achieve this potential, the Senior Manager executes a data-driven strategy encompassing consistent metrics, reporting, and forecasting. The Senior Manager supports a wide range of initiatives including both small, lean projects and large, sector-leading efforts such as the organization’s nationwide litter studies. The Senior Manager also serves as the project manager for research gatherings that bring together stakeholders from academia, technology, and nonprofits.

Research

• Supports research related to key pillars of the Keep America Beautiful mission: ending litter, reducing waste, and improving recycling, community beautification, and making communities resilient to disasters.
• Supports internal and external learning and thought leadership on research related to KAB pillars. Produces reports and presents research findings to various audiences.
• Helps to build research models that can scale for the opportunities that arise, in local communities or nationally. Build capacity of affiliates in the Keep America Beautiful network to take on research efforts at the local level.
• Collaborates with academics and other partners on research projects related to the Keep America Beautiful mission and pillars.
• Maintains standards of social science research excellence in research design and implementation of research projects to ensure valid and reliable results.
• Manages relationships with research partners and contractors to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Manages monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of all Keep America Beautiful programs, working in collaboration with Affiliate Services and Program staff.
• Continuously enhances systems and processes to drive better quality data to improve the organization’s operations and programs.
• Applies data collection tools and proven M&E practices to assess affiliate services, program outcomes, and organizational effectiveness.
• Administers data systems for M&E on scalable cloud technology.
• Leads program evaluation reporting including visualizations that display findings, summarize results, and make recommendations for program improvements.
• Builds greater value for the affiliate network through shared measurement, common systems, and accessible reporting. Builds capacity of affiliate network to leverage shared learning.

Technology

• Supports technology initiatives and implement products required for research, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Implements technologies necessary to improve data collection and data management, mapping, and data analysis, including FormAssembly, ArcGIS, and business intelligence tools.
• Supports internal and external training to ensure adoption and value generation from new tools.

Qualifications

Minimum

• 5-7 years of experience in research, monitoring and evaluation, statistical analysis, social science, or behavior change research and applying technology to scale impact in nonprofit or educational settings.
• Strong social science skills, especially in the design and management of a wide variety of research designs and data analysis using both qualitative and quantitative techniques.
• A technology-focused approach to research and scaling impact. Demonstrated proficiency using integrated data systems (such as Salesforce) and associated data collection and analytical applications.
• Strong writing skills that can communicate data to multiple different audiences from researchers to the general public.
• Positive and proactive teammate, with strong interpersonal skills, who is committed to success that is driven by and shared across departments, the organization, and the entire affiliate network.
• Exceptional project manager, with demonstrated organizational skills, who can balance multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail.
• Ability and flexibility to travel occasionally.
• Position is remote and work hours are based on Eastern U.S. time zone.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred

• A graduate degree or equivalent experience in a social science-related field. Experience studying human behavior and the conditions for behavior change.
• Experience with ArcGIS and/or data programming (in R or Python).
• Demonstrated commitment to structured methods to clean and manage data.
• Proven track record of developing tools and metrics to measure performance and improve operations.
• Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.

What you will get

You will be a member of an energetic team dedicated to the fulfillment of KAB’s mission. Just as KAB envisions a country in which every community is a clean, green, and a beautiful place to live, we also strive for our organization to be a beautiful place to work including:

• Generous benefits package
• Liberal leave
• Remote work culture
• Salary Range: $78,000 – $90,000 annual

To apply

Please send a cover letter and resume to recruitment@KAB.org with the position title (Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation) in the subject line.

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As a Regional Director at Keep America Beautiful (KAB), you play a central role in maintaining a vibrant and connected network of local affiliate organizations and governments who are working to make their communities clean, green, and beautiful places. You will help to elevate our affiliate expertise, facilitate connections across our network, and build stronger affiliate organizations with impactful programs.

Program Management and Development

• Serve as subject matter expert within KAB and with affiliates.
• Recruit organizations outside the KAB affiliate network to assist with program implementation.
• Organize and facilitate training for both capacity building and program development.
• Assist Director of Training in the planning and implementation of the national, regional conferences and webinars.
• Project manager for a portion of KAB programming and, in this role, create project plans, document progress in organizational tools (e.g., Asana), manage program budgets, track program reporting, and ensure deliverables are met in a timely manner.
• Contribute to the grants management and grants execution process, including tracking payments and reporting.
• Maintain and ensure high-quality data in Salesforce and leverage Salesforce to track and build effective communications with affiliates.
• Track organizational requirements from affiliates, including the collection of annual dues.

Network and Affiliate Development and Support:

• Serve as primary relationship manager for KAB’s western affiliate network of locally based, volunteer-driven organizations.
• Ensuring timely and valuable responses to affiliate inquiries.
• Connect affiliates to resources and connect them to ideas, organizations and opportunities.
• Facilitate ongoing collaboration among affiliates through the Affiliate Hub (KAB’s online Salesforce based affiliate community),
• Share best practices and ensure that colleagues are aware of lessons from the network.
• Monitor and grow affiliate engagement in the Affiliate Hub.
• Serve as a liaison for special interest groups within the KAB affiliate network (e.g., state affiliates, large urban affiliate).
• With the support of other KAB staff, report on the success of affiliate collaboration and use data and knowledge to build more effective collaboration.
• Support the recruitment and development of new affiliates.
• Support the development and delivery of KAB programs with affiliates through KAB’s behavior change methodology.
• Monitor affiliate program activities to increase programmatic impact and to recognize affiliate success. Identify areas of potential programmatic growth for affiliates.
• Recognize affiliates success through awards programs and case studies and story telling
• Mentor affiliates in fundraising, organizational management, and program management.

California Specific

• Support collaborations with statewide affiliates and stakeholders to deliver volunteer opportunities, program evaluation and behavior change campaigns as part of a larger KAB initiative.
• Work with KAB state affiliate to provide high quality education and engagement initiatives to diverse geographic and demographic communities across the state.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience. Nonprofit, government, or environmental organization experience a plus, as is experience with waste, recycling, materials management, trees, green infrastructure, community gardens and behavior change methodology.
• Proven track record in relationship management, preferably in a membership organization.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, exceptional project and time management, and attention to detail.
• Experience in grant management and execution
• Ability to train, motivate and articulate thoughts into clear communication.
• A positive outlook with strong interpersonal skills and capability of working collaboratively and cooperatively in a high-touch team environment.
• Volunteer recruitment and management experience a plus.
• Must have ability and flexibility to travel (5-10%% annually).
• Must be extremely comfortable with and quick to adopt cloud-based technology. Experience with Salesforce and digital project management tools (e.g., Asana) is a plus and, in their absence, a demonstrated track record of using technology to collaborate and deliver
• Master’s degree or commensurate experience.
• Knowledge of Keep America Beautiful’ s pillars a must (Clean – Litter and Reduce/Recycle and Green – Beautification and Restoration/Resiliency and Disaster Relief, community building)

What You Will Get

• Competitive pay
• Generous benefits package, liberal leave and remote work culture
• Salary Range: $80 – $110,000

About Keep America Beautiful

A leading national nonprofit, Keep America Beautiful inspires and educates people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment. We envision a country in which every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live.

The organization is driven by the work and passion of nearly 700 community-based Keep America Beautiful affiliates, millions of volunteers and the support of corporate partners, municipalities, elected officials and individuals.

Please send cover letter and resume to recruitment@kab.org

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As the Director of Corporate Communications at Keep America Beautiful (KAB), you play a central role in promoting our brand and connecting with stakeholders through thoughtful, timely, and impactful communications.  You are the eyes and ears of the organization and maintain a listening system to inform and educate the organization on topical issues.  The Director of Corporate Communications is responsible for leading the development and execution of effective communication strategies that promote and enhance the organization’s image and reputation. This role involves leading the creation and execution of communications programs that align with the organization’s overall business objectives and goals with a focus on corporate communications. The Director of Corporate Communications collaborates with other departments, including Development, to ensure consistent messaging and alignment of communications efforts across all channels.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement comprehensive communication strategies that promote the organization’s mission, values, and goals, with a focus on corporate communications.
• Create and distribute press releases, media pitches, and other communications materials to ensure accuracy, relevance, and effectiveness.
• Manage the organization’s media relations efforts, including building relationships with key journalists and media outlets, and ensuring consistent messaging and brand representation.
• Collaborate with senior leaders and other departments to align communication efforts with overall business objectives and goals.
• Provide strategic counsel to executives and other key stakeholders on communication issues and opportunities.
• Develop and manage the organization’s crisis communication and issues management plans and prepare spokespeople during times of corporate crisis.
• Monitor and analyze the effectiveness of communication efforts and make recommendations for improvements and changes as needed.
• Develop and maintain relationships with media outlets and journalists to promote the organization’s brand in a corporate context.
• Manage the organization’s external social media presence and ensure consistent messaging and engagement with all stakeholders, with a focus on corporate social media.
• Support the development of fundraising and advocacy campaigns through effective communication strategies.
• Lead the development of internal communication initiatives, including employee newsletters and updates, with a focus on corporate messaging.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in communications, marketing, journalism, or public relations, in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in corporate communications, media relations, or public relations, with a focus on corporate communications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to convey complex information in a clear and concise manner.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on corporate messaging and reputation management.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other departments, including Development, and senior leaders.
• Demonstrated experience in crisis communication and issues management in a corporate or nonprofit context.
• Strong understanding of social media platforms and their role in corporate communications.
• Knowledge of emerging trends and technologies in corporate communications.

This job description is an overview of the responsibilities and requirements for the Director of Corporate Communications role, with a focus on leading the development and execution of corporate communication strategies in partnership with Development and other departments. Specific job duties may vary depending or organizational needs. The Director of Corporate Communications would be responsible for leading communication efforts that promote and enhance the organization’s image and reputation in a corporate context while working collaboratively with Development and other departments.  

What You Will Get 

A leading national nonprofit, Keep America Beautiful, inspires and educates people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment. We envision a country in which every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live.

The organization is driven by the work and passion of nearly 700 community-based Keep America Beautiful affiliates, millions of volunteers and the support of corporate partners, municipalities, elected officials and individuals.

You will be a member of a passionate team dedicated to the fulfillment of KAB’s mission. Just as KAB envisions a country in which every community is a clean, green, and a beautiful place to live, we also strive for our organization to be a beautiful place to work. We believe that it is intrinsic rewards that motivate employees sustainably, but respect the need for extrinsic rewards which would include but are not limited to:

• Very Competitive Pay for the non-profit sector
• Generous benefits package, liberal leave, and remote work culture
• Maternity and Parental Leave
• 403b Program
• Paid Holidays

Please send cover letter and resume to recruitment@kab.org

The Development Manager at KAB will work with a dynamic team of sustainability partners to support projects that give people and nature the chance to thrive in clean, green and beautiful communities. This position will provide opportunities to build relationships with Fortune 500 companies and foundations to deliver on social and environmental impact and shared value. The Development Manager supports the development team as a critical collaborator in achieving annual fundraising goals for Keep America Beautiful and providing excellent experiences for our donors and supporters. The Development Manager is responsible for maximizing the corporate and foundation donor experience through a cross-functional account management process focused on strategic engagement and effective project management.

Responsibilities: 

Manage corporate accounts: 

• Develop project plans and project management to deliver excellent outcomes for donor and partnership investments
• Use ASANA, Salesforce and other tools to manage collaborations and project deliverables
• Schedule and hold kickoff meetings for strategic partnerships
• Work with Programs and Affiliate Operations teams to ensure that program delivery meets client expectations and delivers maximum impact in achieving KAB goals
• Track program results and coordinate impact reports to be provided back to partner

Assisting with fundraising projects:  

• Event fundraising – Coordinate and serve as key fundraising outreach lead for KAB National Conference and annual celebratory fundraising event. Acknowledge donations, ensure program delivery, and provide final wrap-up reports
• General fundraising – Draft proposals, letters of inquiry and online grant applications
• Fundraising management –Support gift accounting and invoicing with accounting software and comptroller 
• Grow greater individual responsibility for fundraising efforts with a select portfolio of partnerships and relationships based on experience

Writing and research: 

• Research corporate and foundation prospects as requested
• Donor correspondence (acknowledgement letters, invitations, e-blasts, and mailings) 

Salesforce database management:  

• Account entry and donor information updates
• Report generation as needed 
• Account document management (proposals, contracts, reports, etc.)

Experience/Qualifications: 

Required: bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; 3-5 years development work; excellent writing skills; interest in nonprofit fundraising at the national level; some ability to travel (10%)

 Skills Required: 

• Experience with Salesforce or other fundraising CRM system
• Project management using Asana 
• Familiarity with Canva and/or PowerPoint to execute simple designs a plus
• Excellent communication abilities, strong written and oral skills 
• Ability to interact with and lead cross functional teams  
• Time management and multi-tasking skills
• Detail oriented and organized 
• Ability to meet deadlines 
• Collaborative spirit, sense of humor 

Compensation:

This fully remote position is a full-time salaried position. The salary range is $60,000-$70,000 and includes a generous benefits package. 

Application: 

Send resume and cover letter to: recruitment@kab.org. Please include Development Manager in the subject line.

About Keep America Beautiful

A leading national nonprofit, Keep America Beautiful inspires and educates people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment. We envision a country in which every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live.

The organization is driven by the work and passion of nearly 700 community-based Keep America Beautiful affiliates, millions of volunteers and the support of corporate partners, municipalities, elected officials and individuals.