Position Summary:

CEN seeks a Corporate Sponsorship Lead who will be responsible for building new relationships with corporations; raising funds through corporate sponsorships; ensuring corporate involvement at fundraising activities; and arranging appropriate recognition of corporate sponsors at events and in CEN’s promotional materials.

The Corporate Sponsorship lead will work independently but will meet regularly with the Director for planning and collaboration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Research and identify potential sponsors;
• Approach companies for sponsorship and effectively promote importance of CEN’s mission;
• Strategize methods for involving sponsors in manner that benefits both CEN and sponsoring organizations;
• Ensure that corporate sponsors are appropriately recognized in CEN’s promotional literature;
• Other duties are possible, depending on intern’s skills and experience.

• Strong research skills;
• Assertiveness, willingness to contact corporations and seek sponsorships;
• Ability to communicate clearly and confidently with potential sponsors;
• Strong interpersonal skills and must be a team player;
• Detail-oriented and flexible;
• Self-directed and self-motivated; ability to work with little supervision; and
• Commitment to CEN’s mission and strong interest in international development issues.

Please be able to commit a minimum average of 10 hours per month.

This is a "virtual" team opportunity which you may perform from your home or other location.

Community Empowerment Network's (CEN’s) operations are nearly entirely driven by the efforts of volunteers (the only exception is our Field Manager in Santarém, Brazil, who is paid under contract). We are staffed along the lines of the Open Source development community. We have several (currently eight) Working Groups, each with its own lead who manages a number of Project Leads. These Project Leads are responsible for building and managing teams of volunteers to execute specific projects. We’re a small organization and so lines of responsibility become a little blurred at time, but this provides a terrific opportunity to take on a variety of responsibilities and to expand your skills. For more information on our staffing structure, please see our How Our Teams Work.

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