Partnership Strategist, Associate

Do you crave a fast-paced, mission-driven environment where you can make a real difference?

Join our Special Coverage team as an Associate, Partnership Strategist and become an instrumental team member behind our high-profile events, content series, and partnerships. You’ll be the glue that holds everything together, ensuring projects run smoothly and deliver maximum impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Responsibilities:

• Partnership Powerhouse: You’ll be the bridge between the special coverage team and our incredible partner organizations. This means coordinating with partners, speakers, and other key players to ensure everything runs smoothly.
• Showcasing Impact: Developing performance reports, working closely with colleagues across the organization to determine what metrics are needed to showcase the impact of partnerships.
• Content Catalyst: Fueling our content engine is part of the job! You’ll help research topics, identify speakers, gather background information for our content concepts, develop informative speaker briefs, and develop engaging and impactful social media copy. Think of yourself as a research ninja, digging up the good stuff.
• Presentation Pro: From speaker bios to polished presentations, you’ll help us create professional materials that wow. Think of yourself as the presentation magician, making everything look sharp.
• Project Superhero: You’ll be the master of organization, wielding tools to keep projects on track, deadlines met, and everyone in the loop. Think creating project plans, managing timelines, and keeping tabs on deliverables and revenue.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a fast-paced administrative or project support role, demonstrating strong organizational, time management, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively with diverse global teams and stakeholders in a remote role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field including communications, global development, international relations, or related.
• Ability to work standard business hours in Central European Time to overlap with our European, African and North American based colleagues and partners.

Bonus points

• Experience in content creation, editing, and working within an editorial or communications environment.
• Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Monday.com and Slack) a plus.
• Experience with event management.
• A passion for global development and Devex’s mission.
• Desired start date, before the end of 2024.

About the Organization

At Devex, our vision is to do more good for more people in the global

development community. We’re a media platform that connects 1+ million

development professionals with news, jobs, content series, events, and

funding.

When you become a Devexer, you’re not only joining a global company

but a team of 120+ passionate people who value our guiding principles:

• We champion global development professionals.
• We focus on impact.
• We embrace transformation.
• We work together.
• We feel urgency.

What we offer you

Being part of the Devex team is a partnership. We strive to make

Devex a place where you can thrive and do your most inspirational work.

Here are a few perks we offer:

• Remote contractor contract with flexible work hours
• 2 week-long enterprise-wide breaks to rest and recharge
• 2 YAY days to learn or adventure as you like

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our

company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color,

national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status,

veteran status, or disability.

Ready to get started? Apply now!