Associate Director, Partnerships and Alliance Members Development, DIAL
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About The Position
The Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) works to advance a more equitable world by putting the rights and aspiration of people at the center of digital transformation. To that end, we connect people with evidence to design digital systems and tools that work for society through research, demonstrations, and policy advocacy. We collaborate with others to promote digital systems and governance approaches that maximize participation, agency, choice and trust, with a particular focus on effective data exchange systems and strong data governance. Hosted by the United Nations Foundation, DIAL is a partnership among the world's leading digital development champions, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and the German Development Cooperation Agency (GIZ), among others. This role is a new position reporting directly to the CEO and working closely with the leadership of DIAL. Successful candidates will bring new ideas and creativity to strengthening the partnership base of DIAL. She/he will lead the systematic outreach to funders who make up alliance members of DIAL to share updates, gather insights and needs, and encourage further support to DIAL's work. She/he will actively represent DIAL in meetings and events to build the base of alliance members whose strategic priorities aligns with the work and ambitions of DIAL. The Associate Director will lead the business development function at DIAL through identification of new strategic opportunities, development and management of proposals, and creation and institutionalization of core business development materials and processes. As opportunities arise to grow the funder alliance base, the Associate Director will manage the internal process of identifying opportunities that align with DIAL's mission and, in coordination with DIAL team members, designing and developing the project, submitting the final project proposal and tracking the movement, and any changes, required by the funder. Finally, the Associate Director will be a critical part of alliance member/board meetings. The Associate Director will help to design conversations that generate insights and wisdom from alliance members while showcasing the best of DIAL's work during the performance period. These are critical moments to foster a sense of network and peer engagement for alliance members.
