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.

You must be able to commit to a minimum average of 10 hours a month. This is a "virtual" team opportunity which may be performed from home or another 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 a small organization and so lines of sometimes overlap, but this provides a terrific opportunity for volunteers to take on a variety of responsibilities and to expand you’re their skills. How Our Teams Work .

If you are interested, please send your resume and cover note to the volunteer coordinator.