The Partnerships Coordinator is a volunteer role, which manages relationships with hosts, partner organizations and sponsors for the ONA Local group.
You’ll be great for this role if:
- You’re great at identifying and evaluating potential partners for your work and managing those relationships once they start — or you’re interested in building more effective partnerships skills
- You’re interested in experimenting with innovative models to support journalism communities
- You’re interested in developing great working relationships with businesses, event venues and other organizations in your city
- You’re primarily available during normal business hours and can handle correspondence and coordination with sponsors/partners and your ONA Local leadership team
Responsibilities include:
- Identify and recruit sponsors
- Field outreach from potential sponsors and respond to invitations to partner
- Manage sponsor deliverables such as a welcome from the host, delivering any handouts or swag, etc
- Manage the ONA Local group’s relationship with sister organizations
