Senior Private Partnerships and Philanthropy Associate

Overview

Support the growth of major-donor and private-philanthropy income in Japan through systematic prospect development, relationship management, and high-quality donor engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage a prioritized portfolio of prospective and existing major donors, HNWIs and UHNWIs, covering the full donor cycle.
• Conduct and coordinate prospect research, wealth screening and relationship mapping.
• Develop documented cultivation and solicitation strategies for priority prospects and donors.
• Prepare and deliver tailored donor approaches and solicitations.
• Develop and implement bespoke stewardship plans for assigned donors.
• Cultivate relationships with family offices, private banks, wealth advisers, philanthropic advisers, giving networks and other intermediaries.
• Identify and coordinate high-level donor engagement opportunities.
• Work with J4U’s PPH colleagues, senior leadership and Board to identify and responsibly activate relevant networks.
• Collaborate with J4U’s Individual Giving and donor-development colleagues to establish appropriate pathways for identifying, qualifying and transitioning suitable middle-value donors.
• Develop high-quality and persuasive donor-facing materials in Japanese and English.
• Coordinate with relevant UNHCR operations, regional bureaux, PSP Asia and the HQ Private Philanthropy team.
• Maintain accurate and timely records of prospects, donors, opportunities, interactions, next steps, income projections and stewardship commitments.
• Monitor the health and progression of the assigned pipeline, contribute to income forecasting and annual planning, and provide regular analysis of results, risks, opportunities and support required.
• Ensure that prospective and existing donor relationships are managed in accordance with applicable due-diligence, data-protection, contribution-management, ethical fundraising and reputational-risk requirements.
• Monitor developments in Japan’s philanthropic and wealth-management landscape.
• Contribute to emergency fundraising approaches for major donors and HNWIs when required.
• Adapt relevant global private-philanthropy best practices and approaches to the Japanese context, contribute to relevant global initiatives and knowledge exchange, and share learning and market insights from Japan across UNHCR’s private-philanthropy network.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Required Experience

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience with a secondary school diploma, or 2 years with a bachelor's degree or higher.
• Experience in private philanthropy, major-gifts fundraising, donor relations, wealth management, private banking, family-office engagement, or related fields.
• Experience identifying, cultivating and managing relationships with major donors, HNWIs and other senior external stakeholders.
• Experience developing donor strategies, proposals, presentations and other fundraising materials.
• Experience contributing to fundraising results through prospecting, solicitation, stewardship and pipeline management.
• Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders and managing complex opportunities.
• Experience maintaining accurate donor and pipeline records.
• Strong judgement, discretion and ability to manage confidential information.
• Experience in an international environment (desired).
• Experience within the UN system, an international NGO, or another mission-driven organization (desired).
• Knowledge of Japan's philanthropic and fundraising landscape (desired).
• Knowledge of humanitarian and/or development programming (desired).
• Familiarity with Salesforce or similar CRM systems (desired).

Qualifications

High School Diploma or university degree (BA) in business, marketing, international relations, development, political science or a related discipline

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