Program Development & Partnership Coordinator

Location: Remote (Canada, Africa, or Latin America) Reports to: Co-Director of Programs Position Type: Permanent, Full-Time Language Requirements: English /French bilingual is essential. proficiency in Spanish is strongly preferred. Compensation: Salary will be determined based on the successful candidate's location, experience, and internal compensation framework. For candidates based in Canada, the salary range is CAD $58,262 to $72,828 annually.

ABOUT CUSO INTERNATIONAL

Cuso International (Cuso) is a Canadian-founded and led global development organization dedicated to addressing poverty and creating opportunities for equity. At Cuso, we believe in the transformative power of collaboration and action. For over six decades, we have worked alongside communities - in Canada and around the world – to create sustainable change, fostering g economic growth, social well-being, and resilience.

Cuso’s partnership model helps build bridges between governments, community organizations, private sector actors, volunteers, investors and equity-deserving groups. Through our innovative programs, dedicated volunteers, and strong partnerships, we support communities with the tools, education, and resources to build brighter futures for everyone.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Cuso International is undergoing a period of renewal and growth. To respond to a rapidly evolving international cooperation landscape, the organization is integrating its program development and implementation functions more closely, strengthening portfolio leadership, and aligning systems for greater impact and scale.

The Program and Partnership Coordinator supports the organization's program development and partnership objectives by conducting opportunity scanning and research, coordinating program initiative development processes, supporting the cultivation of corporate and other partnerships for Cuso’s work, and maintaining pipeline, partnerships and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.

The Coordinator proactively manages partnership and funding opportunity pipelines by maintaining accurate CRM records, monitoring engagement progress, tracking follow-up actions and key milestones, and ensuring timely coordination and accountability to advance opportunities.

The role also facilitates coordination across teams and provides administrative and operational support to advance strategic growth and engagement efforts.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Proposal Development & Information Management:

• Assist in compiling, reviewing, and editing proposal components and annexes, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and organizational standards.
• Maintain donor submission platforms and ensure administrative, due diligence, and organizational documentation remains up to date.
• Track proposal pipelines, submission schedules, deadlines, and key deliverables.
• Facilitate information sharing across teams to support timely proposal development and decision-making processes.
• Manage and update pipeline and corporate engagement decision management systems, ensuring Go No Gos and other processes are well followed, with decisions documented.

Team Coordination & Process Management:

• Coordinate workflows and timelines across program development, technical, and operational teams.
• Maintain internal trackers, workplans, dashboards, and reporting tools to support business development and partnership activities.
• Schedule meetings, prepare agendas, document action items, and monitor follow-up actions.
• Support coordination of internal planning sessions, workshops, team meetings and other team processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of systems, processes, and tools that support program development, and partnership management.

Opportunity Scanning, Research & Market Intelligence:

• Conduct research on institutional donors, corporations, and other prospective and current partners to identify funding, and partnership opportunities.
• Monitor emerging opportunities and partnership prospects.
• Prepare meeting notes, partner profiles, and other materials to support engagement with donors, corporate partners, and strategic stakeholders.
• Maintain knowledge resources, templates, databases, and trackers.

Partnership & Client Relationship Coordination:

• Support the identification, cultivation, and stewardship of corporate, institutional, and strategic partners for programming.
• Maintain accurate records of program partner interactions, engagement plans, opportunities, and follow-up actions.
• Manage and update CRM and partnership management systems, ensuring information is current, actionable, and supports relationship development.
• Track partnership pipelines and engagement progress, including prospecting, relationship development, proposal stages, and post-award follow-up.
• Generate reports, dashboards, and partner intelligence to support decision-making, relationship management, and corporate engagement strategies.
• Coordinate partner outreach activities, meetings, and communications in collaboration with program development, and leadership teams.

Administrative & Operational Support:

• Coordinate logistics donor meetings, corporate partner meetings, networking events, workshops, webinars, and partnership engagement activities.
• Prepare documents, presentations, reports, and other materials for internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide travel administration support, including travel planning, expense tracking, visa coordination, and logistics.
• Prepare requisitions and supporting documentation for procurement and payment processing.
• Provide on-site or virtual event support as required.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Director, Program Development.

QUALIFICATION

• University degree in international development, international relations, business administration, public administration, communications, or a related field. A combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• Minimum three to five years of relevant professional experience supporting program development, business development, partnerships, fundraising, grant management, or related functions in the international development, non-profit, or private sector.
• Demonstrated experience conducting research, opportunity scanning, partner mapping, and market intelligence.
• Experience supporting proposal and partnership development processes, including coordinating inputs, compiling documentation, tracking deadlines, and ensuring compliance with donor requirements.
• Experience working with CRM systems and maintaining accurate records, pipelines, engagement plans, and reporting tools.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating meetings, workshops, and events.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and CRM tools.
• English and French bilingualism is essential. Professional proficiency in Spanish is strongly preferred.

Cuso International is committed to the integrity of our volunteers, interns, staff, managers, board members and subcontractors in preventing sexual violence in the way we operate. This is done through a defined framework, code of conduct, values and guiding principles, as well as Cooperation Canada’s Leaders’ Pledge.