Global Donations and Workplace Giving Global Market Analysis- Consultant

Requisition ID: req49459

Job Title: Global Donations and Workplace Giving Global Market Analysis- Consultant

Sector: Strategy

Employment Category: Consultant

Open to Expatriates: Yes

Location: New York, NY HQ USA

Work Arrangement:

Job Description

Background of the project: 

One fiscal year 2024 (FY24) goal for the Global Partnerships and Philanthropic Services (GPPS) team is to expand into new sectors and geographies. The Employee Engagement & Workplace Giving (EEWG) team supports that goal for FY24 to build transformational employee engagement based on priority markets to be identified within Europe, the Nordics (Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway), Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions. A focus is to maximize global donations (including workplace giving) in those regions by conducting an environmental scan of the best and most widely used giving sites and workplace giving software platforms operating in those regions and any requirements for the IRC to participate.

Scope of work:

Reporting to the Associate Director, EEWG, the consultant will conduct a robust environmental scan to identify local Europe, including Nordics, Asia, and MENA vendors who can best facilitate IRC giving. The goal is to increase IRC’s capacity to steward donors/employees through the most used and preferred giving sites and platforms in those geographies. The consultant will deliver recommendations via the following activities:

• Discovery and Scoping: Review EEWG background information, documents, current systems and align and prioritize regions (between Europe, MENA, and Asia) based on obtaining stakeholder input and feedback.
• Requirements Review: Understand desired outcomes, top requirements, priority geographies and capacity for change of EEWG to implement.
• Market Scan: Identify potential vendors, interview potential platforms, other global donation sites, analyze and compile requirements comparison, and verify information.
• Options and Recommendations: Provide a comparison chart correlated to requirements and recommended viable options, as well as any learnings and essential steps for IRC to optimize its usage of the platforms successfully.

Deliverables:

In collaboration with key stakeholders, create landscape analysis and recommendations for IRC placement on workplace giving platforms/giving sites for targeted regions/countries.

• Review documents and background information of IRC’s current donation sites and workplace giving platform placement to understand:

• Current programs (e.g., giving, volunteering, etc.)
• Regions/Countries and program variations and align priority regions in 1) Europe, including Nordics, 2)Asia, 3)MENA, and 4)other regions if applicable
• Giving guidelines
• Current technology
• Partners (official and unofficial)
• Current processes (onboarding, promoting, vetting, disbursing funds, etc.)
• Requirements summary of top requirements and data collection requirements

• Market scan to identify potential vendors, interview potential platforms, and other global donation sites, analyze and compile requirements comparison and verify information.

• Vendor identification – leverage existing data to contact or identify vendors
• Conduct secondary research and interviews with vendors, global donation sites and align functionality requirements
• Analyze and tabulate responses for comprehensive analysis of vendor/donation site data
• Validate findings via vendor follow-up and third-party data

• Recommendations and Stakeholder Presentation

• Analyze & synthesize findings
• Create vendor comparison chart correlated to requirements
• Provide short list of vendors most likely to meet IRC’s needs in the priority regions identified within Europe, (Nordics), Asia, MENA
• Design presentation materials and present key findings to IRC stakeholders

Qualifications

Requirements:

Work Experience: 2-4 years of fundraising and experience with third-party workplace giving platforms (e.g. Benevity, YourCause, Cybergrants) or related donation sites.Experience with employee giving and volunteer technology software is required. Global knowledge and expertise strongly preferred.

Skills and Competencies:

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills;
• Detail-orientated, effective organizational and time-management skills;
• Ability to adapt quickly, plan for, prioritize and manage multiple components of a project while working in a fast-paced environment as part of a team;
• Excellent interpersonal skills: the ability to communicate and liaise effectively and diplomatically with colleagues, vendors, and consultants;
• Sound judgment in maintaining confidentiality of donor information;
• Solid Computer skills: ability to work effectively and accurately with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).Experience with gift processing operations is a plus.
• Must be enthusiastic, creative and collaborative.
• A passion for the IRC’s mission and commitment to fundraising, constituent stewardship and cultivation is a plus.

Language Skills: Excellent spoken and written English is essential.