Partnerships Manager, Social Impact

**Company Description
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun - where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

**Job Description
At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.

LinkedIn’s Social Impact team is focused on creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce by partnering with nonprofits around the world and inspiring our employees to drive impact. We are looking for a Social Impact Manager to take our current nonprofit partnerships strategy in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia to the next level.

In this unique role, this person will have the opportunity to manage a portfolio of partnerships with key workforce development organizations, exploring innovative collaborations to provide economic opportunity to those that need it most. Additionally, this person will have the opportunity to inspire colleagues in Singapore and in the region to connect with their communities, causes and each other to strengthen our culture and the impact we can have together. This position reports to the Head of Social Impact, APAC within Marketing & Communications.

**Responsibilities**
- Oversee our nonprofit grantmaking portfolio in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia and build out a strategy of how we can support the needs of our partners in connecting professionals overcoming barriers to opportunity.
- Identify opportunities to grow and nurture partnerships and impact with key workforce development organizations through thought leadership collaborations and corporate partnerships
- Through our nonprofit partnerships, focus on ensuring LinkedIn has a strong presence in our local communities and is leveraging our employees and our collective resources and expertise to create lasting social impact.
- Support employee donation and volunteering initiatives and partner with internal teams to design and launch employee-facing campaigns to drive participation and impact through our signature LinkedIn Coaches program
- Support philanthropic disaster response process, monitoring and activating Social Impact disaster response efforts in response to environmental and social issues
- Work with local employee volunteer leads and employee programs team to scope, promote, and host virtual and in-person events that connect professionals overcoming barriers to LinkedIn webinars and group breakout sessions with employee volunteers and senior leaders.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders across the Center for Global Impact (LinkedIn for Nonprofits, Policy, Diversity Inclusion & Belonging, Sustainability) to ensure alignment of goals and strategy and bring the holistic value of LinkedIn to the region
- Stay abreast of emerging trends and opportunities in the social impact landscape and ensure our programs remain relevant and effective.

**Basic Qualifications**:

- 5+ years of experience in the corporate or nonprofit/public sector and experience in workforce development or education.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Interpersonal skills and ability to build lasting professional relationships and collaborations with diverse stakeholders
- Leadership skills with the ability to influence, inspire, and reimagine what’s possible
- Written, verbal, and presentation skills to influence and inspire employees and senior leadership
- Proven track record with project management and planning skills
- Passion for and/or has lived experience in support of job seekers facing barriers with economic opportunity
- Experience and comfort with using Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.
- Ability to operate in a highly dynamic, matrixed environment with competing
priorities
- Manages ambiguity with confidence and composure
- Ability to work independently to achieve goals and project milestones
- Sense of humour How to purposely make space for joy on top of your core role

**Suggested Skills**:

- Project Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Influencing for Impact
- Creativity & Innovation