Director of Partnerships

Role Overview

DREAM seeks a relationship-driven Director of Partnerships to lead the development and stewardship of partnerships that support DREAM’s growth, programming, and long-term sustainability.

What You Will Do

The Director of Partnerships will develop and implement a comprehensive partnership strategy across DREAM’s regions and programs, cultivate relationships with affordable housing networks, identify prospective program sites, steward existing partners, and oversee partnership agreements.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate has experience in affordable housing, community development, partnership management, or a related field and understands how to translate relationships into measurable organizational growth and impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
• Two or more years of relevant experience in partnerships, affordable housing, community development, external relations, business development, or nonprofit leadership
• Demonstrated success developing and sustaining external partnerships
• Experience in affordable housing, including work with housing authorities, property management organizations, developers, resident services, or housing networks, strongly preferred
• Experience developing partnership, outreach, or organizational growth strategies
• Experience managing contracts, memoranda of understanding, or partnership agreements
• Strong relationship-building, communication, presentation, project-management, and organizational skills
• Ability to balance strategic planning with consistent follow-through, documentation, and day-to-day relationship management
• Experience working across multiple regions or with youth-serving and community-based programs preferred
• Ability to travel periodically to DREAM regions and partner communities

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package