Associate Director of Partnerships

Nishimura Global Peace, Inc.

(Formerly United Peace International, Inc.)

Location: Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Schedule: Full-time, hybrid; based in North Carolina

Reports to: Director of Strategy

Compensation and benefits: $90,000–$115,000 annual base salary, depending on relevant experience, qualifications, and demonstrated fundraising success. Benefits include health insurance and eligibility to participate in the 401(k) plan after one year of service, subject to the plan’s terms, eligibility requirements, and applicable entry dates.

Travel: National and international travel required

About NGP

Nishimura Global Peace, Inc. (NGP), formerly United Peace International, Inc. is dedicated to reforming the United Nations to promote global peace and alleviate the trauma, poverty, and suffering that war and conflict inflict on innocent people. With roots in Japan and a growing U.S. presence, we work across borders to build support for a more peaceful and accountable international system.

The opportunity

NGP seeks an accomplished relationship builder to expand our network of supporters and develop lasting partnerships that advance global peace. Reporting to the Director of Strategy, the Associate Director of Partnerships will introduce NGP's work, identify shared interests, and turn promising relationships into meaningful collaboration and financial support.

The primary purpose of this role is to build donor relationships and personally secure substantial gifts and multiyear support. The successful candidate will help the Director of Strategy plan and coordinate fundraising, managing the full relationship cycle from outreach through solicitation and stewardship. Working closely with our North Carolina team and colleagues in Japan, this person will build trust and sustain long-term support.

Responsibilities

• Identify and build relationships with major and principal gift prospects, family foundations, philanthropic advisers, and potential institutional partners.
• Initiate thoughtful outreach that introduces NGP's work, explores shared interests, and creates opportunities for ongoing engagement.
• Manage an assigned portfolio through identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship; personally secure significant gifts and multiyear commitments.
• Develop tailored partnership proposals, grant applications, donor briefings, and stewardship reports with strategy, program, and finance colleagues.
• Arrange small cultivation events, introductions, and leadership meetings; prepare senior leaders and ensure timely follow-up.
• Develop partnership plans that clarify mutual objectives, responsibilities, timelines, and opportunities for financial or other mission-aligned support.
• Track relationships, next steps, commitments, and revenue forecasts in the CRM; coordinate outreach with colleagues to strengthen fundraising teamwork.
• Represent NGP with professionalism and cultural sensitivity, traveling nationally and internationally for meetings, events, and organizational activities.

Required qualifications

• A strong commitment to reforming the United Nations to promote global peace and alleviate suffering caused by war and conflict.
• A minimum of five years of relevant fundraising or partnership development experience.
• Demonstrated success personally cultivating, soliciting, and securing substantial philanthropic gifts or funded partnerships; ability to explain your personal role in those results.
• Ability to initiate new relationships, listen carefully, find shared interests, and maintain trust over time.
• Excellent proposal-writing, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.
• Comfort working with global leaders, major donors, foundation representatives, and senior executives; integrity, discretion, cultural sensitivity, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement in the Durham-Chapel Hill area and undertake required national and international travel.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred qualifications

• Success securing seven-figure gifts or substantial multiyear commitments.
• Success securing six-figure gifts; experience with relationship-based fundraising, philanthropic advisers, and small donor cultivation events.
• Experience with international organizations, peace building, or global affairs.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, WealthEngine, or Wealth-X; proficiency in more than one language.

How to apply

Apply through LinkedIn with your résumé and a brief cover letter describing your interest in NGP’s mission and relevant partnership and fundraising accomplishments. Include examples of significant gifts or partnerships, specifying amounts or ranges and your personal contribution. Please omit confidential donor information.

We welcome qualified applicants from all backgrounds.