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Industry Partnerships & Engagement Coordinator

L5

seed your futureCoatesville, PA2 days ago

$56,000

Occupations

Meeting, Convention, and Event PlannersFundraisersFundraising Managers

Industries

Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant WholesalersNursery and Tree ProductionNursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers
About Seed Your FutureSeed Your Future (SYF) is a national nonprofit that inspires students to explore careers in horticulture and plant sciences. Founded in 2014, SYF connects students and educators with the green industry through programs including Seed to STEM, Green Career Week, the Growing Careers Webinar Series, Careers in Bloom, #IAmHorticulture, the Career Connector business directory, and student tours at major trade shows such as MANTS, Cultivate, TPIE, The Landscape Show, and FarWest. SYF is supported by leading companies across the industry, including Ball Horticultural Company, Proven Winners, Bailey Nurseries, Syngenta Flowers, Corteva Agriscience, Longwood Gardens, and Midwest Groundcovers. Why this role, why now Our programs are growing faster than our capacity to staff them with industry volunteers. Every student tour, mock interview, career panel, and trade show table depends on industry professionals willing to share their career paths, and reaching more students means engaging many more of them. Those same conversations are SYF's best fundraising opportunities. A grower who hosts students on a trade show tour, or a manager who conducts mock interviews, sees our impact firsthand and is far more likely to give. This role connects the two: it recruits and supports industry volunteers, then follows up to turn engagement into partnerships, sponsorships, and gifts, while keeping current donors close.
Key responsibilities:
  • Industry engagement and events (about 40%)Recruit, schedule, and prepare industry professionals and companies to host trade show student tours (MANTS, Cultivate, TPIE, The Landscape Show, Farwest, and others)
  • Recruit and coordinate industry volunteer interviewers for SYF's virtual mock interview program
  • Staff and coordinate SYF's presence at industry events, including the PlantCon show series, and recruit professionals for career panels and speaking roles
  • Build and maintain a growing roster of industry volunteers, tracking who participates and how
  • Turning engagement into support (about 35%)Follow up with every company and professional who engages with SYF, and identify those ready for a deeper partnership or gift
  • Convert warm leads, starting with the 97 non-donor companies that have participated in SYF trade show tours
  • Re-engage past corporate donors who have not given in two or more years
  • Sell and renew Career Connector directory listings and Internship Worksheet sponsorships
  • Donor stewardship (about 25%)Steward current donors with timely thank-yous, impact updates, and invitations to see programs in action
  • Identify donors ready to increase their giving and support the Executive Director in those asks
  • Keep the donor database accurate and complete, logging every contact and gift
  • Report monthly on engagement and revenue progress to the Executive Director
  • Year 1 goals
  • The Year 1 revenue goal is $100,000 across five sources.
  • Revenue source
  • Career Connector listings 28 × $500 = $14,000 Internship Worksheet sponsors 24 × $250 = $6,000 Past corporate donors / partners 8 × $2,500 avg. = $20,000 Existing donor increased giving Upgrades from current donors $10,000 Warm leads converted 25 × $2,000 avg. $50,000 Success is also measured by:
  • Donor retention rate of 70% or higher100 or more new donors acquired 100% of gifts acknowledged within 3–5 business days
  • Donor database accuracy of 95% or higher
  • A growing roster of industry volunteers for tours, mock interviews, panels, and events
Qualifications:
  • Required 3+ years in partnerships, sales, fundraising, or industry relations 3+ years experience within the green industry (nursery, greenhouse, landscape, floriculture, or allied trades)
  • Comfort reaching out to new contacts by phone, email, and in person, and following through to a yes
  • Strong organization and follow-up; able to manage many relationships and events at once with little supervision
  • Clear, warm written and verbal communication
  • Experience with a CRM or donor database
  • Willingness to travel to trade shows and industry events
  • PreferredBackground in nonprofit fundraising, donor stewardship, or corporate sponsorship sales
  • Experience recruiting and managing volunteers or coordinating events
  • Passion for education and helping students find career paths
  • Compensation and how to apply
This contract pays a $56,000 guaranteed base plus a performance bonus of up to $14,000. The bonus is paid quarterly, $3,500 each quarter, when cumulative revenue raised meets that quarter's goal. Goals ramp up through the year to allow time to build relationships. Because goals are cumulative, a missed quarter can be made up later, though a missed bonus is not paid retroactively. To apply, send a resume and a short cover letter describing your experience building industry or donor relationships to Jazmin Albarran, Executive Director, at by November 12, 2026.
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Level

SeniorL5

Salary

$56,000

Location

Coatesville, PA

Occupation

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Industry

Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

Posted

2 days ago

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