Senior Associate, Community Affairs

TITLE:  Senior Associate, Community Affairs

DEPARTMENT:  Bain Capital Communication & Public Affairs

LOCATION:  Boston, MA

BAIN CAPITAL OVERVIEW

With approximately $185 billion of assets under management, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms. We create lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Over four decades we have strategically grown our platform to focus on Private Equity, Growth & Venture, Capital Solutions, Credit & Capital Markets, and Real Assets. Today, our team includes 1,880+ employees in 24 offices on four continents. 

We partner differently to help people and companies embrace possibility and realize potential. Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach enables us to pursue strategic growth, build enduring relationships with a robust external network, and collaborate across our integrated platform to connect the deep and diverse expertise that unlocks breakthrough insights.

Our people are the heart of our advantage. Colleagues at all levels have a seat at the table as they tackle business challenges with a principal investor mindset. By asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and remaining intellectually agile, we work together to achieve exceptional outcomes. 

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BAIN CAPITAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
At Bain Capital, we engage and contribute to our communities locally and across the globe while also encouraging our companies and investments to establish meaningful community initiatives. Giving back to our communities with our time, expertise and resources has long been a part of Bain Capital’s DNA. Our guiding philosophy is to engage with intention and do our part across our local and global communities.

Since our founding, Bain Capital has supported a wide array of charitable and nonprofit organizations in communities around the world with our time, expertise and resources. Our commitment to citizenship has been a long-standing priority for our partnership and our employees. Our employees collectively serve on more than 220 nonprofit boards and donate time and resources to hundreds more. Through Bain Capital Community Partnership (“BCCP”), we strive to make real impact in the neighborhoods where we work and live. Across our investments, we encourage and support our investments’ efforts to engage and contribute to their communities, locally and across the globe.
 

ABOUT THIS ROLE
The Senior Associate, Community Affairs will support the Communications department and Head of Community Affairs in running the day-to-day components of Bain Capital Community Partnership (BCCP) programs with a focus on employee volunteering and fundraising activities. The Sr. Associate will also respond to employee inquiries on the program and will work closely with local office champions in the development of initiatives and volunteer activities.
The Sr. Associate will work to engage employees in volunteering initiatives across geographies, business functions and levels through the creation of engaging written and visual content for the firm's global intranet, BCCP portal, monthly Digest newsletter, office video walls, social media accounts and various internal and external communications platforms.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Volunteer Program & Partnership Management:

• Develop and execute a year-round calendar of volunteer and team fundraising opportunities for Bain Capital colleagues with our key community partners.

• Maintain a database of individual and group volunteer options available through local and national non-profits which Bain Capital historically supports.

• Publish and update ongoing volunteer opportunities on our Bain Capital Community Partnerships Portal (Benevity) site, encouraging colleague participation.

• Advise our business unit and office leaders in scoping volunteer activities for their teams, identifying potential non-profit partners & projects, planning the event, and tracking/sharing employee impact (entering volunteer time into the BCCP Portal, sharing activities via internal communications and social media, etc.).

Communications:

• Draft original content for the BCCP portal, monthly Digest email, and other internal communications channels highlighting employee volunteer opportunities and impact.

• Work with community partners to before, during and after volunteer activities to educate colleagues about their organizations, populations served, and issue(s) they are addressing.

• Capture volunteer efforts via photos, statistics, etc. for use in sharing volunteer impact via internal and external communications.

Strategy & Reporting:

• Encourage and educate employees on usage of BCCP Portal (Benevity) for finding volunteer opportunities, tracking of their hours volunteered, and making of matching volunteer grants.

• Assist with compiling quarterly updates on volunteer engagement, as well as annual summaries of total impact (e.g. organizations supported, hours contributed) for annual firmwide recaps, ESG report, etc.

• Collaborate with cross-regional and segment leaders to gather insights and ideas on how to make volunteerism program more locally relevant and impactful.

• Support programmatic updates based on annual learnings and firm driven changes.

• Continually research the corporate volunteering landscape and trends to ensure best practices are followed.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-4+ years of work experience ideally in volunteer/group management, employee engagement, non-profit fundraising, human resources, training & development or similar areas.

• Strong interpersonal skills with capacity to interact with outside parties and personnel across all levels of the firm.

• Dedicated team player with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through skills

• Self-starter with initiative. Ability to work unsupervised.

• Detail-oriented, conscientious, and energetic professional.

• Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, social media

• Previous work or volunteer experience with a non-profit a plus

• Ability to examine data to grasp issues, draw conclusions and solve problems

• This role requires travel to volunteer events, firm/business unit offsite meetings, and Bain Capital offices

Bain Capital is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.