Job Title: Strategic Partnerships Coordinator

Department: Strategic Alliances

Location: Remote/Virtual within the continental US

Reports to: Senior Manager, Strategic Alliances and White Oak Collaborative

Classification: Exempt

Position type: Full-Time Employee

Pay Band: $45,000 - $57,000

Blue Star Families

Blue Star Families is the largest nonprofit dedicated to making military life better for families. Each year, we support over 1.5 million military- and veteran-connected family members through a national network of 300,000+ members and local chapters in communities across the country.

Our mission is simple and bold: We make military life awesome for families. We listen, share, partner, and act to deliver evidence-based, data-driven solutions that work for real people. We’re a lifestyle organization, a friend and neighbor, and a trusted partner. Our approach is collaborative, human-centered, and designed with the whole family in mind.

A Blue Star Family is one with an immediate family member — a spouse, parent, or child — actively serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, including the Guard and Reserves. These families face unique challenges, including frequent relocations, deployments, career disruptions, and isolation. We respond with research-informed programs that create connection, build resilience, and foster a true sense of belonging.

We serve with urgency but build trust over time — because change happens at the speed of trust. Whether we’re driving spouse employment, supporting caregivers, or helping communities welcome military families, we strive for upstream solutions.

Who We’re Looking For:

• Bold thinkers. Fast movers. Smart collaborators. People who want to build, lead, and drive measurable change — and who care deeply about making an impact that matters.

What You’ll Do Here:

• Solve complex challenges with data, heart, and humility
• Build cross-sector partnerships that get things done
• Help military families feel at home wherever they live

If you're ready to work in a high-performance, mission-driven environment — and to make life better for those who serve — Blue Star Families is where you belong.

As a fully remote organization, we rely on scheduled in-person gatherings to foster alignment, collaboration, and organizational culture. This role requires the ability to travel out of town overnight several times per year for staff offsites, planning retreats, and company-wide events. These gatherings are essential for connection, brainstorming, and staying strategically aligned across teams. Participation is required as a core part of the role.

General Description

The Strategic Partnerships Coordinator will work directly for the Senior Manager, Strategic Alliances and White Oak Collaborative, to provide coordination, research, project management, and administrative support across Blue Star Families’ Strategic Alliances portfolio, including national-level Strategic Partnerships, the White Oak Collaborative, and the Do Your Part initiative. The Coordinator will support external partnerships, White Oak Collaborative coordination and governance activities, and state and federal policy research and engagement related to military and veteran families.

Key Job Functions

Strategic Alliances

• Support the development and implementation of national-level strategic partnerships with nonprofit, public-sector, and private-sector organizations.
• Participate in partner meetings and calls, capturing notes and tracking action items.
• Draft briefing documents, meeting agendas, presentations, and other partnership materials.
• Conduct research on prospective and current partners to inform partnership development and engagement.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date partnership records.
• Support project management of partnership implementation across internal teams, coordinating timelines, deliverables, and follow-up.

White Oak Collaborative

• Support coordination and governance activities of the White Oak Collaborative, a 140+ member cross-sector coalition.
• Coordinate coalition communications, including drafting updates and correspondence to member organizations.
• Prepare for and follow up on coalition meetings, including agendas, materials, notes, and action items.
• Support member engagement and onboarding, including maintaining member records and communications.
• Track coalition activities to help ensure alignment with organizational priorities.
• Support the planning and execution of coalition meetings, convenings, and annual events, including the White Oak Collaborative Symposium.

Do Your Part Initiative

• Support engagement with participating Do Your Part states, including coordination of state activities and communications.
• Track state commitments and activities to help ensure follow-through and alignment with program goals.
• Research, monitor, and analyze state policy developments affecting military and veteran families, synthesizing findings into actionable insights for internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Prepare briefings, talking points, and background materials on state and policy topics to support organizational engagement with state stakeholders.
• Support state-focused communications, meetings, resources, and convenings.

Cross-Functional / Administrative Support

• Coordinate timelines, stakeholders, materials, and follow-up across projects within the Strategic Alliances portfolio.
• Maintain accurate records and tracking systems, including Salesforce.
• Provide general project and administrative support to the Strategic Alliances portfolio.
• Collaborate across departments to help ensure partnership, coalition, and policy activities align with internal processes and organizational priorities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience, Skills, Background

• Bachelor’s degree, or comparable work experience.
• 1–2 years of relevant work experience in partnership support, coalition coordination, project management, policy research, or a related field.
• Strong interest in and/or passion for Blue Star Families’ mission and work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft clear, professional materials for internal and external audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to independently research, synthesize, and summarize information from multiple sources.
• Strong project coordination and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple timelines, priorities, and stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and manage deadlines in a fully remote environment with minimal direction.
• Close attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Proficient in Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides) and/or Microsoft Office.

Desired Experience, Skills, Background

• Experience with Salesforce or other CRM systems, or an openness to learning.
• Experience or interest in issues affecting military and veteran families, nonprofit partnerships, coalition management, or public policy.
• Experience using generative AI tools for content creation or research support.
• Experience supporting large-scale meetings, convenings, or events.

More About Blue Star Families

Blue Star Families empowers military and Veteran families to thrive by connecting them with their civilian neighbors — both people and organizations — to create strong communities of mutual support. We believe we're all stronger when we take care of one another.

Our groundbreaking research is raising the nation's awareness of the unique challenges of military family life. With the help of neighbors across the country, Blue Star Families is overcoming the isolation and alienation of frequent moves, deployments, and reduced support from the government. Our innovative programs are solving specific challenges for military families, including fighting economic insecurity with resources that foster spouse career development, creating family strength with rich family programming, and providing critical peer support for caregivers, whose numbers are only increasing.

Blue Star Families is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

EEO Policy

Blue Star Families is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.