The Church Benefits Association (CBA) is the largest association of church benefits boards and plans in the United States. Its 50+ members represent most major faith traditions, including many Christian and Jewish denominations.
CBA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that had historically outsourced its day-to-day operations and annual conference planning functions to an association management company. It has hired a part-time Executive Director and a full-time Assistant Executive Director (AED) to build upon its strengths and move CBA’s mission forward, including operationalizing a recently completed strategic plan. Our next growth step is to hire a Strategic Partnerships Manager to enhance the association’s value to our members through more and stronger strategic partnerships.
CBA Vision
The indispensable resource for faith-based benefit providers.
CBA Mission
The CBA fosters interfaith collaboration, education, and professional relationships to enhance benefit programs and services of our member organizations.
CBA Values
Generous in Spirit
Collaborative in Approach
Respectful of Differences
Welcoming of Diversity
Position Overview
The CBA Strategic Partnerships Manager drives member cost savings and CBA revenue growth through vendor partnerships, purchasing coalitions, and conference sponsorships. This role manages vendor relationships to increase participation in purchasing coalitions, expand vendor programs, and grow sponsorship revenue.
Additionally, the role supports membership growth by promoting the value of purchasing coalitions to prospective members.
Primary Responsibilities
Grow and Optimize Purchasing Coalitions
Increase coalition participation and vendor engagement with CBA members.
Serve as primary liaison between coalition vendors and CBA members.
Identify and launch new coalitions and discount programs with CBA SMEs.
Negotiate vendor agreements with financial returns to CBA (loyalty credits, admin fees, or sponsorships).
Track coalition participation, vendor performance, and financial impact.
The Church Benefits Association (CBA) is a voluntary membership association of approximately 50 church pension boards, religious orders and denominational benefit programs for clergy and church professionals.
CBA began as a yearly conference in 1915. In its over one hundred-year history, it has grown from just a meeting to an association with activities in all areas of church benefits.
Membership in the CBA is open to any organization sponsoring or administering church benefit programs. The main activity of the CBA is its annual meeting. The annual meeting is a forum for the dissemination, study, and discussion of information relating to the efficiency of operating church employee benefits programs and the administration of those programs.
The Association is dedicated to promoting excellence and preserving the traditions of church benefit boards and church benefit plans through nonpartisan education, collaboration, and fellowship.
