In A Nutshell
Help drive funding partnerships with individual philanthropists, foundations, and institutions, in collaboration with GiveDirectly’s programs, special projects, and product teams.
Responsibilities
Flexible support & project management for in-country and global fundraising:
- Supporting country and global teams with priority in-country & global donor lead generation, prioritization & engagement.
- Developing high quality, brand-accurate core content in service of generating new catalytic in-country and global donor partnerships, including pitch decks etc.
- Providing pitch materials for management team outreach to potential funders.
Writing:
- Owning the end-to-end drafting of funding proposals, pitches, concept notes, grantee reports, and more, for a variety of audiences.
- Partnering with funders, as well as product, programs, and research teams to design core program parameters for proposals and communicate them effectively.
Reporting & analytics in support of organizational fundraising goals & strategy:
- Providing oversight / owning routine reporting on overall fundraising pipeline and revenue projections.
- Working closely with GiveDirectly’s VP Partnerships & Philanthropy on on rapid turn-around requests and special projects in service of GiveDirectly’s Executive Team.
- Contributing to GiveDirectly’s growing fundraising pipeline and tracking performance against ambitious fundraising goals.
- Identifying opportunities for improved analytics (via dashboards, processes, trackers, etc.) proactively and implementing ideas.
Relationship Management and Communications:
- Maintaining relationships with assigned current partners and tracking their strategic priorities, including day to day informal and formal communications and presentations.
- Building and scaling systems for gold standard relationship management and grants administration (including regular update calls, customised proposals, and reports).
Skillset
- Are strongly aligned with our values, and who actively demonstrate our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
- Bring excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially of complex work.
- Bring strong organizational and project management skills.
- Demonstrate understanding of and interest in key debates and major players in development and humanitarian assistance.
- Have strong interest in and proven aptitude for being solutions oriented.
- Have a proclivity for giving and gracefully receiving direct, honest, and constructive feedback.
- Bring a minimum of 4 years experience in a top private or public sector organization.
- Love data analytics, and have an ability to present complex information clearly for a variety of audiences would be an asset.
- Are genuinely excited and energy for the work we do and for collaborating with others.