Director of Client Strategy
Zaelab
Managing Director – Philanthropic Partnership
Grassroots International
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $86,622 - $95,632 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Supervise, monitor, and support development team members, particularly focused on institutional giving and funder organizing.
- Represent Grassroots International in leadership roles in funder networks and alliances, through organizing briefings, workshops, public speaking, and attending events and meetings as needed.
- Work in partnership with the Director of Global Philanthropy to create a fundraising plan and budget.
- Align philanthropic programs with the Strategic Plan and multiyear goals.
- Work closely with the DGP and development team to coordinate fundraising opportunities and monitor the department’s progress toward annual budget benchmarks.
- Oversee and coordinate initiatives to engage philanthropic advisors and impact investors, including coordinating with the Director of Global Philanthropy to maximize organizational impact.
- Keep abreast of trends in giving and philanthropy. Share and apply best practices to help inform the growth and success of Grassroots' fundraising programs.
- Develop and maintain relationships with funders and family foundations with significant wealth; Secure unrestricted multi-year commitments.
- Provide support to the co-EDs and the Director of Global Philanthropy to manage their funder portfolio, including strategy, research, and preparation for networking opportunities.
- Facilitate funder engagement in alignment with our political analysis.
- Develop, write, review, and/or edit proposals and reports together with in assistance to the philanthropic partnerships manager.
- Coordinate and maintain an efficient system for the collection of internal information, such as funder research, short-term, and long-term goals, networking and conferences, and other pertinent funder information.
- Create and oversee strategies to re-engage lapsed funders.
- Develop and raise targeted funds, such as our crisis-response fund, for specific geographically-based and issue-focused initiatives.
- Assure compliance with GRI’s gift acceptance policy.
- Perform additional tasks as called upon by the Global Philanthropy Director.
Requirements
- Commitment to the mission of Grassroots International; demonstrated commitment to human rights, social movements, and funder organizing.
- At least three years of experience in the development field, with success in individual and institutional fundraising.
- Demonstrated ability to build and work collaboratively with a team in a mission-driven and culturally diverse organization, ideally including some experience in a supervisory capacity.
- Experience (paid or unpaid) working in and/or supporting social justice movements or community organizing, not necessarily in a development role.
- High level of self-organization with close attention to detail.
- Demonstrated understanding and ability to communicate about complex or controversial political issues, with accountability and deference to those most impacted by those issues.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Experience in budgeting; proficiency with the Google Suite and databases.
- Ability to travel, mainly within the United States.
- Ability to sit in front of the computer for extended periods of time.
Benefits
- health
- dental
- disability
- paid sick time and vacation
- retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
fundraisingbudgetingproposal writingreport writingfunder researchstrategic planningrelationship managementdata analysisprogram developmentcompliance
Soft skills
team collaborationleadershipself-organizationattention to detailcommunicationcultural competencypolitical analysisnetworkingproblem-solvingcommitment to social justice
