ProVeg International

Fundraising Manager, Kickstarting For Good

ProVeg International

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Berlin • Germany

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About the role

  • Seek out and secure funding for both our kickstarted initiatives and the core Kickstarting For Good programme.
  • Share your fundraising knowledge and support our K4G participants and graduates on their fundraising journeys.
  • Secure re-granting funds, for both the K4G programme and also for our initiatives that have a re-granting function.
  • Monitor new emerging opportunities for grants and donations within the movement.
  • Monitor opportunities for grants and funding on a governmental and systemic level.
  • Maintain and grow our existing donor relationships, including understanding each’s unique theory of change.
  • Identify new funding opportunities from adjacent cause areas and verticals that we may be able to tap into.
  • Represent Kickstarting For Good at events and online communities where fundraising opportunities may emerge.
  • Lead on grant applications and managing application deadlines.

Requirements

  • Alignment to K4G’s core goal of transforming the food system towards a healthier, more sustainable, plant-based future.
  • 3-5 years of professional experience in a fundraising role or environment.
  • Excellent, fluent level of both written and spoken English.
  • Experience of working with major philanthropic donors and foundations, and an understanding of the confidentiality and sensitivities required around that.
  • Strong knowledge and experience of the funding landscape for food systems, dietary change, or ‘animal’ initiatives.
  • Highly-motivated and able to plan your work to achieve a goal independently.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving, high-impact environment and to be able to embrace new opportunities and goals as they appear.
  • Flexible and happy to get ‘hands-on’ when required.
  • A good level of IT proficiency.
  • Your own, already established, network within our movement’s funding sector.
  • Knowledge and experience of the food systems, dietary change, or ‘animal’ movements.
  • An understanding of Effective Altruism.
  • An interest in start-ups or entrepreneurship – especially if you have ever started or built your own initiative or historically worked in a start-up or early-years organisation.
  • Presenting or mentoring experience (or a willingness to take this on).
  • Knowledge of adjacent funding landscapes, such as environment, climate, public health, welfare, non-human brains or others.
  • Interest in adjacent cause areas that have the potential to create positive impact in the world.
Benefits
  • Flexible working hours with the option of compensating overtime with time off.
  • Full remote work with the option to work in our Berlin Office.
  • Option to work temporarily from abroad (in compliance with the 183-day annual limit)
  • 25 days basic holiday (FTE) plus one additional day of holiday per year (additional days of holiday can be “bought” via small salary adjustments).
  • A respectful working atmosphere in a highly motivated team.
  • A strong focus on personal development and a designated training budget.
  • Provision of a work laptop and access to a well-equipped office in Berlin Tiergarten.
  • Mindfulness programme and mental wellbeing – free membership for Open Up und Headspace.
  • We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world and encourage everyone in our organisation to bring all aspects of themselves to work.
  • Join a great team and work with us to create a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all people, animals and our planet!
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