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Senior Foundations Relations Officer, Environmental Nonprofit

Employer
Greenpeace USA
Location
California, United States
Salary
Salary Commensurate with experience
Closing date
Aug 31, 2021

Working with the Director of Development, Institutional Giving, the Senior Foundations Relations Officer will investigate new funding opportunities while managing and maintaining established relationships. They will be responsible for developing strategies for working with donors, for tracking necessary dates and deadlines for applications and reporting and ensuring effective, ongoing communication with donors and supporters. They will work closely with other members of the Major Gifts and Foundations teams to develop strategies that make the most effective use of donor contributions.

This position requires the ability to work independently while maintaining strong team relationships and a willingness to travel for a significant portion of their time. The ability to distill complicated programmatic strategies into comprehensive proposals and navigate complex application and reporting processes is also required. This position is ideal for a highly experienced and dynamic fundraiser with exceptional writing and oral communication skills and a passion for building and stewarding long-term relationships.

The Senior Foundations Relations Officer will:

  • Manage engagement with a portfolio of up to 100 institutional foundations, including some family foundations, utilizing strategies that engage prospects and donors in an ongoing conversation about Greenpeace activities.
  • Research donor trends while providing advice and guidance to senior management, program staff and fundraisers on how to present Greenpeace programmatic activities to key donors and prospects.
  • Collaborate closely with the Director of Development, paying particular attention to the continued growth of Greenpeace’s budget in the U.S.
  • In coordination with other Greenpeace fundraisers and campaigners, establish work plans necessary to cultivate, engage and steward funders.
  • Partner with the Grants Specialist and the other Senior Foundations Officer and the International Foundations Relations Officer, to develop and maintain tracking systems for ensuring that key deadlines are met and foundations are regularly updated on Greenpeace’s activities and achievements.
  • Maintain a comprehensive calendar tracking cultivation and solicitation for foundations.
  • Maintain comprehensive records of engagement with foundations in Salesforce, the organization’s current donor database system.
  • Assist the Development Director in creating annual fundraising plans for their portfolio, including projections for existing and prospective donors.
  • Provide guidance to senior leadership on how to expand the universe of foundations that fund Greenpeace, nationally and internationally.
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports and financial analyses to track progress in engaging foundations.
  • Brief Executive Director and program staff on all facets of relationship management, including meeting with foundations, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.
  • Travel domestically and internationally to participate in campaign and funder meetings.
  • Perform other job-related duties as requested or assigned by the Director of Development, Chief Development Officer, and Executive Director.

Minimum requirements include:

  • 7+ years of proven success in institutional foundation fundraising for advocacy related issues. A working knowledge of environmental issues and activism is essential.

Additional include, but are not limited to:

  • Demonstrated experience in personally soliciting and obtaining large gifts and working with senior management and program staff is a must.
  • In-depth knowledge of the conceptual terminology used by foundations to describe multi-faceted programs, including: theory of change, goals, objectives, benchmarks, inputs, outputs, outcomes, and indicators of success.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, strong organizational and project management skills, team-building skills, and familiarity with relational databases required.
  • The ability to be creative, flexible, responsible, a skilled problem solver, and able to balance a variety of activities. Ability to set priorities, travel domestically and internationally, and work within deadlines.
  • Undergraduate degree preferred.
  • A commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and to the environmental and peace issues central to Greenpeace’s mission.
  • Eligible to work in the US.

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