Foundations Officer Job at Landesa, Seattle, WA

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  • Landesa
  • Seattle, WA

Job Description

Hiring Organization Information

Organization Name: 

Landesa

Website: 

http://www.landesa.org

City: 

Seattle

State: 

WA

Country: 

USA

Position Information

Employment Type: 

Full time

Experience Level: 

Professional

Salary Range: 

$75,000-$85,000 DOE

Job Category: 

Development | Fundraising

Organizational Overview: 

About Landesa:  Landesa is an international nonprofit dedicated to ending global poverty by securing land rights for the people experiencing poverty around the globe. Founded in 1981, Landesa has worked in more than 66 countries throughout the world, with central office staff in the U.S. (Seattle, Washington and Washington, DC) and regional programming in China, India, Liberia, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Thailand. Landesa partners with governments, civil society, and companies to develop pro-poor and gender-sensitive laws, policies and programs that have helped strengthen land rights for more than 720 million people in the last 5 years. The organization is supported by NGOs, foundations, donor agencies (USAID, World Bank, etc.), world leaders, educational institutions, and individual supporters around the world.

Role Responsibilities: 

Job Summary: The Foundations Officer supports Landesa’s fundraising team in securing revenue from private foundations. S/he will work closely with the Foundations Relations Director to identify, cultivate, and steward foundation prospects in alignment with Landesa’s programs and strategic plan. The Foundations Officer will be responsible for managing the proposal writing process, engaging with foundation representatives, and collaborating regularly with Landesa program, finance, and fundraising staff. The Foundations Officer will help secure resources that will allow Landesa to expand its impact to change the lives of millions of rural families.

 

Reporting and relationships: The Foundations Officer will report to the Foundation Relations Director.

 

Availability: The Foundations Officer will be expected to work a standard workweek of 40 hours plus additional hours as necessary to get the job done. As a global organization, we work across time zones, and this position may require work outside of standard business hours. Many of Landesa’s offices are taking a hybrid approach, with work performed at home and in the office, negotiated with a supervisor.

 

 

Essential Job Functions:

  • Supports and participates in implementing a strategic fundraising plan to annually raise $14M+ from foundation sources.
  • Manages a foundations portfolio consisting of country and cross-cutting programs.
  • Collaborates with global staff on foundation giving strategies for projects and programs.
  • Develops and manages cultivation, relationship building, and stewardship activities with foundations, including preparation of cultivation materials.
  • Manages grant writing and grant reporting processes in collaboration with programs, finance, and fundraising staff.
  • Tracks and monitors grant and reporting processes in donor database, Salesforce.
  • Evaluates and develops cultivation strategies for potential foundation prospects that align with Landesa’s mission, programs, and goals.
  • Utilizes cultivation strategies and research to prepare senior Landesa staff in advance of events, conferences or meetings.
  • Develops a thorough understanding of Landesa’s practice areas, nuances of land rights and various Landesa projects.
  • Participates in Resource Development team activities and events.

Candidate Qualifications: 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • A deep commitment to the mission of a better, safer future for people experiencing poverty through secure land rights.
  • Demonstrated fundraising success in managing a portfolio of foundation funders and winning foundation grants over six figures.
  • Strong prospecting skills in identifying potential new funders and developing strategic approaches for successful introductions.
  • Experience managing reporting requirements for foundation funders.
  • Superior thinking, speaking, and writing skills to build Landesa’s case for support and describe Landesa programs, projects, and activities for fundraising purposes.
  • Leadership, collaboration, and consensus-building skills.
  • Project management skills and flexibility in a fast-paced working environment.
  • Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, especially in cross-cultural environments; ability to thrive as a team member.
  • Proficiency using Microsoft Suite (365) of products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other fundraising-related software.
  • Commitment to Landesa’s Core Values of Adaptive, Bold, and Collaborative.

 

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required.
  • The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of 5 years of experience fundraising (prospect research, grant writing, grant report writing) with foundation funders.
  • Experience working in deadline-driven environments.
  • Donor database experience, preferably with Salesforce.

How to Apply

Application Deadline: 

12/22/2024

How to Apply URL: 

https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf03/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=LANDESA&cws=3...

Job Tags

Full time, Work from home, Home office,

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