Development Officer

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Equality Fund - Fonds Égalité

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Fundraising/ Grant management, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $55,000 CAD-$70,000 CAD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 28/04/2024
  • Location: Canada 
Movement building
 ABOUT THE EQUALITY FUND
The Equality Fund is transforming the way that resources—and power—flow into the hands of girls, women, and trans people worldwide. Designed by feminists for feminists, it is a model for sustainably resourcing feminist movements everywhere, through global grantmaking, gender-lens investing, policy advocacy, and feminist philanthropy. Launched in 2019, the Equality Fund has committed $53 million to date and is supporting 650 organizations working in 90 countries globally.


SCOPE & RESPONSIBILITIES    
Supports grantmaking cycle  
  • Researches prospects, prepares briefs on priorities;
  • Develops engagement strategies to support relationship building including leveraging individual supporters, other philanthropic institutions, or representatives of our government partners;
  • Drafts proposals, coordinating timelines and soliciting input across teams as required;
  • Liaises periodically with grant managers;
  • Coordinates the preparation of timely, high-quality reporting to donors, monitoring and anticipating the reporting cycles, and engaging across teams for input;
  • Identifies donor stewardship opportunities, including sharing milestones, events, and reports to support donor connection and awareness of our work;
  • Monitors grant cycles, anticipating and supporting strategies for renewals;
  • Supports event outreach and represents EF on occasion at external donor meetings and events.

Salesforce & Data Coordination
  • Manages donor data, inclusive of donation entry, relationship mapping data, and donor interactions;
  • Generates regular donor reports and analysis including projected revenues, where the relationship in the grant cycle, donor pipeline, and new prospects;
  • Liaises with Salesforce Advisor to ensure database design meets team needs.

Team and Organization-wide initiatives, planning, and support 
  • Participates in events such as team meetings, Town Halls, retreats, and planning exercises
  • Supports cross-team events,initiatives, and committees as needed
  • Acts in accordance with our policies around building a culture of safety, respect, and care; never engage in harassment, coercion, sexual exploitation or abuse of any form, or anything else contrary to our code of conduct.


QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES 
  • At least three years of progressive fundraising experience in the not-for-profit sector, with a track record of establishing meaningful relationships with philanthropic institutions;
  • At least two years of experience writing successful proposals and reporting to philanthropic donors;
  • Strong organizational and coordination skills;
  • Values-driven with an understanding of feminist issues and advocacy;
  • Working knowledge of Google Suite as well as communication platforms such as Zoom and MailChimp and customer relationship management software such as Raiser’s Edge and Salesforce;
  • Exceptional oral and written communication skills;
  • Ability to organize and manage various deadlines and priorities while guiding strategic fundraising goals;
  • Strong relationship management skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse group of donors;
  • Demonstrated high ethical standards, tact, and ability to work with sensitive information in a confidential manner;
  • Ability to work on cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams;
  • Flexible and adaptive, able to respond effectively to changing and complex circumstances;
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic, complex environment;
  • Commitment to the work and values of the EF, in particular, the values of gender equality and shifting traditional power systems;

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