Development Officer, Trusts & Foundations

CDP’s Global Development Team is ambitious, dynamic and at the heart of everything CDP does. As a Development Officer, your role focuses on managing key strategic funder and partner relationships and working with colleagues to identify and develop strong relationships with a range of prospective foundations and corporations based in North America. The Development Officer will help implement a global fundraising strategy by managing a portfolio of current donors and new prospects capable of funding CDP’s work around the world as well as CDP NA’s domestic programs. Reporting directly to CDP North America’s Head of Development, you will be an independent thinker who can help build out CDP’s income from private and corporate foundations based in North America.

This is an important role in an expanding team. You’ll be the kind of person who gets out from behind your desk to meet people, influence and achieve long lasting, mutually beneficial relationships. As with any expanding organisation there are challenges – you’ll need to be determined, tenacious and focused on results.

Who you are

• You have a proven ability to build and manage philanthropic donor income streams, maximizing the value of existing and prospective supporters.
• You have a proven track record of relationship building to secure grants at six figure and above level.
• You have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in institutional fundraising.
• You are able to understand diverse donor motivations and deliver a bespoke relationship to meet these and have demonstrable skill in adapting written and verbal communications for a philanthropy audience.
• You have excellent face to face, interpersonal, negotiating and persuasive skills.
• You are confident working with senior stakeholders internally and externally, using tact and diplomacy.
• You have extensive experience of bespoke proposal and report writing for a philanthropy audience at five and six figure level.
• You have excellent numeracy and attention to detail, ability to analyze and prepare budgets.
• You are experienced supporting the development of budget proposals.
• You are organized and methodical approach to plan and deliver against a varied workload, managing competing priorities under your own initiative and to strict deadlines.

Your day-to-day

• You will support the execution of the Trusts and Foundations Strategy, ensuring it feeds into, and aligns with the Global Development Strategy
• You will manage a portfolio of key, strategic donors, building strong relationships and implement creative solicitation plans to maximize donor engagement and income
• You will research, develop and secure income from new donors, with a strong focus on funders with a potential to give 6 and 7 figure grants
• You will write high quality funding proposals and reports
• You will develop an excellent knowledge of CDP’s work, liaise with colleagues to prepare and present high-quality information such as tailored presentations and proposals for the donor. This includes working closely with colleagues in London and overseas.
• You will build excellent external working relationships at all levels with donors, their staff and networks in order to directly influence their decisions.
• You will build excellent internal working relationships to engage staff at all levels in supporting donor stewardship to manage prospective and existing donors effectively.

The perks!

• Generous PTO. Tackling the world’s biggest environmental challenges is no easy feat – we offer a generous 20 days of annual leave to keep our employees energized.
• Paid holidays. We recognize 15 paid holidays, including winter break, and pay homage to our diversity by offering one additional floating holiday of your choice for religious or cultural celebrations, per year.
• Health and wellness. We strive to ensure the health and wellbeing of our staff –employees receive excellent health, dental and vision benefits and paid sick leave.
• Learning and career growth. We are committed to the growth and development of each individual team member. We offer continuous learning opportunities and training, and we even provide employees with an annual budget for personal development.
• Future planning: We know it is important to plan for the future. We provide our employees with both a non-contributory 401K, and an optional additional contributory 401K. We also offer life insurance.
• Commuter benefits: We know commuting can be a pain – we offer commuter benefits and a Citibike membership to employees to make life a little easier.
• Fun. We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves (too) seriously. We regularly take time out for fun and festivities, from all-staff retreats, to happy hours, to summer outings and an end-of-year holiday celebration!

Join us!

Are you interested in joining our mission? Please apply!

• To apply. Email your CV and a cover letter detailing why you’re a strong fit for the role to: [email protected] with “<Development Officer >” in the subject line. Please apply before August 23, 2021
• Before you apply: We’ll only use the information you provide to process your application. For more details on how we use your information, see our applicants privacy notice. By emailing us your resume and cover letter, you are permitting CDP to use the information you have provided for recruitment purposes.
• Compensation. We offer a competitive NGO salary. The salary range for the Development Officer role is $60,000 - $70,000
• The fine print. We love and value our global employees. For this role, all interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the U.S.

CDP North America is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of justice, equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility both within our workplace and across our larger organizational impact. Candidates of color and/or from marginalized backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply for this role.