About Fòs Feminista
Fòs Feminista is an intersectional feminist organization centered around the sexual and reproductive rights and needs of women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Led and governed by the Global South, Fòs Feminista works as an alliance of about 200 organizations in 40+ countries worldwide to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ). Fòs Feminista is both the connective tissue that links these diverse partners in an alliance and an active participant in the broader ecosystem of actors working on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. Fòs Feminista orchestrates transnational and transregional action by connecting partners throughout the SRHRJ ecosystem, amplifying innovative partner-led solutions to SRHRJ issues, and catalyzing funding and political will for an intersectional feminist agenda on SRHRJ.
We recognize that the ability of women, girls, and gender-diverse people to make free and informed choices about their sexual and reproductive lives, including to access safe and legal abortion, is central to their life plans and to achieving gender and reproductive justice. Together with partners in the alliance, we provide access to sexual and reproductive health care and services, including contraception, abortion, and care for survivors of gender-based violence, and we reach young people with comprehensive sexuality education. We are at the forefront of advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) from an intersectional lens in national, regional, and global spaces, coordinating with our partners to ensure that diverse experiences, priorities, and voices of the Global South are represented in these spaces. We strengthen intersectional feminist movements and organizations by creating and holding space for partners to participate in an international community built on feminist values of sharing power, diversity, mutual learning, and solidarity, and to access resources to strengthen their work.
Position Summary
As a member of the Foundations, Governments & Major Gifts Unit, the Associate Director of Major Gifts will be responsible for designing and implementing a strategy for achieving annual revenue targets for Fòs Feminista's major gifts portfolio, while also coordinating the day-to-day operations of the program. The successful candidate will manage a portfolio of approximately 100 major donors, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding these donors to increase the flexible funding raised by Fòs Feminista year-over-year. With support from the Philanthropy Lead for Foundations, Governments & Major Gifts, the Associate Director will play a critical role in building meaningful relationships with Fòs Feminista's top supporters with the potential to make five- and six-figure gifts to advance our mission.
This very hands-on position requires an implementer with excellent interpersonal, writing, and editing skills, and attention to detail. The successful candidate will be able to multi-task, meet deadlines, build strong relationships, and have a collaborative and flexible work style to coordinate with a range of staff and external consultants.
This is an exciting opportunity to learn from and contribute to a dynamic, diverse, and growing global feminist alliance that is at the forefront of promoting sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice across the Global South.
Supervisory Relationship: The Associate Director of Major Gifts reports to the Philanthropy Lead for Foundations, Governments, & Major Gifts.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement a major gifts strategy to meet annual revenue targets, increasing giving each year from individual donors with the capacity to make annual gifts of $10,000 or more.
- Strengthen engagement and build relationships with major donors and prospects through ongoing communication and virtual or face-to-face meetings.
- Organize special events for donors and prospects in key geographic hubs in the United States as well as donor trips to visit Fòs Feminista partner organizations in the Global South, fostering authentic connection to the work of our partners and the women, girls, and gender-diverse people they reach.
- Make direct solicitations to major donors and support Fòs Feminista's senior leadership and board members to do so effectively.
- Establish KPIs for the major donor program and review the status of the portfolio regularly to track progress and adjust individual and group strategies accordingly.
- Execute and/or supervise the writing, design, and production of major donor appeals and cultivation materials, in collaboration with an external fundraising agency, and the development of impact reports for select donors.
- Develop and sustain collaborative working relationships with programs and advocacy staff to gather stories of impact and devise new fundraising strategies to meet the needs of Fòs Feminista's local partners.
- Collaborate with the Philanthropy Lead and Senior Philanthropy Advisor to implement a planned giving outreach strategy for the major donor portfolio, and identify major donors who are planned giving prospects.
- Execute and/or supervise research on prospects and current donors and the preparation of donor profiles and briefing memos.
- Manage the acknowledgement process for major gifts.
- Execute and/or coordinate the creation of mailing lists in Salesforce, as well as reports to support portfolio analysis.
- Ensure the timely entry of all major donor communication into Salesforce (including phone calls, emails, meeting reports, etc.), ensuring the integrity of the database by maintaining up-to-date and accurate donor information.
- Minimum of 6-7 years of frontline fundraising experience and a proven track record of cultivating, soliciting and closing five- and six-figure gifts
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field required
- A deep understanding of and commitment to sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice through an intersectional feminist lens
- A solid understanding of the philanthropic sector in the United States; knowledge of feminist approaches to philanthropy preferred
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to build relationships and inspire action from donors
- Professional working proficiency in English required; at least one of Fòs Feminista's other core languages (Spanish, Portuguese, or French) preferred
- Ability and willingness to travel within the United States, and to Latin America and other Global South locations as required
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to remain highly organized in a multi-faceted organization and drive towards goals
- Commitment to anti-racism, including a process of self-reflection and transformation around implicit bias
- High degree of discretion, particularly as it pertains to sensitive donor information
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and donor databases; Salesforce preferred
Compensation: Fòs Feminista offers generous compensation consistent with competitive salaries and a benefits package that includes private health coverage, life insurance, retirement benefits, paid sick, vacation leave and parental leave, holidays, and flexible working arrangements. The annual salary is USD $ 107,150.90.
Safeguarding Commitments
Fòs Feminista is committed to ensuring that the health, rights and wellbeing of all children, young people, and vulnerable populations who work and engage with Fòs Feminista 's Team Members and Associated Persons are respected and protected in their interactions with them and requires all its Team Members and Associated Persons to share this commitment.
The successful candidate must:
- Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in the United States and the international context.
- Sign and adhere to Fòs Feminista's International Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct, including the minimum operating standards for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Fòs Feminista is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to advancing sexual and reproductive rights and health and dismantling inequities from a feminist intersectional lens. Reproductive justice, racial justice, and diversity are driving forces for us.
Fòs Feminista provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, national origin, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital and partnership status, genetic information, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state and local law.
At Fòs Feminista, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our employees. We strongly encourage applications from all kinds of backgrounds to build a diverse workforce in which all social and minority groups are represented.
While we strongly encourage all current and new employees to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, there is no vaccine requirement for employment with Fòs Feminista. However, it is currently our policy that employees must show proof of full vaccination to engage in any work-related travel or to attend any work-related in-person gatherings. As appropriate, reasonable accommodations can be made, including, for example, arrangements for employees to participate remotely in any relevant gatherings.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.