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Fundraising Manager

GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving and millions of lives by providing cash grants directly to the world's poorest. The Brookings Institution estimates that $70B of cash transfers would be required to eliminate the poverty gap; the aid sector currently spends $135B each year, much of it on evidence-free interventions. GiveDirectly wants to change that, establishing cash transfers as a benchmark for foreign aid as the index fund is a benchmark for the financial industry and in the process accelerating the end of extreme poverty.

GD has raised over $1B since launching in 2011, delivered cash to more than 1.5 million people in 15 different countries. We've also supported large-scale, experimental research that indicates strong recipient impact of our programs. As a result, GD has been celebrated as one of the most innovative non-profit companies by Fast Company, while the growing cash transfer movement (and GD's leading role within it) have been featured in the New York Times Magazine, This American Life, Foreign Affairs, and The Economist.

Our culture is candid, analytical, agile, and non-hierarchical. Our global team of ~150, and country operations teams of ~650, together come from 21 different countries speaking 69 different languages. From software engineers to seasoned humanitarian workers, former management consultants to public servants, researchers to field operations it's an incredible group of people.

Our values are central and deliberately opinionated. We genuinely center the people we serve in our decision making, and strive to build an ambitious, dynamic and high performing environment. We strongly encourage you to read through our values carefully, if they reflect how you like to work and energize you, this could be a great fit.

We work hard to create an environment in which all our team members can thrive, succeed and grow. We support flexibility, take care of each other, have fun, and create professional growth opportunities.

This role is fully remote but will regularly work on East Coast hours. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visas in the U.S. or U.K. at this time.

About This Role

As Partnerships Manager, you will help drive new and innovative funding partnerships with foundations, institutions, and corporations in collaboration with GiveDirectly's operations and research teams. You will manage major grants and related reporting for new and recurring partners; develop and maintain a pipeline of funding opportunities; build and scale internal tracking, reporting, and opportunity sourcing processes; and manage the completion of concept notes and full proposals. You are highly organized, a strong verbal and written communicator, and solutions-oriented, and you thrive when working at the nexus of several fast-moving teams.

Reports to : U.S. Country Director

Level : Manager

Travel Requirement : Must be able to travel ~3-4 times per year for team retreats, convenings, or programs visits

What You'll Do :

• Owning the end-to-end drafting of funding proposals, pitches, concept notes, grantee reports, and more, for a variety of audiences.
• Partnering with funders and operations teams to design core program parameters for proposals and communicate them effectively.
• Owning the proposal development process from identification to submission, including managing colleagues across teams in contributing high quality material as needed.
• Developing high quality, brand-accurate core content for the organization, including one pagers, proposal FAQs, standard pitch decks, templates, etc.
• Building and scaling systems for gold standard relationship management and grants administration (including regular update calls, customized proposals, and reports).
• Managing relationships with assigned funders, including day to day informal and formal communications and presentations.
• Managing ongoing grant agreements (reporting and compliance requirements) in collaboration with the compliance team.
• Running full sales cycles, building a coalition of funders passionate about direct giving.
• Providing pitch materials for management team outreach to potential funders.
• Maintaining relationships with current partners and tracking their strategic priorities.
• Contributing to the fundraising pipeline and tracking performance against ambitious fundraising goals.
• Identifying opportunities for improved analytics (via dashboards, processes, trackers, etc.) proactively, and implementing ideas.

What You'll Bring :

Compensation : At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. We use an accredited third party salary aggregator to calculate what we believe to be competitive pay based on role, location, and cost of living. We also have a no negotiation policy to ensure we are paying staff equitably across roles. The base salary for this role is $94,700.

Why Work at GiveDirectly? At GiveDirectly, we work to ensure that you have everything you need to excel in your role and on your team, including :

We're committed to running an inclusive and accessible application process for all of our open roles. If there are questions or concerns you have about the accessibility of our hiring process, we warmly invite you to reach out to careers@givedirectly.org.