Collaborative Funding Coordinator

Summary

Join the Ethereum Foundation's Ecosystem Funding Initiative (EFI) as a Collaborative Funding Coordinator to help secure funding for Ethereum public goods. You will design and execute fundraising strategies, manage a database, build relationships with ecosystem stakeholders, and support collaborative grants rounds. This role requires experience in public goods fundraising, strong organizational skills, a good understanding of the Ethereum space, and excellent communication skills. The position is full-time, remote-first, and offers flexible work hours, travel opportunities, and team events.

Requirements

• Professional experience in (public goods/grants) fundraising
• Strong organizational and coordination skills and experience in setting up and managing CRMs
• Good understanding of the Ethereum space, existing relationships with key stakeholders required for this role
• Experience owning, supporting, or otherwise collaborating on projects with technical stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Build, design, and execute on collaborative ecosystem fundraising strategies, focusing on no-strings attached grant funding and donations
• Maintain a fundraising database and monitor the funding landscape for donations and grant opportunities
• Build and cultivate meaningful relationships with relevant people and organizations in the ecosystem
• Manage connections with key stakeholders of other (public goods funding) organizations
• Identify shared pain points, share learnings, understand funding patterns and preferences
• Support collaborative ecosystem grants and funding rounds hands-on as the coordinator
• Work with teams and initiatives to scope the respective funding initiatives, this can include creating informational materials, pitch decks, grants round specifications
• Identify the right parties for each initiative and develop a funding framework
• Connect initiatives with respective funders and either drive or support the fundraising efforts

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record of meaningful engagement with open-source communities
• Understanding of public goods funding mechanisms in the blockchain space (retroactive public goods funding, quadratic funding, DAO grants processes, et al.) and beyond

Benefits

• Full-time position
• Flexible work hours
• Travel and team events
• Remote first