Accountability Counsel is hiring a
Director of Development

Summary

The job is for a Director of Development at Accountability Counsel, an organization that holds trillions of dollars in international investments accountable to human rights and environmental standards. The role involves designing and implementing a comprehensive fundraising strategy, providing leadership and direction to the Executive Director and other staff, serving as chief grant writer, strengthening processes and systems for fundraising operations, creating a structure for strategic donor communications, becoming a knowledgeable ambassador for Accountability Counsel, managing, mentoring, and growing a development team.

Requirements

• A versatile and well-rounded fund development professional with at least 6 years of work experience in fundraising, with a track record of qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding institutional and individual supporters
• An exceptional writer, storyteller, and communicator with extensive grant writing experience
• A thoughtful relationship builder who develops rapport easily and fosters long-term connections
• A tech-savvy and well-organized project manager
• An outgoing individual who is energized by connecting
• A flexible, self-directed, and willing team member
• An authentic personality full of confidence and heart

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a comprehensive fundraising strategy to significantly increase annual revenue year-over-year, grow engagement of current supporters, and generate new relationships and major gift support from institutional, individual, and corporate donors
• Provide leadership and direction to the Executive Director and other leadership staff to ensure efficiency of their time spent on fundraising and position them to cultivate, solicit, and steward relationships with major institutional and individual donors
• Serve as chief grant writer, taking ownership of letters of inquiry, case statements, proposals, and reports, and tightly manage a fundraising calendar to ensure that proposals, renewals, and reports are timely
• Strengthen processes and systems for fundraising operations to guide the work of a team member to ensure that all donor information, touchpoints, and projections are tracked effectively in the Salesforce database
• Create a structure for strategic donor communications, including stewardship touchpoints, briefing materials for donor meetings, funder presentations, written appeals, and other materials as needed. Leverage data, impact stories, and knowledge of Accountability Counsel’s work in communications
• Become a knowledgeable ambassador for Accountability Counsel and operate with a commitment to placing the agency and dignity of the communities with whom we work at the forefront of our fundraising efforts. This includes stewardship of a portfolio of approximately 40-60 aligned donor partners
• Manage, mentor, and grow a development team of 2-4 people

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with advocacy, human rights, law, and/or international finance appreciated but not required
• Experience working at an international organization

Benefits

• Accountability Counsel provides full health, vision, and dental coverage, wellness support, retirement contributions, professional development resources, generous paid time off and sabbatical policies, and other benefits
• Team members are encouraged to take every other Friday off (Wellness Fridays), as part of our commitment to team wellbeing
• Salary is commensurate with experience and adjusted for geographical cost of living and in the range of USD120,000 – USD140,000 for higher cost of living settings. For lower cost of living settings, the salary range may be USD84,000 – USD98,000, inclusive of a 13th-month bonus if required by the home country, contingent upon location