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Freelance Trusts and Foundations Specialist Wanted for Environmental Charity Climate Catalyst.
Are you an experienced trusts and foundations fundraiser with a background in climate philanthropy? Climate Catalyst is looking for a skilled freelancer to step in as an interim freelance Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser to support our mission of sparking collective action for a just and prosperous world for people and nature.
About Climate Catalyst:
Climate Catalyst works to strengthen collaboration and mobilise new actors on pivotal climate challenges to build power and compel political leaders to act at the speed and scale needed to tackle the climate crisis. We do this by:
- Working behind the scenes with diverse stakeholders in Europe and Asia to identify critical climate issues where action to date has been limited and the potential for collaboration is high.
- Bringing together renowned experts and new entrants to share ideas, and design and deliver creative campaigns that secure decisive changes in national and regional policy to deliver sectoral tipping points and secure significant emissions reductions.
- Advising on strategy, offering grants and bringing creative communications, advocacy and business expertise to build power across the climate community and catalyse action.
To date, we’ve used this model successfully to mobilise the business community in support of the EU Nature Restoration Law, a world first piece of legislation for peatlands protection across Europe, and spark collective action in India that led to commitment from the Ministry of Steel to develop a green steel policy. Our vision of a just, prosperous world in which global temperature rise is limited to 1.5°C.
Requirements
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Foundation Funder account management and stewardship activities, including report submission and update calls.
- Support relationship building activities with our key prospects.
- Working with our communications team, creation of engaging collateral for funders and prospects.
- Coordination of our funder outreach for key climate events the team attends such as London Climate Week, and programme convening events we organise.
- Research and identify funding opportunities for our programmes.
- Crafting persuasive grant proposals and reports for a variety of foundation funders.
Skills & Experience
Essential
- Trusts and foundations fundraising and grant management experience for environmental causes
- An engaging communication style and great at building relationships with people.
- Excellent written English language skills.
- Good presentation experience and skills.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills.
- The ability to work well as part of a small team to achieve shared outcomes.
Desirable
- Experience of working with technical climate foundations based in the USA and Europe.
- Climate specific knowledge, particularly industry decarbonisation
- Experience of fundraising for programmes in Asia
- Experience using programmes Hubspot & Asana
Benefits
- Fully remote contract (working with two UK based fundraisers)
- $250-$400 per day
- 3 days per week, flexible
- 3-4 month contract starting January 2025, ideally with handover day(s) in December 2024
Diversity at Climate Catalyst
Climate Catalyst aims to design inclusive strategies to meet our objectives. We recognise that the only way to deliver on that is to build a diverse team made up of people with varying backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We encourage people from historically marginalised and currently under-represented groups in the climate movement, to apply to work with us.
Climate Catalyst is a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. (RPA). RPA is an equal opportunity employer.
The deadline for applications is November 29th, with rolling reviews and Interviews.
