Fundraising and Donor Relations Associate

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🕒 October 6

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

💵 $18k - $21.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

✨ Associate

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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📋 Description

• Research and profile major donors, foundations, and conference attendees before CEO engagements • Draft outreach emails, thank-you notes, and cultivation communications as the CEO • Move donors through the cultivation pipeline from initial contact to funded commitment • Identify and track grant opportunities and manage submission calendars end-to-end • Write grant proposals, letters of inquiry, donor reports, and major gift case statements • Prepare the CEO for speaking engagements and conferences with briefing materials • Maintain and update the donor CRM • Proactively identify funding strategies and prospect ideas

🎯 Requirements

• Experience in business development, nonprofit development, major gifts, or a donor-facing fundraising role • Demonstrated success writing grant proposals or major donor communications that resulted in funding • Familiarity with donor cultivation strategy and the major gifts cycle • Comfort operating as an extension of a CEO or senior leader, drafting in their voice and owning follow-through • Experience working in a startup, early-stage organization, or resource-constrained environment is a plus • CRM experience is helpful but not required • Scrappy and resourceful approach • Relationship-oriented and able to cultivate trust with major donors • Strategic thinking and ability to prioritize impactful moves • Excellent writing skills for foundation and high-net-worth audiences • Outcome-driven approach • Mission alignment with equitable development and community ownership • Ability to work independently in a remote startup environment • Ability to build systems and infrastructure in an early-stage organization

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote, global • Generous PTO

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