Director of Special Projects

🕒 June 18

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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Raising The Village

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2007

🤲 Charity

🌍 Social Impact

🌾 Agriculture

Charity • Social Impact • Agriculture

Raising The Village is an organization dedicated to transforming last-mile rural communities out of ultra-poverty through a multi-dimensional approach. By partnering with these communities, particularly focusing on women, youth, and vulnerable households, the organization implements programs that enhance agricultural incomes and create sustainable income-generating opportunities. Their vision is to create a world without ultra-poverty, aiming to reach 1 million individuals in their mission by fostering a community-driven and data-informed development model.

📋 Description

• Opportunity sourcing and strategic definition • Proactively surface, evaluate, and shape a pipeline of high-upside “big bet” opportunities, informed by organizational priorities, leadership direction, and relevant external trends. • Turn early, ambiguous ideas into actionable strategies—articulating a clear theory of change, measurable success metrics, required resources, and explicit stage gates for go/no-go decisions. • End-to-end leadership of big bets • Serve as the single accountable owner for one priority opportunity at a time, moving it forward quickly over weeks to months and building a repeatable approach that improves the portfolio’s success rate over time. • Distill complex information into clear internal alignment and persuasive external messaging. • Support – and when appropriate, lead – high-stakes engagement with major philanthropies, foundations, and strategic partners.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years complex sales and/or fundraising roles. • Track record of managing complex and cross-functional projects, end-to-end. • Experience engaging directly with donors as relationship managers, project managers, or subject-matter experts. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail. • Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and relationships effectively. • Collaborative, thoughtful, and aligned with RTV’s mission and values. • Must be able to travel 3-4 times per year to one of our countries of operation for team retreats, donor field visits, or other events.

🏖️ Benefits

• Commitment to excellence in execution and follow through. • Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all aspects of the employment process.