£46,900 per annum
Remote
General Management
English
remote
about the company
As a mission-driven nonprofit, we join forces with grassroots activists, community groups, and social movements at risk. Working together, we strengthen their physical safety, digital resilience, and collective wellbeing. As a social impact consultancy, we help high-profile nonprofits and foundations manage risk and care for their teams and partners. This dual approach allows us to work at every level of civil society, from the grassroots to the global.
diversity statement
"Open Briefing values diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all can be their authentic selves."
your area of responsibility
As our philanthropy coordinator, you will play a key role in building new partnerships with philanthropists and high-net-worth individuals, with an immediate focus on the UK, US, and Europe. You will design and implement a comprehensive strategy to build a robust portfolio of individual donors, Family Foundations, Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) and other personal giving vehicles.
A proactive and thoughtful relationship builder, you will maintain long-term relationships and lead bold strategies to engage new audiences, including millennial and next-generation philanthropists. You will steward Open Briefing’s first global development board, working closely with our CEO and director of development to engage members around a dynamic programme of activities designed to make Open Briefing more fundable and findable.
Together with our director of development, you will drive forward a multi-year fundraising strategy to resource our work with activists and organisations on the frontlines of human rights, social justice, and environmental action.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
Designing and executing our philanthropy fundraising strategy. Lead a strategy to identify, cultivate, and solicit high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) —including through Donor Advised Funds, Family Offices, Family Foundations, and other giving vehicles—with an immediate focus on the US, UK and Europe.
Prospecting and donor acquisition. Manage HNWI prospecting, generate new leads, develop solicitation plans, brief senior leadership in advance of meetings, and coordinate cultivation and networking opportunities.
Stewardship and relationship management. Build strong relationships with existing and potential donors through tailored stewardship plans designed to grow income over time. Manage donor tracking and communication systems.
Nurture and grow our development board. Work alongside our director of development and CEO to identify and engage members and steward the Board through a 12-month action-orientated development campaign.
Budget Management. Manage a programme budget for cultivation and stewardship events and activities.
Collaboration and Communication. Work closely with our communications coordinator, director of development and programme teams in the production and dissemination of donor-relevant reports, updates and other content; and contribute to the conception and organisation of donor-facing online and in-person events.
Team support. As a key member of our development and communications team, undertaken other duties as reasonably requested relevant to team and organisational goals.
your profile
Essential
You will have extensive experience managing a HNWI or major gift portfolio.
You will have a proven track-record of personally securing four, five, or six-figure donations from HNWI and/or major gift donors in the UK, US and/or Europe.
You will have experience working within a nonprofit focused on human rights, social justice, and/or environmental action.
You will have excellent verbal communication skills, including English language skills, both spoken and written.
You will have experience working with senior stakeholders and board members to support fundraising activities.
You will have an ability to work both strategically and operationally.
You will have creative thinking and problem-solving aptitude.
Desirable
You may have experience working within a global nonprofit.
You may have knowledge of the human rights, social justice, environmental justice, and/or international development funding landscape.
You may understand grant-making and grant-management processes, especially with respect to private philanthropic funding, including family foundations, DAFs, and Family Offices.
You may understand tax-efficient donation mechanisms in the UK, US, and across Europe.
You may understand the trends in dynastic giving as well as emerging and next-generation philanthropists.
If you feel you meet some but not all of the criteria, we would encourage you to get in touch.
the benefits
This is a remote, home-working role. You will be contracted for 40 hours a week on a full-time, fixed-term contract. Flexible working is available and encouraged.
We are looking for someone who wants to embrace this pivotal role within our close-knit team and develop a long-term working relationship with us. You will be properly onboarded and continually supported by experienced and compassionate managers and colleagues. Your line manager will be our director of development, Vicky Nida (Director of Development).
In return for your time and dedication, we will offer you a remuneration package made up of fair pay, sector-leading benefits, and progressive leave policies, including:
Salary of £46,900 per annum.
7% employer pension contribution.
Family private medical insurance.
Employee Assistance Programme, including welfare counselling.
Unlimited professional coaching.
Enhanced annual leave of 25 days plus local public holidays.
Additional leave days for annual closedown.
Enhanced sick pay.
Flexible working, including flexitime and remote and home working.
Access to local coworking spaces.
Support for climate action:
Personal carbon emissions offsetting.
Up to two additional leave days for sustainable travel.
Up to two additional leave days for climate activism.
Apple MacBook and peripherals.
If you are based outside the United Kingdom, you will be offered comparable compensation through our local employer of record, Remote. For parity, we contribute 4% above the local statutory requirements into the personal pension plans of staff members employed outside the UK. We will contribute 7% into the personal pension plans of staff members employed in counties where there is no local statutory provision.
How to apply
Please submit your application using our online form and note the following dates:
Closing date: 30 May 2025
Interviews: w/c 9 June 2025
Desired start date: As soon as possible
Please let us know on the form if any of these dates are problematic and we will try to accommodate. The successful candidate will need to complete a reasonable vetting process before engagement.
