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Summary

Save the Children’s U.S. Programs (USP) division is committed to ensuring that all children in rural America have a healthy, strong foundation to thrive as learners and in life. Our goals are to increase kindergarten readiness and grade-level literacy and math proficiency for children in under-resourced rural communities. In times of crisis, Save the Children does whatever it takes to help children and families recover from their losses, restore their lives and build resilience for years to come.

We are seeking an Advisor, Fundraising & Writing. In this role, you will develop high-quality communications, including proposals and reports, for USP’s private donor accounts (individuals, corporations and foundations). You will be responsible for writing and assembling content that presents USP’s vision, programming and goals, in a clear and compelling manner. You will also manage the gift-in-kind vetting process in partnership with the Corporate Partnerships team. Initiative and the ability to drive projects through to completion are key attributes for the role, as are excellent writing skills with a particular strength in communicating in a concise and persuasive manner.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Writing and Project Management (60%)

• Develop effective and persuasive narrative content for use in all types of donor communications, including proposals and reports, and make recommendations for effective ways of communicating this content to different audiences.
• Develop strategy, concepts and framework for the submission of high-quality proposals, reports and other content pieces to private funders.
• Meet regularly with program teams to understand funding needs and areas of innovation.
• Serve as a direct liaison to the Corporate Partnerships (CP) team and implement processes to vet gift-in-kind opportunities in alignment with USP’s programmatic priorities.

Fundraising Strategy (30%)

• Secure funding to meet shared revenue targets for Save the Children’s domestic programs.
• Work in close partnership and promote collaboration with fundraising, finance, program and marketing colleagues to position USP with individual philanthropists, corporations and foundations as a long-term partner of choice.
• Monitor and report on team progress toward fundraising goals.
• Stay up to date on program priorities and how they align to fundraising trends in the private sector.

Special Projects (10%)

• Contribute towards the implementation of USP’s fundraising plans as required.
• Perform other duties as may be required for the benefit of the team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Previous experience in nonprofit fundraising and in developing donor communication materials including proposals and reports.
• Knowledge of customer relationships management databases (e.g. Blackbaud).
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English, with the ability to convey technical language in a clear, concise manner.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and complete multiple complex tasks.

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1- NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $84,150 – $94,050 base salary
• Geo 3-Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $68,850 – $76,950 base salary

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.

Why you should join the Save the Children Team…

Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in YOU!

About Save the Children

No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.

You see, Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. In addition, it is Save the Children’s policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)