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Pro Bono Posting: Head of Fundraising & Donor Relations for HarvestPlus!

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JOB SUMMARY

HarvestPlus seeks a highly-motivated Head of Fundraising and Donor Relations to join our External Affairs team. The successful candidate will be an ambitious and entrepreneurial fundraiser wih deep networks and experience generating new revenue from high net worth individuals, foundations, governments and multilateral donor agencies. This position is a three year, fixed term, renewable appointment and is located at HarvestPlus headquarters in Washington, DC.

 

BACKGROUND

HarvestPlus works with partners to tackle hidden hunger on a global scale by breeding vitamins and minerals into everyday food crops. With operations in more than thirty countries, HarvestPlus is bridging the gap between agriculture and nutrition and improving the health and livelihoods of millions of people. Our goal is to reach 20 million farming households by 2020 and one billion consumers by 2030 through the development of inclusive and sustainable markets for biofortified crops.

HarvestPlus is part of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH). CGIAR is a global agriculture research partnership working towards a food secure future. Its science is carried out by its 15 research centers in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. The HarvestPlus program launched jointly in 2003 by two of these centers, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). It now operates under a quasi-independent structure with 160 international staff and an annual budget of $40m.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Specific duties of the Head of Fundraising and Donor Relations include but are not limited to:

 

Fundraising

  • Achieve ambitious and measurable income targets through design, leadership and execution of fundraising strategies, expanding HarvestPlus’ core funding and strategic global and country-led initiatives
  • Cultivate, grow and nourish new donor relationships, with a focus on high net worth individuals and international foundations
  • Create and lead agile, cross-disciplinary and geographically diverse teams through concept formulation and full proposal development
  • Work collaboratively with country managers to secure local funding opportunities (bilaterals, national governments) and to develop innovative funding-focused partnerships

 

Donor Reporting and Management

  • Lead donor reporting requirements, in synch with CFO-led financial reporting, and direct donor-facing communication
  • Refine/oversee internal management systems for donor research, contact databases and progress tracking tools
  • Translate highly technical, multi-sectoral needs into tailored and digestible fundraising concepts (both verbal and written) adapted for constantly-changing audiences
  • Manage a small team of fundraising analysts, with strong potential for future team growth
  • Work closely with Heads of Policy/Advocacy and Communications to align messaging and joint outreach efforts

 

External Relations

  • Represent HarvestPlus in global and national policy fora, donor engagement events and country-level visits
  • Direct concept and creation of compelling and innovative donor-facing materials and outreach mediums

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in senior fundraising positions
  • Demonstrated track record of conceptualizing, managing, and implementing successful multi-million dollar fundraising campaigns
  • Strong network of executive level contacts within agriculture, nutrition, and/or public health-focused private-sector, donor and advocacy organizations
  • Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal (i.e. public speaking, presentations, correspondence, proposals, and reports)
  • Comfort communicating complex research, development, and policy concepts
  • Ability and willingness to travel (up to 25%), including internationally Ability to adapt and work within a multicultural, multilingual, multidisciplinary environment across multiple time zones

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master’s degree
  • Six or more years of management experience
  • Knowledge of issues related to global health and developing countries and a high level of interest and/or experience in the nexus of nutrition and agriculture
  • Experience building complex, project-based budgets and work plans
  • Familiarity with creating impact investing and inclusive business strategies, especially in relation to agriculture and/or health

 

TO APPLY

Click on the following link to access the Head, Fundraising and Donor Relations job application: http://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IFPRI&cws=1&rid=1621. Please complete the online application and provide a complete resume, detailed letter of interest, and three references. EOE

 

HarvestPlus •c/o IFPRI 2033 K Street, NW •Washington, DC 20006-1002 USA •Tel: 202-862-5600 •Fax: 202- 467-4439 •www.HarvestPlus.org

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Executive Search Success! Announcing the New President of Yestermorrow Design/Build School

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Pillar Search is proud to have successfully partnered with Yestermorrow Design/Build School on the search for their new President.

Yestermorrow Design/Build School welcomes Mike Crowley as its new President. Yestermorrow Design/Build School is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization located in the Mad River Valley of Vermont offering workshops, certificate programs and semester programs for adult students from around the country. Yestermorrow’s mission is to inspire people to create a better, more sustainable world by providing hands-on education that integrates design and craft as a creative, interactive process.  The intensive and experiential curriculum includes a wide variety of topics related to sustainable design, green building, architectural craft, and furniture making.

As President, Mike will be responsible for the fiscal, programmatic and functional health of the Yestermorrow, in addition to serving as the primary advocate for its mission and steward of its reputation.  As a school known for innovation, Mike will foster a culture of thinking outside the box and creative experimentation to help Yestermorrow continue to be a place of cutting-edge design education.

Mike joins Yestermorrow from the Institute for Sustainable Communities, where he held the role of Program Director, Resilient Regions Initiative. Prior roles included Climate and Sustainability Manager with Environmental Health & Engineering and Assistant Director of Harvard University’s Office for Sustainability. In addition, Mike was a professor of Planning for Carbon Neutrality at Harvard University Extension School. Mike holds a graduate degree in Environmental Science from Schumacher College/University of Plymouthand an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from University of Vermont.

With personalized service and proven results, Pillar is your partner in executive search and human resources consulting. With over 20 years of experience, Pillar provides national retained search services for exceptional non-profits and foundations and early-stage or rapid growth for-profit firms. All share the characteristic of desiring top talent who want an occupassion, not just an occupation.     In addition, Pillar offers human resources consulting services, which was born of clients requesting help on projects beyond executive search, and includes human resources audits, creating a handbook, assessing organizational design, training, team building, and employee communications.    A woman-owned business, Pillar is based in Boston, MA, and works on retained searches both a local and national level. To learn more about how Pillar can assist with your search needs, email cindy@pillarsearch.com.