PROGRAM AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
Overview
Reporting directly to the Executive Director (ED), the Program and Development Associate will: coordinate fundraising activities; assist the ED in Board relations; work with the regional offices on proposal generation and grant reporting; manage the operations for the DC office, and work closely with the DC-based External Relations Manager on marketing and communication activities.
Responsibilities
- Monitor public calls for proposals and conduct funder research
- Maintain funder pipeline and conduct weekly funding meetings with development team
- With the ED, ensure that regular stewardship of current donors is done by staff, the ED and the Board
- Edit, write, and assemble grant proposals, including tracking proposal development
- Plan fundraising events Coordinate Board of Directors activities (Plan all board meetings and any social events, distribute board materials, track board member commitments)
- Work with the External Relations Director on updating the website, social media and CSF marketing collateral
- Assist the ED in fundraising, strategy execution, institutional management, board relations, and communications
- Assist the ED in stakeholder relations, including partners, funders and other parties interested in CSF activities
- Prepare weekly briefing for the ED on CSF activities
- Develop a sound understanding of the organization budget
- Represent CSF in high-level meetings, with foundations, at conferences and other opportunities to raise the organization’s profile as a key contributor to conservation and to explore new partnerships
- Oversee other administrative/office management tasks as needed, including scheduling and travel arrangements for ED
- Manage office space operations, including mail and office maintenance
- Manage the organization's database of contacts.
Desired Qualifications and Competencies
- Bachelor’s degree
- At least 3-5 years of work experience with NGOs, the public sector and/or related field
- Project management experience
- Enjoys interacting with a diversity of people, including donors and foundation program officers
- Demonstrated dependability and ability to work with a minimum of supervision
- Excellent written communication skills, specifically related to grant writing
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent computer skills
- Interest in environmental and natural resource economics
- Passion for conservation goals in alignment with CSF’s mission and strategy
- Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment Some travel, including the occasional weekends will be required
- Spanish and Portuguese skills a plus
All candidates will be subject to a brief writing exercise to demonstrate excellent writing competency.
Salary commensurate with experience.
The position will be based in Washington, D.C. We would like the candidate to start by June 15, 2016.
Please send your cover letter and CV to [email protected].
About Conservation Strategy Fund
Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) is an educational and research organization with a unique focus on ensuring that rigorous economic insight is embedded in nature conservation. We accomplish that goal through an interlocking program of training and applied analysis. Founded in 1998, CSF has trained over 2,200 people from 90 countries and 700 organizations in North America, South America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and has conducted dozens of economic analyses that have shaped environmental decision-making across the globe. Our project partners have ranged from local organizations and indigenous tribes to large international NGOs and development agencies, including the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, CEPAL, USAID and the GiZ. Our analyses have influenced over $20 billion in investment decisions and helped conserve over 8 million hectares of natural ecosystems, with untold benefits for human communities. CSF’s track record of accomplishments was recognized with the MacArthur Foundation Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.
CSF offers a flexible, family-friendly work environment and a culture that values work-life balance in accomplishing our mission and goals. CSF’s organizational culture and structure fosters communication, collaboration, teamwork, intellectual honesty, integrity, trust and an unwavering commitment to real conservation results.
The organization’s 30+ staff are based in offices in Lima, Peru; La Paz, Bolivia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Arcata, California; with our headquarters in Washington, DC.
