Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is the world’s largest grassroots environmental federation with more than 70 autonomous member groups around the world. FoEI aims to ensure that the struggles and experiences of local communities – especially those most affected by unsustainable development – are brought to bear on policies and practices at national and international levels. We focus on four program areas: climate justice and energy, forests and biodiversity, food sovereignty, and economic justice, and two cross-cutting thematic areas: gender justice and environmental human rights defenders. Our vision is of a peaceful and sustainable world based on societies living in harmony with nature.

FoEI’s decentralized and democratic structure allows all member groups to participate in decision-making. We are governed by our member groups, which are organized in regional structures and come together every two years to vote on issues facing the federation. Between meetings governance is provided by an elected Executive Committee made up of representatives from our groups. A small International Secretariat (IS) in Amsterdam and a team of global staff supports the member groups, campaigns, programs, and other activities of the federation through fundraising, campaign coordination, trainings, communications, and information management.

About the position

FoEI is seeking an International Fundraising Coordinator to build and lead a comprehensive fundraising program to support the work of the federation, its regions, and programs. The position reports to FoEI's International Coordinator and may be based in FoEI's International Secretariat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands or in a country where FoEI has a member group. The Fundraising Coordinator will lead the fundraising team, which consists of one part-time staff person working at the International Secretariat and one full-time fundraiser based in Spain. The Fundraising Coordinator serves as part of the management team for the International Secretariat and assists with the overall management of the IS.

Fundraising must be aligned with FoEI's mission and values and FoEI does not accept donations from corporations. FoEI's current budget of nearly €5 million comes primarily from development aid, foundation grants, and membership fees. FoEI aims to diversify and increase its funding base to provide long-term stability for the federation and enable its programs and regions to rise to the challenge posed by the multiple systemic crises we face.

Job responsibilities

General

• Implement and manage a comprehensive and strategic fundraising plan aligned with FoEI's mission and vision, in collaboration with the International Coordinator, fundraising team, other Secretariat staff, Executive Committee (board), International Program Coordinators and Regional Facilitators.
• Identify and pursue new fundraising opportunities.
• Supervise and guide the work of FoEI's fundraising staff.
• Serve as part of the IS management team.
• Develop, facilitate and coordinate collaborative FoEI proposals and grant application processes with member groups, FoEI's international programs and teams, regional structures, and allies.
• Cultivate and deepen donor relationships through regular communications and networking.
• Represent FoEI in funding coalitions and collaborations, as needed.
• Deploy FoEI Executive Committee members and federation staff as needed to funder meetings and events.
• Fundraise from US-based funders in coordination and consultation with Friends of the Earth United States (FoE US).
• Maintain regular communication with FoE US on US-based fundraising issues.
• Serve as the federation’s first point of contact for US fundraising efforts by FoEI member groups and ensure the federation has coherent approach to US funders.

Planning, monitoring, and evaluating FoEI activities

• Work with proposal teams to craft strong results frameworks and/or impact narratives for proposed projects and assist with the formulation of SMART goals, milestones, indicators, and other evaluation components to enable high quality and efficient reporting across projects.
• Work with management team and grant management staff to ensure PMEL systems are in place for grants managed by the International Secretariat and procedures followed.
• Support grant management processes as needed.

Individual donors and communications

• Develop a vision and strategy for fundraising from major individual donors, within the confines of FoEI's structure and rules.
• Work with the FoEI Communications team to develop a vision and strategy for online fundraising and provide input on the fundraising aspects of external communication tools such as the website, social networking sites and publications.

Requirements:

• At least five years of relevant experience, including a proven track record of leadership in designing, managing, and implementing fundraising programs raising at least $3-5 million annually.
• Experience raising money from US-based private foundations and familiarity with fundraising from EU-based development aid funders.
• Experience working with coalition-based funding processes or NGO networks and social movements.
• Experience working on environmental and social justice issues and a strong affinity with FoEI's vision, mission, and values. Demonstrated commitment to environmental justice and human rights.
• The ability to distill complicated programmatic strategies into comprehensive proposals and navigate complex application and reporting processes is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to persuasively communicate technical subjects to non-technical audiences and non-native English speakers.
• Experience in developing and supporting implementation of PMEL systems. Must have experience supporting teams to build theories of change, results frameworks, and compelling objectives, indicators, and outcomes for proposed projects.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a multi-cultural environment and a complex, decentralized, multi-cultural federation.
• Ability to support numerous projects and teams concurrently.
• Ability to work independently while also working with numerous remotely based international partners.
• Strong strategic thinking and planning skills.
• Strong relationship management and representation skills.
• While the position may be based outside of the Netherlands, due to the need to work with the Netherlands-based team, it would be an advantage to be based in a similar time zone.
• Excellent command, both spoken and written, of the English language; working knowledge of Spanish or French would be a strong advantage.

What FoEI offers:

We offer an opportunity to contribute to a better world and work for an inspiring international and culturally diverse network with a small friendly team based in Amsterdam and remotely in a countries where we have member groups.

When based in The Netherlands, an indication of full-time salary lies between € 5,428 and € 5,851 gross monthly depending on experience and qualifications. Participation in collective pension arrangement compulsory. Candidates that wish to be based in the Netherlands must be in the possession of a working permit for the EU.

When not based in The Netherlands, the salary level is aligned with the compensation scale and policies of the host FoE group in which the position will be based. One must be eligible to work in their proposed country of choice.

Contract duration: one year, to be renewed upon positive performance evaluation.

Friends of the Earth International is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion are important values for FoEI. We aim to have a FoEI team that reflects the diverse composition of our federation. We also encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environmental justice movement.

Applications

To apply for this role, please prepare your CV and a motivation letter that summarizes how your profile aligns with the key requirements, skills and abilities of this role.

Both motivation letter and CV should be submitted via the button below no later than May 22nd with the subject “International Fundraising Coordinator” to: Dave Hirsch, International Coordinator.

First round interviews will take place June 6th. Second round interviews will take place June 14th.

Checking references is part of the selection procedure.

Please note that, in compliance with GDPR, we will keep your application in our protected files for a maximum of four weeks after the successful closure of this vacancy.