Job Description
Senior Development Writer
Application Closing Date: January 7th, 2024 at 23:00 MT
Location: Global/Remote
Term: Full-time 40 hours a week (exempt)
Organization: Global Greengrants Fund
Salary: Salaries at Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) are dependent on applicable salary scales, and internal pay policies including equity considerations and budget. Due to how salary negotiations perpetuate existing structural inequities, GGF has moved away from salary negotiation processes for any candidate. We will make our best offer, and it will be the same regardless of the candidate. The salary range for this position for someone in the USA as per workband S is between $62,250 and $83,000.
Benefits: Group medical and life insurances. Paid time off (10 vacation days in the first year, 12 sick days, four personal days, and up to 11 paid public holidays). Contribution to retirement savings. Remote work and flexible work arrangements.
About Global Greengrants Fund:
Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) is a public charity registered in Boulder, Colorado, and London, UK, that supports grassroots activists and civil society organizations around the world working to address environmental and social justice in over 160 countries. GGF applies a participatory and decentralized model in making grants to grassroots groups through regional and thematic boards of advisors, global partner networks, and independent funds, to support grassroots environmental and social justice action. Global Greengrants Fund believes solutions to environmental harm and social injustice come from people whose lives are most impacted. Every day, our global network of people on the frontlines and donors comes together to support communities to protect their ways of life and our planet. Because when local people have a say in the health of their food, water, and resources, they are forces for change.
In 2023, Global Greengrants Fund is amid a strategic journey in which we collectively center our values, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and organizational care in our work, and to rediscover our identity and potential after 30 years of work. We have experienced tremendous growth over the past two years and we are thoughtfully, yet rapidly, growing our annual grantmaking, our philanthropic advocacy, and our global partnerships and collaborations to new levels. This includes creating a globally networked learning organization and transforming our organizational culture to be more collaborative and self-steering we call this our transformational journey. The Senior Development Writer needs to understand the challenges and opportunities that come with these transformations and be able to remain flexible, steady, and adaptable while inspiring the team through change.
The Role:
The Senior Development Writer requires strategic thinking, excellent project management skills, an ability to nurture effective collaborations, analytical thinking, strong writing skills, and deep knowledge and embracing of Global Greengrants Fund’s mission, values, and goals. The Senior Development Writer role is one of GGF’s principal storytellers, manages complex proposals, and collaborates consistently with various teams for external communication. This person is responsible for writing persuasive fundraising and institutional development materials for a wide range of audiences, including foundations, governments, corporations, and individuals. The Senior Development Writer sets the tone for Global Greengrants’ written engagement with donors that can be used by the Development Team in stewarding donors and engaging prospective donors. This role oversees the timely creation and maintenance of a wide portfolio of compelling stewardship materials, including text that translates the vision, learning, and work of Global Greengrants into language that is accessible, engaging, and reflects our values of equity and inclusion, and guides the Grant Writer in the completion of tasks delegated to that position.
The Senior Development Writer is a member of the Development Team, and in the present accountability structures is line managed by the Co-Directors of Philanthropy while building and working in more self-organized and collaborative ways.