Chief Development Officer - Remote

Core responsibilities:

• Partner with the Executive Director and Board of Directors to develop and implement GEM's long-term fundraising and revenue diversification strategy, with a strong emphasis on major gifts.
• Build, manage, and grow a robust major gifts pipeline and portfolio, cultivating relationships with high-net-worth individuals, philanthropists, family foundations, and donor-advised funds.
• Guide proposal development team and reporting processes to ensure alignment with funder priorities, strategic positioning, and timely compliance.
• Partner with the Board of Directors to strengthen board-level fundraising engagement and accountability.

This role creates positive change by designing and executing Global Energy Monitor's comprehensive fundraising strategy to grow and diversify revenue, ensuring long-term sustainability and impact in providing open data and data-driven accountability for the global energy transition to combat climate change.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years of demonstrated fundraising leadership experience, with a strong emphasis on major gifts.
• 2+ years of experience supervising and mentoring staff.
• Fluency in English.

This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week, work-from-home position. The salary is $150,298.31.

Benefits include:

• 100% paid health, vision, and dental insurance for employees & contribution towards dependent coverage
• Long-term disability and worker's compensation insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plan with a 5% employer match & access to a financial advisor specializing in socially responsible investing
• 4 weeks paid vacation, plus 18 holidays, 15 sick leave days, and other leave
• Remote work stipend
• Home office set up assistance and sponsorship
• Ergonomics consultation & equipment reimbursement
• Paid 12-week sabbatical leave after five years
• 14 weeks of paid parental leave
• 14 weeks of paid medical and/or gender-affirming care leave

Global Energy Monitor (GEM) is a network of researchers developing information for the worldwide climate and clean energy movement, creating trackers and other tools to provide detailed information on energy facilities, sponsors, and financing to support the global energy transition.