Executive Director

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead fundraising and communications efforts, including strategy development, donor cultivation, grant writing, and aligning messaging across all public-facing materials.
• Manage board relations and governance by collaborating on policy implementation, maintaining transparent communication, and supporting board recruitment and engagement.
• Oversee administration and financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, compliance, and ensuring legal infrastructure supports global operations.

This role creates positive change by building an operationally excellent, well-funded organization that can deliver measurable climate cooling benefits at scale, translating MEER's scientific mission into global impact through effective governance, fundraising, and administration.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven nonprofit leadership experience with strong organizational and operational management skills.
• Deep understanding of nonprofit financial management, budgeting, compliance, and governance.
• Demonstrated fundraising experience, including securing major grants and individual gifts, with familiarity with platforms like Givebutter.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and donor-facing skills, with knowledge of climate change and commitment to addressing its impacts.

No specific compensation, perks, or culture highlights mentioned in the job description.

MEER is an organization focused on a scientific and climate-justice mission, working to deliver measurable climate cooling benefits at scale through global deployment of climate adaptation projects.