Fundraising Director

Core responsibilities:

• Lead the design and execution of the organization's fundraising plan, aligned with GRI's strategy, with a focus on identifying and securing new donors (institutional, corporate, and philanthropic) and gifts.
• Set and achieve fundraising goals for GRI, developing up-to-date donor mapping and establishing a fundraising relationship tracking system.
• Cultivate and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with key donors, representing the organization externally to ensure visibility and credibility for GRI.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the fundraising team to achieve its objectives, fostering collaboration, accountability, and innovation across teams.

This role creates positive change by securing and sustaining donor funding that supports GRI's mission to empower organizations to assess and report on their environmental, social, and economic impacts, contributing to a global sustainability reporting system that benefits people and the planet.

Required skills, experience, qualifications:

• 10+ years in fundraising, including fundraising leadership experience, with proven success in securing large (more than EU 1 million) donations and government grants.
• Proven success raising funds from private foundations, with experience in developing and executing fundraising plans, managing donor pipelines, and preparing proposals.
• Expertise and extensive networks in philanthropy, international development funding, and corporate giving, with knowledge of corporate sustainability reporting.
• Strong strategic thinking, excellent proposal writing, communication, and relationship management skills, with a commitment to ethical fundraising and sustainability-aligned practices.

Compensation, perks, culture highlights:

• Salary: €78,844 - €109,505 (European based range) per annum on full-time basis
• Location: Remote (Hybrid if in the Netherlands; within +/- 6 hours CET)
• Work hours: Full-time (40hrs/week; flexible)
• Contract type: 1-year contract with the possibility of renewal
• Generous leave allowance
• Access to the GRI Academy
• GRI aims to create a recruitment process that champions diversity, equity, and inclusion

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) provides standards, services, tools, and training that empower organizations of all sizes to assess and report on their environmental, social, and economic impacts. GRI is an independent nonprofit organization, headquartered in the Netherlands, with multiple regional networks, committed to unlocking positive change in the world.