Job Overview
Location
Remote, Switzerland
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
June 18, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Develop, implement, and manage multi-year strategies for cultivating and soliciting gifts from corporate, foundation, institutional, and individual donors.
- • Build and maintain long-term relationships with a portfolio of current and prospective donors, advancing them from annual giving to major or planned gifts.
- • Conduct direct asks for gifts of $75,000 or more, including planned gifts, assets, trade lands, and non-cash contributions.
- • Incorporate blended gifts and gifts of assets into donor proposals, demonstrating proficiency in charitable giving vehicles such as Donor Advised Funds, operating foundations, and private foundations.
- • Utilize organizational budget knowledge to build accurate and compelling proposal budgets aligned with conservation priorities.
- • Staff chapter leadership as a moves manager and manage assigned trustee relationships and volunteer engagement.
- • Work across chapters and programs to coordinate fundraising efforts and manage a referral network.
- • Use the organization’s donor database to track, manage, and report on multiple prospects and donor interactions.
- • Educate donors on appropriate giving options, including complex charitable gift planning and tax-advantaged giving strategies.
- • Apply listening, diplomacy, and tact to build strong donor relationships and motivate contributions.
- • Negotiate complex, high-profile, or sensitive agreements related to major gifts and planned giving.
- • Travel frequently and on short notice, and work extended hours including weekends as required to meet fundraising goals.
- • Identify donor interests, capacity, and potential to align their philanthropic goals with the organization’s conservation mission.
- • Design and implement comprehensive fundraising strategies covering cultivation, solicitation, and donor recognition.
- • Maintain awareness of evolving trends in charitable giving, including capital campaigns, major gifts, and planned giving practices.
- • Ensure compliance with organizational policies and legal requirements related to fundraising and donor relations.
🎯 Requirements
- • Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of related experience in fundraising or development
- • Proven experience in asking for and closing gifts of $75,000 or more, including planned gifts
- • Demonstrated experience building and maintaining long-term relationships with major donors and corporations
- • Experience managing and tracking multiple donor prospects using a donor database
- • Knowledge of fundraising principles and practices, including capital campaigns and planned giving
- • Experience working with charitable giving vehicles such as Donor Advised Funds, private foundations, and operating foundations
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive and comprehensive benefits packages tailored to the country of employment
- • Health care benefits
- • Retirement benefits
- • Parental leave
- • Paid time off
- • Life insurance and disability coverage
- • Employee assistance program and other well-being benefits
- • Flexible work environment supporting health and well-being
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