Job opening at WOLA: Foundation Relations Manager
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) seeks a Foundation Relations Manager to work in a three-person development team that is responsible for securing the organization’s $2 million and growing annual operating budget. We seek someone who has several years of successful grant writing experience, a desire for a long-term career in fundraising, and a passion for human rights and social justice. This individual must be an exceptional and ambitious writer, an analytical thinker, and a highly-motivated team player.
WOLA is a 38-year-old human rights organization with a full-time staff of 17, with seven interns, and six senior fellows.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with program staff to develop and write high-quality grant proposals and reports while meeting funder requirements, deadlines, and specifications.
- Identify and research new sources of foundation funding, keep up to date on giving trends.
- With program staff, cultivate relationships with foundation program officers and effectively steward relationships with current funders.
- Accurately and confidently represent WOLA’s programming to foundation audiences.
- Assist in the management of WOLA’s donor database, helping to input accurate data, create connections, generate reports, and create new systems and protocol to increase efficiency.
- Support team efforts around hosting WOLA’s annual gala, soliciting sponsorships and assisting in event planning.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Exceptional writing and editing skills (in English).
- Strong research abilities and familiarity with foundation research tools.
- Experience in grant writing and a proven ability to write successful foundation grants.
- Superior interpersonal skills and an ability to cultivate effective relationships with foundation staff as well as work collaboratively with WOLA staff.
- Experience with fundraising contact management systems.
- Interest in international human rights, particularly in Latin America, and non-profit management.
- Extreme attention to detail and an ability to maintain organized and accurate records.
- Ability to work well under deadlines.
- Problem solving skills, critical thinking, and troubleshooting abilities.
- High level of maturity and ability to act as a team player.
- Bachelor’s degree, fluency in English required, proficiency in Spanish highly desirable.
SALARY: Commensurate with experience. Full health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance; three weeks annual vacation.
START DATE: Immediately
TO APPLY: Please submit the following in one PDF document electronically to employment@wola.org:
- Cover letter
- Resume
- 2 page English writing sample, preferably a foundation proposal
- A list of two references with daytime telephone numbers and email addresses
For more information, please visit www.wola.org
Only candidates authorized to work in the U.S. without any restrictions need apply.
- No phone calls please-
WOLA encourages application by minority candidates and is an equal opportunity employer.
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