About Pacific Environment

For more than three decades, Pacific Environment has worked to serve people, wildlife, and ecosystems by promoting grassroots activism, strengthening communities, leading strategic campaigns, and working for policy changes. We are headquartered in San Francisco, with regional offices or staff across the United States, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand, and with partnerships that span the Pacific Rim.

Pacific Environment and our partners fight fossil fuels and champion clean energy, challenge industrial models that disregard local interests, and bring grassroots concerns—and whenever possible grassroots leaders—to national and international bodies to advocate for policy solutions that reflect community needs and values.

Pacific Environment operates as a campaigner, coalition-builder, grantmaker, and thought partner. We provide direct funding and technical assistance to grassroots environmental activists in the regions where they work. We complement these community-led efforts with national and international coalition-building and advocacy to decision-makers to support policy changes that prioritize local interests and resolve the root causes of environmental challenges. Pacific Environment has a strong track record of local and international achievement.

Pacific Environment seeks to protect communities and wildlife of the Pacific Rim. We support community leaders to fight climate change, protect the oceans, build just societies, and move away from fossil fuels and plastic pollution toward a green economy. Learn more at www.pacificenvironment.org.

Position

We seek an experienced and highly motivated Senior Advancement Manager, Foundations. This is an exciting opportunity for a professional to join a growing team and organization. This position is best suited for someone who has already had responsibility managing successful long-term fundraising efforts, with an emphasis on foundations and other institutional giving.

As Senior Advancement Manager, Foundations, you will help develop and execute Pacific Environment’s institutional fundraising strategy to raise our $10M+ and growing budget. This includes prospecting, cultivating and stewarding foundation donors, as well as writing proposals and managing reporting for selected campaigns. And you will work with colleagues to support the strategy development of an evolving organization.

The right candidate will have great management skills, a creative spark, attention to detail, excellent writing skills, and familiarity with environmental, climate change and social justice issues.

The Senior Advancement Manager, Foundations will report to Pacific Environment’s Senior Advancement Director.

Location and Travel

Pacific Environment staff currently work from home. Greater San Francisco Bay Area local applicants and other California residents are strongly preferred, followed by candidates in other U.S. West Coast states, plus Anchorage, Alaska. However, we will consider highly qualified candidates residing elsewhere in the U.S. This position requires working West Coast time zone hours, and potentially some evenings or weekends. Some travel to the Bay Area may be required if the successful candidate is based outside the greater San Francisco Bay Area. The position may also involve some other travel.

Responsibilities

• Help develop and manage annual and long-term development strategies for foundation giving.
• Manage fundraising for selected campaigns and programs, as well as special projects to sustain and expand institutional funding.
• Manage annual grants schedule, coordinate internal discussions and schedules for submission, and lead, write or co-write letters of inquiry, proposals, case statements and reports.
• Help cultivate current foundation relationships and support staff in maintaining relationships with foundation staff, including personal communications, drafting touchpoints with donors and leading preparation for donor meetings.
• Identify new funding opportunities, research new foundation prospects and develop and help execute a cultivation strategy to secure funding.
• Implement a comprehensive stewardship program, including working with program and communications staff to stay informed and convey organizational results and impact via donor stewardship and communications materials, e.g., email updates, tailored year-end impact reports, tailored asks, etc.
• Track and manage incoming grants, including grant contracts, donor acknowledgements, and reporting requirements.
• Manage other projects and tasks as assigned.

Key Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of experience fundraising, cultivating and stewarding donor relationships, and writing proposals.
• A proven track record of individually leading successful fundraising with foundation and other institutional partners.
• Experience developing and managing a successful annual fundraising strategy to meet budget goals of at least $1M annually.
• Experience identifying prospects and initiating new relationships.
• Proficient strategic thinker and problem-solver.
• Experience as a creative and compelling storyteller who can combine research and data with strong narratives to communicate organizational impact and objectives.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills and demonstrated success meeting deadlines over long time horizons.
• Passion for working with diverse teams and a demonstrated commitment to promoting environmental protection and building an equitable and sustainable society.
• Hands-on experience with CRMs and other development operations technology (Instrumental and EveryAction helpful)

Some great candidates may not check all the boxes above and may have valuable skills not included here. If that’s you, please don’t hesitate to apply and tell us why you would thrive in this role.

Compensation and Benefits

Pacific Environment provides compensation commensurate with experience and equitable with others on our team, plus a full benefits package for staff positions. The salary range for this position is $90,000 – $100,000, which is carefully considered to account for equity, and the final offer will be based on the candidate’s qualifications. The employee will enjoy a flexible working environment with a dedicated, diverse group of colleagues.

Physical Requirements

The Senior Advancement Manager’s work involves remaining in a stationary position and looking at a computer for long stretches of time, communicating with co-workers electronically, and occasional travel (including overnight travel), in-person meetings, or events. The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete this job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview, or to otherwise participate in this hiring process, please contact: [email protected].

Pacific Environment has an organization-wide policy that staff must be vaccinated against COVID-19.

To Apply

Click here to apply. Applications encouraged by December 13, 2024. The position will remain open until filled, and we encourage even late applications. 

Pacific Environment is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage people from communities harmed by environmental degradation and from backgrounds underrepresented in the environmental movement to apply. We welcome diversity to do our best work and believe that creating teams in which everyone can be their authentic self is key to the change we seek.

Pacific Environment is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage people from communities harmed by environmental degradation and from backgrounds underrepresented in the environmental movement to apply. We welcome diversity to do our best work and believe that creating teams in which everyone can be their authentic self is key to the change we seek.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Pacific Environment. Please inform our HR team by emailing [email protected] if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application or interview process.

Pacific Environment participates in the E-Verify Program: https://www.e-verify.gov/employees

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