Fundraising Director & Staff Collective Member

The Fundraising Director will lead the work to maintain and grow funding for 350VT’s statewide grassroots climate justice work, collaborating with 350VT’s staff, board, volunteer base, and partners. 350VT operates as a staff collective, where all staff members work together to lead the organization.

Fundraising will make up the majority of this role. Some key aspects of the role are: 

• Leading fundraising strategy and planning, in collaboration with staff and board
• Managing 350VT’s grassroots fundraising, grant applications, and relationships with donors, foundations, and sponsors, in collaboration with other staff, board, and volunteers, to help as appropriate
• Seeking out new relationships with potential funders to expand our reach
• Collaborating on 350VT’s organizing in ways that support fundraising, especially through relationship-building, such as attending some meetings of our local organizing groups, network council, or helping to plan mobilizations
• Orchestrating our bi-annual fundraising appeals via physical mail and e-mail marketing
• Supporting our board of directors in contributing to fundraising efforts

Depending on skills and interest, helping with communications or managing comms strategy could also be part of the role. 

As a 350VT staff collective member, the Fundraising Director will participate in discussions, meetings, and retreats to contribute to 350VT’s overall health and vision:  

• Strategy, planning, organizational development retreats, and other activities
• Regular meetings and collaboration with the whole staff and with board/volunteer teams
• Joining and helping with occasional key events throughout the year
• Working with the rest of the small staff team to make sure that all organizational needs are met as they emerge
• Contributing to facilitating 350VT’s organizational development work

Details:

• Commitment: Ideally full-time (35 hrs/week); we can discuss part-time if desired
• Location: Based in Vermont required; specific location is flexible
• Pay: $58,531/year salaried for FTE (35 hours/week), or $32.16/hour part-time
• Benefits: 7 weeks’ paid time off per year, plus health time; professional development budget; telecommunications stipend; options for vision & dental insurance; health insurance (or health funds) if full-time
• Timeline: Anticipated start mid-August

Notes:

1. 350Vermont does not condone the use of Generative AI tools in any manner for work that relates to the organization, including on applications.
2. We want to acknowledge that fundraising-focused positions are often paid at a higher level. We have chosen to pay all staff at the same rate, to honor that we are all working together on different aspects of one whole, every part of which is essential.