Growth Associate

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is searching for a Growth Associate to spearhead the growth of our global donor community. The Growth Associate will be responsible for managing HRF’s new donor acquisition. 

HRF is a leading organization advancing human rights around the world and one of the only organizations focused on promoting freedom inside authoritarian regimes. Our work has grown rapidly in recent years in terms of fundraising and programmatic output in order to respond to global threats to freedom. The Growth Associate will play a key role in continuing this growth to help HRF expand its critical work.

The Growth Associate will be a member of HRF’s Strategy & Development Team. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Building lists of potential donors
• Conduct research on potential donors
• Formulating plans for how HRF can establish connections with potential donors through mailings, email, phone, social media, referrals, and meetings at events
• Coordinating donor mailings
• Writing letters of interest and proposals for prospective foundations and institutions
• Supporting HRF’s Major Gift Officers/C-Suite Executives with research, plans, and scheduling of meetings with potential donors
• Driving new ticket sales and outreach for HRF’s Oslo Freedom Forum and other events
• Supporting the planning and execution of the Oslo Freedom Forum and other events

 Requirements include: 

• Prior experience in sales and fundraising, preferably in a nonprofit setting 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with grant writing
• Donor communication experience
• Collaboration with teammates to achieve mutual success and hit organizational goals
• Experience with Salesforce is preferred but not required
• Strong commitment to HRF’s mission to promote and protect human rights around the world, with a focus on closed societies

Location: Remote office, with regular travel to HRF’s headquarters in the Empire State Building in New York.