Fundraising Consultant to Civil Rights Defenders´ Latin America Department

Civil Rights Defenders is an independent organization with expertise in the defence of civil and political rights. As part of its global strategy, CRD contributes to the security, organizational capacity, and impact of their work. We partner with more than 300 human rights defenders and organizations in 50 countries on four continents. Civil Rights Defenders headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Latin America hub is located in Bogotá, Colombia. 

About the role 

The Latin America Department is now looking for a fundraising consultant to help us create a fundraising strategy to strengthen the department's work in the region. The work will include identifying institutional, governmental, philanthropic, and private donors with calls the department can apply to, contributing to the writing of grant applications, and training and coaching staff in how to approach donors and design applications.

The assignment offers great variety, including work tasks such as:

• Write a fundraising strategy for CRD´s Latin America Department by defining objectives, actions, and indicators.
• Develop a detailed workshop for the CRD Latin America team to formulate innovative projects that align with the identified trends and stakeholders, pitch, and general strategies to increase the donor's portfolio.
• If necessary, organize a CRD Latin America Department fundraising trip and meetings to identify and contact new possible donors under CRD's Lines of Work.
• Coach the Head of the Regional Latin America Program, implementing the strategy designed. Support the design of introductory/pitch meeting log interactions, coordinate timely follow-up, and develop new systems and processes where needed.
• Map the donor landscape, identify trends, opportunities, and funding modalities/cycles and match these with the services offered by CRD on national and regional levels in Latin America.

About you

As a person, you prefer to collaborate, lead, motivate, and empower others to reach common goals effectively. You see to the long-term significance and further consequences of things and act accordingly. Furthermore, you like to engage in teamwork and contribute constructively, and through clear communication, you ensure that messages are reached and that expectations are clear to all parties involved.

We assume that you share our values.

To be suitable for this role you have: 

• At least 5 years of professional experience, with 5 years of specific accredited experience in identifying grant opportunities for international organizations.
• Proven experience managing and fostering diversified partnerships with institutional, governmental, philanthropic, and private donors in similar organizations.
• Complementary training in fundraising will be an asset.

• Demonstrable knowledge of human rights in Latin America, peacebuilding, and civil society organizations participating in platforms, networks, etc., will be an asset.
• Ability to communicate and present information effectively to diverse audiences.
• Excellent level in Spanish and English.
• High level of integrity and responsibility.
• Ability to work as part of a team and to encourage the learning of others.

If you also have a Master's degree in Law, Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, Communication or similar, we believe you are the one we are looking for.

About the employment

Consultancy for four months, based on a timeline for deliverables agreed with Civil Rights Defenders´ Latin America Department when signing the contract. 

The last day of the consultancy will be before the end of November 2024.

Please submit a brief proposal of no more than 500 words along with your application, by Sunday, July 7th, 2024, Colombian time. No resumes will be received after this time.

The pre-selected candidates will be called for an interview. The selected candidate must be available immediately to assume the consultancy.

For more information about the assignment, please contact recruiting manager Pia Alvira: pia.alvira@civilrightsdefenders.org.

About us 

Civil Rights Defenders is a politically and religiously independent international human rights organisation. We defend people's civil and political rights in some of the world's most repressive regions. We partner with and support human rights defenders in more than 200 organisations in 30 countries on four continents. Through advocacy, legal processes, and public campaigns, we advance people's rights globally. Together with our partners, we hold those in power accountable when people's civil or political rights are violated. We also act as Sweden's civil rights watchdog. Our headquarters are located in Stockholm, and we have eight branch-offices around the world in another. In total, we are about 70 employees working in various functions towards our vision - a world of democratic societies in which we all enjoy our civil and political rights. Learn more about our work at crd.org.