Resource Mobilization Coordinator

Position Overview

Climate Justice Alliance is seeking a dynamic Resource Mobilization Coordinator to join our team in challenging philanthropy's extractive history and structure to build a Just Transition and invest in living, local, resilient economies. We are living in an exciting moment where there is a lot of momentum to resource frontlines and their solutions - we need someone to leverage this movement while partnering with our members to ensure that funding doesn’t continue to go to techno-fixes and market schemes. 

The Resource Mobilization Coordinator focuses on investing CJA's capacity to engage with individual and corporate donors while providing the Resource Mobilization team with database management and 360° administrative support. This role supports CJA in carrying out our member-led strategic plan, specifically, the strategy to Move the Money to the frontlines of climate justice, creating a team environment that looks beyond mere fundraising in support of a mission – engaging in funder organizing, political education, pressure campaigns and more to advance our music. The ideal candidate for this role is committed to equity, inclusion, anti-racism, and justice; bringing a people-centered and accountable approach to achieving a shared vision; and can demonstrate a history of fundraising. As a part of the Resource Mobilization Team, they will report to the Director of Resource Mobilization. This is a remote position within the United States.

About Climate Justice Alliance

Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) was formed in 2013 to create a new center of gravity in the climate movement by uniting frontline communities and organizations into a formidable force. Our translocal organizing strategy and mobilizing capacity is building a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies. We believe that the process of transition must place race, gender and class at the center of the solutions equation in order to make it a truly Just Transition.

We are a unique alliance of 88 community, frontline, and environmental justice organizations; movement networks; and support organizations at the forefront of climate change. Our members are multicultural, intergenerational, and prioritize leadership among women, gender-oppressed, and persons of color. They come from traditionally underrepresented constituencies, including Indigenous Peoples, African American, Latinx, Asian Pacific Islander, and low-income white communities, often often located near toxic, polluting industries such as oil refineries, fracking wells, coal mines, power plants, and pipelines; rails, ports, and other major transportation corridors; landfills and incinerators; and industrial agriculture.

Core Responsibilities

Build Aligned Relationships with Individual and Corporate Donors & Engage CJA Members and Allies  (50%)

• Maintain an active, engaged network with established and potential individual and corporate donors and corporate
• Make first time solicitations with prospective donors, and renewal and upgrade solicitations of current donors
• Conduct prospect research for new funding opportunities
• Develop, execute, and monitor fundraising campaigns
• Collectively work on resource mobilization team events, conferences, and meetings.
• Develop, implement, and manage friend raising and donor cultivation events
• Assist in creating and updating of Resource Mobilization materials

Resource Mobilization Team Administration (30%)

• Provide technical assistance related to donors including altering recurring donations, setting up CJA to receive employer matching gifts, updating contact/billing information, etc
• Process, record, manage, and acknowledge donations and donor information utilizing Powerbase, Google Drive, and various other intermediary systems
• Pull reports from database related to Resource Mobilization team deliverables
• Collaborate with team members on the Rad Ops team to maintain fundraising compliance
• Fulfill credit card holder obligations and responsibilities in a timely manner

Support the Move the Money Strategic Campaign (15%) 

Ensure Climate Justice Alliance Meets Internal Fundraising Goals

• Support the Resource Mobilization Director in designing and implementing comprehensive annual fundraising goals and calendar
• Draft and implement annual work plan related to individual donors
• Support annual fundraising plan assessments and recommend adjustments

Build the Field and the Movement by Moving Money to Grassroots, Frontline Organizations

• Collaborate with Resource Mobilization Director in carrying out strategy to cultivate allies and organizers with access to financial resources to “move the money” directly to the grassroots organizations
• Join the Resource Mobilization team in assisting member organizations in their fundraising strategies

Build Healthy & Sustainable Organizational Work Culture and Other Responsibilities (5%)

• Along with all other staff, this position contributes to CJA’s culture of innovation, teamwork, and continuous learning. They work diligently to collaborate and support each other within and across teams and excel in an environment where every member takes care of their own basic administrative needs.

These tasks represent baseline responsibilities for this position. As CJA grows, there will be possibilities (and sometimes the need to) move into new accountabilities and areas of work.

Supervisory Responsibility

No supervision of staff at this time.

Expected hours of work

Standard days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m in your time zone.  Daily schedule is flexible within the proximity of this time frame, and will be decided in consultation with the supervisor.

Travel

Moderate domestic travel (2-4 times per quarter) for meetings or conferences would be required for this position. 

Physical duties of this role: Ability to work at a computer and participate in video conferencing, speaking and typing for extended periods of time. 

Occasional physical duties: Responsible for logistics during travel which includes lifting items (not in excess of 25 lbs.), coordinating meals/catering, and driving. (CJA is willing and able to make reasonable accommodations for candidates who may not be able to fulfill these tasks). 

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• At least 3 years experience fundraising
• Excellent interpersonal skills and relationship building
• Understanding and interest in funding trends and strategy
• Familiar with climate policy, environmental justice and social justice issues, as well as concepts pertaining to self-determination, liberation, decolonization, and the political & social conditions of oppression
• Organizational skills and attention to details and accuracy
• Able to work remotely, manage multiple work tasks, and meet the pressure of deadlines
• Experience with communication and online media for campaigns

 Position Type and Compensation

• 100% FTE, non-exempt position.
• CJA’s 100% FTE benefits package includes:
  • 20 days vacation leave per year;
  • 15 standard holidays per year;
  • 12 sick days per year;
  • 1 month of paid parental leave during first year; eligible for an additional 2 months of paid parental leave in the second year of employment, up to 3 months;
  • 3 month sabbatical leave after 5 years of continuous full-time employment 
  • Medical, vision, dental for employees and dependents;
  • 100% employer sponsored basic life, short-term and long-term disability insurance coverage;
  • Access to FSA Benefits;
  • Access to employer-sponsored HRA,
  • Access to employer-sponsored retirement account. 

Climate Justice Alliance is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, disability, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or any other status protected by law. BIPOC and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.