Senior Associate Director, Investor Relations

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

The END Fund is a leading collaborative philanthropic investment vehicle dedicated to controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). NTDs are parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases – including intestinal worms, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, and visceral leishmaniasis – that affect over 1.65 billion people globally. The END Fund’s vision is to ensure people can live healthy and prosperous lives free of the risk of NTDs and has set out to accomplish this by:

– Mobilizing and investing resources for maximum impact,

– Advocating for innovative, integrated and cost-effective NTD programs; and

– Facilitating philanthropic and private sector engagement to end these diseases.

By engaging a community of activist-philanthropists and taking a systems approach, the END Fund works in collaboration with governments, local and international NGOs, pharmaceutical companies, and academic partners on the global campaign to control and eliminate NTDs by 2030.

Since our founding in 2012 through 2023, with our partners, the END Fund has provided over 1.8 billion treatments for NTDs worth more than $3 billion. In 2023 alone, we delivered more than 270 million NTD treatments and provided over 46 thousand life-changing surgeries. The END Fund works globally in 31 countries, with a primary emphasis in Africa.

You can learn more about the END Fund here.

ABOUT THE END FUND’S INVESTOR RELATIONS TEAM

The Investor Relations team is the END Fund’s fundraising team, responsible for identifying, mobilizing, and nurturing meaningful and impactful partnerships to advance the END Fund’s mission to end neglected tropical diseases. Driven by the transformative power of collaborative philanthropy, the team works alongside a consortium of investors and champions to help harness and promote funding opportunities for historically excluded communities.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The END Fund is looking for a fundraising professional with deep foundation partnerships expertise to support the management and growth of its portfolio, as it continues to rapidly scale and strategically diversify its portfolio of investors (donors) and NTD investment opportunities. The successful candidate will support the management of a portfolio of foundations globally, and work in collaboration with the Director to develop grant proposals and concept notes for new investment opportunities and write reports for active grants. We are looking to onboard a candidate who is mission-oriented, an excellent written communicator, and who thrives in a cross-collaborative and dynamic environment.

The Senior Associate Director will play an integral role in the continued success of the Investor Relations team and, thus, the broader organization’s high-level financial goals. Together with the Director, they will manage 7—and 8-figure gifts from foundations globally (United States, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East). A natural and collegial team player, the successful candidate will be experienced in grant writing and reporting, including working cross-departmentally with programs and finance colleagues to develop winning proposals and informative, compelling reports.

This position will report directly to the Director of Investor Relations focused on institutional giving but will work cross-departmentally across all levels to efficiently deliver on their assigned deliverables. The day-to-day of this position is likely to entail proactive and reactive donor communication (written and verbal), extensive writing, coordination with other departments to secure programmatic and financial data needed for proposal development and reporting, and participation in interdepartmental meetings to ensure a holistic understanding of the organization’s programs, financials, and impact story. This is an individual contributor position with no direct reports.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & CORE COMPETENCIES

Relationship Management

-With limited oversight, lead management of a portfolio of foundation grants, including responding to questions, preparing information as requested, and other cultivation and engagement activities beyond formal reporting requirements, including through email, video calls, and at times, face-to-face meetings

Ensure grant requirements are fully met, on time, and with high-quality standards.

Advancement Support

-In coordination with Investor Relations team members driving new business, provide critical support for new funding opportunities that align with the END Fund’s mission and funding priorities through:

-Leading the concept note and proposal development process by systematically collecting information, determining and enforcing timelines, and fostering cross-team collaboration to align on the proposed scope and budget.

-Writing evocative, data-driven, and concise proposal narratives and developing and producing outreach materials requested by potential and interested donors.

-Contribute to the maintenance of donor records in Salesforce for assigned portfolio, with support from the Senior Associate, Investor Relations.

Grant Writing & Reporting

-With minimal oversight, manage the full grant cycle of a portfolio of foundation investors from proposal development to award process to report writing.

-Lead donor reporting for a portfolio of investments, including securing templates from the donor, coordinating and communicating cross-departmentally for necessary data inputs, and assembling narratives in a manner consistent with the END Fund’s expected level of quality, accuracy, and professionalism.

Cross-departmental Collaboration

-Coordinate with the Finance team on fundraising-related initiatives, including grant spending, revenue recognition, financial reporting, and reconciliation.

-In concert with varying actors across the organization – Board Development Committee, Investor Relations team, and other colleagues – engage in the execution of a fundraising plan to secure funding towards the END Fund’s multi-year revenue goals.

-Liaise with programs and other END Fund staff to gather information, materials, and updates and translate them into proposals and/or donor reports

-Work as needed with the END Fund’s communications team to produce supporting materials for proposals and reports and to develop other external communications as needed.

-Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

-Bachelor’s degree in a writing-intensive field, such as (but not limited to) English, communications, journalism, or marketing preferred, but not required; and/or equivalent level of related, transferable experience

-Minimum of 5 years of relevant relationship management and communications (written and verbal) experience, preferably in nonprofit (corporate or trusts and foundations) fundraising and grant management, with a successful track record of donor relationship management, grant writing, and reporting; knowledge of private foundation grantmaking strategies a plus

-Exceptional ability to convey complex and often technical ideas in a clear, direct, and lively style (both written and verbal)

-Confidence and poise to interact with philanthropic leaders and champions, including those at the executive leadership level, using all forms of communication (e-mail, phone, videoconference, and face-to-face interaction)

-Experience with and competency to maintain relationships with foundations from a variety of global geographies, preferably including the US, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East

-A self-starter who works well independently, as well as part of a team, and with minimal oversight; flexibility and comfort navigating shifting and high-pressure, deadline-oriented environments; ability to anticipate change and adapt accordingly.

-Familiarity with global health issues, and NTDs specifically, and/or appetite and interest to learn

-Fluency in English required

-Experience with project management tools, such as Asana, G Suite and Salesforce a plus

OUR PHILOSOPHY AND BENEFITS

The END Fund is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. It is our policy and intent that all qualified persons be given full and equal opportunities for employment, training, promotions, wages, benefits, and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.

The END Fund is at an exciting stage of organizational growth and we are rapidly expanding our global footprint in order to bring on the most talented team members to help advance our mission. Currently, we have team members in 14 countries and the majority of our team is based in the United States. We maintain physical headquarters in New York City, and a new registered entity in Kenya, other team members work from their homes across the US, Africa, UK and Europe. All team members hired outside the US and Kenya are hired through an Employer of Record (EOR).

The END Fund offers a competitive compensation package intended to motivate employees to perform at the highest level by acquiring superior skills and competencies. Our philosophy is shaped by the following guidelines: 1) understandable, 2) fair and defensible, 3) competitive, and 4) flexible. The END Fund differentiates pay based on the basis of role definition, scope of responsibilities, relevant team member experience and geographic location. We endeavor to compensate team members so that they can live with a sense of economic security within their geographic location.

To ensure all compensation and benefits package offers are fair, defensible and competitive, the END Fund relies on external benchmarking data that is both role and country-specific.

This specific role is open to candidates who currently live and have the right to work in the US, UK and Kenya

-If based in the US the anticipated starting gross annual base salary range is USD $95,000-$109,000

-If based in the UK, the anticipated gross starting annual base salary range is GBP £65,000 – £73,000

-If based in Kenya, the anticipated gross starting annual base salary range is USD $80,000-$87,000

WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED

The END Fund does not sponsor work authorization or visas. All team members must independently have legal rights to work and live in the US, UK and Kenya.

Our benefits packages are also informed by local contexts to ensure appropriateness and competitiveness within specific markets. Regardless of location, all END Fund team members receive cell phone and WiFi connectivity support, flexible work arrangements, a healthy annual professional development allowance, and more. The END Fund also offers employer-paid health for team members and a cost-share option for dependents of team members, as well as life insurance benefits and twelve weeks fully paid family care leave; specific benefit providers will vary modestly by country of residency.

POSTING: Senior Associate Director, Investor Relations

LOCATION: Remote, US (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas & Washington), United Kingdom (London), Kenya (Nairobi)

REPORTS TO: Director, Investor Relations

SALARY: The END Fund differentiates pay based on the basis of role definition, scope of responsibilities, relevant team member experience and geographic location. Specific salary details for each location are noted below.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Up to 5%. Some travel for conferences, events, and annual organizational retreats, which could take place in the United States, Europe, or Africa.

JOB POSTING DEADLINE: This position will close at 11:59pm EST on February 05, 2025