Development and Strategic Partnership Lead in New York

The Jain Family Institute (JFI) is seeking a Development Lead to build and direct our fundraising strategy. This is a senior, external-facing role, reporting to JFI’s CEO; moreover, it is a new role, with the opportunity to define and grow a fundraising function from the ground up at an innovative, fast-growing nonprofit. The Lead will be responsible for consolidating and intensifying fundraising strategy; prospecting and research; outreach; and ongoing communication with funders and strategic partners. The Lead will work collaboratively with JFI’s directors and board to set annual and multiyear fundraising targets for the organization as a whole. The Lead will also advise JFI’s initiative experts on their own project-specific fundraising projects. 

JFI’s current focus is on the global green transition. We work with national and subnational governments, multilateral development banks, and cooperation initiatives on technical design and implementation on topics such as...