Senior Associate Director, Investor Relations At The END Fund

OVERVIEW

The END Fund is the world’s 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 and lymphatic filariasis – that affect over 1.7 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 the most prevalent NTDs by 2030.

Since our founding in 2012 through 2019, with our partners, the END Fund has provided over 920 million treatments for NTDs worth more than $1 billion. In 2019 alone, we reached more than 121 million people with more than 196 million NTD treatments, representing an almost 10-fold increase from 2012. The END Fund works globally in over 25 countries, with a primary emphasis in Africa.

You can read more about the END Fund and our 2019 impact story here.

ABOUT THE INVESTOR RELATIONS TEAM

The Investor Relations team is 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 underserved communities.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The END Fund is looking for a savvy, seasoned prospect researcher to join its fundraising team. They will help the team proactively prospect for USD $100,000+ gifts from high-net-worth individuals, foundations and corporate prospects, in the US and globally. A natural and collegial team player, the successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of working collaboratively to drive strategic prospecting with an eye towards developing and executing formalized processes.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• In concert with the VP, Investor Relations, frontline fundraisers, and other colleagues, drive prospect research priorities to secure funding towards the END Fund’s ambitious 2022-2026 goals
• Synthesize understanding of the END Fund’s fundraising goals and strategies, philanthropic trends, and prospect research to make strategic recommendations to the Vice President, Investor relations and frontline fundraisers
• Prepare prospect briefs, materials for meetings with donors and prospects conducted by senior staff or Board leadership, and other materials that drive business development
• Conduct research on individuals, corporations, and foundations (utilizing donor research platforms) and maintain all prospect research fields of data in the CRM database (Salesforce)
• Maintain policies and procedures for the prospect research program
• Maintain process to keep apprised of news and announcements that impact our existing portfolio of donors
• Identify, secure and maintain vendors and platforms for research
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant graduate coursework a plus
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in fundraising prospect researching private foundations, corporate giving, and high-net-worth individuals in the US and global markets
• Knowledge of and ability to skillfully use research platforms
• Exceptional ability to convey complex information in a clear, direct, and actionable written style
• Ability to balance ongoing strategic work plans and reactive opportunities
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, especially writing and content creation
• Previous experience working with Salesforce or other fundraising CRM systems preferred
• Familiarity with global health issues, and NTDs specifically, and/or an appetite and interest to learn
• Demonstrated cross-cultural skills
• A self-starter who enjoys working in a small team environment
• Ability to work independently as well as a part of a collaborative team

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 offers a competitive compensation package intended to motivate employees to perform at the highest level by acquiring superior skills and competencies to further the progress made to ensuring people with neglected tropical diseases can live healthy and prosperous lives. Our philosophy is shaped by the following guidelines 1) understandable, 2) fair and defensible, 3) competitive, and 4) flexible. In addition to providing a competitive salary in the sector, we are proud to offer our employees cell phone reimbursement, 5% retirement contributions (without matching requirement), flexible work-from-home arrangements, a healthy annual professional development allowance, and more. In the US, the END Fund also offers 100% employer-paid health insurance benefits and twelve weeks 100% parental leave. Please note that benefits may vary by country of residency.**