About the Climate Resilience Fund (CRF)
The Climate Resilience Fund was founded in 2016 as a funder’s collaborative focused on building resources and capacity to advance the field and practice of climate adaptation and resilience. Our initiatives advance equitable climate resilience and sustainability outcomes for communities and for the natural systems on which they depend. Our strategies are designed to create leverage and strategic impact by facilitating collaboration across private philanthropic and U.S. federal agencies, with a central goal of mobilizing resources and capacity to meet the growing challenges of the climate crisis.
Position Summary
The Development Officer is a senior-level staff member tasked with driving revenue growth through cultivating relationships with philanthropic foundations, institutional funders, and strategic partners. This role combines collaborating on high-level fundraising strategy with hands-on engagement to establish and implement comprehensive development systems and operations to help CRF and its many partners expand their impact.
The position requires a significant background working with nonprofit environmental organizations, knowledge of and experience with the U.S. philanthropic community, and an extensive network of connections across both. Working knowledge of climate change, environmental policy, and resilience as it relates to both communities and ecosystems is desirable.
The Development Officer is a believer in the core values of the Climate Resilience Fund, including our two core tenets: nature and equity, embraces its mission to create transformational change, and affirms our efforts to ensure a healthy work/life balance for all team members and partners.
Key Responsibilities
Fundraising Strategy & Execution
- Lead identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of institutional donors (foundations, corporate philanthropic departments) and other strategic partners.
- Manage a portfolio of high-potential prospects and existing funders, with responsibility for evolving giving levels and securing multi-year commitments.
- Collaborate with leadership to create and refine CRF’s development strategy—setting fundraising goals, timelines, systems, and metrics.
- Work collaboratively to develop proposals, author compelling narratives, build briefing materials, and steward communications tailored to funder priorities.
- Monitor fundraising progress and pipeline metrics, maintaining timely and accurate donor records in CRM systems.
Partnership Building & Program Expansion
- Identify and pursue collaborative funding opportunities—including co-funding initiatives, program partnerships, and joint proposals—that align with CRF’s mission and help scale programs.
- Engage with leadership, program staff, and partners to translate CRF’s work into compelling funding narratives and value propositions.
- Represent CRF externally—participating in funder meetings, site visits, panels, and events to elevate the organization’s visibility and credibility.
Strategic Engagement & Internal Collaboration
- Serve as a member of leadership-level discussions around growth strategy, helping align development efforts with organizational priorities.
- Partner with executive leadership to activate their networks and support cultivation and fundraising outreach.
- Advise on and support internal culture-building around philanthropy—training staff, reinforcing consistent messaging, and promoting stewardship practices.
Operational Excellence
- Manage timely grant submissions, reporting, and compliance with donor requirements.
- Maintain rigorous tracking of deadlines, commitments, proposals, and reports in CRF’s development system.
- Develop systems for maintaining regular contact with donors and prospects, as well as strategic opportunities to amplify organizational accomplishments to funder audiences.
- Identify areas for process improvement across fundraising operations and implement best practices.
The Ideal Candidate
The Ideal Candidate
You are an engaging, active networker who brings relationships with corporate and foundation funders, are experienced in building strategic partnerships that advance organizational objectives, and comfortable with fundraising practice. You are familiar with norms of management and finances of nonprofit organizations, government agencies, private philanthropies, and corporate foundations.
You are a highly organized “self-starter” with an entrepreneurial mindset, flexible and able to multitask, and comfortable working in a challenging, intellectual, and fast-moving environment while solving problems and driving solutions. You are self-motivated, mission-focused, resourceful, and independent in setting priorities and guiding your daily workflows while balancing short-term activities and long-term outcomes.
You are adept at working within a collaborative and diverse, and entirely virtual team environment, and a believer in CRF’s mission and our two core values: nature and equity. You embrace our commitment to create positive change and affirm CRF’s organizational commitment to a healthy work/life balance for all team members and partners.
Specific Experience Requested
Essential:
- Minimum of 8–10 years of nonprofit fundraising experience, including success raising significant philanthropic support for operations and programs.
- Demonstrated experience in crafting and winning grants, managing funder portfolios, and developing long-term philanthropic relationships.
- Proven track record in strategic fundraising—setting revenue goals, monitoring performance, and adjusting tactics to optimize outcomes.
- Strong grant writing and storytelling ability; skilled at translating complex climate resilience programming into compelling donor-facing materials.
- Excellent written, verbal communication, and interpersonal skills—comfortable presenting, facilitating meetings, and tailoring messaging to diverse audiences.
- Strategic mindset with systems understanding—able to navigate and shape processes across development, programs, and leadership.
- High integrity, discretion, and professionalism in handling sensitive donor and financial information.
- Tech-savvy with comfort using CRM tools, Google Workspace and Microsoft Office, and project tracking systems.
Preferred:
- Experience in climate, environmental resilience, or related sectors.
- Track record in cultivating multi-year institutional or major gifts.
- Background in structuring collaboration or joint fundraising initiatives with other organizations.
Workplace, Compensation & Application
Why Join CRF?
- A chance to shape and lead philanthropic growth for a nimble, mission-driven organization with ambitious impact goals.
- Opportunity to cultivate relationships with high-level funders and drive innovation in climate resilience funding.
- Collaborative culture where strategic thinking, initiative, and cross-functional partnerships are valued and rewarded.
Compensation and Work Hours
CRF provides a comprehensive compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent medical and dental benefits, retirement savings, and generous vacation and sick leave policy. The Development Officer will be a full-time employee of CRF.
How to Apply
Applications will be accepted until October 17, 2025. To apply, please complete the application form and upload copies of your résumé and cover letter. We respectfully request no follow-up calls or emails.
EEO STATEMENT:
CRF celebrates diversity and is committed to building teams and partnerships that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. CRF is also committed to providing an environment of mutual respect that is free from discrimination and harassment. CRF prohibits discrimination in its governance, programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, marital status, amnesty, status as a covered veteran, because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from public assistance, or for any other non-merit-based factor.
About Multiplier
Multiplier accelerates impact for innovative projects focused on protecting and fostering a healthy, sustainable, resilient and equitable world. At Multiplier, program teams can turn game-changing ideas into planet-saving impact, and they can do it faster and better than they otherwise could.
Multiplier celebrates diversity and is committed to building teams and partnerships that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Multiplier is also committed to providing an environment of mutual respect that is free from discrimination and harassment. Multiplier prohibits discrimination in its governance, programs, and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, marital status, amnesty, status as a covered veteran, because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from public assistance, or for any other factor that is not based on merit.
