Company description

The Northeast Grass-Fed Beef Initiative (NGBI) is a non-profit pilot project to recruit, train, and facilitate market access for farmers seeking to transition their operations to regeneratively raised 100% grass-fed beef. Northeast livestock farmers currently send the majority of the 500,000 calves born each year to western feedlots, where they are raised in the CAFO system. Our goals are to (1) shift cow/calf production in the Northeast to a regenerative approach, and (2) keep those calves local by developing a network of finishing farms for 100% grass-fed beef in a 12-state region from Maine to West Virginia. The NGBI is led by Executive Director Ridge Shinn, a grass-fed beef farmer and founder of Big Picture Beef.

Job description

The NGBI is seeking a fractional Development Director to support the growth of the NGBI from pilot project to sustainable small business over the next 1-3 years, including achieving $1 million in annual revenue in 2022. This role will work closely with the Executive Director to first create a financial model and budget, and then develop and implement a fundraising strategy. This is a hands-on role that involves prospecting and securing funders, developing systems for collecting and leveraging NGBI’s impact data to support ongoing fundraising efforts, and ensuring compliance with reporting requirements. Our ideal candidate will have a proven track record of building and executing fundraising strategies from scratch, a network of established relationships with philanthropic funders, and familiarity with the principles and benefits of regenerative agriculture.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the creation of a financial model and budget for the NGBI’s 3 years of operation
• Develop and implement a fundraising strategy in collaboration with the Executive Director to establish multi-year, comprehensive support
• Leverage existing relationships to build a portfolio of foundation, corporate, institutional, and individual donors in alignment with the established fundraising strategy
• Prospect, cultivate, solicit, and steward new values- and mission-aligned donors
• Research grant funding opportunities and develop a strategy to apply, secure, and manage said opportunities
• Build, document, and maintain systems for tracking and reporting fundraising-related data to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations

What you’ll bring:

• 10+ years of experience in non-profit fundraising, with a proven track record of achieving revenue goals and at least one experience working in a start-up environment
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to build pitch decks and and confidently present over Zoom and in-person
• Experience using CRMs for data collection and reporting; expert user of Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and Zoom
• Experience with, knowledge of, or a genuine desire to learn about regenerative agriculture

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $75.00 - $110.00

Location

job can be done remotely

Application instructions

Deadline

March 27, 2022