Individual Philanthropy Officer

INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION; United States; Remote; USD 78,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION is seeking an Individual Philanthropy Officer to manage a portfolio of 150+ mid-level and major donors ($1,000+). You will oversee stewardship, drive donor engagement, and contribute to strategy and pipeline growth in a dynamic INGO environment.

You will perform donor research, support the Planned Giving program, and collaborate with the Global Head of Individual Philanthropy and the Sr. Philanthropy Officer, with travel up to 20% as needed.

Qualifications

• Moderate development experience with direct experience working with individual donors or equivalent education.
• Experience with at least one eCRM tool, like EveryAction.
• Strong communications and project management skills, including writing and editing for donor communications and fundraising.
• Previous experience in the sexual and reproductive health and rights sector at a global level (preferred).
• Superior interpersonal and relationship-building skills for internal and external stakeholder interactions.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Experience and comfort working in a small- to mid-sized INGO; willingness to travel up to 20% within the U.S. and possibly abroad.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to an annual work plan with fundraising targets and goals.
• Maintain a dynamic portfolio of approximately 150 donors at 4-/5-figure levels.
• Oversee stewardship, cultivation, and solicitation plans to drive donor acquisition, retention, and upgrades.
• Support the Global Head of Individual Philanthropy and Sr. Philanthropy Officer in donor discovery visits/calls.
• Contribute to development and growth of the Planned Giving program.
• Perform comprehensive donor research to support pipeline development.
• Support management of a new mid-level giving society.
• Organize and participate in donor cultivation events with the team.
• Maintain the fundraising constituent database.
• Perform other fundraising operations as the program evolves.

Skills

Development experience

eCRM experience

Communications

Relationship building

Organization

INGO experience

Travel readiness

Education

Associate's degree or higher

Tools

EveryAction

Job description

Location based in: United States (DC, MD, NY, NJ, VA) - remote workingSalary: USD $77,530 - $106,800 Location-based in line with IPPF's regional compensation structure.Report to: Global Head of Individual Philanthropy

About the role:

The Individual Philanthropy program at IPPF raises catalytic revenue from individuals and family foundations at the small, mid-, major, and planned gift levels. The program is nascent but is rapidly expanding its efforts in small/recurring, mid-level, major, and planned giving work.

To scale this fundraising work, IPPF seeks an Individual Philanthropy Officer who will be responsible for overseeing a portfolio of approximately 150+ current/prospective mid-level and major donors ($1000+). The Officer is responsible for managing a prospective donor pipeline, contributing to engagement strategy, delivery and financial relationship growth, building stewardship efforts and conducting prospect research.

What you'll do:

• Contribute to an annual work plan with fundraising targets and goals
• Maintain a dynamic portfolio of approximately 150 4-/ 5-figure level donors
• Oversee all stewardship, cultivation, and solicitation plans to drive donor acquisition, retention, and upgrades.
• Support the Global Head of Individual Philanthropy and the Sr. Philanthropy Officer in discovery visits/calls with donors.
• Contribute to the development and growth of the Planned Giving program
• Perform comprehensive research on donors and prospects that supports pipeline development.
• Support the management of a new mid-level giving society
• Organize and participate in donor cultivation events with the team
• Contribute to the maintenance of the fundraising constituent database
• Perform other fundraising operations, prospect and donor-related activities as the program evolves, as related to the role

What we're looking for:

Experience

• Moderate development experience with a strong preference for direct experience working with individual donors OR; Equivalent combination of education and experience such as an associate's degree plus development experience
• Experience with at least one eCRM tool, like EveryAction.
• Strong communications and project management skills, including writing and editing for donor communications and fundraising.
• Previous experience in the sexual and reproductive health and rights sector at a global level. An understanding of the current policy landscape is a plus.
• Display superior interpersonal and relationship-building skills for internal and external stakeholder interactions
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Experience and comfort working in a small- to mid-sized INGO
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment and handle multiple priorities
• Willingness to travel in the U.S. (up to 20% time) and potentially outside the U.S.

Your Skills

• Developed listening and influencing skills.
• Strong writing skills.
• Relationship builder, including acting as an organizational representative
• Data-drive, using data/analytics to improve strategy and decision-making.
• Cultivator and collaborator.
• Goal-oriented with a focus on building trust and credibility internally and externally.
• IT literate with an understanding of digital marketing and CRM systems

Your Ethos

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people's rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers' rights and access to health care in sex work.

Why Join Us?

IPPF offers meaningful work, an inspiring environment, professional growth, and the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of individuals and communities around the world. Working for IPPF offers a compelling value proposition.

About IPPF

International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global sexual and reproductive health service provider and one of the leading advocates for universal access to sexual, reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all. We are a worldwide movement of 149 national organisations working with and for communities and individuals and, together, have delivered more than 1 billion cumulative services over the last 6 years.

We are now looking for people to join us and make our Come Together-Strategy 2028, a reality.Revolutionising IPPF, placing it in a stronger position to support SRHR for those who are left out, locked out or left behind. Come Together commits IPPF to shaping laws, policies and norms through feminist action and international solidarity; and to strengthen the federation adding new drive for real and lasting impact.

Action is urgent. We have delivered. We have stood for justice and equality. We commit to more daring and feminist action that secures choices about our bodies, sexual lives, and well-being. Everyone should enjoy a pleasure-filled and healthy sex life and a life free from violence, shame or criminalisation. We know love is love. And we come together in support of women, youth, and people who are marginalised and excluded. Through the care we deliver, the actions we take, and the solidarity we foster.

IPPF is an equal-opportunity employer. As a leading global human rights organisation focused on equality, empowerment, ending discrimination, and poverty eradication, we internally reflect social justice principles. We, as IPPF, strongly oppose racism in all its forms and resolutely go for a cultural change that will shift the existing imbalances in power and process.

We are a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, intergenerational and diverse work environment. Applications are particularly encouraged from women,people living with HIV, people living with disability and people with diverse SOGIESC.

IPPF is committed to the safety and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults and our safer recruitment and selection procedures reflect this commitment. We expect all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment, and anyone employed by IPPF agrees to sign up to our Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy.