About Living Goods
Living Goods seeks to improve the lives of tens of millions of underserved customers by revolutionizing the way community health is delivered in the developing world. We believe that family should have access to basic healthcare and no child should die of easily preventable, treatable causes. To achieve this, Living Goods created an innovative, cost-effective approach for improving the health of families in need that combines the best practices from community health, and successful person-to-person sales businesses. The model deploys networks of community health promoters (CHPs) who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health, and selling life-saving products like simple treatments for malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea, healthy fortified foods, clean birth kits, efficient cook stoves and solar lights. We recently completed a rigorous independent randomized control trial that showed the model is reducing under-5 mortality by more than 25%.
Living Goods works with many of the world’s leading visionary organizations across the corporate, social and government sectors. Current partners include the governments of Kenya and Uganda, plus Care International, BRAC and PSI. We are backed by funders who share our belief in applying business solutions to solve social problems at scale. Funders include the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, Mulago Foundation, Omidyar Network, and Skoll Foundation, among others.
The Opportunity
Living Goods is on a rapid growth trajectory. To support our ambitious plans, Living Goods seeks a highly motivated Manager to join its growing Business Development Team. The Manager will play a key role in identifying, cultivating, and engaging a wide range of stakeholders to join us on our journey, with a focus on foundations and high-net worth individuals.
This role is about more than just securing financial support— we are looking for an individual who can develop opportunities to maximize our impact. This means experimenting with new fundraising strategies or mechanisms, developing key partnerships, and transforming the way we engage with our community of supporters. The Business Development Manager will be instrumental in helping the organization scale its impact.
We are looking for someone who is comfortable both leading and supporting fundraising activities. We plan to expand our business development team over the next few years and are looking for someone who is interested in building a career with the organization in the long term. The ideal candidate will bring a deep appreciation for organizational development, a creative approach to relationship building, and a profound individual drive.
The position is based in San Francisco, CA and will report to the Director of Business Development.
Responsibilities
- A desire and ability to help build the business development department in a rapidly expanding and fast-paced global organization.
- Experience in international development or social enterprise preferred.
- Exceptional research, writing and communication skills. An ability to develop clear and convincing materials, attentive to nuance and your audience.
- Significant experience in developing outreach and relationship-building strategies and implementing plans to achieve them.
- Demonstrated experience managing proposal teams and processes and producing deliverables under tight deadlines and at exceptional quality.
- Experience with budgeting and financial reporting preferred.
- Willingness to travel regionally and internationally.
- BA required.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience fundraising, business development, sales, or client management.
- Proven track record of success in fundraising or sales. Experience with bi/multi-lateral funding is a plus.
- A desire and ability to help build the business development department in a rapidly expanding and fast-paced global organization.
- Experience in international development or social enterprise preferred.
- Exceptional research, writing and communication skills. An ability to develop clear and convincing materials, attentive to nuance and your audience.
- Significant experience in developing outreach and relationship-building strategies and implementing plans to achieve them.
- Demonstrated experience managing proposal teams and processes and producing deliverables under tight deadlines and at exceptional quality.
- Experience with budgeting and financial reporting preferred.
- Willingness to travel regionally and internationally.
- BA required.
Here’s What You Might Have Tackled in the Last Week
- Preparing background info and key talking points for initial meeting with a key prospective funder.
- Drafting a 5-page concept note for a new foundation.
- Reading the latest health and sales report from the field to ensure you’re up to speed with the latest developments within programs.
- Designing a new tool to help the Global Business Development Team better track its pipeline.
- Drafting a quarterly report for one of Living Goods’ key funders.
- Writing a thank you letter from the President to a new major donor.
- Helping the director of business development respond to a series of questions from USAID on a potential funding opportunity.
- Working with the Program Assistant to ensure donation management and tracking systems are up to date.
- Liaising with Living Goods field team to get more information on Living Goods’ mobile system for a funder.
- Working with Director of Communications to develop a digital marketing plan to help increase online donations and renewals.
Life at Living Goods
Living Goods is aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of underserved communities. We think big, but we operate small and nimble. At Living Goods, you will have the chance to use your creativity and work with your teammates to conceive and test new ideas every day. If you work well in a dynamic, highly collaborative culture, if you set high standards for yourself and your colleagues, if you know how to fail fast and learn fast, if you meet challenges with calm determination and a sense of humor, you will thrive at Living Goods. See www.livinggoods.org/principles.
Compensation
A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health insurance and bonus opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for those in need.
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