• Type of contract: Employment
• Contract duration: Open-ended contract
• Work time: Full-time position (40 hours per week)
• Reporting to: Executive Director
• Location: Geneva or home-based, preferably in Switzerland, the USA, or the UK
• Start date: June 2025
• Application deadline: 6 April 2025

Background

The Global Survivors Fund (GSF) was launched in October 2019 by Dr Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize laureates 2018. Its mission is to enhance access to reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence around the globe, thus responding to a gap long identified by survivors. GSF acts to provide interim reparative measures in situations where states or other parties are unable or unwilling to meet their responsibilities. GSF advocates for duty bearers as well as the international community to develop reparations programmes. It also guides states and civil society by providing expertise and technical support for designing reparations programmes. GSF’s survivor-centric approach is the cornerstone of its work.

Role Summary

 The Head of Global Partnerships (HGP) will spearhead GSF´s diversification of income from governments, trusts, foundations and private philanthropists. Working closely with the Executive Director, the HGP will lead on fundraising strategy development, build and drive relationships with external partners and funders across different sectors, coordinate donor servicing, reporting and (donor-facing) grant management processes, and put in place the necessary systems and structures to support a professional resource mobilisation operation. The aim of this role is to ensure GSF approaches its multisectoral donor engagement in a coherent and strategic fashion, in light of the expected increase in complexity of GSF’s donor and grant portfolio. The HGP will provide streamlined messaging to donors while minimising the fundraising-related burden on other parts of the organisation.

The HGP supervises two staff members, together forming a small but effective and driven fundraising team.

Position Responsibilities

Global Partnerships

• Design and drive GSF’s resource mobilisation and global partnerships strategy with the governments, foundations and the private sector, in line with agreed goals and targets, and in close consultation with the Executive Director and the wider Senior Management team
• Manage assigned budget and work in coordination with dedicated finance business partner to participate in yearly budgeting exercise
• Coordinate rigorous prospect identification, research, and network planning, and develop clear engagement plans for institutional and private donor targets
• Oversee the production of compelling proposals and tailored donor collateral, within the desired funding parameters for the GSF’s strategic priorities
• Coordinate all donor communication, bringing in colleagues from Programme, Finance, Communications and other teams as needed and appropriate, and deploying SMT, Board members and specialist colleagues in a strategic fashion to engage with donors in relevant fora
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting and donor servicing (working hand in hand with Finance, Programme and Monitoring Evaluation and Learning.

Internal Collaboration

• Build strong collaborative relationships across GSF to support coherent donor outreach, relationship building, grant servicing and reporting.

GSF Fundraising Infrastructure

• Embed newly introduced CRM system to ensure timely and accurate grant servicing and compliance tracking
• Oversee, refine and evaluate standards and criteria for the acceptance of (esp. private sector) funding.

Management

• Lead the fundraising team, fostering complementarity of skills and a culture of teamwork
• Perform appraisals, design and update team members’ job descriptions and goals, in line with HR policies and procedures
• Track and report on results in keeping with the organisational fundraising KPIs.

Position Requirements

Education and Experience

• Relevant degree (Master’s or equivalent)
• A minimum of 12 years of professional experience, with a demonstrable record of fundraising success securing multi-year relationships with trusts, foundations, and private philanthropists

Other Requirements

• Proven record of managing a successful fundraising team
• A solid network within the global foundation, trust, and private philanthropist sectors
• Knowledge of fundraising for a complex, international cause, with a range of varied programmes
• Strong written, verbal, and digital communication skills, including representing the organisation to donors and at events
• Organisation skills, with the ability to multi-task and prioritise projects while working to a deadline, or in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel and donor relationship management tools/database
• Fluency in English is essential, French would be an asset
• Experience with digital fundraising strategies, donor engagement through online platforms, and leveraging data-driven marketing tools would be an asset
• An analytical mind-set, with the ability to solve problems
• Professional demeanour and strong work ethic
• Entrepreneurial growth mindset
• Innovative and strategic thinking.

How to Apply

Please send your CV and cover letter to recruitment@globalsurvivorsfund.org with “Head of Global Partnerships Application” as email subject, by Sunday 6 April 2025, midnight CET. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Global Survivors Fund is dedicated to fostering diversity, gender balance, and inclusion, mirroring the varied landscapes where we operate and the communities we work with. We welcome applications from qualified professionals of all backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs. We particularly encourage candidates from regions where GSF is active to apply.

At GSF, we are committed to enforcing stringent Safeguarding policies, encompassing protection from exploitation, abuse, harassment, misuse of power and discrimination, as well as child safeguarding and Financial and Fiscal Integrity. We uphold a zero-tolerance approach to any form of unacceptable behaviour.

As part of our recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be required to provide references from previous employers and complete a self-declaration.

GSF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). GSF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

Please be aware that candidates must be authorised to work in the country where the position is based at the time of application.

Your Data - If you choose to apply for this position, you will be providing us with your personal data, that will be processed for the purpose of selecting a candidate for this position only. We will keep the personal data you share with us as part of the application process for six months from the deadline for application, after which it will be deleted. Your personal data will be accessed only by our HR Staff managing the recruitment process, as well as the members of the selection panel. You have the right to a) ask us for access to your personal data and for information about how we process it, b) to ask us to rectify the personal data we have on record for you, c) to ask us to delete your personal data or restrict its use, and d) to object to our processing of your personal data. To exercise these rights, please contact recruitment@globalsurvivorsfund.org . If you have any concerns or complaints about how GSF processes your personal data, please submit them to DataProtection@globalsurvivorsfund.org .