ROLE Help develop a living, prioritized development strategy based on proposal outcomes, funder conversations, and market signals gleaned from team conversations and learnings from fundraisers, country directors, and program leads

Identify where NEX should be focusing time and effort across programs and geographies, based on funder appetite, pipeline strength, and organizational priorities

Maintain a explicit view of the funding pipeline across the network — by funder, program, chapter, and stage — and flag risks, gaps, or unrestricted-vs-restricted balance issues early

Translate strategy into concrete guidance: which opportunities to prioritize, which proposals need repositioning, where the team is over- or under-invested

Serve as a thought partner to the CEO and program leads on funding strategy, drawing on patterns across markets rather than any single relationship

Lead and develop the global platform-level development team including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, coaching, and managing performance, and ensure team members’ skills are effectively leveraged against NEX’s development priorities

Translate the development strategy into a clear rolling work plan for the team, aligning ownership, resources, and timelines

Build strong collaboration across the global development function, bringing together the expertise and fundraising capabilities of platform-level staff, country leaders, fundraisers, and program leads to maximize collective impact

Run the operating rhythm of the fundraising team: pipeline reviews, proposal coordination across programs/chapters/finance/communications, and prioritization check-ins

Coordinate multi-country and multi-program proposals, including combining country and program inputs into a cohesive narrative and budget that aligns with broader NEX operational and growth priorities

Build and own a central library of fundraising collateral – pitch decks, one-pagers, case studies, program summaries,



impact data – so materials for funder meetings and conference talks can be assembled quickly rather than built from scratch each time

Draft and maintain core funder and conference decks, adapting a standard set of modular slides/content to each audience so our fundraisers can focus their time on external relationship-building and speaking rather than deck production

Partner with the Chief Communications Officer to keep collateral aligned with current messaging, program updates, and brand standards

Provide country leads and fundraisers with the tools, templates, frameworks, and support to raise funds effectively and report consistently

Build feedback loops so that what is learned through funder and country-level engagement consistently makes its way back into strategy, priorities, and team planning

Accountable for the fundraising CRM and pipeline-tracking systems, ensuring data quality, consistent use across chapters, and useful reporting

Produce regular and ad hoc reporting and dashboards for NEX leadership on pipeline health, funder trends, and progress against platform fundraising goals

Standardize proposal, reporting, and stewardship templates and processes across the global platform-level team

Track outcomes against the fundraising strategy and refine it as new data comes in

Ensure fundraising protocols and internal as well as external reporting are completed on time and to consistent quality standards

REQUIREMENTS 8+ years of experience in fundraising, development operations,



or a closely related strategy/operations function

Demonstrated experience turning frontline or field-level input into strategy and prioritization

Experience managing or closely coordinating a distributed team, including non-direct-report relationships

Strong track record with CRM/pipeline systems and translating data into decisions, not just dashboards

Familiarity with the climate, clean energy, or entrepreneurship support landscape is a strong plus

Structured, analytical thinker who is comfortable synthesizing messy, qualitative field input into clear recommendations

High level of adaptability in an environment with evolving team structures and workflows

High emotional intelligence — able to lead and support a development team well, build trust with country leads across diverse cultural contexts

Exceptional written communication skills — able to distill complex, multi-market fundraising intelligence into concise strategy and proposals

Strong project management skills; able to run a coordination function across concurrent proposals, deadlines, and stakeholders

Comfortable being an internal partner and “connective tissue” role rather than the primary external face of fundraising

Ability to work with a global team across time zones, with periodic travel for internal team meetings and relevant conferences/convenings

Proficiency in database/CRM management, Google Workspace, and Slack

Foundational knowledge of global clean energy and climate change solutions and ecosystems and willingness to engage in in-depth self-learning on any gaps

Experience building or adding structure to a development operations function from an earlier, more informal stage

BENEFITS Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Insurance benefits

Competitive compensation for the market the candidate is based in

Full-time remote position

📌 Director of Development Strategy & Operations (Toronto)
🏢 Growth For Impact
📍 Toronto