The Climate Reality Project is seeking an experienced writer, strategic thinker, and development communications professional to expand the organization’s fundraising efforts and provide critical support to the Advancement and Communications departments.

The Advancement Writer will develop a major and institutional donor communications strategy and prepare compelling and persuasive external materials to inform and inspire current and prospective funding partners. The writer will work closely with fundraising, communications, and programmatic staff to gather information and use it to create fundraising proposals, project summaries, web language, stewardship communications, annual appeals, and other written collateral from conception to completion in support of the organization’s major and institutional donor fundraising efforts.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Serves as lead writer, editor, and communications staff for Advancement department
• Prepares letters of intent, proposals, grant applications, and other pitch materials for existing and prospective major and institutional solicitations.
• Proofreads and provides editorial suggestions on existing materials. Makes changes and edits to existing pieces, often incorporating changes from multiple parties simultaneously.
• Works alongside fundraisers to fine tune and prepare targeted timely pitch materials.

• Works with program teams to gather information and write summaries of specific campaigns and initiatives that demonstrate impact for fundraising purposes. Ensure plans are kept updated.

• Work closely with the Evaluation department to track and capture outcomes and measures of success across the organization.
• Schedule, manage, and conduct interviews with internal staff as needed to capture timely information on programming and outcomes.
• Prepare quarterly donor newsletter from President & CEO.
• Prepare frequent and customized impact updates for existing and prospective donors.
• Regularly collaborates with the Communications department to ensure consistency with messaging, theme, brand, design, content, following established Climate Reality guidelines. Attends weekly team and editorial calls as necessary.
• Write organization’s Organizational Priorities and Annual Report, as well as advise on final design concepts.
• Work with Charitable Giving Manager to prepare annual year-end mail campaign.
• Prepare correspondence and slide decks about our organization’s work for use by senior leadership.
• Work with Communications department to regularly audit and update website content, ensuring content is timely and best reflects work and priorities of the organization.
• Perform other duties as assigned.