Movement Sustainability Lead

Job Description: Movement Sustainability Lead (Part-Time Consultant)

To apply for this position, please submit your application here: HII Job Application

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt with a deadline of November 23rd at 12pm EST. 

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly organized, strategic, and values-driven Movement Sustainability Lead to join our team as a part-time consultant. In this role, you will be the engine behind our institutional fundraising, taking full ownership of our grants lifecycle. You will track, coordinate, and manage funding applications spanning private foundations, city, state, and federal grants, alongside corporate sponsorships and unique funding opportunities.

As a climate justice organization, our ethos is rooted in equity, systemic change, and collective care. We are looking for an individual who is deeply passionate about environmental and social justice, and who can compellingly translate our creative impact into winning proposals that respect and reflect our movement values.

This is a one-year contract with strong potential for extension and career growth as our funding base expands.

• Status: Part-Time Consultant

• Commitment: 3 days per week (approximately 24 hours per week; flexible scheduling can be negotiated with required weekly meetings during 8-12pm EST)

• Contract Duration: 1 Year (with strong potential for extension and growth)

• Location: Fully Remote (Global)

• Compensation Range: $15.87 – $29.81 USD per hour, depending on global location and level of experience

• Start date: Anticipated start date is January 11, 2027

Core Responsibilities

Grant Coordination & Writing

• Application Management: Coordinate and prepare high-quality letters of intent (LOIs), grant proposals, budget narratives, and sponsorship pitch decks for private foundations, municipal, state, and federal entities.

• Grant Reporting: Lead the timely preparation and submission of narrative and data reports to current funders, working closely with staff and management to gather operational impact stories and metrics.

Pipeline & Database Management

• Prospect Research: Continuously identify, evaluate, and track new private and public funding streams, public tenders, and sponsorship opportunities aligned with climate justice.

• Pipeline Infrastructure: Maintain, develop, and update our centralized CRM/funding database, ensuring application deadlines, reporting calendars, funder touchpoints, and compliance requirements are meticulously logged.

Collaboration & Admin Support

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Coordinate with project leads and finance managers to align grant deliverables with actual programmatic capabilities and budgets.

• Fundraising Toolkit Maintenance: Organically update our boilerplate copy, impact summaries, leadership bios, and compliance documentation so our fundraising assets remain up to date.

Qualifications & Ethos

• Mission Alignment: A deep commitment to climate justice, intersectional environmentalism, and a clear understanding of the nuances of fundraising through an equity lens.

• Experience: 2–4+ years of proven experience in grant writing, institutional fundraising, or grant coordination (experience securing municipal/federal funding or working within non-profit/social movements is a massive advantage).

• System Savvy: Proficiency with modern remote tools (Slack, Zoom, Google Suite) and hands-on experience managing fundraising databases or CRMs (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot, Instrumentl, AirTable, or Notion).

• Writing Excellence: Superb English copywriting and storytelling skills, with the ability to turn complex climate science and policy into emotionally moving, structural narratives.

• Project Management: Exceptional attention to detail; an absolute stickler for compliance criteria, strict word counts, and multi-step submission systems.

Compensation, Compliance & Terms

About Our Global Wage Policy:

To ensure fairness, equity, and alignment across our international team, final compensation offers within the $15.87 – $29.81 USD/hour range are determined by a combination of the candidate's depth of experience and geographic location, in accordance with our established organization-wide global wage policy.

Consultant Status & Compliance:

As this is an independent consultancy position, the selected candidate will be operating as a self-employed consultant. The consultant is solely responsible for all local tax reporting, income taxes, social security contributions, health insurance, and any other legal or regulatory insurance requirements required by their country of residence.