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Fundraising and Partnerships Lead, Ashoka Germany

Ashoka

Job Location:

Munich - Germany

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 10 October 2026 (19 days ago)

Application Deadline: 7 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are looking for a senior leader to focus on Fundraising & Partnerships taking over the responsibilities previously held by Julia Samwer. This role will be central to shaping and driving Ashoka Germanys resource mobilization strategy with overall responsibility for the financial sustainability of the organization. At the same time it will deepen and expand engagement with our HNWI / ASN community

What Youll Do:

Key Responsibility:

Co-Lead Ashoka Germany and hold overall responsibility for strategy development governance team development
Recruit major donors with a focus on individual giving
Build relationships with new leads potential partners surfacing opportunities for funding and collaborationincl. HNW E2 ASN and others
Develop and curate the engagement strategy for members of ASN and lead high-net-worth donor relationship management
Act as key point of contact for ASN members and HNW
Build and steward strong trust-based relationships across all partner groups designing engagement journeys that activate each partners potential to contribute to Ashokas vision of Everyone a Changemaker

We are looking for a position on change manager/ senior change manager level to maintain engage and recruit Germanys Support Network of funders.

As part of the profile we envision:

High communication skills with a variety of different stakeholders including high networth individuals
Ability to activate and motivate a network through1:1 relationship
written communication verbal presentations andmatch-making skills
At least 5-7 years experience in raising funds or resources of all kinds (min. 10 years professional experience)
Low to zero resistance to ask for money
Fast understanding of resources in the room and how to connect them to people who need them
Project-management and event-managementskills
Experience in involving and leading the whole team in all related matters
Knowledge of data-management tools like Salesforce preferred

Core Criteria

Entrepreneurial Quality:Compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company starting a movement or re-shaping the work of an existing organization). Demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to-thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life.
Understanding and Belief in theEveryonea Changemaker:Understands and believes theEveryonea Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately get this candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.
Emotional and Social Intelligence:Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second).
Ethical Fiber:Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.
Self-Definition:The person expects that changing the world in big ways and on a continental scale is what he/she will do in life.

About Ashoka:

Ashoka is the worlds largest community of leading social entrepreneurs having pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a robust network of more than 4000 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries who have successfully implemented systems-changing solutions to human and environmental problems globally. By learning from and collaborating with our Fellows and other social entrepreneurs Ashoka identifies patterns and key levers to help society gain a new framework for living in the world as a changemaker.

Our current work is centered around the Everyone a Changemaker (EACH) movement which stems from our belief that everyone has the potential and responsibility to make positive change in an ever-changing world. We continue to grow a global movement of social entrepreneurship recognizing that the rate of change is accelerating and our problems are growing faster than our solutions.

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