National Director, Germany

National Director Germany

The deadline for applications is Monday 30^th June 2025 by 9AM CET

Location: Munich Germany

Location type: Hybrid

Reporting to: Chief Development Officer and Chair of the German Board of Directors

Manages: 7 fundraising professionals

Annual salary: Starting at 110K EUR

Contract type: Full-time permanent

Candidate level: Director

Background
Right To Play is a global organization that protects educates and empowers children to rise above adversity using the power of play. We reach millions of children each year in some of the most difficult places on earth helping them to stay in school and graduate resist exploitation overcome prejudice prevent disease and heal from the trauma of war. We do this by harnessing play one of the most fundamental forces in a childs life to teach children the critical skills they need to dismantle barriers and embrace opportunities in learning and in -headquartered in Toronto Canada and London UK the organization has programs in 14 countries across Africa Asia and the Middle East and has national offices in Canada Germany Norway the Netherlands Switzerland the United Kingdom and the United States.

Purpose of role
The National Director leads Right To Plays office in Germany and plays a pivotal role in advancing the organizations mission and impact. This position is responsible for growing revenue across major donors corporates foundations institutional funders and mass-market channels within Germany while ensuring exceptional stewardship team leadership and strategic fundraising. As Right To Play marks its 25^th anniversary this role also carries the responsibility of amplifying the organizations legacy and future vision.

Primary responsibilities

Fundraising and development (50%)

• Lead a fundraising team to achieve annual and multi-year revenue goals for the German National Office.
• Lead efforts to identify and secure major gifts and grants from corporates foundations government and mid- and major donors including both restricted (grant) funding and unrestricted funding.
• Oversee donor stewardship ensuring high-quality supporter and donor experience.
• Serve as the relationship lead for key major donors and partners.
• Develop and execute fundraising campaigns and events.

• Steward and grow the German Board of Directors.
• Cultivate a diverse pipeline of potential board prospects that bring diversity in expertise to the board.
• Support succession planning for key board positions.
• In partnership with the chair organize quarterly Board meetings including committee meetings by setting agendas developing Board decks and materials.
• Cultivate and steward all Board Members individually and as a group to build giving and engagement to the highest levels; as well as manage their donor referral networks ensuring positive fundraising results.

• Create a sustainable fundraising strategy for Germany including both channel and segment strategies/approaches.
• Refresh and implement Germanys strategy and create corresponding annual operational plans and revenue and expense budgets. Oversee and report on their execution through regular reporting and forecasting processes.
• Maintain market knowledge serving as the chief source for fundraising risks trends and opportunities in your market.
• Contribute to global strategy development offering a fundraising and development lens to global and functional strategies.

• Oversee German operations and adhere to local legal requirements across all aspects of operations.
• Attract retain motivate and lead a small team of dedicated hardworking professionals to support the goals of the organization.
• Manage the national office resources and operations efficiently and effectively ensuring the best use of resources for the execution of RTP initiatives in Germany.
• Serve on Right To Plays Global Leadership Team.
• Contribute to the advancement of Right To Plays fundraising efforts by proactively contributing learnings and best practices to peers in other National Office.

• Serve as the senior organizational representative in Germany.
• Enhance RTPs brand in Germany by coordinating strategic communications activities and cultivating relationships with media and other stakeholders to position RTP as a leader in childrens learning and wellbeing.
• Oversee mass market fundraising (digital and traditional) and ambassador strategies.

• Internal: Global Leadership Team National Offices HQ teams Country Office team members where there are German NO-led grants.
• External: High degree of communication and engagement with board members major donors corporate/foundation partners media consultants government officials and peer INGOs.

• Education: Bachelors degree in Business Administration Marketing/Sales Management or related field (Masters preferred).
• Experience: Minimum 10 years experience in fundraising business development or NGO/international development sectors.
• Technical skills: Strategic planning advanced communication relationship management major donor stewardship proficiency in CRM systems and MS Office.
• Fluent in both English and German both spoken and written.

• Collaboration: Builds strong respectful relationships internally and externally.
• Growth mindset: Seeks continuous improvement and innovation; results oriented.
• Resilience: Adapts to challenges and recovers quickly from setbacks.
• Professionalism: Maintains high ethical standards and accountability.
• Management and interpersonal skills: Leads diverse teams effectively inspires performance and fosters an inclusive culture.

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (up to 20%).
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings or weekends as required.
• As part of our commitment to safeguarding a police background check will be required.
  

Please contact Ruth Gardner at for any queries you may have. An application pack is available upon request.

The deadline for application is Monday 29^th June 2025

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