Senior Fundraiser Foundations, Public and EU Funding

The Senior Fundraiser will build and lead a professional strategic fundraising function for ReDI School. This position will focus on foundation (corporate and family) partnerships public and governmental grants and EU funding opportunities to ensure ReDI Schools long-term financial sustainability and capacity to scale.

This will be the organisations first dedicated fundraising role marking a major step in professionalising ReDIs resource development. The position will relieve the leadership team from ad hoc fundraising responsibilities and establish structured processes systems and donor relationships that secure stable and diversified income.

Expected outcomes from this role are...

• Diversified and increased income from public foundation and EU sources.

• Strengthened internal fundraising systems and reporting structures.

• Improved donor retention and relationship management.

• Enhanced financial resilience and scalability of ReDI School.

1. Fundraising strategy and pipeline management

• Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising strategy across foundations corporate donors and public/EU funding sources.

• Establish a structured opportunity pipeline and internal coordination processes for concept development submission and reporting.

• Align all fundraising activities with ReDI Schools strategic goals and programmatic priorities in close collaboration with senior management and program leads.
  
  

2. Foundation and Corporate fundraising

• Identify cultivate and manage relationships with corporate and family foundations aligned with ReDI Schools mission.

• Design compelling funding proposals and partnership packages tailored to donor priorities.

• Oversee donor reporting and stewardship to ensure transparency and long-term engagement.
  
  
  

3. Public and EU funding development

• Identify and pursue funding from local state (Länder) and federal ministries relevant to education digitalisation and integration.

• Research and coordinate submissions for EU funding opportunities (e.g. ESF AMIF) including building partnerships or consortia where relevant.

• Ensure compliance with funding requirements budgetary guidelines and reporting frameworks.
  
  
  

4. Systems monitoring and reporting

• Maintain and further develop the CRM-based fundraising system (Salesforce) to manage opportunities contacts and impact data.

• Develop standard templates monitoring tools and reporting structures for consistency across the organisation.

• Provide regular progress reports to the CEO COO and Head of Finance on income projections conversion rates and pipeline development.
  
  
  

5. Internal collaboration and capacity building

• Coordinate fundraising business development partnerships and communication efforts across the organisation by steering the partnerships fundraising and communications team.

• Work closely with ReDI Schools leadership local heads and program teams to align funding opportunities with programmatic needs and outcomes.
  
  

• Support capacity building for other staff in fundraising literacy donor communications and compliance.

• Collaborate with the Communications Manager to strengthen visibility for partners through social media website and impact dashboards.

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in fundraising business development or grant management in non-profit social enterprise or foundation sectors.

• Proven track record in securing funds from foundations corporations and public/EU donors.

• Strong proposal writing budgeting and project design skills.

• Deep understanding of the German and European funding landscape especially EU frameworks such as ESF and AMIF.

• Excellent communication skills in German and English (C1).

• Strong analytical organisational and relationship management skills.

• Experience in leading teams is a plus.

• Values-driven approach: reliable useful caring and playful consistent with ReDIs core values.
  
  
  

• We use tech to connect human potential and opportunity with dignity and humility
• We focus on providing students with useful skills appreciated by the tech industry and academia to support their accelerated integration.
• We have lots of heart and are a fast-paced opportunity-driven non-profit aiming for big measurable impact.
• We are proudly Community-driven and have a co-creative approach to social innovation.
• We are born in Berlin to make a difference Germany wide EU wide worldwide
• We remain front and center in the refugee conversation with close contacts to thought leaders from business government civil society and academia
• We are Reliable Helpful Caring and Playful (these are our organizational values)

• Please include your resume and motivation to work with us in your application.
• Applications open until 15th of January 2026

ReDI School of Digital Integration is a non-profit digital school for tech-interested locals and newcomers in Germany.

We offer our studentshigh-quality training and the chance to collaboratewith the start-up and digital industry.

Our aim is to provide our students with valuable digital skills and a strong network of tech leaders students and alumni to help create new opportunities for all.

ReDI School is an equal opportunity diversity and inclusion employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on gender colour religion sexual orientation national origin disability gender identity or any other protected characteristic.