High Net Worth Philanthropy Specialist

Responsibilities

• Relationship Management & Portfolio Development (30%)
• Serve as Educate!'s primary point of contact for a new portfolio of high-net-worth individual donors, family offices, and tech-sector philanthropists on the US West Coast.
• Build trusted, long-term partnerships with founders, operators, AI and technology leaders, and next-generation philanthropists interested in global development and economic opportunity.
• Identify and develop new relationships with prospective supporters in founder, investor, effective altruism, and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
• Represent Educate! with professionalism, credibility, and warmth in external engagements, tailoring your approach to the audiences and communities you are building within.
• Progressively take on ownership of a broader funder portfolio, with increasing responsibility for revenue targets and strategic account management.
• Maintain a deep understanding of partner priorities and proactively identify opportunities to align Educate!'s work with their interests and giving strategies.
• Network Development & Sourcing (25%)
• Map and engage relevant communities across the West Coast - including tech company ecosystems, AI labs, startup networks, EA communities, venture f

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Additional Information

Who We Are! 🌍 Africa has the world's youngest and fastest-growing population. By 2035, the continent is poised to contribute more young people to the global workforce each year than the rest of the world combined. At Educate! we're obsessed with impact. We leverage iterative learning to build highly scalable youth employment solutions aimed at unlocking the potential of the world's youngest continent. Educate! prepares youth in Africa to learn, earn and thrive in today's economy by: Introducing an employment-focused school subject into secondary and Delivering livelihood boot camps for out-of-school youth, with a focus on marginalized rural girls and young women. To date, more than 500,000 youth have been meaningfully impacted across Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and along the way, Educate! has become the largest youth employment and skills provider in East Africa. Educate! is a team of over 300 largely African staff and 300 volunteer youth mentors. We prioritize building an engaging, fulfilling and growth oriented work environment. 50% of our top 30 leaders have been with us for over 5 years, 10+ alumni have started their own organizations, and 6 current or former team members were Acumen Fund East Africa fellows. We have been backed by top foundations such as Imaginable Futures , Livelihood Impact Fund , Jack Dorsey's #startsmall , CIFF and Echidna Giving . Educate! won a 2018 Klaus J. Jacobs Prize and a 2015 WISE Award , and has been highlighted by the World Bank's S4YE's Impact Portfolio , an Al Jazeera documentary , BBC , The Brookings Institution as one of 14 case studies on scaling education, and the Gates Foundation as a Goalkeepers Accelerator . In 2022, we received a catalytic investment from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott to scale our systems change work. Educate!'s long-term vision is to design solutions that measurably impact millions of youth across Africa each year. Good to note: To Our Awesome Applicants! 🚀💫 We know that incredible candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't meet every requirement. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply! We're looking for passionate individuals who believe in our mission and can bring unique perspectives to our team-not just those who check every box. We value diversity and strongly encourage women and individuals from all backgrounds to apply. Position Overview Over the past four years, Educate! has grown 3x - and we're just getting started. With an ambitious goal of reaching $100M in revenue by 2035, we are building the team and infrastructure to match the scale of our vision. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-performing organization at a key inflection point. The Senior HNW Manager, West Coast US, is a new and entrepreneurial role on Educate!'s revenue team - purpose-built to open a new channel of high-net-worth and technology-sector philanthropy across the West Coast of the United States. This is not a traditional fundraising role. Success here comes from understanding how influential communities form, building authentic trust with exceptional people, and creating pathways that connect founders, investors, operators, and next-generation philanthropists to Educate!'s mission and vision. We are looking for someone who is hungry and eager to build - not a board-level ambassador or established senior networker. The ideal candidate brings a commercial mindset, strong communication skills, and the credibility to operate independently within founder and tech ecosystems, including managing a ~10-11 hour time difference from our East Africa-based team. Over time, as this channel grows, so will your portfolio, revenue responsibility, and leadership opportunity within the organization.

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