Donor Communications Specialist

Writing the way to a good food future

The Good Food Institute (GFI) is a nonprofit think tank working to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals. Alongside scientists, businesses, and policymakers, GFI’s teams focus on making plant-based, fermentation-enabled, and cultivated meat delicious, affordable, and accessible. Powered by philanthropy, GFI is an international network of organizations advancing alternative proteins as an essential solution needed to meet the world’s climate, global health, food security, and biodiversity goals.

How you will make a difference

In this position, you will have the opportunity to craft materials and content that present the vision, impact, and need for GFI’s work. You will create essential resources for the fundraising team and serve as a cross-departmental liaison, collaborating closely with the frontline, Communications, and programmatic teams to plan and execute flagship stewardship projects. You will also help define our donor personas, organize useful information for sharing with donors, and create a cross-department stewardship calendar. The Donor Communications Specialist will be responsible for:

• Delivering on our global stewardship strategy including the Development team’s cases for support, annual proposal template, year in review, and other collateral materials for the Development team.
• Enhancing our global stewardship strategy to maintain and improve donor retention at all gift levels, by researching and recommending creative and effective stewardship ideas (e.g. videos, digital stewardship platforms, events), suggesting improvements to existing processes, materials and resources, and implementing creative storytelling formats to engage donors in new ways.
• Collating and crafting timely, understandable, concise, and interesting updates about high-impact news about GFI’s work, tailored to different countries and cultures, that frontline fundraisers can share with donors and prospects to show how their support makes a difference and inspires further giving.
• Collaborating with the Senior Annual Fund Manager to support GFI’s annual fund messaging and strategy.
• Serving as the Development team lead for writing and donor-focused messaging across GFI; providing nonprofit messaging support to global and program teams on signature reports, web pages, presentations, and other pieces.
• Refining donor personas and curating a donor personas communications matrix, which includes a list of relevant reports, materials, etc. that may be of interest to different audiences.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Who we’re looking for

An ideal candidate for the Donor Communications Specialist position will have experience that reflects the following:

• At least 3 years of development and/or communications experiences, and at least three years experience creating content for donor audiences.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English, and the ability to understand a range of information (e.g., alternative proteins; GFI Europe’s science, policy, and industry work) and translate it into compelling and persuasive messages for donors.
• The ability to develop creative, innovative strategies, and materials for engaging supporters.
• Experience in managing projects from conception to fruition.
• Experience creating donor video concepts, overseeing filming, and editing video preferred.
• Self-motivation with the ability to work well independently and under pressure, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines.
• A commitment to fostering a work environment that is respectful, supportive, fair, and welcoming to all.
• Comfort working remotely in a collaborative, caring, and high-performing culture that values inclusion and innovation.
• Strong support for GFI’s philosophy and mission; demonstrated interest in plant-based & other alternative proteins, public health, environmentalism, climate change, animal protection, or hunger relief.
• A commitment to GFI’s values: believe change is possible, do the most good we can, share knowledge freely, act on evidence, and invite everyone to the table.

GFI wants the best people and is committed to a fair hiring process. We use a third-party anonymizing tool to redact personal information from submitted applications — including name, location, contact details, and several other factors — to increase fairness in our process. We also prioritize an inclusive work environment absent of discrimination and harassment during the application process and after you join the team. Please see our full Equal Opportunity Commission Statement: https://gfi.org/careers/#EEOC-and-visa-disclaimer.

If you are passionate about GFI’s mission, think you have what it takes to be successful in this position, and meet many of the job requirements — even if you don’t check all the boxes — please apply. We’d appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

The fine print

• Terms of employment: Full-time, exempt
• Reports to: Rachel Colombana, Associate Vice President of Development
• Location: Remote; United States
• Travel: Up to two weeks per year for organization retreats (reasonable accommodations for and exemptions from organization retreats considered on a case-by-case basis).
• Benefits: Working from home; paid employee base medical coverage; dental, vision, and other medical insurance options; a 401(k) plan with employer match; 14 paid holidays; personal, sick, and vacation time; paid family/parental and medical leave; lifestyle spending account; opportunity for advancement; and, respectful and collaborative culture. More information here: https://tinyurl.com/GFIBenefits.
• This is a U.S.-based position: In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work for any employer in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. At this time, GFI's policy is not to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas.
• Salary: $74,739.08 - $78,188.70 (depending on experience and qualifications)

Important dates

Application deadline: Thursday, November 6

Anticipated start date: On or around December 22, 2025