About the role

The Partnerships Coordinator ensures that Catalyst Now’s fundraising activities run smoothly, reliably and professionally. This role provides the operational backbone that allows the Fundraising Lead and senior leadership to focus on strategy, relationships and closing funding, while ensuring that every opportunity, grant and donor is properly tracked, supported and delivered.

This role is critical to ensuring that income flows, funders are well cared for, and the organisation meets all its commitments.

Key responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

Fundraising Pipeline & Revenue Operations

• Maintain the fundraising pipeline and tracking tools
• Monitor proposal status, grant agreements, invoices and payments
• Follow up on outstanding payments and commitments
• Support onboarding of new donors and partners
• Schedule and support pipeline and fundraising review meetings, including preparing agendas and minutes

Grants and Funding Support

• Research and track funding opportunities, deadlines and reporting requirements
• Maintain the grants calendar and ensure all applications and reports are submitted on time
• Compile and coordinate materials for grant applications
• Draft and submit small and medium grant proposals as needed
• Support compliance with funder requirements

Donor and Partner Stewardship

• Maintain and update the CRM and donor database
• Process donations, pledges and acknowledgements
• Prepare funder updates, reports and basic impact summaries
• Coordinate stewardship activities such as meetings, updates and follow-ups
• Ensure funders receive timely, accurate and professional communications

Working Relationships

The role works closely with:

• The Fundraising & Partnerships Lead
• The Finance team
• Programme and Secretariat staff
• External funders and partners (for operational coordination)

Qualifications and experience

• Experience in nonprofit fundraising, grants management, or operations support
• Strong organisational and tracking skills
• Comfort working with CRMs, spreadsheets and document systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• High attention to detail and reliability
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities
• Strong relationship building skills with the ability to articulate complex information in a compelling way to advocate for change.
• Ability to develop strategic engagement plans for individuals and organisations
• Proactive coordination skills to ensure seamless communication and pipeline management across different leads and initiatives.

Why this role matters

This role ensures that Catalyst Now’s fundraising function is professional, credible and dependable, giving funders confidence and enabling the organisation to grow sustainably.

Catalyst Now Offers

• Full time employment, 40hours/week.
• The opportunity to work with a young and dynamic team in a fast-paced global environment, on-the-job training opportunities, and experience within an international NGO.
• The ability to coordinate personal projects to improve the work of the organization.
• Good working atmosphere with a small and dedicated team.
• An opportunity to work with the world’s most prestigious social entrepreneurs and innovators. Working in a dynamic network of almost 4,000 organizations across the globe, including Skoll
• Foundation, Ashoka, Schwab Foundation, and Echoing Green.
• Pay USD 1200-1500 monthly commensurate with demonstrable experience and location.

Job location

This position is remote and can be carried out from most regions that have 4-6 hours of overlap with CET working hours.

Application deadline

27 February 2026