Senior Advisor, Global Fundraising

About KIND 
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is a global leader in the protection of unaccompanied and separated children who are forcibly displaced from their countries of origin. Launched in 2008, KIND champions a world in which every child’s rights and well-being are protected throughout their journey to safety.  Building on its extensive programming and successful model in the United States, KIND is expanding in the Americas and Europe to bring its experience to bear in working with unaccompanied and separated children. Our work focuses on addressing the legal and mental health needs of this population; building strong partnerships and engaging in training and capacity strengthening with governments, NGOs, and the private sector; and advocating for systemic and pragmatic reforms to advance the rights of unaccompanied and separated children.

Position Summary

KIND seeks a Senior Advisor, Global Fundraising to serve as the development team’s lead strategist and collaborator for international revenue development. Reporting to the Vice President, Development, this incumbent builds and manages a diversified portfolio of institutional, multilateral, governmental, and philanthropic funding relationships—positioning KIND as a credible global partner in the protection of unaccompanied and separated migrant and refugee children across a number of key regions, including Europe and Latin America.

This role emerged from KIND’s consulting engagement on European philanthropic landscape analysis, which revealed that rapidly shifting global funding dynamics—joint fundraising models, multilateral partnerships, and cross-regional opportunity—require a senior, full-time internal leader with the expertise and relationships to develop and execute a global development strategy at scale.  The Senior Advisor will work at the intersection of development, program design, and international partnerships—partnering closely with Programs, Policy & Advocacy, Communications, Finance, and Legal to ensure that global opportunities are pursued coherently and that fundraising strategy informs—and is informed by—programmatic decision-making. A particular priority is co-leading the KIND-UNHCR Deployment Scheme, which would embed KIND child protection experts within national government systems across an initial set of pilot countries.

This is a remote position based from any location in the U.S. 

This position is contingent upon continued funding.

Essential Functions

Global Fundraising Strategy & Leadership 

• Develops and implements a comprehensive global fundraising strategy aligned with KIND’s mission and growth objectives, with an initial focus on Europe, Latin America, and UNHCR priority regions. 
• Establishes revenue goals, prospecting frameworks, and portfolio planning across institutional, governmental, multilateral, philanthropic, and private funding streams. 
• Centralizes and coordinates all non-U.S. funding activity, eliminating duplication, establishing cohesive messaging, and maintaining consistent moves management across departments. 
• Conducts internal audits of global fundraising capacity to inform staffing decisions, country selection, and multi-year investment planning. 

 

Donor Identification, Cultivation & Portfolio Management 

• Identifies and cultivates a diversified donor pipeline spanning European and Latin American donor states, development banks (IDB, World Bank, CAF), pooled funding mechanisms, EU instruments, private foundations, and corporate partners. 
• Aligns donor outreach with international funding cycles, including UNHCR priorities, end-of-year donor budget decisions, and time-sensitive windows such as OCHA-Americas obligations. 
• Implements rigorous moves management protocols—ensuring continuity, clear engagement pathways, and strategic deployment of senior leadership relationships. 
• Advances KIND’s transition from single-donor pilots to a multi-donor, multi-country funding platform.

 

Funding Landscape Analysis & Opportunity Assessment 

• Monitors global and regional funding trends across KIND’s priority geographies, including Latin America (Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala), Europe (Spain, Canary Islands, Brussels), Africa, Asia, and MENA. 
• Assesses KIND’s readiness for fundraising in new geographies, including legal and procedural requirements, infrastructure needs, and operational capacity. 
• Identifies and develops scalable program models—such as return and reintegration, legal-psychosocial, and advocacy frameworks—as donor-ready funding vehicles across regions. 
• Produces strategic briefs and analyses to inform leadership and Board decisions on global fundraising opportunities. 

 

Positioning & Value Proposition 

• Develops and adapts KIND’s value propositi