Who We Are

International Justice Mission (IJM) is the global leader in protecting vulnerable people from violence around the world. Our team of over 1,200 professionals are at work worldwide in over 30 offices. Together we are on a mission to rescue millions, protect half a billion, and make justice unstoppable.

We are a global community that cares for one another. We believe that the way we work is as important as the results we achieve. We provide professional excellence with joy and celebration to all those we serve. 

The Need

For over 25 years, IJM has pioneered the work to protect vulnerable people from violence. 9 out of 9 times in the last decade, IJM’s Justice System Strengthening Projects have reduced slavery and violence between 50 and 85% for very large populations of people in poverty. As we grow to expand our impact to protect 500 million people from violence, we are seeking a Head of Mobilization to lead the teams responsible for designing and implementing localized programs to achieve greatest needs/results for the division, which include the acquisition of major, midlevel and mass donors, church partners, volunteer champions and advocates.

This position is preferred to be based in the Washington, DC area and is available to be hybrid (onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays). Remote employment may be considered on a case by case basis. It reports to the Regional President, North America and is only available for candidates with the right to work in the US.

Key Result Areas:

The success of this role is measured by the following KRAs:

• Grow the number of individual constituents measurably engaged with IJM from strategic US cities, with a focus on increasing new donor acquisition by 2-3X.

• Build robust relationships with churches and other strategic Christian networks, leading with IJM’s unique offering of biblical and spiritual formation for communities seeking justice.

• Oversee the church and workplace engagement strategy across the US market, achieving clearly identified key performance indicators.

• Develop strategies to diversify IJM to reflect all people who are needed to protect 500M by 2030.

• Effectively manage programs across peer-to-peer fundraising, church engagements, and volunteer mobilization, growing a multi-million-dollar revenue source that is widely celebrated across engaged communities as it propels IJM’s vision to protect 500 million victims of violence.

• Collaborate across teams to build integrated strategies in top-markets to support fundraising, donor acquisition, mobilization, and church engagements.

• Measurably increase the engagement of IJM constituents, including prayer partners, donors and volunteers, in support of national advocacy campaigns to achieve the organization’s funding and policy goals within the US government.

Responsibilities:

Leadership and Management

• Inspire, build and lead a culture of world-class professional excellence.

• Ensure the health and vibrancy of the team through inspiring and skillful professional leadership and mature shepherding in spiritual formation.

• Develop strong collaborative relationships of trust and empowerment with US and Regional teams.

• Participate in shaping US acquisition and fundraising strategies.

• Acquire and retain top talent from diverse set of experiences.

• Manage a team of relationship managers and project managers to achieve goals.

Strategy & Knowledge Development & Implementation

• Develop a strategy to dramatically increase the number of quality engagements with church congregations throughout strategic metropolitan markets. This would include opportunities for institutional fundraising from churches, but is primarily focused on how we can leverage these platforms to effectively reach and engage congregations.

• Collaborate with donor facing teams to effectively utilize IJM donors to champion on our behalf within their churches, workplaces and networks. Resulting in opportunities to bring IJM into those spaces for the engagement with new, potential high-value donors.

• Position Regional and Country leaders as the readily recognized experts, network leaders, and trusted local partners in leading the movement to end slavery and violence around the world.

• Implement peer and workplace based fundraising campaigns that annually generate $5M+.

Networking & Partnership

• Represent IJM with inspiration and excellence as a high-level spokesperson for the mission.

• Activate new and innovate new partnerships in strategic cities via network