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RFSL is facing a pivotal shift. We aim to strengthen our long-term financial independence, broaden our revenue streams, and build more strategic relationships with philanthropists, foundations, companies, institutions, and other actors who want to contribute to real societal change.

This is a role for you who move effortlessly between civil society, philanthropy, business, foundations, strong brands, executive teams, and boards. You are accustomed to taking space in front of people, building trust in senior contexts, and driving dialogues with both strategic height and commercial sharpness.

You understand that long-term funding is not created through individual applications, but through relationships, trust, clear positioning, and the ability to formulate an offer that people and organizations want to be part of.

Your role with us

As the person responsible for strategic funding and philanthropy, you will play a key role in developing and driving RFSL's work with larger funding relationships.

You work with philanthropists, foundations, major private donors, companies, strategic partners, and other external funders. The focus is on building long-term funding, strengthening RFSL's financial resilience, and creating new revenue streams that give the organization greater freedom of action.

The role is both strategic and operational. You identify opportunities, build relationships, develop funding cases, drive dialogues, and take responsibility for ensuring relationships lead to concrete funding.

For more information about duties, please see the advertisement on RFSL's career page.

About you

We are looking for you who have senior experience in strategic funding, philanthropy, partnerships, capital raising, business development, or other relationship-driven processes that have created funding, partnerships, or social impact. You may have a background from civil society, business, the foundation sector, sustainability, communication, fundraising, or similar operations.

It is meritorious if you have experience from larger brand-driven organizations or other complex operations where sustainability, internal anchoring, external positioning, and business acumen interact. Experience with Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) is not a requirement. The most important thing is that you have the ability to build trusting relationships, mobilize resources, and contribute to long-term funding.

You are a secure, proactive, and relationship-strong person with good strategic ability, strong personal drive, and good judgment. You build trust through quality, clarity, and collaboration, and can combine business acumen with a strong commitment to the organization's values and mission.

For more information about desirable personal qualities and experiences, please see the advertisement on RFSL's career page.

We assume that you stand behind RFSL's basic principles.

To manage and thrive in the role, we see that you have:

• Several years of documented experience in strategic funding, fundraising, philanthropy, capital raising, partnerships, or business development.
• Experience in securing major funding, partnerships, or strategic collaborations.
• Very good experience operating in contexts with executive teams, boards, owners, philanthropists, or senior decision-makers.
• Strong ability to present, anchor, and drive dialogues with people in a secure and business-like manner.
• Experience with complex organizations where many perspectives, decision levels, and interests need to be handled.
• Ability to package ideas, operations, and social benefits so that they create engagement and funding.
• Very good communicative skills in Swedish and English.
• Experience working structured with pipeline, relationships, follow-up, and results.

Meritorious experiences

• Experience in international development cooperation and human rights work.
• Experience working with Swedish and international institutional donors.
• Experience with major donor fundraising and working with high-net-worth individuals.
• Own network within philanthropy, the foundation sector, or international funding.
• Experience in capital raising within the non-profit sector or civil society.
• Experience working in international and politically complex contexts.

Terms of employment

Employment level: Full-time

Location: RFSL's headquarters in central Stockholm, with the possibility of some flexibility and remote work. Travel is included in the role.

Start: According to agreement and with regard to any notice period.

Our offer

At RFSL, you get a senior and strategically important role in an organization with a strong history, high relevance, and a social mission that is more important than ever.

You become part of work where we are now building more long-term sustainable funding, strengthening our independence, and developing new relationships with people and organizations who want to contribute to the rights of LGBTQIA+ people.

We offer:

• A role with great opportunities to influence, high strategic significance, and close connection to RFSL's future development.
• A meaningful and strategically important job in a dynamic organization.
• Opportunity to contribute to long-term societal change and human rights.
• Great opportunity to influence and develop RFSL's future funding work.
• Occupational pension, parental income compensation, and other collective agreement benefits.
• A work climate characterized by engagement, professionalism, and development.

Other

Employment level: Full-time

Location: Stockholm, starting from RFSL's headquarters in central Stockholm. Some flexibility and remote work may occur, but the role requires regular presence in Stockholm. Travel may occur in the role.

Start: According to agreement and with regard to any notice period.

We follow the Industry and Wage Agreement for Non-Profit and Idea-Driven Organizations between the Employer Alliance and Unionen/Vision/Academic Professionals' Union.

Application

Send your CV by July 19th. A cover letter is optional, but you will be asked to answer selection questions based on our competency-based recruitment methodology.

The recruitment process consists of CV screening, phone check, digital interview, and interview at our office. Work sample may be included. A certificate of good conduct is required before employment.

We apply anonymized and competency-based recruitment, which means that personal data and any images are anonymous to the responsible recruiter during CV screening.

If you have questions about the position, you can contact the Head of Communications, Engagement, and Policy Unit at [email protected]. Questions about the recruitment process are answered by HR Partner Tobias Jensen at [email protected].