What does it mean to work for SFL?
Be part of the team that will #FreeTheWorld!
Working on Students For Liberty means spreading liberty to the whole world.
SFL is present in all the inhabited continents, empowering, educating, and evolving the next generation of leaders of liberty.
At the Brazilian Development Department, you will join a team dedicated to promoting SFL volunteers’ actions and championing freedom. You’ll have the unique opportunity to work with people from worldwide.
More than that, SFL offers exclusive benefits for employees:
- Experience a fully remote workplace: work from anywhere in the world with extremely flexible hours
- Utilize SFL grants to grow your professional skills
- Advance in the organization as you grow
- Take over 3 weeks of extremely flexible paid time off
- Get paid to spread the values of liberty
- Travel to staff retreats and other SFL events in exotic locations
About the Role
Students For Liberty is currently seeking a passionate and professional individual to serve as our Brazilian Development Manager.
You will create and manage strategies for obtaining donations, grants, and other funding sources.
Your responsibilities as a Development Manager will be to cultivate partnerships, create compelling proposals, and ensure the financial success of the organization. This is a full-time remote role reporting to the Brazilian Programs Director. Successful candidates will have strong communication skills and a firm commitment to classical liberal ideas and SFL’s mission statement.
Responsibilities
- Create reports on the progress and impact of the organization for donors, the board of directors, and other stakeholders
- Establish and cultivate strategic partnerships with other organizations or entities that can benefit the organization’s mission
- Define the strategy for institutional representations
- Create and manage strategies for obtaining donations, grants, and other funding
- Oversee the creation of proposals for donations, grants, and other funding
- Manage grant proposals, corporate contributions, and in-kind donations
- Supervise the management of the donor, beneficiary, partner, and other stakeholder databases
- Ensure alignment of SFLB projects with the organization’s sales strategies
- Communicate with donors and potential donors to ensure continuous financial support
- Mentor staff and SFLB volunteers regarding communication with stakeholders and sales strategy
- Monitor project deliveries, ensuring their adequacy to stakeholders’ needs
Qualifications
The following qualifications are required:
- Knowledge of libertarianism and classical liberalism
- Comprehensive knowledge of the libertarian movement
- Strong proficiency in fundraising and development strategies
- Fluency in English and Portuguese
- Ability to meet deadlines and work independently
- Detail-oriented and highly organized
- Integrity, humility, and an entrepreneurial attitude
- Positive, goal-oriented outlook
- Willingness to learn, be proactive, and provide assistance as necessary
- Proficiency with Google Suite (Drive, Sheets, etc.)
Preferred but not required
- Proficiency in using CRMs like RD Station CRM and Salesforce
- Strong background in sales and key account management (3+ years)
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to build and maintain strategic partnerships
- Strong organizational and project management abilities
- Fluency in Spanish is a plus
Application Process
Qualified candidates should submit the application materials below in one PDF document to at this form as answer the initial questions:
- Resume
- Cover letter explaining your interest in the ideas of liberty, your interest in both Students For Liberty and the role
- A list of 3 professional references and your permission to contact them
We will conduct interviews and selection on a rolling basis. We will reach out to all candidates whose applications we wish to consider.
About Students For Liberty
Students For Liberty (SFL) is the largest pro-liberty student organization in the world with students active in 117 countries on every inhabited continent. With a multi-million dollar budget and over 70 full-time staff members, we serve pro-liberty students in their pursuit to become leaders of liberty. We accomplish this through a strategy of identifying the top students and then empowering them to be agents of change in their communities.
Last school year, our students organized over 2,700 events with over 600,000 people in attendance. We are a fully virtual, vibrant, and entrepreneurial organization working with a diverse team in the U.S. and around the world.
The SFL team is passionate about liberty and making the world a freer place. SFL team members go the extra mile in order to make sure that more students around the world can benefit from our programs and resources.
Working for SFL means flexibility, meaningful work, and autonomy. We pride ourselves on growth, hard work, advancement opportunities, embracing entrepreneurship, and a passion for the product: liberty.
Additionally, we are strongly dedicated to ensuring our staff has the ability to grow and reach their full potential. To this end, we invest in training and professional development opportunities for staff at all levels of the organization.
