Program Manager, International Funds

Position Type: Full-time, Salaried, Exempt

Location: Flexible (remote); must be eligible to work in the U.S.

Salary Range: $73,000 – $82,150

Closing Date: June 6, 2025

Candidates will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The position will remain open until we have a sufficient pool of diverse candidates who meet the job requirements, at which point we may pause the review of new applications before the stated deadline. Please understand that you may not be contacted for several weeks after you apply.

Ideal Start Date: Aug. 1, 2025

About the Center for Disaster Philanthropy

CDP began in 2010 with the goal of pioneering the practice of strategic disaster philanthropy. Since then, it has grown in its ambition, envisioning a world where the impact of disasters is minimized through thoughtful, equitable and responsible recovery for all. CDP has a $40 million budget and a team of more than 30 staff members working remotely across the U.S.

CDP is a trusted partner, expert and authoritative resource helping hundreds of individuals, foundations and corporations boost the impact of philanthropic giving in response to disasters and humanitarian crises by supporting equitable recovery and addressing root causes of vulnerabilities worldwide.

In 2024, CDP awarded approximately $16 million through 78 grants to grantee partners worldwide, demonstrated thought leadership through webinars, blog posts, featured speaking engagements, and other events, and served 20+ philanthropic partners through consulting efforts. In 2020, CDP was a featured nonprofit for the 14th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute. CDP has earned Charity Navigator’s Four-Star Charity rating, Candid’s Platinum Transparency seal and is a Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity.

We have a culture of philanthropy. Your colleagues embrace and support CDP’s development work, even if they do not sit within the development team. The CEO is an excellent and experienced fundraiser eager to engage with donors.

As an organization grounded in racial and intersectional equity, our team members are deeply committed to strengthening communities most vulnerable to disasters because of systemic inequities. We are guided by our values of integrity, boldness and innovation, humility, and empathy in all that we do in pursuit of our mission.

Bottom line: We aspire to walk the talk of anti-racism and treat each other and our partners in ways that inspire trust, creativity, learning and care.

Be a part of our fast-growing team that offers countless ways to help communities thrive. Join us!

Responsibilities & Duties

The program manager of international funds plays a critical role in CDP’s international fund management by ensuring effective strategic grantmaking and stewardship of CDP’s international disaster response, recovery funding and partnerships.

This role, which is a part of CDP’s fund management & coalition building (FMCB) team, provides added capacity to the international team alongside the current program manager of international funds. The position reports to the program officer for international funds and will work to ensure the effective administrative management of the international grantmaking team’s processes.

As a fully remote workforce, CDP prioritizes employee engagement and relationship-building in service of a collaborative culture rooted in equity. To this end, in-person team retreats are scheduled throughout the year in different regions of the U.S. This role will be expected to attend 2-3 annual retreats, which average 3-5 days of travel. Additionally, this role can expect 10-15 travel days per year for conferences or site visits.

Primary responsibilities include:

Grants management and administration

• Support the international funds team with planning, implementing and evaluating progress on program outcomes and departmental objectives, milestones, timelines and budgets.
• Play a lead role in researching and sourcing potential new grantee partners, emphasizing locally-led organizations that have strong connections in affected communities and share CDP’s values.
• Introduce and represent CDP’s mission and work to potential new partners, discussing initial concept ideas and determining programmatic alignment.
• Effectively steward the grantmaking process through the Blackbaud Grant Management (BBGM) system for all international grants.
• Lead the review and processing of partner requests for no-cost extensions, grant amendments and budget variances.
• Research organizations within each funded geographic region that have, or will likely, be critical to disaster response and recovery efforts.
• As delegated by the program officer, plan and organize site visits to understand the needs resulting from specific disasters and to aid in identifying and stewarding grantee partner relationships.
• Collaborate with CDP’s cross-functional teams to ensure that impact stories are sourced, well-drafted and aligned with organizational and thematic program priorities.
• In collaboration with the program officer and relevant functional areas within CDP, help identify and develop methods and systems for analyzing grant impact and effectiveness.
• Provide administrative support as needed.

Knowledge management and system administration

• Create and update records of organizations, contacts, requests and deliverables in the BBGM system.
• Maintain records of minutes and action items from internal and external meetings and ensure appropriate follow-up on behalf of the international team.
• Edit, publish and send out grant applications and requests as directed.
• Act as point of contact for development, communications and finance teams’ inquiries or requests related to administrative elements of international grants.
• Coordinate all grant reporting efforts with grantee partners, including tracking in BBGM and filing reports in Dropbox.
• Capture and document key learnings, innovations and promising practices identified through grantmaking.
• Support team in collecting, tracking, analyzing and synthesizing data and conveying information in easy-to-understand, appealing formats.

Research and organizational support

• Conduct primary or supplementary research into potential new or ongoing disasters and crises (context, needs, gaps, actors) and synthesize data in digestible, reader-friendly formats as requested.
• Become knowledgeable about CDP’s funding interests, services and culture.
• Participate in and, at times, chair team discussions concerning grantmaking strategies, program management and process improvement.
• Act as a thought partner to the program officer and other department staff in identifying effective and innovative ways to advance CDP’s mission and maintain and enhance our reputation as a leader in fund management, grantmaking and coalition building.
• Support CDP’s organization-wide effort to ensure proper meeting hygiene through planning and preparation, setting agendas, sharing minutes, and ensuring appropriate follow-up.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• ≥5 years of progressive experience in philanthropy or the nonprofit sector.
• Knowledge of and/or interest in disasters and/or global humanitarian crises and the systems and actors poised to address related issues.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience with general project administration and management.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking with precise attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively, independently and remotely with minimal direct supervision while working collaboratively with internal and external constituents.
• Possess a strong sense of personal responsibility for one’s work and that of the team, which includes monitoring priorities and deadlines and flagging issues to the program officer on a timely basis to ensure the team meets its goals.

Preferred skills and qualifications:

• Grantmaking experience.
• Experience working internationally in a disaster or development context.
• High proficiency in using MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Characteristics

• Commitment to the values intrinsic to CDP’s mission and strategy, including the centrality of local leadership, equity and service to marginalized and vulnerable communities.
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Team player
• Sense of humor

We welcome and encourage applicants with non-traditional career paths. If you don’t meet the qualifications outlined here, please apply and tell us how your experiences would equip you for the job.

CDP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.