About Us
BITE: Building Impact Through Eaters is a trailblazing, women-led 501(c)(3) working to make climate-smart food choices the norm. BITE inspires and enables both systemic and individual changes in how people eat, serve, and think about sustainable foods.
The Role
We are seeking a Development Manager to support and execute the organization’s fundraising work. This role is well-suited to someone who enjoys turning plans into action, managing details that unlock funding, and supporting senior leadership with high-quality preparation, tracking, cultivation, and grant proposal writing.
As Development Manager, you will assist our Executive Director (ED) and the Director of Finance & Operations with donor cultivation and development operations. You will facilitate donor and prospect engagement, identify and pursue new funding opportunities, and maintain the infrastructure to support BITE’s development efforts. As a young organization, we are looking for a motivated team member who can streamline our fundraising work, support our portfolio, and uncover new funding opportunities as we grow.
The ideal candidate will have a knack for prioritization, organizing their workflow based on funding impact, external constraints, and programmatic timelines. We aim to have a larger pipeline of opportunities than we can reasonably tackle, making it critical to prioritize among them and stage our action plans accordingly. At the tactical level, a strong performer would meet self-assigned deadlines and proactively communicate risks, constraints, and needs. The ideal candidate will also have experience managing relationships with and developing grant proposals for family offices and large foundations.
The negative impacts of climate and nutrition access disproportionately impact the most marginalized people in society, including people of color, people from working-class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQ people. Because we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.