Development Consultant

SisterSong- Development Consultant

What does it take to sustain a movement? It takes more than passion and purpose. It takes vision, relationships, strategy, and resources.

SisterSong is seeking a fractional Development Consultant to build the organization's development infrastructure and grow contributed revenue during a pivotal year. This is a builder role.

The organization has the mission, the relationships, the national profile, and the platform. What it needs now is a seasoned fundraising strategist who can translate all of that into a sustainable, diversified revenue stream and build systems and relationships.

About SisterSong

SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective is the nation's oldest and largest organization working to build a reproductive justice movement led by women of color. SisterSong is a Southern-based, national membership organization whose purpose is to amplify and strengthen the collective voices of Indigenous women and women of color in securing the human right to reproductive justice.

Scope and Structure

This is a fractional, contract engagement. The consultant is expected to bring approximately 20 hours per week to this work. Grant writing is not part of this role; the focus is on major individual donors, institutional relationships, corporate partnerships, and the strategic infrastructure that supports all of it.

Duration: One year, beginning as soon as possible, with potential to extend or transition to a staff role.

Location: Remote. Some travel required in support of organizational priorities and funder relationship development.

Compensation: $8,000 per month

Reports to: Executive Director

What You Will Do

Build the Development Infrastructure

• Assess SisterSong's current funding mix, donor relationships, and pipeline gaps
• Design and implement a diversified development strategy that reduces over-reliance on any single funding category
• Build or strengthen systems for donor tracking, moves management, and relationship stewardship that will serve the organization for years to come.
• Help identify and qualify prospective supporters who can become major investors in SisterSong's long-term work

Drive Revenue

• Identify, cultivate, and close major individual donor gifts
• Develop and manage corporate partnership and sponsorship opportunities
• Coordinate with organizational leadership to ensure all fundraising activity is aligned with organizational strategy
• Build and maintain funder relationships that will sustain the organization

Serve as a Strategic Partner to the Executive Director

• Advise on donor positioning and messaging in alignment with SisterSong's values and public voice
• Prepare the Executive Director and, where appropriate, organizational leadership for donor conversations and asks
• Provide regular reporting on pipeline status, revenue progress, and strategy

What We Are Looking For

Required

• Demonstrated track record of raising significant contributed revenue for social justice, reproductive justice, or mission-aligned organizations
• Experience building or substantially expanding a development function, not just managing an existing one
• Fluency in major individual donor cultivation and solicitation
• Strong strategic instincts: the ability to assess, prioritize, and move without waiting to be directed
• Exceptional relationship skills and the ability to represent SisterSong with credibility and warmth across donor audiences
• Deep commitment to reproductive justice, racial justice, and the leadership of women of color

Strongly Preferred

• Existing relationships within the reproductive justice, reproductive health, or broader social justice funder landscape
• Experience advising a high-profile nonprofit leader on fundraising strategy
• Familiarity with the Southern philanthropy ecosystem
• Comfort operating as a fractional consultant while maintaining a high level of accountability to an internal team.

How to Apply

Your application will be read by a person. We are not using automated screening tools. Write your cover letter in your own voice and tell us what draws you to this work and why you believe you are the right person for this moment.

Please submit a resume and cover letter by applying to the link attached to this posting.