Head of Partnerships

The Earth Foundation Head of Partnerships: Building a Global Network for Youth Environmental Leadership

The Earth Foundation is recruiting a full-time, fully remote Head of Partnerships to lead global fundraising, country sponsorships and regional advisory boards for The Earth Prize, the world’s largest environmental competition for teenagers. Competitive salary and annual bonus available.

• The Earth Foundation Head of Partnerships: Building a Global Network for Youth Environmental Leadership
• About the Head of Partnerships Role
• Key Responsibilities
• 1. Develop Global Partnerships and Country Sponsorships
• 2. Establish Regional Advisory Boards
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• Regional Participation
• Who Should Apply?
• Salary, Benefits and Work Arrangement

About the Head of Partnerships Role

The successful candidate will lead the foundation’s partnership strategy, identify prospective supporters and secure financial and strategic commitments across different countries and regions.

Country sponsorship will be the flagship initiative, but partners will also have opportunities to support entire regions, provide multi-year funding, contribute expertise or use their networks and influence to advance the foundation’s mission.

The role requires someone capable of presenting a compelling vision, developing relationships with senior decision-makers and matching different partners with suitable opportunities to contribute.

The position also involves establishing regional advisory boards that will help expand funding, strengthen networks and promote youth environmental leadership over the long term.

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Develop Global Partnerships and Country Sponsorships

• The Head of Partnerships will manage the complete partnership cycle, from researching potential supporters and making initial contact to negotiating agreements, maintaining relationships and securing renewals.

• The first year will focus on building a broad and diversified partner community across as many countries and regions as possible.

Responsibilities will include:

• Identifying companies, corporate foundations, private foundations, family offices, philanthropists and high-net-worth individuals.

• Mapping potential institutional partners, including embassies, diplomatic offices and development agencies.

• Building and managing a global partnership pipeline linked to specific countries and regions.

• Leading discussions with senior decision-makers, foundation directors, sustainability leaders and institutional representatives.

• Developing tailored sponsorship proposals based on each partner’s interests and capacity.

• Securing country sponsorships, regional funding, multi-year commitments and strategic contributions.

• Reporting on the impact of partner support and encouraging long-term relationships.

• Working with the COO and Founder on partner due diligence to ensure alignment with the foundation’s mission.

• Maintaining an accurate public register of country sponsors.

• Sharing partner insights with the programme team to strengthen student participation and programme completion.

• The first-year objectives will be agreed with the COO and Founder upon appointment. These will include the number of countries sponsored, total income raised and the breadth of the partnership pipeline.

• 2. Establish Regional Advisory Boards

• The Earth Prize operates across seven global regions and plans to establish advisory boards to support its work in each area.

• The boards will consist of connected and committed individuals who can provide funding opportunities, strategic introductions, expertise and advocacy for young people’s environmental leadership.

• The successful candidate will initially establish one or two pilot boards during the first year. The model will then be refined and expanded to all seven regions in the second year.

Each board member will be expected to contribute in at least one of three ways:

• Give: Make a personal donation, sponsor a country or contribute through a family foundation or office.

• Connect: Introduce potential funding partners, companies, foundations, philanthropists or institutions.

• Contribute: Provide expertise, mentoring, advocacy or influence that benefits students and schools.

• The Head of Partnerships will select suitable pilot regions in consultation with the COO and Founder, recruit approximately four to seven members per region and organise quarterly board meetings.

• Additional responsibilities will include monitoring member contributions, onboarding new members, coordinating their involvement with students and schools, and documenting a model that can be expanded to the remaining regions.

• The long-term objective is for each board to become self-sustaining within two years of its establishment, generating funding, introductions and influence without requiring extensive management.

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• Regional Participation

The Earth Foundation has reported the following distribution of registered schools across its seven regions:

• RegionShare of registered schools

• Asia32%

• North America22%

• Middle East15%

• Africa13%

• Oceania & South-East Asia7%

• Europe7%

• Central & South America4%

• This regional distribution will help inform partnership development and the establishment of advisory boards.

• Who Should Apply?

• The opportunity is suited to an experienced professional with a background in partnerships, fundraising, business development or B2B sales.

• The ideal candidate should demonstrate experience working with different types of funders, including corporate partners, major donors, philanthropists, trusts, foundations and institutional funding organisations.

Other requirements and desirable attributes include:

• Experience researching and mapping funding opportunities across different countries.

• Ability to engage senior decision-makers and adapt communication to different audiences.

• Experience recruiting and managing volunteer boards, advisory groups or senior stakeholder networks.

• Confidence presenting new initiatives and securing support for programmes that are still being developed.

• Experience working across multiple countries and cultures.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Fluency in English; French, Spanish or Arabic would be an advantage.

• Excellent organisation and pipeline management skills.

• Genuine interest in environmental education and youth empowerment.

• Ability to work independently in a remote environment.

• The foundation emphasises that the position requires someone comfortable building new programmes from the ground up. It may not suit candidates who prefer established products, large supporting teams or short sales cycles.

• Salary, Benefits and Work Arrangement

The position offers the following employment arrangements:

• Organisation: The Earth Foundation
• Position: Head of Partnerships
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Work Arrangement: Fully Remote
• Location: Global; strong overlap with Central European Time (CET) preferred
• Reporting To: COO and Founder
• Start Date: As