Career Opportunities
Educated Choices Program is currently accepting applications to join our international team. All positions are fully remote and offer the opportunity to make a positive impact on the health of our planet and everyone on it.
At this time, we are fully staffed; however, as our programs and initiatives continue to expand, we will be looking to grow our team. Please subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on social media to be the first to hear about new opportunities!
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Director of Development
Educated Choices Program (ECP) · Full-time, exempt · Fully remote (U.S.) · Reports to the Founder & CEO
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with priority consideration given to applications received by October 16, 2026. The position will remain open until filled, with a start date no later than January 2027.
Please use this link to apply: https://forms.gle/m4TwuVHtxshCyNoq8
About the Educated Choices Program
The Educated Choices Program (ECP) is a food systems education nonprofit. We provide, at no cost to schools, over 20 professionally produced education packages – each video is paired with a complete lesson plan, for learners from elementary school through adulthood, connecting food choices to their effects on health, the environment, and animals.
Since 2016, ECP's presentations have reached more than 3.8 million learners across 80+ countries and territories and more than 10,000 schools and institutions. We are a recognized nutrition education provider for New York City public schools, a Keeling Curve Prize Laureate, a finalist for the 2026 Climate Curve Prize: Methane, and hold Candid's Platinum Transparency Seal and a 4-star Charity Navigator rating.
The Role
This is a new position, created to add dedicated capacity for major-gift and individual-giving fundraising. It’s a builder role for someone excited to develop ECP’s first individual-giving program.
You'll report directly to ECP's Founder & CEO. As this department grows, there is the high potential for management of staff and contractors.
What You'll Do
Individual & major gift fundraising
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Build ECP's individual-giving and major-gift program from the ground up: identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors capable of significant annual and multi-year gifts.
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Design and launch an individual-giving strategy, including donor segmentation, a moves-management system, and a stewardship calendar.
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Represent ECP directly to individual donors and prospects, including virtual and in-person meetings.
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Work alongside the CEO on cultivation of ECP's highest-capacity donor relationships.
Team leadership & strategy
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Manage and support relevant staff, contractors, and/or interns.
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Build one integrated development strategy (grants, major gifts, and individual giving) presented to the CEO and Board as a single picture of fundraising performance.
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Report regularly to the CEO on fundraising progress, pipeline health, and partnership status.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
Experience
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5+ years of nonprofit fundraising experience, including significant experience in major and individual giving and a demonstrated track record of cultivating, soliciting, and closing major gifts. We are specifically seeking donor cultivation experience; grant-writing experience alone does not meet this requirement.
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Experience building or significantly growing a donor program, campaign, or portfolio from an early stage.
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Demonstrated experience developing and stewarding relationships with individual donors and philanthropic partners.
Skills & Capabilities
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Strong relationship-building and communication skills, both written and interpersonal.
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Ability to work independently and proactively while collaborating effectively within a small, fully remote, distributed team.
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Comfortable working independently with donor CRM systems, fundraising data, and donor tracking.
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Ability to represent ECP professionally and authentically with donors, prospective supporters, and external partners.
Other Requirements
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Ability to travel within the United States as needed for donor cultivation and relationship development.
Ability to start as soon as possible, and no later than January 2027. -
Must be authorized to work in the United States. ECP is unable to provide employment visa sponsorship for this position.
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Must be able to comply with health, safety, and vaccination requirements applicable to ECP events, partner sites, and travel, as required.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience working in education, food systems, individual or public health, environmental, animal-focused nonprofits, or other fields related to ECP’s mission.
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An existing network within philanthropic communities aligned with ECP’s mission, including climate, education, animal welfare, food systems, and individual or public health.
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Experience with Givebutter or a comparable donor CRM and fundraising platform.
What Success Looks Like in This Role
In your first 90 days, you'll have a clear picture of ECP's mission, existing donor landscape, a working rhythm established with our CEO and relevant staff, and your first conversations underway with prospective individual donors.
By 6 months, you’ll have a healthy, qualified major-gift pipeline underway, with initial solicitations made and gifts beginning to close, and qualified prospects at various stages of cultivation.
By your first year, you'll have built ECP's first individual-giving program, with an active donor portfolio, a disciplined cultivation and stewardship process, and meaningful major and individual gifts successfully closed.
We'll talk through specific goals and metrics as part of the interview process.
Compensation & Benefits
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Salary: $100,000 - $120,000, commensurate with experience
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Health, vision, and dental insurance (100% employee premium and 60% of dependents premium are paid by employer)
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401K retirement plan with 4% employer match
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Fully remote work environment with a 4-day work week (Fridays as need to meet goals)
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80 hours of paid time off annually that increases with tenure and 40 hours of sick time
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Company laptop and monitor available after 1 month of employment
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$100 monthly remote-work stipend for internet, or other home-office needs
Equal Opportunity Employer
ECP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ECP is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all team members and providing team members with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ECP are based on the organization's needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the USA. 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. We believe in having a team with diverse backgrounds and perspectives and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, including historically underrepresented populations.
Annual Giving & Grants Manager
Educated Choices Program (ECP) · Full-time, exempt · 32 hours/week · Fully remote (U.S.) · Reports to the CEO, transitioning to the Director of Development
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with priority consideration given to applications received by October 25, 2026. The position will remain open until filled, with a start date as soon as possible.
Please use this link to apply: https://forms.gle/nU4cqA84t3KyQV988 · All applications must be received through this form to be considered.
About the Educated Choices Program
The Educated Choices Program (ECP) is a food systems education nonprofit. Our mission is empowering healthy, sustainable food choices through transformative, accessible education. We provide, at no cost to schools, over 20 professionally produced education packages – each video paired with a complete lesson plan – for learners from elementary school through adulthood, connecting food choices to their effects on health, the environment, and animals.
Since 2016, ECP's presentations have reached more than 3.8 million learners across 80+ countries and territories and more than 10,000 schools and institutions. We are a recognized nutrition education provider for New York City public schools, a Keeling Curve Prize Laureate, a finalist for the 2026 Climate Curve Prize: Methane, and hold Candid's Platinum Transparency Seal and a 4-star Charity Navigator rating.
The Role
ECP is building out its fundraising function. Alongside this role, we are hiring a Director of Development to lead major gifts and build our individual-giving program. This position will lead ECP's annual giving, grants, and fundraising campaigns, complementing the Director of Development's focus on major gifts and individual giving.
You will start by reporting to our Founder & CEO and will move to reporting to the Director of Development once that role is filled. You will be the person who knows our donors, runs our campaigns, and keeps our fundraising operation accurate and compliant. You do not need to be a major-gift closer – that sits with the Director of Development.
What You'll Do
Individual & recurring giving
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Own cultivation, stewardship, and retention of ECP's individual donors giving under $5,000, including our recurring monthly giving program.
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Run the stewardship calendar for this segment: acknowledgments, impact updates, renewal and upgrade asks, and lapsed-donor reactivation.
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Spot donors ready for a major-gift conversation and hand them to the Director of Development with the relationship history documented.
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Support the CEO, Director of Development, and Board members in their donor activity with briefings, materials, and research.
Fundraising campaigns & appeals
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Plan and run ECP's campaign calendar – three to four campaigns a year, including year-end and Giving Tuesday.
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Write and send the donor-facing copy: appeal emails, campaign pages, and social copy in partnership with Communications.
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Report on campaign performance and apply what you learn to the next one.
Grants
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Own the grant calendar and pipeline: prospect research, deadlines, submission logistics, and tracking.
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Own post-award grant management, including interim and final reports and restricted-fund tracking, coordinating with program staff and the COO.
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Draft and co-write letters of intent and proposals, and share that work with a colleague building grant-writing skills.
Donor data & compliance
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Administer ECP's fundraising CRM (Givebutter) and keep donor records accurate, segmented, and current.
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Ensure gifts are acknowledged and receipted accurately and on time, and reconcile fundraising and financial records monthly with the COO.
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Maintain ECP's public giving profiles on Candid and Charity Navigator, and keep the state charity registration calendar on track with our filing contractor.
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Keep fundraising documentation and records current and accessible in ECP's Shared Drive.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
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3+ years of nonprofit fundraising experience with direct ownership of donor-facing work: annual giving, recurring giving, individual giving, or campaign management.
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Demonstrated experience planning and executing fundraising campaigns or appeals, including writing the donor-facing copy yourself.
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Experience running a recurring or monthly giving program.
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Experience with grant processes: proposal preparation, submission logistics, and/or post-award reporting.
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Strong donor-facing writing: clear, warm, specific, and honest about impact.
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Genuine care for data accuracy, and the discipline to keep records and reconciliations current without being prompted.
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Ability to work independently and proactively in a small, fully remote, distributed team, and to manage a calendar of competing deadlines.
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Sound judgment and absolute discretion with donor information.
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Must be authorized to work in the United States. ECP is unable to provide employment visa sponsorship for this position.
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Must be able to comply with health, safety, and vaccination requirements applicable to ECP events, partner sites, and travel, as required.
Preferred Qualifications
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Hands-on experience administering a donor CRM such as Givebutter through records, segmentation, reporting, and data accuracy.
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Experience working in education, food systems, individual or public health, environmental, or animal-focused nonprofits, or other fields related to ECP's mission.
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Familiarity with state charity registration requirements and nonprofit gift-substantiation rules.
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Ability to travel multiple times per year to attend relevant conferences and support donor/grant cultivation.
What Success Looks Like in This Role
In your first 90 days, you'll have taken full ownership of our donor records and gift administration, run your first campaign moment with us, and built a working rhythm with our CEO, COO, and Communications team.
By 6 months, our annual giving calendar will be running on schedule, our grant calendar will be current with no missed deadlines or reports, and you'll have a stewardship program our recurring donors actually notice.
By your first year, you'll have grown and retained our recurring donor base, established a campaign approach that is planned to improve year over year based on evidence, and built a clean handoff path between annual giving and the major-gift work led by the Director of Development.
We'll talk through specific goals and metrics as part of the interview process.
Compensation & Benefits
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Salary: $65,000 - $75,000, commensurate with experience
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Health, vision, and dental insurance (100% employee premium and 60% of dependents premium are paid by employer)
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401K retirement plan with 4% employer match
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Fully remote work environment with a 4-day work week (Fridays as need to meet goals)
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80 hours of paid time off annually that increases with tenure and 40 hours of sick time
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Company laptop and monitor available after 1 month of employment
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$100 monthly remote-work stipend for internet, or other home-office needs
Equal Opportunity Employer
ECP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ECP is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all team members and providing team members with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ECP are based on the organization's needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the USA. 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. We believe in having a team with diverse backgrounds and perspectives and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, including historically underrepresented populations.
Communications Assistant
(Remote, Independent Contractor - 1099 Position)
To Apply - Complete our Application Form Here: (candidates who do not complete the form will not be considered):
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The following list of job duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive and is subject to change in accordance with the evolution of this role and continued program expansion.
Specific Job-Related Duties
The ECP Assistant may (but is not limited to):
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Provide availability via email to respond to communications
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Communicate with the Manager assigned to a task as needed and attend coordinated virtual meetings
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Participate in virtual meetings with other team members or members of management as needed
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Submit hours worked (if applicable) no later than midnight local time on Sunday prior to payroll on designated form
Assist with Communications department tasks, such as:
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Database work, including:
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Updating existing digital contact databases as requested to be sure our contact lists are as up-to-date as possible
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Adding new contacts for primary (ages 8+), secondary schools (ages 12-18), postsecondary schools (ages 18+), colleges, as well as approved community-audience venues, as assigned
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Assisting with the creation of new database formats
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Keeping an accurate record of all newly added databases/venues/contacts
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Researching appropriate regions to identify contact information for new venues, as assigned
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Sending outreach information through a variety of avenues, including but not limited to Gmail and other email platforms, and press release submissions
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Organizing data uploads through Google Sheets, Hubspot, and other platforms
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Preferred Qualifications:
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Proficient in Google Workspace, especially Google Sheets
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Experience in Canva and/or Adobe Creative Cloud applications
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Experience in Hubspot or similar CRMs
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Experience with information research and/or experience in an educational setting
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Experience with email marketing platforms and campaign management is a plus
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Strong organizational skills and savvy attention to detail
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Interest in ECP outreach and/or educational offerings
ABOUT ECP
The Educated Choices Program (ECP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free food-related education, empowering students and community members to recognize the importance and responsibility of making informed decisions about their food, and building a healthier, more sustainable future for everyone. Offering digital presentations to students and communities across the globe, ECP has reached more than 3 million viewers in 7 languages, and we are just getting started!
ECP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ECP is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ECP are based on the organization's needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the USA. 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. We believe in having a team with diverse backgrounds and perspectives and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, including historically underrepresented populations.
Job Type: Contract, Remote
Hours: Flexible
Compensation: Pay rate starting at $16 per hour, commensurate with experience.