Senior Development Officer (Humanitarian Aid)

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel (Hybrid)

Company

hirify.global is an international humanitarian aid organization headquartered in Israel that supports communities affected by crises through relief, recovery, and disaster-risk reduction missions worldwide.

What you will do

• Write grant applications, proposals, reports, and other donor-facing materials for charitable foundations, federations, individual donors, and humanitarian institutions.
• Lead complex funding proposal packages in coordination with humanitarian missions worldwide and HQ-based colleagues.
• Support global fundraising teams and humanitarian missions with proposals, reports, and digital tools.
• Research, map, and identify new donor audiences and funding opportunities.
• Own portfolios likely to include 1–2 donor groups and 1–2 projects or workstreams.
• Support donor-visit logistics and follow-up, enter data into Salesforce, and present to visiting groups and at relevant events or conferences.

Requirements

• Native or near-native English and strong, ideally professional-level spoken and written Hebrew.
• 4–6 years of grant-writing experience, with a proven record of writing high-level English grant applications, proposals, and reports.
• Outstanding written communication skills, including writing, proofreading, and editing.
• Experience in project or portfolio management.
• Ability to translate program data into stories that donors and supporters can connect to.
• Ability to read program budgets and understand budgets and financial reports for donors; budget management is not part of the role.
• Experience using CRM or donor database systems, preferably Salesforce.
• Knowledge of the philanthropic field, including charitable foundations, institutional and governmental donors, Jewish Federations, and individual donors.
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure, prioritize, and meet deadlines independently and as part of a busy team, including readiness to operate during emergency deployments when workloads temporarily increase significantly.

Nice to have

• Experience in humanitarian aid, international development, or human rights.
• Experience working as part of a resource development team.
• Basic design skills using Canva.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement in Tel Aviv, Israel.
• Work with global humanitarian missions and fundraising offices in the US, Canada, and Australia.
• Work across development, communications, fundraising, and humanitarian operations.
• Equal opportunity employer with zero tolerance for misconduct and sexual exploitation and abuse.

Hiring process

• Recruitment includes candidate declarations and reference checks focused on misconduct and sexual exploitation and abuse.
• Seniority level will be determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant experience.