Senior Development Officer (Humanitarian Aid)

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel, with a hybrid work arrangement. The role requires coordination with humanitarian missions worldwide and international fundraising offices.

Company

hirify.global is an international humanitarian aid organization providing emergency relief, recovery support, and disaster risk reduction in communities affected by crises worldwide.

What you will do

• Write grant applications, proposals, reports, and other donor-facing materials in English.
• Lead complex funding proposal packages in coordination with humanitarian missions and headquarters colleagues.
• Support global fundraising teams and missions with proposals, reporting, and digital tools.
• Research donor audiences and identify new philanthropic and humanitarian funding opportunities.
• Own strategic donor and project portfolios, including follow-up and coordination for donor visits.
• Maintain donor information in Salesforce and present to visiting groups and at relevant events.

Requirements

• Native or near-native English with outstanding written, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Strong, ideally professional-level Hebrew, spoken and written.
• 4–6 years of grant-writing experience with a proven record of producing high-level applications, proposals, and reports in English.
• Experience in project or portfolio management and translating program data into engaging donor stories.
• Ability to read program budgets and financial reports, without responsibility for budget management.
• Experience with CRM or donor database systems, preferably Salesforce, plus flexibility to work under pressure during emergency deployments and temporary workload increases.

Nice to have

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

Culture & Benefits

• Work across international humanitarian missions and fundraising offices in the US, Canada, and Australia.
• Collaborate with diverse HQ departments and global field teams.
• Support humanitarian responses during emergencies when workloads may temporarily increase.
• Inclusive equal-opportunity workplace with zero tolerance for misconduct and sexual exploitation and abuse.

Hiring process

• The recruitment process includes candidate declarations and reference checks focused on misconduct and sexual exploitation and abuse.
• Final seniority level will be determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant experience.