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Location: Preference for Seoul, South Korea, Taipei, Taiwan or Hong Kong.
Location type: Hybrid
Reporting to: Executive Director
Manages: Team of 82 with 5-6 direct reports
Annual salary: Available upon request
Contract type: Fixed term - initially 2 year contract in South Korea
3 year contract in Hong Kong or Taiwan, with a view to renew
Working hours: Full-time
Candidate level: Senior Executive
Background
Since 1997, Greenpeace East Asia has been driving environmental action across the region, tackling climate change, halting illegal deforestation, curbing toxic pollution, safeguarding food security, and defending marine ecosystems. With offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing, Taipei, and Seoul, Greenpeace understands that environmental issues cross national boundaries, and that meaningful solutions require regional collaboration.
Over the past year, the environmental landscape in the region has seen both challenges and progress. While policy inertia and corporate resistance persist, Greenpeace’s persistent advocacy and community-driven initiatives have led to meaningful wins. From legal victories that protect critical ecosystems to growing momentum around climate accountability and pollution prevention, our campaigns continue to drive change.
Greenpeace East Asia also played a role in global efforts to end plastic pollution, advocating for a strong Global Plastics Treaty. This work reflects our broader commitment to international cooperation and systemic transformation.
At the core of all our efforts is a deep partnership with local communities. By supporting grassroots leadership and uplifting frontline voices, we continue to build a movement grounded in justice, equity, and sustainability. Guided by hope and sustained by action, Greenpeace East Asia remains committed to shaping a future where people and the planet thrive together.
Purpose of role
The Fundraising & Engagement Director (FRED) is responsible for providing leadership and
direction in the development and implementation of fundraising and engagement
strategies in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan to maximize long term financial
and public support for Greenpeace East Asia (GPEA). The FRED is also a member of
Senior Management Team (SMT) of GPEA. There will be frequent travel to other Greenpeace offices.
Primary responsibilities
- Develop and lead fundraising market plans and income strategy in line with organizational values that support GPEA’s operating budget, future income and supporter growth goals.
- Lead organization-wide FRE planning processes across teams from strategy planning to operations to revenue assessments at monthly, quarterly, and annual intervals.
- Set yearly goals for Fundraising and Engagement strategy including tracking progress, setbacks, and overall performance including analyzing results and presenting findings to the Executive Team.
- Formulate a diversity of effective fundraising programmes to increase net revenues and ensure the organization’s long-term financial stability and growth. Manage, coordinate and provide leadership in all areas of GPEA’s fundraising, engagement strategies, and activities.
- Ensure that external trends and developments using audience insights, data intelligence and fundraising benchmarking positioning are monitored and applied strategically to GPEA.
- Ensure data plays a central role in planning, strategy development and Fundraising & Engagement activity to enable effective supporter engagement; set the direction of the effective use of data, analysis and insights.
- Provide strategic oversight of digital fundraising and supporter engagement technologies, including CRM systems, websites, and digital marketing tools, ensuring they are optimized for income growth, donor retention, and operational efficiency.
- Provide strategic leadership on high-value giving programmes, including major donors, foundation fundraising, and legacy giving, ensuring long-term pipeline development and personalized donor engagement.
- Ensure clear strategies are in place to drive donor retention, upgrade journeys, and long-term supporter value, using segmented, data-informed engagement approaches.
- Provide leadership to develop and execute effective engagement strategies to build broader and deeper engagement with supporters and the public, to help achieving campaign objectives, contributing to fundraising growth and building organizational influence.
- Manage, motivate, train and support fundraising and engagement staff in order to achieve the objectives of the department.
- Ensure fundraising activities are compliant with relevant legal and ethical standards across GPEA markets and lead risk assessments related to donor engagement, income forecasting, and reputational risk.
- As a part of the Senior Management Team, steward the organization in line with mission, vision, and values by supporting and participating in GPEA organizational strategy development, goal setting, and planning.
- Prepare the annual departmental plan and budget for approval by the Executive Director. Take responsibility for the regular financial reporting and budget control of the Fundraising and Engagement Department. Negotiate additional funds for initiatives from Greenpeace International.
- Lead engagement with Greenpeace International and other offices on issues related to fundraising, engagement and other strategic issues as agreed with the Executive Director.
- At least 5 years of similar leadership role in organizations with comparable size and scale.
- Proven track record in fundraising that has directly resulted in increased income for an organization with comparable donor base (~ 210K) and income (~ €35M).
- Experience working across a multi-channel (and preferably multi-market) fundraising program.
- Background in data-driven fundraising with proven knowledge of data segmentation and targeting of specific audiences.
- High standard of numeracy, budgeting, negotiation, communications and presentation skills
To apply for the post
If you have any questions about the role or organisation and would like an informal chat ahead of submitting a formal application, please reach out to Ruth Gardner at ruth@darylupsall.com. An applicant’s pack is available upon request.
The deadline for application is Sunday 15th June
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