Senior Officer (d/f/m) Fundraising Development (Maternity Cover)

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

IRC (International Rescue Committee) Germany is looking for a

Senior Officer (d/f/m) Fundraising Development

(Maternity Cover)

***Berlin or Remote (within Germany) | Starting December 1st 2026

***in full-time/part-time (32–40 hours/week) | Initially limited to 7 months

ABOUT US

Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. In 2016, IRC Germany was founded and engages in global humanitarian work as well as throughout Germany in the areas of education, economic wellbeing, and safety, legal protection, and empowerment.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The role is situated within IRC's Mass Market Fundraising Team (MMDE), which is responsible for the acquisition, development and stewardship of individual donors in Germany, with the primary goal of maximizing the lifetime value of new and existing donors.

As Senior officer Fundraising development, you play a key role in planning and creating content and communications that inspire donations and promote an engaging donor experience. Your work focuses on strengthening donor engagement and increasing fundraising revenue. You will work across two connected pillars, namely content development and programme development, that together drive donor acquisition, retention and development for IRC Germany.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create engaging content for donor journeys and donor communications across digital acquisition, email, direct mail, and telemarketing to increase donations and donor engagement.

• Support colleagues in the private market with audience-specific content, such as face-to-face pitches and website copy.

• Work with colleagues in other national markets and the global support team to keep content aligned and share ideas.

• Test and improve content and formats on an ongoing basis to raise income and impact with different audiences.

• Analyse web and digital campaign performance across IRC Germany's fundraising efforts, and use the findings to guide content and testing decisions and give prospects and supporters a great digital experience.

• Take responsibility for how your activity performs against agreed KPIs and income targets, and make sure campaign reports capture learnings for future activity.

YOUR PROFILE

Essential:

• Relevant university degree or equivalent practical experience (at least 2-4 years) in donor and/or customer acquisition, retention, and content development, ideally in a non-profit or NGO context

• Proven ability using analytics and reporting to inform channel and content decisions and measure success against key KPIs, primarily ROI

• Experience creating and adapting fundraising content and messaging across formats and channels, including design tools such as Canva or Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Adobe Premiere

• Experience using Salesforce or an equivalent CRM

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in German (C1 level or above, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR), and fluent in English

• Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office (especially Excel)

Desirable:

• Experience working with agencies, external consultants, and vendors

• Experience and knowledge in applying AI tools to support fundraising activities, such as content creation, campaign optimization, or data analysis

Preferred:

• Experience working in a centralized or international organization, or in other cross-team and cross-country collaboration

WE OFFER

• Meaningful work within a collaborative team
• A starting salary of 51,428.58 Euro gross per year as well as an annual salary increase
• Attractive employee benefits such as gym membership, company pension scheme, shopping vouchers, childcare subsidy, job bike leasing, subsidized Deutschlandticket (national public transport), and access to timely and confidential psychological support if needed
• 30 days of annual leave and special leave days
• Flexible hybrid-work options (working hours, office/homebased)
• Training and professional development opportunities, including access to free language courses
• Assistance services for people with disabilities, if required.

We look forward to receiving your application (including CV and – if available – three references) via our application portal – even if you do not meet all the listed requirements.

Unfortunately, we are unable to consider applications submitted by email.

For questions regarding the position, please contact Burrhus Njanjo (HR.Deutschland@rescue.org).

As an organization committed to an empowering work environment, equal opportunities, and against any form of discrimination, we welcome applications from people regardless of their origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, age, or other characteristics protected by applicable law. We particularly encourage people with personal or family experience of flight and migration to apply.

With equal qualifications, we give preference to applications from people with severe disabilities. If you have any questions about accessible applications or inclusion, please feel free to contact our Inclusion Officer, Christine Mader (christine.mader@rescue.org).

To ensure equal opportunities, we kindly ask you to refrain from including photos in your application documents.

Please submit your application November 9, 2026.

All IRC workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. On this basis, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Please find more information on IRCDeutschland.org.

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Professional Standards: All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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