Fundraising & Partnerships Manager (m/f/d)

The Position at a Glance

In order for Kopfsachen to continue to grow and reach more young people, we need reliable and diverse funding. In this role, you will ensure that we identify relevant funding opportunities early on, submit compelling applications, and make our impact visible to funding partners.
The focus of your work will be on grants and the search for new funding opportunities for Kopfsachen. At the same time, you will work closely with our locations as well as the Impact and Communications teams. The focus of your work will be on grants and the search for new funding opportunities for Kopfsachen. At the same time, you will work closely with our locations as well as the Impact and Communications teams. 

• Work Location: Berlin 
• Working Hours: 80% / 32 hours
• Start Date: 01.11.2026
• Contract Duration: Initially for one year

We are looking for a proactive, structured, and communicative personality with initial practical experience or exposure in fundraising and especially with grant applications. You don't have to be a fundraising expert yet: what's important to us is that you are eager to quickly familiarize yourself with the grant landscape, take responsibility, and develop professionally.
Your Mission

As a Fundraising & Partnerships Manager, you will significantly contribute to securing and further developing the long-term financing of our work. You will research suitable funding opportunities, develop compelling applications and reports, and actively seek out new fundraising chances. You won't wait for opportunities to come to us, but will enjoy opening up new contacts, programs, and networks. At the same time, you will ensure that our locations are well-supported in financing matters and that our funding partners can understand the impact their support enables.

Your Tasks

• You will research relevant grant programs, calls for proposals, and potential funding partners, and actively identify new financing opportunities for Kopfsachen.
• You will develop and write compelling grant applications and be responsible for the associated grant reports.
• You will keep track of ongoing applications, deadlines, and requirements, ensuring reliable and structured support for interfaces. 
• Together with the fundraising team, you will further develop new approaches for our financing and introduce structures and processes that make our fundraising work more efficient.
• You will be the point of contact for our location managers regarding questions about financing, funding opportunities, and partnerships, and will support them with regional grant applications.
• You will ensure good communication between fundraising and our locations, and develop helpful structures, templates, and resources for collaboration.
• You will contribute to our impact and annual reports, and prepare scientific findings, key figures, and impact data in an understandable way for our funding partners.
• To this end, you will work closely with the Impact and Communications teams and ensure that relevant information for reports is well consolidated.

Your Profile

• You have gained initial practical experience or exposure to fundraising, grant applications, project financing, or similar topics. 
• Ideally, you are already familiar with the grant landscape in Germany and have an initial understanding of what makes good grant applications and reports. 
• You can quickly familiarize yourself with new topics and take responsibility for your tasks.
• Even as a career changer, you are very welcome here if you bring relevant experience from areas such as project management, communication, non-profit work, science, or public funding. 
• You work independently, in a structured and reliable manner, and can keep an overview even with multiple parallel projects and deadlines.
• You enjoy writing and can convey complex content clearly, understandably, and in a target-group-oriented manner.
• You are proactive, approach people openly, and enjoy developing new contacts and financing opportunities.
• You enjoy working with different teams and communicate confidently with internal and external contacts.
• You have very good German language skills in speaking and writing (C2).
• You are motivated to help shape our mission and, through your work, to enable concrete impact for the mental health of young people.

Our Offer

• A meaningful mission: You will work on a task that truly makes a difference in the lives of young people.
• Scope for design: With us, you can contribute your ideas, try them out, and implement them directly.
• Flexible working hours & hybrid work model: Work where and how you can be most effective – at the Impact Hub Berlin or from home.
• Innovative environment: Be part of an agile social start-up with plenty of room for creativity and personal responsibility.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration: Learn from experts in psychology, education, fundraising, and communication across multiple locations.
• Support & feedback: You will receive close supervision, regular feedback, and opportunities for professional and personal development.

We explicitly encourage all qualified individuals to apply – especially people with a history of migration, BIPoC, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, and people with disabilities. We also welcome your application if you do not meet 100% of all requirements.

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