Foundation Lead, Administration, Development & Ecosystem Partnerships

About us We're a newly established nonprofit foundation working at the intersection of genomics, global health and equity. Our mission is to ensure that the communities modern science has largely left out become part of, and genuinely benefit from, the biomedical research and AI that increasingly shapes their care. We do this through ethical, community-centred data governance and benefit-sharing, partnering with institutions, biobanks, funders and governments around the world. We are early, ambitious and building the foundations, literally and organisationally. This is a chance to shape a mission-driven organisation from close to the start. The role We're looking for one capable, versatile person to lead the Foundation's operations, fundraising and partner engagement. It's a broad, senior remit that spans three areas: Administration & operations Run the day-to-day administration of the Foundation: governance support, record-keeping, scheduling, documentation and coordination across a distributed effort Support compliance and nonprofit obligations (working with counsel and advisors; e.g. charitable-status processes, reporting) Keep the organisation's back office orderly, professional and audit-ready Fundraising & development Lead and coordinate fundraising: identifying and researching grant opportunities, philanthropic funders and mission-aligned institutions Draft and manage grant applications, proposals, concept notes and funder communications Build and maintain a development pipeline, and steward relationships with existing and prospective funders Partnership & ecosystem engagement Take a lead in identifying, engaging and coordinating partners across the ecosystem, research institutions, biobanks, data custodians, funders and public bodies Manage partner communications and help move conversations from first contact toward formal collaboration Represent the Foundation professionally and credibly in early-stage partner engagement You are A highly organised, self-directed operator who can hold many threads and bring order to an early-stage organisation An excellent writer, especially for grants, proposals and professional partner and funder communications Experienced in nonprofit administration and/or fundraising and development; you understand how grants and charitable organisations actually work Comfortable engaging senior, institutional stakeholders with credibility and discretion Genuinely motivated by the mission of equity in health and science Able to work independently across time zones and hold confidential and sensitive material appropriately Strongly preferred A track record in nonprofit or foundation operations, development, or institutional partnerships Grant-writing experience with a demonstrable success rate Exposure to global health, genomics, life sciences, research institutions or international development Experience helping stand up or scale an early-stage organisation Engagement [Full-time / part-time], [remote / based in X / remote with overlap to X time zone]. [Employment or contract]. Compensation: [range / "competitive, commensurate with experience" / "share your expectations"]. To apply Please share: (1) a short note on why this mission resonates with you; (2) relevant experience across the three areas, with particular emphasis on fundraising and partnerships; (3) one example of a grant, proposal or high-stakes professional communication you've written (a sample or a description); and (4) begin your reply with the word "steward" so we know you read this in full.