Remote – North America, UK, or EU

About Us  

Textile Exchange is a global non-profit driving beneficial impact on climate change across the fashion and textile industry. It guides a growing community of brands, manufacturers, and farmers towards more purposeful production from the very start of the supply chain. 

By 2030, its goal is to guide the industry to achieve a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within fiber and raw material production. Its focus is holistic and interconnected, accelerating the adoption of practices that improve the state of our water, soil health, and biodiversity.   

At Textile Exchange, materials matter. To learn more, visit TextileExchange.org. 

Position Summary 

The Development Lead is a dynamic, creative, and organized individual who can help a mission-driven nonprofit thrive and grow and who is passionate about sustainability in the fashion, apparel and textile industry. This role will lead the design and implementation of Textile Exchange’s fundraising strategy to support its Climate and Nature Impact activities, while also contributing to the development of broader organizational funding mechanisms. This position will build and develop prospect and donor relations and articulate Textile Exchange’s programs and value to prospective and current donors in a compelling and strategic manner; will maintain a diversified donor portfolio; and will be responsible for achieving annual revenue targets. This position reports to the Chief Impact Officer (CIO). 

Key Responsibilities 

Fundraising Strategy: 

• In partnership with CIO, design and execute a comprehensive fundraising strategy for the Climate and Nature Impact work. Primary fundraising mechanisms: 
• Philanthropic Grants from government or foundations with endowments 
• Philanthropic Gifts/Donations from foundations with endowments, or individuals 
• Corporate Sponsorships  
• In partnership with CIO, CEO, and Senior Leadership Team, explore opportunities to partner with existing grant funding mechanisms to fill current gaps in funding opportunities for tier 4 production systems. Manage external partners to inform fundraising strategy. 
• In partnership with CIO, CEO, and Senior Leadership Team, contribute to the development of a longer-term strategy for a Fund to support collective action and address barriers at tier 4, ensuring alignment with Textile Exchange’s 5-year strategy, engagement model, and theory of change.  

Fundraising & Donor Engagement (in collaboration with the Engagement & Partnerships department where appropriate): 

• Cultivate and steward relationships with a portfolio of mission-aligned donors, foundations, and corporate partners. 
• Partner with the CEO, Chief Impact Officer, and senior leaders internally and externally to grow and diversify the organization’s philanthropic funding base. 
• Track grant cycles, deadlines, and deliverables using CRM (Salesforce) and project management tools. 
• Manage stewardship activities, donor briefings, and engagement events. 

Proposal Development & Reporting: 

• Prepare compelling grant proposals, donor materials, and impact reports, tailored to diverse funder audiences. 
• Collaborate with program teams to gather relevant data, outcomes, and stories for fundraising materials. 
• Draft, edit, and submit letters of inquiry, grant applications, and donor reports. 
• Monitor and evaluate progress against grant deliverables and impact metrics, ensuring transparency and accountability to funders. 

Organizational Leadership & Collaboration: 

• Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that supports innovation, accountability, and professional growth. 
• Contribute to organizational vision and decision-making, providing fundraising perspectives to inform strategic planning. 
• Support the CIO in Board engagement and fundraising initiatives. 
• Promote alignment and integration with other departments. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• 5-7 years of experience in fundraising, donor relations, or philanthropy—preferably in a global nonprofit or sustainability-focused organization. 
• Proven track record of securing major gifts, grants, or strategic partnerships with philanthropic stakeholders. Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to cultivate relationships with donors. 
• Strong presentation, storytelling, and public speaking skills. 
• Strong project management skills, with a keen eye for detail and deadlines. 
• Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills in English. 
• Experience working with donor databases and CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot.) 
• Passionate about Textile Exchange’s mission and deeply committed to advancing climate, nature, and livelihoods outcomes. 
• Committed to equity, inclusion, and shared leadership, with a proven ability to work across diverse communities and global contexts. 

Employment Package

• Full-Time Position, 40 Hours a Week
• Location: Remote – North America, UK, or EU
• Required travel: Up to 30%
• Annual Salary Range: $115,000 – $150,000 USD

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Reports to: Chief Standards and Strategy Officer 

Direct reports: 3 

Remote – North America, UK, or EU

About Us  

Textile Exchange is a global non-profit driving positive impact on climate change across the fashion and textile industry. It guides a growing community of brands, manufacturers, and farmers towards more purposeful production from the very start of the supply chain.
By 2030, its goal is to guide the industry to achieve a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within fiber and raw material production. 

Its focus is holistic and interconnected, accelerating the adoption of practices that improve the state of our water, soil health, and biodiversity too. For real change to happen, everyone needs a clear path to positive impact. That’s why Textile Exchange believes that approachable, step-by-step instruction paired with collective action can change the system to make preferred materials and fibers an accessible default, mobilizing leaders through attainable strategies, proven solutions, and a driven community.
 

At Textile Exchange, materials matter. To learn more, visit TextileExchange.org.
 

Working at Textile Exchange  

We work remotely with a team located in 20+ countries. We are a diverse group committed to harnessing the strengths of the global textile industry to accelerate change toward climate and other key environmental goals. We work collaboratively on important environmental issues around the world by working and interacting with farming groups, processors, brands, retailers, and environmental experts in the textile and fashion industries around the world. We offer an opportunity to join a cutting-edge global environmental nonprofit and to help strengthen the impact of our organization.  

Position Summary

The Assurance and Traceability, Senior Director will have accountability for two pillars of the Textile Exchange standards system: our assurance system and digital tools. The Sr Director will shape the future of these pillars of the standards system through their knowledge and leadership. They will lead teams responsible for certification body oversight, monitoring, data collection and management, and digital tool/platform development. This leadership role will offer an opportunity to continue improving one of the industry’s largest sustainability standards systems during a pivotal transition to a new standard: the Materials Matter Standard. The role demands a forward-thinker with the right knowledge and experience to navigate multiple outcomes amidst changes being implemented across a range of contexts. Successful candidates have robust knowledge of certification systems, especially those that include third-party certification, traceability, and advanced digital platforms. They will have robust knowledge of assurance models with a knack for communicating to various audiences with confidence.

Key Responsibilities

· Accountable for robust assurance and traceability as part of an integrated standards system that is credible, scalable, and future-ready.

· Accountable for digital tools and systems that effectively advance the standards system by supporting transparency, regulatory alignment, market confidence, and measurable impact across complex global supply chains.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

· Own the ongoing evolution of assurance and traceability within the standards system, ensuring that policies, processes, data, and governance function together in an integrated way.

· Oversee the Assurance team, responsible for certification body management, monitoring and assessment, and all other certification activities.

· Oversee the Traceability and Supply Chain Data teams, responsible for development and management of digital tools supporting Textile Exchange standards.

· Proactively evolve the relevant models and systems to strengthen the integrity of the standards system, balancing credibility, usability, cost, and innovation amid regulatory change, technological advancement, and shifting market expectations, ensuring long-term strategic success.

· Develop strategies to strengthen proactive monitoring and response to complaints or inquiries related to certification body performance or user conformity across the system

· In partnership with the standards leadership team, define and advance Textile Exchange’s strategic approach to traceability, including interoperability, scalability, and alignment with emerging regulatory and market expectations.

· Ensure appropriate risk management within certification activities, including appropriate organizational transparency, responsiveness, and confidence.

· Guide prioritization decisions where trade-offs exist between rigor, scalability, cost, and adoption.

· Represent Textile Exchange externally as a thought leader on assurance and traceability, with certification bodies, the ISEAL community, peer standards bodies, users, and strategic partners.

Minimum Qualifications

· 10+ years of experience in sustainability related standards and certification schemes

· Deep knowledge of a range of assurance models, with experience navigating implementation across diverse contexts

· Deep knowledge of traceability and information management systems

· Experience in strategy development and ownership of system-level outcomes

· Commitment to contributing to a positive organizational culture

· Strong communication skills, including comfort navigating between technical and high-level audiences

· Experience engaging in cross-initiative alignment efforts, including across regulatory and voluntary contexts

· Experience leading complex systems through significant growth and dynamic contexts

· Experience in risk and performance management within the context of certification

· Experience with chain of custody and traceability models

· Experience with data modeling and data management systems

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience with an ISEAL member initiative

· Experience managing remote, international teams

· Experience within the apparel, textile, or agriculture sectors

Employment Package 

·  Full-Time Position, 40 Hours a Week

·  Required travel: Up to 35%

·  Annual Salary Range: $160,000 – $200,000 USD

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Reports to: Senior Director, Materials Engagement & Partnerships 

Direct Reports: 3

Remote – North America, UK, or EU

About Us  

Textile Exchange is a global non-profit driving beneficial impact on climate change across the fashion and textile industry. It guides a growing community of brands, manufacturers, and farmers towards more purposeful production from the very start of the supply chain. 
By 2030, its goal is to guide the industry to achieve a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within fiber and raw material production. Its focus is holistic and interconnected, accelerating the adoption of practices that improve the state of our water, soil health, and biodiversity.   

At Textile Exchange, materials matter. To learn more, visit TextileExchange.org. 

Working at Textile Exchange  

We work remotely with a team located in 20+ countries. We are a diverse group committed to harnessing the strengths of the global textile industry to accelerate change toward climate and other key environmental goals. We work collaboratively on important environmental issues around the world by working and interacting with farming groups, processors, brands, retailers, and environmental experts in the textile and fashion industries around the world. We offer an opportunity to join a cutting-edge global environmental nonprofit and to help strengthen the impact of our organization.  

Position Summary 

This maternity cover role is responsible for maintaining momentum across Textile Exchange’s cotton and crops work, with a strong focus on engagement with production-level schemes, initiatives, and programs. During a period of organizational transition relating to Textile Exchange’s standards system and membership structure, this role will play a critical role in maintaining trusted stakeholder relationships, ensuring continuity of engagement, and supporting clear, consistent communication across the cotton sector. 

Acting as the Cotton and Crops Lead during the cover period, you oversee day-to-day engagement with key cotton stakeholders, support collaboration across the cotton sector, and guide the implementation of existing strategies and workplans against organizational objectives to increase the availability and uptake of fibers from preferred production systems. This includes working closely with production-level schemes and initiatives to support positive climate and nature outcomes at farm and landscale level. 

The role is not expected to design new strategic direction during the cover period, but to ensure effective delivery, continuity, and stakeholder confidence while existing strategies and transitions are implemented. 

The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of cotton production and cotton supply systems. Ideally, they have spent time on farms and understand the complexities of translating principles into reality on-the-ground. They share our organizational commitment to collaboration across the different cotton stakeholders and driving the sector towards beneficial climate and nature outcomes at scale. They have strong stakeholder engagement skills, excel at delivering against objectives in a collaborative context, and have a great track record at managing a team.

Key Responsibilities

· Drive continuity and progress in cotton stakeholder engagement: Maintain and strengthen relationships with priority cotton schemes, initiatives, and stakeholders. Ensure engagement efforts remain aligned with organizational priorities and deliver tangible progress during the cover period.

· Deliver strategic partnerships: Work cross-functionally to progress existing and emerging strategic partnerships with cotton schemes and initiatives.

· Provide leadership for the Cotton team: Create a stable and supportive team environment that enables delivery throughout the cover period.

· Represent the organization externally with confidence and credibility: Act as the primary external representative for cotton during the maternity cover period, including at priority industry events.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

· Lead stakeholder engagement with cotton schemes, initiatives, and other key stakeholders to maintain strong, trusted relationships and support adoption of cotton from preferred production systems during a period of organizational transition.

· Work closely with the Materials Engagement Senior Director and Standards System teams to steward strategic partnerships with cotton schemes and initiatives to drive collaborative impact, in line with organizational priorities.

· Represent the organization at key external events during the cover period, including the Organic Cotton Summit, actively contributing to sessions, delivering presentations as required, and engaging with external stakeholders.

· Provide day-to-day leadership and support to the Cotton team, enabling effective delivery of the agreed engagement strategy, ensuring effective implementation, and enabling them to meet both individual objectives and collective stakeholder engagement goals.

· Chair the Cotton Advisory Group, ensuring effective governance, constructive dialogue, and gathering feedback and clear outputs that inform organizational decision-making and sector engagement.

· Collaborate with cotton schemes and initiatives to advance progress on regenerative outcomes, impact monitoring, traceability and other identified priorities that help advance beneficial outcomes in cotton production.

· Work in close partnership with regional engagement managers to deliver on regional engagement strategies with schemes and initiatives, and ensure they remain aligned with global priorities.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

· Support the execution of Cotton Round Tables, working groups, and all related programs by contributing to content, material expertise, and agenda planning.

· Support organizational and industry thought leadership, and practices that drive continuous improvement towards beneficial climate and nature outcomes and impacts in cotton farming.

· Work across organizational programs and teams to ensure that appropriate internal and external feedback loops are developed and maintained between stakeholders and our core activities.

· Identify and oversee the intersection and strategic relationshisp to influence other fiber crop systems (e.g., hemp, flax, crops related to biosynthetics).

Minimum Qualifications

· 5+ years experience working in a senior capacity in sustainability, cotton farming, agriculture, or relevant areas.

· Understanding of key cotton production and sourcing regions and key programs, initiatives, and schemes.

· Experience leading teams.

· Strong writing and facilitation skills.

· Strategic thinker able to implement strategic plans.

· Content expert with strong industry knowledge and network.

· Experienced with hosting multi-stakeholder meetings and stakeholder engagement.

· Strong stakeholder management and engagement experience and skill sets.

· Advanced project management skills.

· Knowledgeable of sustainable sourcing and production practices in the fashion and textile industry.

· Excellent time and communication skills.

· Ability to handle multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining excellent attention to detail.

· Ability to think outside the box to creatively problem solve within an ambitious and dynamic context.

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience with standards and certification schemes.

· Public speaking skills.

· Flexibility for travel and on the ground field trips and site visits.

Employment Package 

·  Full-Time Position, 40 Hours a Week

·  Required travel: Up to 30%

·  Annual Salary Range: $115,000 – $150,000 USD

Apply here

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