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Posted Date 6 days ago(8/23/2024 1:48 PM)

Job ID

2024-2477

# of Openings

1

Category

Philanthropy and Grantmaking

Type

Fiscal Sponsorship Organizations

Location : Name

Early Childhood Funders Collaborative

The Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC)(ecfunders.org) is dedicated to aligning and leveraging philanthropic, public, and private resources to promote federal, state, and local policies and practices that take a systemic, equity-focused approach to supporting young children, their families, and the early childhood community. The network of national, regional, and local funders supports the healthy development and learning of children prenatal to age eight and their families, particularly low income and at-risk children, in the context of their communities.

ECFC administers the Raising Child Care Fund, a fund that combines resources to re-grant to state-based grassroots organizing to advance more public investment and equity in childcare. ECFC is a fiscally sponsored program of TSNE (tsne.org).

ECFC seeks to engage our members, grow and diversify our revenue streams, and lift our voice on public policy issues relevant to our mission. To support these goals, ECFC seeks a Director of Communications to level up our communications strategy, messaging, coordination, and leadership. We have identified the following major strategic communications opportunities for a new Director to significantly advance ECFC’s impact:

1. Improving member communications to better inform and engage our membership and to enhance our offerings.
2. Lifting ECFC’s unique voice as a thought leader in the field to engage potential members and to shape the broader conversation.
3. Promoting our pooled funds and communicating their goals, learnings, and impact to current and new funders as well as the sector as a whole

The Director of Communications will lead ECFC’s newly centralized communication effort, building on audience analysis and core messaging work recently completed by a consulting team over the last year. As part of a fast-paced, nimble, and collaborative team, the Director will strategize, plan, develop, and coordinate implementation of all external communications across the organization, including significant support for the communications needs of both pooled funds. As the first communications professional on staff, this position will require both planning and execution, including direction of vendors and contractors as needed/available.

Essential Functions

• Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of ECFC’s communications plan, ensuring alignment with organizational strategic plan and priorities.
• Codify and institutionalize the “ECFC voice,” ensuring consistent messaging and language across all ECFC materials and channels.
• Select and manage consultants and vendors needed to support ECFC’s communications priorities.
• Manage ECFC’s online presence, including website, e-newsletters and LinkedIn presence, leveraging communications strategy to amplify ECFC’s work across platforms.
• Cultivate colleagues among the communications staff of ECFC members, philanthropy serving organizations, grantee partners, and others to promote partnerships that advance our common missions.
• Lead the editorial direction, design, production, and distribution of ECFC electronic and print communications from concept to completion, including but not limited to:
  • Fact sheets, case studies, e-newsletters, and annual report
  • Website content
  • Conference collateral (e.g., invitations, programs, PowerPoint presentations)
  • Social media content
• Support staff production of public-facing communications, such as presentations, reports, promotion of programs, and proposals.
  • Support leadership for executive communications (blog posts, talking points, etc.)
  • Provide expertise and insight to program staff tasked with member engagement through communications channels, including online programming.
  • Provide editorial input on major grant proposals/reports and other development communications to ensure consistent and compelling messaging.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate a media and public relations strategy for ECFC.
  • Serve as point person for ECFC’s media relations, develop press releases and pitches. Cultivate relationships with key media and reporters to position ECFC as a leading voice for philanthropy and equity in early childhood.
  • Support crafting and placement of select opinion pieces authored or co-authored by ECFC staff and/or our Steering Committee members, grantees and partners.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate communications strategies for ECFCs programs, in general and for specific programs as needed, with a special focus on two pooled funds (RCCF/REJF).
  • Serve as a thought partner on communications strategies for both pooled funds, positioning them as vital ECFC programs and independent opportunities for funder collaboration.
  • Manage development of fund-specific materials, including evergreen graphic-heavy educational materials, annual reports, fact sheets, etc.
  • Collaborate with RCCF/REJF teams, grantees, and external movement partners to highlight the work of grantees in our communications strategy and coordinate communication priorities and production.
• Other duties: All other duties as assigned.

We will consider exceptional candidates who demonstrate a strong combination of the specific qualifications and skills described below.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in marketing, communications, journalism, or a related field.
• At least 7 years proven experience in developing and implementing communications strategies that advance social sector missions.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in building the capacity of a small program team to communicate clearly and consistently about mission and impact.
• Experience conceptualizing, directing messaging and overseeing the production of compelling materials such as, but not limited to, outreach materials, annual reports, infographics, social media content, website content, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to translate the work of an organization into exciting and useful messages and disseminate to the most appropriate audiences (e.g., funders, partners, general public) through the most effective distribution channels.
• Exceptional written communication skills with adaptable style for different audiences (e.g., newsletters, social media, speechwriting) and a keen eye for proofreading and editing.
• Superb verbal and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to listen, engage, and persuade internal and external stakeholders at all levels from diverse backgrounds.
• Very comfortable with technology, including Microsoft Office, database, print/web publishing (WordPress preferred), and social media channels, especially LinkedIn.
• Demonstrated experience in selecting and managing outside vendors to produce high‐quality projects within time and budget constraints.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic media relations.
• Clear passion to drive change on crucial challenges and opportunities affecting the communities that philanthropy serves, comfortable and experienced working with diverse communities.
• Appetite for working in a fast‐paced, mission‐focused, environment of cross‐functional teams with shared leadership where everybody is both a leader and a do‐er.
• Experience telling stories related to the well-being of young children and their families preferred. Experience communicating about the role of philanthropic organizations is a plus.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those for this position. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. Work is performed in an office environment and in close proximity to other workers.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to:

• Handle, or feel objects, tools or controls;
• Reach; traverse; sit (usually for longer periods of time); occasionally ascend/descend; and position self (to) move;
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds;
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate;
• Job is not subject to significant occupational or environmental hazards;
• Likelihood of personal injury would be relatively slight;
• Environmental and work hazards are not present to a measurable degree.

Compensation and Benefits

Location: Work will be primarily performed remote within the United States. Travel is required 6-10 times per year.

Schedule: The schedule is full-time with most of the hours between 9 am – 5 pm East Coast times, with some flexibility. In particular, the schedule will include noon – 5 pm ET most days, to accommodate meetings that include participants in all U.S. time zones.

Compensation: The starting salary range for this position is $115,000 - $125,000/yr. and is commensurate with experience. The full salary range possible within the role is $115,000 - $135,000/yr., dependent on experience and performance.

Benefits: This position is eligible for a full benefits package including:

• Generous Paid-Time-Off (PTO): twelve paid holidays, three weeks of vacation, one week of personal holiday, and ability to accrue up to 487.5 hours of health leave time for benefited staff.
• 80% Employer-paid, offering some $0 deductible Health Insurance through Harvard Pilgrim along with several low-deductible plans;
• Low-cost Guardian Dental and Vision.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Health and Dependent Care.
• Employer-paid Life, Long- and Short-Term Disability Insurance.
• Employer-paid Pension and Employee-paid 403b plan through TIAA.
• ...and more!

TSNE/ECFC strives to achieve excellence through a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment that embraces all of our individual and collective differences. Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Middle Eastern and North African, Bilingual and/or Bicultural candidates, and LGBTQ2SIA+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We value and honor the unique talents, learning styles, and lived experiences of each individual that enrich and strengthen our workplace culture, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

All employment conditions are based on an individual’s performance and job qualifications. TSNE/ECFC prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, creed, color, religion, native language, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, race-based hairstyles, or any other protected characteristic stated by federal and state law. Regardless of any class’ protection under the law or lack thereof, TSNE/ECFC celebrates diversity and values the strengths that come with having a diverse team of employees. It is represented in our workplace culture, and it is who we are.

TSNE/ECFC's EEO statement extends to volunteers, interns, contractors, vendors, and clients.

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