Job Opening New Jersey Community Capital Director of Resource Development To Apply Interested individuals should email a thoughtful cover letter and resume to rdhr@njclf.com. Please include "Director of Resource Development - Your Name" in the email's subject line. NJCC will accept applications until the position is filled. JOB DESCRIPTION Director of Resource Development About New Jersey Community Capital New Jersey Community Capital (NJCC) is a 25-year-old nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI) certified by the U.S. Treasury Department. Each year, NJCC provides millions of dollars in capital and technical assistance to support the revitalization of underserved communities across the state. These efforts create high-quality housing, early care, education, and employment opportunities for thousands of low-income people. In recent years, NJCC also has emerged as a leader in developing innovative strategies to address the foreclosure crisis and to rebuild New Jersey neighborhoods in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. For more information, visit www.newjerseycommunitycapital.org. The Position of Director of Resource Development NJCC seeks a creative and dynamic individual for the position of Director of Resource Development. This Senior Management position reports directly to the President and Chief Operating Officer, and is responsible for the following five areas, all critical to the success of NJCC's mission: 1. Provide strong leadership as the leader of a 5-person Resource Development Department that coordinates NJCC's communications strategies and responses to all external stakeholders and events; 2. Manage the department's role in coordinating and nurturing relations with all existing and future grantors and investors; 3. Serve as NJCC's project manager for all critical organization-wide initiatives, while providing strategic advice to the President and fellow Senior Staff colleagues, in order to ensure that NJCC remains the preeminent provider of community capital and technical support for at-risk communities throughout the state. 4. Monitor the federal, state, and local policy environment and the community development field, in order to help NJCC develop innovative approaches to strengthening at-risk communities; 5. Oversee NJCC's ground-breaking impact assessment and reporting systems; Responsibilities Managing the Resource Development Department - Oversee a 5-person team that coordinates all necessary responses to external stakeholders and events.
- Creatively manage and prioritize competing demands while coordinating multiple work activities in a fast-paced team environment, while being responsible for ensuring the department's ability to meet critical deadlines with flexibility, resourcefulness, and efficiency.
- Develop a comprehensive and strategic communications and marketing plan that defines objectives; targets audiences; and creatively identifies key messaging and tactics, in order to support NJCC's programmatic, funding, and policy goals.
- Provide leadership and oversight on the writing, editing, and translation of NJCC's work into user-friendly formats for its website, publications, and press materials.
- Assess the department and help implement changes to improve its effectiveness.
- Lead the department's efforts at enhancing NJCC's website and social media presence.
Nurturing Relations with Existing and Future Grantors and Investors - Develop, implement, and maintain all aspects of NJCC's fundraising efforts to secure donations and investments for operations and lending capital.
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with donors and investors, including foundations, banks, businesses, religious organizations, governmental agencies, and individuals.
- Coordinate, prepare and submit grant and investment proposals.
- Secure government and nonprofit funding, including CDFI Fund Financial Assistance, New Markets Tax Credit, and NeighborWorks America awards, and collaborate with the Chief Financial Officer to ensure successful management of such funds.
- Create and update NJCC's investor documents, including its prospectus and renewal forms.
- Oversee the planning and executing of fundraising and community events.
- Manage NJCC's assessments by outside rating agencies.
Providing Project Management and Strategic Guidance to All of NJCC's Departments - Help coordinate all strategic and organizational planning as a valuable member of NJCC's Senior Management team.
- Creatively serve as the project manager for department- and NJCC-wide initiatives, such as crucial large-scale grant and investment applications
Helping NJCC Shape the Policy Environment and CDFI Field - Partner with other community development organizations and CDFIs to shape the policy environment and CDFI field, in order to better represent the needs of at-risk communities.
- Coordinate NJCC's responses to new legislative initiatives, such as strengthening Abandoned Property initiatives at the municipal level.
- Coordinate with all other departments and fellow Senior Managers to identify trends, new sectors, and innovative program ideas.
Overseeing NJCC's Impact Assessment and Reporting - Guide the efforts of a full-time Impact Assessment Coordinator. NJCC's Strategic Plan calls for the organization to become a leader among CDFIs in assessing the impact of its work.
- Ensure the effective evaluation and dissemination of data about the critical impact of NJCC's lending and other community revitalization strategies.
- Lead the organization in ensuring that all NJCC reporting is submitted in a timely fashion.
Qualifications - Advance degree preferred, along with 5+ years of related professional experience.
- Management experience, with examples of strong leadership and project management skills.
- Demonstrated experience in community/economic development, financial services, financial management or related field required, with experience working in a nonprofit environment preferred.
- Knowledge of CDFI Fund and other federally sourced grants and awards as well as knowledge of foundation and corporate grant makers a definite plus.
- A passion to improve the life chances of residents of New Jersey's at-risk communities.
- Outstanding communications skills.
- The ability to be a proactive self-starter; fast learner; and leader while managing effectively in a collaborative work environment.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement long-term marketing and fundraising strategies, including experience cultivating and soliciting foundations, individual, and corporate donors in support of program and operational activities.
- Experience overseeing and editing grant writing by other staff or outside consultants.
- Knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) is required. Experience using customer relationship management (CRM) systems; online content management software (CMS); PolicyMap or other GIS software; Adobe Creative Suite (particularly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop); and fundraising software is a definite plus.
Compensation NJCC offers a competitive nonprofit salary based on experience and skills, as well as an attractive benefits package including health, dental, disability and life insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, and transportation); and 23 vacation days plus 12 paid holidays. NJCC's main office is located at 108 Church St. in New Brunswick, NJ, in a recently-renovated office only two blocks from the train station. To Apply Interested individuals should email a thoughtful cover letter and resume to rdhr@njclf.com. Please include "Director of Resource Development - Your Name" in the email's subject line. NJCC will accept applications until the position is filled. |
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