National Director, Development Communications

Denver, CO (On-site)

$110K/yr – $135K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 3 months ago

Job Summary

Own the national development communications agenda, shaping strategy and execution across donor communications, collateral, brand alignment, and grant/proposal production, while coordinating with Public Affairs and Marketing to amplify the national fundraising program.

  • Strategic Development Communications: lead plans for major gifts, campaigns, events, annual giving, and planned giving with cross-team implementation and evaluation.
  • Brand and collateral: steward national Development communications, grant writing, donor proposals, speeches, reports, and social media/website content.
  • Cross-functional leadership: align with Public Affairs/Marketing to ensure consistent messaging and scalable programs across the organization.

Job Description

  • Manages and develops an effective staff: providing effective communication, leadership, guidance and resources. Determines staff qualifications and competency: recruits, interviews, selects, hires, trains, orients, mentors, evaluates, coaches, counsels, disciplines, and rewards. Establishes and monitors staff safety and regulatory compliance.
  • Create strategic communication objectives focused on goals of major gifts, campaign, events, annual fund and planned giving areas and work with teams to develop plans to implement programs that support these goals. Functions hand-on for implementation of programs and provides evaluation, including changing course as needed.
  • Development of all collateral support for the strategic initiatives of the Development program.
  • Serves as the Development Department’s national brand leader, ensuring that the Development department’s communications are in line with institutional brand strategy and standards across the country.
  • Oversees the development and production of donor/disease specific proposals and reports as required, as well as responsible for the maintenance of materials essential to creating said documents. Also oversees the development and production of writing and reviewing grant proposals.
  • Oversees the production of collateral including but not limited to letters, speeches, proposals and reports for the President and CEO, Board of Directors, faculty and staff representatives.
  • Creates strategy for and oversees the production of Development Social Media and Website content.
  • Collaborates with Public Affairs and Marketing Departments to share information, prevent duplication of effort and to help brand National Jewish Health with strong institutionally approved messages.
  • Education: Master’s Degree in journalism or other related field required.
  • Work Experience: A minimum of seven (7) years of recent and related experience as professional writer required, including three (3) years management experience. Portfolio must include published materials reflecting experience in one (1) or more of the following areas: public relations, medical reporting, fund-raising, grant writing, marketing or persuasive writing.
  • Special Training, Certification or Licensure: None
    • Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Multiple Cigna health plans for Colorado, regional office and remote employees. Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) available to pair with some plans.
    • Paid Time Off: Generous PTO accruals to use for vacation and sick days, and six paid holidays, all compliant with Colorado state sick leave regulations.
    • Dental & Vision Plans: Coverage effective the first of the month after hire.
    • Retirement Savings: 403(b) plan with employer contributions after two years.
    • Wellness Incentives: Earn up to $200 annually for preventive health activities.
    • Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,250 annually for full-time and other employees.
    • Child Care Assistance: Childcare Flex Spending Account (FSA) with annual employer contribution.
    • Loan Forgiveness: Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer.
    • Disability & Life Insurance: Employer-paid plans and optional buy-up choices.
    • Voluntary Benefits: Full suite of coverage options such as Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Plan
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    For more than 125 years, National Jewish Health has been at the forefront of research and medicine. We integrate the latest scientific discoveries with coordinated care for pulmonary, cardiac, immune and related conditions. National Jewish Health physicians and researchers are at the forefront of a new era in health care that embraces a personalized, preventive approach to medicine.We understand that each person is unique, and their variations in diet, environment, personal habits and DNA all influence their individual health. That is why two different people are exposed to certain conditions and only one gets sick and why certain treatments may work for one person and not for another. With a focus on personalized medicine, our researchers are looking at environment-gene interaction and making strides in predicting, preventing, treating and tracking many diseases. This proactive approach to medicine means that if you have a disease, or the probability of getting a disease, it may be detected sooner so that you may live longer, healthier and with a better quality of life. Our research is truly transforming the lives of millions. By using an individual's DNA to predict and prevent disease, to guide the right choice of therapy to limit side effects and bring higher success rates for treatments and to be able to track the effects of these therapies, National Jewish Health is working to improve health care for the future.

    Denver, Colorado, USA
    1.6K employees

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    National Director, Development Communications

    National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · On-site