Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO and executive leadership team on fundraising, communications, advocacy, and external engagement.
• Develop and implement a multi-year development and communications strategy aligned with organizational priorities and growth objectives.
• Represent HELP USA with donors, board members, public officials, corporate leaders, media, and community partners.
• Advance organizational visibility, reputation, and long-term sustainability.
• Lead all aspects of private fundraising, including major gifts, foundations, corporate partnerships, events, planned giving, and campaigns.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors and strategic funding partners.
• Partner with the CEO and Board to secure transformational philanthropic investments.
• Establish fundraising metrics, forecasting tools, and systems that support sustained revenue growth and donor engagement.
• Monitor fundraising performance, evaluate return on investment, and identify opportunities to strengthen donor acquisition, retention, and engagement.
• Oversee integrated communications, marketing, media relations, digital engagement, executive communications, and brand strategy.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in development, advancement, communications, external affairs, public affairs, marketing, or related functions within a nonprofit, housing, healthcare, higher education, public-sector, or similarly complex mission-driven organization.
• Demonstrated success leading comprehensive fundraising programs, including major gifts, individual giving, foundation relations, corporate partnerships, sponsorships, campaigns, planned giving, and special events, with a track record of securing significant philanthropic investments.
• Proven ability to serve as a strategic advisor to CEOs, executive leadership teams, and boards on fundraising, communications, brand management, stakeholder engagement, and organizational growth.
• Experience developing integrated fundraising and communications strategies that strengthen revenue generation, enhance organizational visibility, and advance mission impact.
• Significant expertise in communications and external affairs, including media relations, executive communications, marketing, digital engagement, and thought leadership initiatives.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage donors, foundations, corporations, government leaders, community partners, and other key constituencies.
• Success leading and developing high-performing teams, managing budgets and performance metrics, and building a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence, with the ability to represent an organization effectively across philanthropic, corporate, civic, governmental, and media environments.
• Experience within large, matrixed organizations and familiarity with the New York philanthropic and nonprofit landscape are highly desirable.

Preferred

• Education A bachelor’s degree is preferred, with an advanced degree in nonprofit management, business administration, communications, marketing, public policy, social work, or a related field considered advantageous.
• Professional certifications such as Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and other relevant continuing education credentials are welcomed but not required.