Director, Communications and Civic Information Structure

Responsibilities

• Community Infrastructure Strategy & Portfolio Leadership
• - Leads the development, implementation, and continuous refinement of The Endowment’s community infrastructure strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and goals.
• - Operationalizes The Endowment’s Learn → Build → Strengthen →Lead framework through strategic investments and initiatives.
• - Establishes strategic priorities, investment frameworks, portfolio goals, and performance measures that guide decision-making and resource allocation.
• - Applies systems thinking to identify opportunities, emerging trends, risks, and leverage points that strengthen community infrastructure and maximize collective impact.
• - Monitors portfolio performance, evaluates progress toward strategic outcomes, and recommends adjustments that improve effectiveness and long-term impact.
• - Oversees portfolio planning, budgeting, and resource allocation to ensure effective stewardship of investments and strategic priorities.
• - Serves as an internal thought leader by bringing community intelligence, field insights, and ecosystem perspectives into enterprise planning and decision-making.
• Strategic Investments & Infrastructure Development
• - Designs and leads grantmaking and investment strategies that strengthen the capacity, sustainability, and effectiveness of community-based organizations, coalitions, networks, and movement partners.

Requirements

• Ten (10) + years of progressively responsible experience in strategic communications, public policy, community development, civic engagement or related fields, preferably within philanthropy, nonprofit, or public sector organizations.
• Minimum five (5) years of staff management.
• A bachelor’s degree in communications, public policy, public administration or related field is equivalent to 4 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing campaigns that bridge policy, culture, and community engagement.
• Experience working in California’s health and/or social impact ecosystem.

Preferred

• Familiarity with health equity frameworks.

Benefits

• Shared medical and dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents
• 100% employer-paid benefits: vision, life and AD&D, STD, LTD and employee assistance program
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Reimbursement towards gym fees and/or wellness program and mental health care
• 9-80 schedule with synchronized off days
• Hybrid work schedule available for most positions
• 11 paid holidays + paid winter holiday closure
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• 401k plan with generous employer match and contributions
• Matching gifts program