Summary
National Jewish Health is seeking a National Director, Development Communications to lead our dynamic, mission‑driven Development Communications Team. National Jewish Health is known worldwide for treatment of patients with respiratory, cardiac, immune and related disorders, and for groundbreaking medical research. Founded in 1899 as a nonprofit hospital, we remain the only facility in the world dedicated exclusively to these disorders.
If you’re a talented leader who can inspire teams and create compelling content for a diverse audience, we need you on our team. You will oversee staff writers and collaborate across the institution to develop a wide range of projects, including special event scripts and publicity, newsletter articles, donor communications, social media posts, proposals seeking support for critical research programs, and more.
Position Summary
Responsible for forming and implementing the Development department’s national communication strategies that reflect National Jewish Health’s strategic plans, institutional priorities, audience affinities and brand identities across the United States. Enhance the Development department’s visibility and reputation nationwide by utilizing all media channels.
Essential Duties
- Manages and develops an effective staff: provides communication, leadership, guidance, and resources; determines staff qualifications and competency; recruits, interviews, selects, hires, trains, 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; work with teams to develop implementation plans and provide evaluation, adjusting course as needed.
- Develop all collateral support for the strategic initiatives of the Development program.
- Serve as the Development Department’s national brand leader, ensuring that the department’s communications align with institutional brand strategy and standards across the country.
- Oversee the development and production of donor/disease‑specific proposals and reports; maintain materials essential to creating these documents; oversee writing and reviewing grant proposals.
- Oversee collateral production, including letters, speeches, proposals and reports for the President and CEO, Board of Directors, faculty and staff representatives.
- Create strategy for and oversee production of Development social media and website content.
- Collaborate with Public Affairs and Marketing Departments to share information, prevent duplication of effort, and help brand National Jewish Health with strong institutionally approved messages.
Competencies
- Accountability: Accepts responsibility, displays honesty, confronts problems quickly, demonstrates commitment to organizational success.
- Attention to Detail: Considers all aspects of tasks, sets high standards, and maintains self‑imposed excellence.
- Building Strategic Relationships: Identifies and acts to build relationships across departments to achieve business goals.
- Collaboration/Teamwork: Works cooperatively to achieve shared goals, treats others with dignity and respect.
- Creativity and Innovation: Applies creative problem‑solving skills, takes smart risks, develops multiple alternatives, and effectively implements ideas.
- Informing and Communicating: Clearly conveys information through a variety of media to engage audiences.
- Managing Work and Time/Project Management: Manages time and resources efficiently, creates and executes project timelines, evaluates approaches, and adjusts when needed.
- Problem Solving: Uses data, pattern recognition and information gathering to analyze and recommend solutions.
Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility
Manages one to three employees.
Travel
Minimal travel may be required.
Core Values
- Be available to work as scheduled and report to work on time.
- Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
- Be well groomed, appropriately for your role, and wear ID Badge visibly.
- Be in compliance with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and complete NetLearning by due date annually.
- Promote a workplace culture based on mutual respect and merit, where all individuals are treated fairly and provided with equal opportunity to contribute to the mission and goals of the institution.
- Adhere to safe working practices and follow all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures at all times.
- Wear appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate compliance with all state, federal and other regulatory agency requirements.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: Master’s Degree in journalism or related field required.
- Work Experience: Minimum of seven (7) years of recent and related professional writing experience, including three (3) years of management experience. Portfolio must include published materials reflecting experience in one or more of the following areas: public relations, medical reporting, fundraising, grant writing, marketing or persuasive writing.
- Special Training, Certification or Licensure: None.
Salary Range
$110,000 - $135,000
Benefits
At National Jewish Health, we recognize that our outstanding faculty and staff are the essence of our organization. We have designed a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and their families.
- 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 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.
- Exclusive Discounts: Savings on local services, insurance, and RTD bus passes.