Development Communications Director (FA)

Development Communications Director (FA)
This position is meant for someone who enjoys being behind the scenes, thrives in finding the best way to help the team be even more effective, and uses influence to help them focus on key fundraising and communications priorities. It requires a systems thinker who is proactive and can work independently.

Ideal Candidate

Passion for issues related to foster care and vulnerable youth, whether through direct experience or knowledge of the challenges in the system and the children affected.

Exceptional writer and storyteller: asks questions and listens carefully to capture details and find the connections that others will care about, then uses strong writing skills to document these stories.

Natural builder: has gravitated toward roles that didn’t exist before, has a start‑up mentality, and creates things with minimal resources; constantly assessing how processes could be improved and actively working to share those ideas and implement improvements.

Experience with influencing people and project management; excels at upward management, understanding the universe in which their boss operates and keeping moving toward results.

Ownership mindset: sees it as their responsibility to help others be effective, using creative ideas, finding joy in routine tasks, and staying focused on the goal.

Organizational whiz: loves handling details and multiple projects running in parallel, methodically working through checklists and creating them as well; might color‑code calendar or create spreadsheets to plan.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the grants calendar, with key deadlines and actions.

Serve as project manager for each proposal and report, pulling in other team members at appropriate times in the process.

Craft grant proposals, letters of intent, and reports.

Prepare and customize written correspondence for prospects and funders, including predisposition letters, follow‑up materials, and thank‑you notes.

Create PowerPoint and other funder presentation materials.

Develop templates and write stories of our impact for use in development materials.

Own the fundraising process: manage funder prospects and progress to goals, maintain the complete list of funding prospects, secure updates from relationship managers, run regular sales team meetings, provide prospect research, predisposition, and visit preparation, ensure critical visit follow‑up occurs timely, attend some prospect visits to listen and support.

Strengthen systems around processing and acknowledging gifts, and long‑term stewardship of funder relationships.

Assist with memorable experiences/special events as needed.

Maintain and update donor database (in Salesforce) and establish related systems and processes.

Craft talking points for speeches, thought leadership, and other activities.

Regularly update Foster America’s website.

Provide other communications support as needed.

Position is full‑time and based in San Francisco.

Projected salary range $75,000‑90,000, depending on experience.

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