Senior Director of Development (Remote)
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is proud to partner with the Aspen Leadership Group in the search for the newly established role of Senior Director of Development.
As a key member of the Chief Revenue Officer's team, with a close working and mentoring relationship with the CEO, the Senior Director of Development will advance The Chronicle of Philanthropy's partnerships with grant makers and other donors during a time of transformational opportunity as The Chronicle in 2023 becomes an independent nonprofit, spun out from its for-profit parent corporation, The Chronicle of Higher Education. This position will allow a talented fundraiser an opportunity to build the The Chronicle's capacity for raising private funds-and tap philanthropy's growing interest in funding nonprofit news outlets.
The Senior Director will be a key player as The Chronicle of Philanthropy, which has operated for nearly 35 years, expands its mission. The Senior Director will work to build out a transition fund from $6 million already raised to $12 million, and to build an innovation fund of at least $2.5 million so that The Chronicle can constantly work to improve its products and services. This is a fully remote position. The Senior Director of Development should expect to travel to Washington, DC and nationwide as needed.
The Chronicle's expanded mission, unveiled in May, is two-fold: It aims to improve its service to the nonprofit world with more information services and insights for people who work at nonprofits and foundations and to ensure that philanthropy gets more attention from journalists. The Chronicle's ultimate goal is ensuring that journalism and the social sector are better able to strengthen democracy.
Within five years, The Chronicle of Philanthropy plans to double in revenue and expand its audience to 35,000 print and digital subscribers to its flagship offerings, along with a range of new journalism and information services. The Chronicle also anticipates doubling unique visitors to its website, which now number 175,000 a month. This will cement its place as the most trusted and widely used source of critical news and views on the philanthropic sector and it will create an impact multiplier beyond subscriptions. As part of this growth plan, The Chronicle will do more to lift diverse voices and stories of local nonprofits and philanthropy, and deepen its explanatory journalism, including examining the results of big gifts and grants over the long term. It is engaging diverse, smart voices in opinion and debate from across the ideological spectrum to build a pluralistic commons for people across the nonprofit world.
The Senior Director will work with the organization's top leaders to build partnerships with a broad swath of donors and foundations, including those that are led by women, people of color, and guided by diverse ideological viewpoints. The Senior Director will also clearly communicate policies related to journalistic integrity to all funders, carefully disclose any potential conflicts of interest, and steadfastly maintain a firewall between funders and editorial staff.
The salary range for this position is $150,000 to $175,000 annually.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy seeks a Senior Director of Development with a commitment to ensuring that journalism and the social sector are better able to strengthen democracy-a strategic and collegial leader with an ability to build strong relationships with philanthropic funders who can support The Chronicle's efforts; an ability to create and nurture relationships with diverse funders (from progressive to conservative), creatively identifying areas of mutual strategic interest, and seamlessly collaborating across organizational lines to conceive proposals that support The Chronicle's product and service innovation; and an entrepreneurial, adaptable, responsive, and diplomatic leadership approach. A bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required for this position as is at least ten years of experience in nonprofit, philanthropy, marketing, or journalism management.