Member Recruitment, Marketing and Communications Director

Organization Overview:

Confluence Philanthropy is a non-profit, membership-based network of over 260 foundations, high net wealth families and their financial advisors who are working together to transform the practice of investing. Our mission is to transform the practice of investing by aligning capital with our community’s values of sustainability, equity and justice.  We support and catalyze a membership network of private, public and community foundations; family offices; individual donors; and their values-aligned investment advisors representing more than $96 billion in philanthropic assets under management, and over $3.5 trillion in managed capital. Based in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Canada, our members collectively invest around the world. Our annual operating budget is approximately  $2.5 mm.

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Position Overview:

Are you passionate about building relationships? Do you have a knack for creating strong partnerships and inspiring communications campaigns? If so, this position could be right for you. As our Member Recruitment, Marketing and Communications Director, you will help us grow our network of over 250+ private, public and community foundations; family offices; individual donors; and their values-aligned investment advisors. You’ll create campaigns that accelerate our mission, and you’ll ensure that we exceed our fundraising and recruitment goals.

But you wouldn’t do it alone! You’ll be working at the heart of our dynamic team and in partnership with our existing members -- who represent $92B in philanthropic capital and over $3.5T in assets under management. Much of our growth is facilitated by an incredible network of peers. Together, you’ll help us transform the practice of investing -- by aligning capital with our community’s values of sustainability, equity, and justice. Confluence is an exciting place to work. If you’d like to know more about us, here’s a great resource: https://tinyurl.com/ybw3heu9.

This position requires a background in fundraising, new business sales, and the financial industry and/or philanthropy. In this role you’ll need to be the sort of person that easily puts others at ease, engenders trust, and who has exceptionally strong and clear written and verbal communication. If you are a skillful planner and communicator and enjoy a fast-paced, but collaborative work environment this is the role for you!

Location: New York City – must be in the NYC office at least 2-3 days per week. We anticipate up to 10% travel in this role.

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Schedule: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM with shorter summer hours. May require some evening or weekend work.

Salary: $95,000 - $105,000 plus generous benefits including healthcare and retirement

Responsibilities:

• Manage and respond to membership inquiries
• Drive forward targeted membership recruitment efforts, working in partnership with program leads, the management team, and CEO
• Identify new opportunities for membership growth
• Maintain our recruitment database and pipeline, providing regular reports on leads, recruitment success, and the team’s performance against goals
• Establish weekly and monthly goals for calls and outreach
• Understand and synthesize new member interests and areas of expertise to inform Confluence’s programming and how members can best support our mission
• Work closely with the program team to integrate the recruitment plan into existing programming and member retention efforts

Sponsorship: Design and implement an annual event sponsorship plan that delivers value to our members and supports our mission.

• Develop and implement sponsorship program guidelines
• Create sponsor prospect lists and generate new leads
• Customize proposals and presentations to engage renewed and new sponsors
• Work collaboratively with our internal team to ensure cohesion between sponsorship programs our communications and fundraising strategies

Grants & Reporting: Work closely with the management team and program teams to support fundraising plans, requests, and reporting of outcomes.

Content Creation & Marketing: Generate attention-grabbing campaigns and content for print and online materials to promote Confluence’s brand and mission. This entails:

• Developing communications strategies to support our regular member programming, member recruitment, and fundraising goals
• Creation and delivery of a Social Media Strategy, to amplify and manage Confluence’s social media presence: uplifting member voices and devising influential messaging. You’ll generate social media content leading up to and during conferences and convenings.
• Support the copy editing of publication-ready thought leadership pieces, including reports, factsheets; press releases; website content; session descriptions; event promos and mailings

Qualifications

• Five or more years in sales, that involved prospecting and in-person recruitment
• Proven ability to develop and implement new creative methods for client recruitment
• Energetic, positive, professional, and self-motivated personality with effective oral and written communication skills essential
• Must excel at relationship development and be comfortable making sponsorship and recruitment asks
• Experience in impact investing, finance, or philanthropy, required
• Proven skills in creating effective communications campaigns
• Degree in business communications, marketing, or relevant field, with a graduate-level degree or years of applicable experience, preferred
• Thrives in a collaborative, small team environment
• Performs well under pressure, with patience and a sense of humor
• Attention to detail, highly organized, efficient, with a self-directed work style

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they perfectly meet every single qualification. At Confluence Philanthropy we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and meet most qualifications in the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or another role.

Please submit your resume and cover letter to hiring@confluencephilanthropy.org. We can’t wait to hear from you.