The North Carolina Community Foundation brings together generous people and connects them to causes and organizations they care about, with a focus on inspiring lasting and meaningful philanthropy in the state’s rural communities.
With $460 million in assets, NCCF sustains over 1,300 endowments and partners with donors and a network of affiliates in 60 counties to strengthen our state. By stewarding and growing donors’ gifts, NCCF makes a powerful impact through a robust grants and scholarships program, awarding over $300 million since 1988.
The Director of Community Investment is responsible for directing the Foundation’s grants and scholarship teams and oversight of the administration of charitable distributions from all fund types. This position also supports and manages the regional program officer team that works with non-profit organizations and advances grantmaking and scholarships in designated regions of the state. The Director of Community Investment embraces and models values of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging across all NCCF operations as we advance our mission.
Job description:
Core responsibilities include:
Leadership
• Work closely with VP of Philanthropic Services to develop and evaluateverall community investment, grantmaking and scholarship strategies.
• Lead and deliver the foundation’s grantmaking, scholarship, and program officer strategies, policies, practices, and activities.
• Lead, mentor, and advise team of grant, scholarship, program officer, and operations staff supporting and executing foundation’s community investment work.
• Implement strategies to address continuous staff development and process efficiencies.
• Build and maintain awareness of emerging legal issues, trends, and innovative ideas in grantmaking, community investment and scholarships administration.
• Collect and analyze data on the foundation’s grantmaking, scholarship, and program officer impact and trends.
• Serve as a member of the extended leadership team, including other directors and members of the senior leadership team to assist with organizational planning and project management.
• Work with Marketing & Communications to develop creative ways to share stories of impact, raise awareness and enhance exposure.
• Work with the Director of Donor Engagement to provide learning opportunities for donors and fund advisors regarding current nonprofit programs, trends, discussions, and other forms of engagement.
• Ensure effective and clear communication around grantmaking and scholarships for external and internal stakeholders.
• Represent the Foundation in external community networks and committee meetings as needed, including preparing presentations about the Community Foundation and its services.
Grantmaking Programs and Administration
• Oversee the Foundation’s discretionary and non-discretionary charitable distributions for all fund types, ensuring effective and efficient administration, adherence to procedures, accurate recordkeeping, and compliance with all IRS, legal, and NCCF requirements.
• Set vetting protocols for all distributions, including necessary research, quality control and due diligence.
• Oversee and manage procedures for all grant programs of the Foundation, including vetting, application and evaluation materials, instructions, tools, communications for applicants, reviewers, and grantees, and online system use and integration.
• Understand data and outputs of primary & grantmaking CRM platforms and other supporting database functionality and processes.
• Work with Director of Community Leadership to execute and evaluate affiliate grantmaking, including processes, timeline, grant chair training, promotion, application and materials.
Scholarship Program
• Oversee the Foundation’s scholarship program, ensuring effective, efficient, and impactful scholarship application, promotion, administration, awarding, monitoring, and distributing scholarships, complying with legal, IRS, NCCF policies and compliance with donor fund agreements.
• Set and ensure adherence to scholarship program timelines, procedures and deliverables, ensuring accurate record-keeping and process documentation.
• Develop, oversee, and evaluate the process, instructions, tools, and materials for applicants, scholarship administrators, fundholders, and reviewers pertaining to scholarship application and evaluation.
• Understand data and outputs of primary & scholarship administration CRM platforms and other supporting database functionality and processes.
• Work with Marketing & Communications on developing and implementing strategies to promote scholarships throughout North Carolina.
• Work with the Director of Development on new scholarship fund prospects to ensure successful development of fund in alignment with Foundation policies and procedures.
• Work with Director of Donor Engagement to provide learning opportunities for donors and fund advisors regarding higher education, financial need, scholarship impact.
Program Officers
• Oversee and support regional Program Officers in their work supporting and advancing affiliate and other community grantmaking and community scholarship programs, understanding local community needs, and cultivating relationships with charitable organizations within their assigned regions.
• Work across functions and teams on regional projects and information-sharing on needs and general knowledge of nonprofit organizations.
• Oversee affiliate foundation grant processes, supporting grant chairs and committees in executing annual grants program throughout the state.
• Understand primary & grantmaking CRM platforms and functionality and develop processes for tracking for internal team and constituents.
Qualifications:
Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field of study.
Experience:
• Experience in philanthropic / nonprofit sector, grants management, scholarship program administration, administrative or data management, team supervision, including 5 or more years’ work experience.
The ideal candidate will exhibit:
• Excellent leadership and management skills with the ability to make well-reasoned decisions as part of a cross functional team.
• Ability to identify emerging programmatic needs.
• Demonstrated experience assessing processes, scope and capacity needs.
• Demonstrated experience implementing strategic and/or tactical changes.
• Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to prioritize work effectively and adjust to multiple demands.
• Demonstrated support for innovation and change management to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to the demands of a dynamic, evolving culture.
• Proficient in a variety of database, presentation tools, and social media platforms, including Microsoft tools.
• Focus on internal and external customer service excellence.
• Professionalism, stewardship, and integrity.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package and the opportunity to work with a committed, engaged team. The hiring range for this position is $95,000 to $105,000, depending upon qualifications and experience. NCCF is an equal opportunity employer.
Are you the ideal candidate? Please email cover letter and resumé to recruiter@nccommunityfoundation.org. Deadline for submittal is January 24, 2025. No phone calls, please.
Location:
Raleigh, North Carolina
Compensation:
$95,000 to $105,000
Contact:
recruiter@nccommunityfoundation.org