Bi-Lingual Russian-English Communications Director

 
The Jewish Funders Network is an international organization of family foundations, public philanthropies, and individual funders dedicated to advancing the quality and growth of Jewish philanthropy. A major area of growth of the organization is Foundation Services, where JFN serves as the outsourced staff for foundations.

Job Summary:

The Communications Director is responsible for delivering all internal and external communications needs for a major foundation client that works in the US, Israel and the Former Soviet Union.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Work in partnership with the foundation staff to implement communications strategies for all programmatic initiatives;

·         Supervise cross group communications coordination between branch offices in the US, Israel and FSU

·         Coordinate internal communications for the foundation including: helping articulate the organization's vision, values, and culture and keeping staff informed on important management decisions including, but not limited to, communications strategy

·         Manage the foundation’s website content, and technology, including serving as webmaster.

·         Manage development of all collateral materials for foundation initiatives;

·         Serve as a communications liaison and resource between the foundation and its grantees regarding the development of their respective communications strategies;

·         Coordinate media outreach on behalf of the foundation.

Qualifications:

·         Minimum 5 years experience in external communications with an understanding and creative sense about how to use effective communications to promote a philanthropic organization.

·         Minimum 1 – 3 years experience in internal communications

·         Demonstrably excellent written and oral communication skills in English; written and/or spoken proficiency in Russian required; written and/or spoken Hebrew a plus

·         Experience using new media for nonprofit identity and branding including: using content and search aggregators for research and content development, familiarity with a few basic CMS’s, and a demonstrable familiarity with social media marketing theory.

·         Ability and commitment to being part of a dynamic, global, team.

·         Entrepreneurial spirit, flexibility.

·         Comfort working with wealthy individuals from diverse backgrounds

·         Willingness to travel

·         Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop and/or InDesign a plus

·         Experience working cross-culturally a plus

To Apply:

JFN offers a competitive compensation and benefits program. Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, writing sample, resume, salary expectations and three professional references to search@jfunders.org – please include “communications director” in the subject line.  Only email submissions will be accepted.

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