Director – Raising Child Care Fund

• Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for the Raising Child Care Fund
• Lead fundraising and strengthen RCCF's philanthropic constituency
• Lead RCCF's grantmaking strategy, including geographic priorities, organizing capacity, and equitable investment
• Cultivate trusted relationships with grantee partners and collaborate with national, state, and local partners
• Ensure grantee perspectives inform strategy and grantmaking
• Develop and execute a fundraising strategy for financial sustainability and expanded funder support
• Cultivate and steward current and prospective funder relationships
• Develop funding opportunities and proposals and oversee reporting and funder commitments
• Lead funder engagement and education on grassroots organizing, power building, and equitable grantmaking
• Steward RCCF's budget and financial resources with ECFC Executive Director, TSNE fiscal staff, and the evolving governance structure
• Translate strategic priorities into funding and grantmaking decisions
• Lead RCCF staff and consultants by setting priorities, assessing capacity needs, and shaping team resources
• Bridge philanthropy and grassroots movements to enable learning, collaboration, and aligned action
• Shape communications and storytelling that elevate grantee work and demonstrate the impact of sustained organizing investment
• Build partnerships with local, state, and national movement and advocacy organizations
• Contribute RCCF's experience to ECFC's broader work through member learning, consultation, convenings, and field representation
• Travel approximately 10-15% for funder and partner meetings, conferences, convenings, and other activities

Requirements

• Significant leadership experience navigating complex organizations, partnerships, or movements
• Deep understanding of grassroots organizing, power building, advocacy, and public policy
• Experience in child care or a related field or movement; relevant adjacent experience is also considered
• Demonstrated success cultivating philanthropic relationships and securing significant private funding for advocacy, organizing, policy, or movement-building work
• Ability to make a compelling investment case and build relationships with funders across issue areas and priorities
• Strong coalition leadership and relational skills
• Experience building trust and collaborating with funders, organizers, advocates, community leaders, and other partners
• Experience with grantmaking, pooled funds, philanthropic collaboratives, and/or collaborative governance
• Understanding of equitable approaches to resourcing state and community organizations
• Strategic leadership experience in complex, evolving environments
• Ability to navigate uncertainty, make sound decisions, guide stakeholders through change, and translate strategy into action
• Strong communication and storytelling skills
• Ability to synthesize learning across partners and communicate with diverse audiences
• Commitment to ECFC and RCCF's mission and values, including racial equity, shared power, transparency, learning, and respect for community expertise
• Ability to maintain a home office conducive to productive work and virtual meetings
• Ability to work most hours between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, with regular availability between noon and 5:00 p.m. ET
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strategic leadership in fundraising and grantmaking, with a strong focus on grassroots organizing, equitable investment, and building philanthropic relationships. Capable of navigating complex partnerships and translating strategic priorities into actionable funding decisions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Strategic Leadership
• Grassroots Organizing
• Philanthropic Relationship Cultivation
• Grantmaking Experience
• Coalition Leadership

Hard Skills

• Fundraising Strategy Development
• Grant Proposal Development
• Budget Stewardship
• Equitable Grantmaking
• Funder Engagement

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication Skills
• Relationship Building
• Collaboration
• Trust Building
• Storytelling

Industry Keywords

• Child Care
• Advocacy
• Public Policy
• Community Organizations
• Philanthropic Collaboratives