Director of Institutional Giving

English language learning unlocks the key to security for new Americans, whether they have lived in the U.S. for years or months, whether they are experienced professionals or frontline workers. English for New Bostonians’ (ENB) mission is to ensure access to high-quality English classes so that adult immigrants across race, education, and immigration backgrounds can pursue their aspirations and contribute to a Commonwealth that fully values their talents and voices.

Celebrating 25 years, ENB ensures that English language learning classes are high quality. ENB partners with employers to make learning English convenient and connected to one’s job. ENB connects parents to the schools their children attend and the curriculum they are learning and ENB helps entrepreneurs to build generational wealth. With a current annual budget of $4M and serving individuals across Eastern Massachusetts, ENB is a dynamic, growing and highly-respected leader in the field of ESOL and workforce development programming, planning, and policy.

Consider joining our team!

ENB has enjoyed strong support from local and national foundations throughout its tenure, with recent growth in public sector support. Representing more than 60% of overall revenue, institutional giving is the pillar of ENB’s revenue strategy. The Executive Director, the entire Program Team, and the Leadership Team all collaborate with the Director of Institutional Giving to meet revenue goals and develop new opportunities for support.

Our next Director of Institutional Giving will serve as the leader of this effort, helping to grow and sustain the organization’s overall revenue; navigate shifts in the political and philanthropic landscape; and manage and grow the organization’s institutional fund support.

The Director of Institutional Giving will foster meaningful engagement through thoughtful stewardship, ensuring that philanthropic, government, and corporate funders feel valued, informed, and aligned with ENB’s mission and work at the intersection of adult education, workforce development and immigrant advocacy.

Reporting to, and working closely with, the Executive Director, this role will be responsible for all aspects of grant fundraising—from identifying and cultivating potential funders, to creating internal processes for evaluating new funding opportunities, to writing all proposals and reports, to relationship-building and stewardship. This role will maintain and improve systems for tracking grants, deadlines, and compliance. The Director will collaborate closely with the Senior Director of Advancement (and Development Team), the Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships (and Programs Team), and the Manager of Finance and Operations to develop compelling materials that align with ENB’s priorities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The responsibilities for this position are varied ranging from strategic leadership to accurate inputting of proposals into funder portals. Fundamentally, the Director of Institutional Giving will serve as English for New Bostonians’ primary grant writer. The successful candidate will embrace the opportunity for diverse days and weeks with a significant focus on writing.

Strategic Leadership and Fundraising Growth

• Design and execute a multi-year institutional funding strategy, expanding foundation, corporate and government grant portfolios to support long-term organizational growth.
• Work with the Executive Director and senior management to set goals, priorities, and direction for institutional support for ENB.
• Manage and grow a portfolio of grant relationships and prospects (currently about 40). Develop strategies, conduct research, and identify new funding sources and…