Vice President Communications

The Vice President, Communications serves as the operational leader of OFN's communications function, ensuring communications strategies are translated into high-quality execution that advances OFN's mission and elevates the visibility of the CDFI industry.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Strategic Communications, the VP oversees communications operations, manages staff and external partners, leads cross-functional communications initiatives, and produces communications across multiple platforms. This role combines strategic execution with hands‑on production, requiring expertise in communications technology, workflow management, executive communications, media relations, and digital communications.

The Vice President works closely with leaders across OFN to ensure communications are timely, accurate, measurable, and aligned with organizational priorities while supporting policymakers, members, investors, media, and other key stakeholders.

OFN is the nation's leading investment intermediary and network CDFIs serving rural, urban, and Native communities across the United States. With over $1 billion in total assets under management, OFN manages a national membership network of over 490 mission‑driven lenders and CDFIs, including community development loan funds, credit unions, green banks, community development banks, minority depository institutions, and venture capital funds.

OFN is a trusted investment partner to the public, private, and philanthropic sectors— foundations, corporations, banks, government agencies, and others. For more than 40 years, our team has helped partners invest in communities to catalyze change and create economic opportunities for people and places traditional finance doesn’t reach.

• Passion for the mission and true believer in our core purpose.
• Courage to be a fearless advocate who is confident and resilient in our fight to drive capital into low‑income communities.
• Smart, quick seekers of knowledge who thrive on creating and developing new strategies, products, and programs for increasing capital to communities we serve.
• Desire to be a collaborative team player who possesses humility and a willingness to lean in all areas of our work.
• This position is based in Washington, D.C. All staff currently work a hybrid schedule.

• Partner with SVP to co‑lead OFN's strategic communications agenda, aligning with organizational priorities.
• Lead the day‑to‑day operations of OFN's communications function, ensuring timely, high‑quality execution of communications initiatives that support organizational priorities.
• Develop and manage the communications editorial calendar, workplan, and project management processes, including workflow oversight, quality assurance, and service‑level expectations.
• Manage and optimize OFN's communications technology ecosystem, including CMS platforms, email marketing, media monitoring, analytics, CRM systems, AI‑enabled tools, and event communications platforms.

• Produce and oversee communications across multiple platforms, including web content, email campaigns, media materials, social media, executive communications, and digital publications.
• Translate organizational communications strategies into actionable campaigns and deliverables, partnering with the Senior Vice President to execute strategic communications initiatives.
• Lead proactive and responsive media relations efforts, including earned media, crisis communications, reputation management, and rapid‑response communications.
• Analyze communications performance metrics to evaluate campaign effectiveness, identify opportunities for improvement, and inform future communications strategies.

• Prepare executive communications, including briefing materials, speeches, talking points, presentations, and stakeholder communications for the CEO and senior leadership.
• Coordinate communications support for public affairs, advocacy, policy, and stakeholder engagement initiatives, ensuring consistent messaging across priority audiences.
• Manage external…