Associate Vice President of Communications

Job Details

• Job Location:
  
  Long Island City - Long Island City, NY 11101
• Position Type:
  Full-Time Exempt
• Salary Range: $ - $ Salary/year
• Title:
  
  Associate Vice President of Communications
• Unit:
  Development & Communications
• Reports to:
  
  Chief Development & Communications Officer
• Status: FT;
  Regular;
  Exempt
• Salary Range: $150,000 to $165,000
• Location:
  
  Long Island City, Queens
• Days/
  
  Hours:
  
  Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (35 hours per week)

The Fortune Society, Inc. (Fortune) has worked for nearly 60 years to support successful reentry from incarceration, promote alternatives to incarceration, and build a more just criminal legal system, strengthening both individuals and communities in the process. Founded in 1967 by David Rothenberg as an advocacy organization committed to educating the public about injustice within the criminal legal system, Fortune has remained steadfast in its belief that every person deserves dignity, opportunity, and the chance to build a productive future.

Today, Fortune is recognized as one of the nation’s leading reentry organizations and advocates for criminal legal system reform. With an annual operating budget of more than $100 million and approximately 600 staff, Fortune now serves over 20,000 people annually across New York City. The organization provides a comprehensive continuum of services, including alternatives to incarceration, supervised release, court advocacy, discharge planning, behavioral health treatment, housing, employment and education services, benefits assistance, care management, food and nutrition, and arts programming.

These services are informed by the lived experiences and needs of the people we serve and strengthen Fortune’s advocacy for systemic change.

Alongside its direct services, Fortune is a recognized leader in policy and legislative advocacy. Working in partnership with directly impacted people, community organizations, and government leaders, Fortune has helped shape legislation and public policy that expand opportunity, remove barriers to successful reentry, and advance fairness within the criminal legal system. The organization continues to play a leading role in efforts to safely close Rikers Island, improve conditions of confinement, expand alternatives to incarceration, and promote policies that strengthen communities across New York and beyond.

The Associate Vice President of Communications provides strategic leadership for The Fortune Society’s communications, branding, public relations, digital engagement, and executive communications efforts. The position is responsible for ensuring that Fortune’s mission, impact, and expertise are communicated with clarity, consistency, and authenticity across all internal and external audiences. Reporting to the Chief Development & Communications Officer, the Associate Vice President develops and implements the organization’s communications strategy, oversees communications staff and consultants, and works closely with the President & CEO and senior leadership to strengthen and expand Fortune’s public voice, reputation, and thought leadership.

The Associate Vice President also partners closely with the Chief Development & Communications Officer and the President & CEO to support the organization’s individual giving strategy. Through participation in major donor cultivation, stewardship, donor communications, and fundraising initiatives, this position plays an important supporting role in growing philanthropic support while developing increasing responsibility for individual giving over time.

• Develop, lead, and implement Fortune’s comprehensive communications strategy to strengthen the organization’s…