Director of Institutional Partnerships & Development

Job Details

Job Location:

New York, NY 10018

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level: Graduate Degree

Salary Range: $ - $

Salary Travel Percentage:
Up to 25%

Job Shift: Day

Job Category:
Business Development

Comunilife Inc. is looking to hire a Director of Instititutional Partnerships & Development to join its Development team.

• Support organizational growth by identifying funding opportunities, advancing strategic initiatives, and coordinating government funding efforts aligned with Comunilife’s mission and strategic plan.
• Partner with the Chief Development Officer to develop and implement annual and multi-year fundraising strategies that support organizational growth and sustainability.
• Assist in establishing fundraising goals, performance metrics, and revenue projections.
• Support fundraising efforts across foundation, corporate, government, individual, and special event revenue streams.
• Monitor fundraising performance and recommend strategies to strengthen results and diversify revenue
• Identify, research, and evaluate prospective funding opportunities aligned with organizational priorities.
• Support strategic initiatives that increase private philanthropy and strengthen long-term fundraising capacity.
• Monitor city, state, and federal funding opportunities relevant to housing, behavioral health, youth services, supportive housing, homelessness, and community-based services.
• Coordinate development of discretionary funding requests, capital funding requests, and competitive government procurements.
• Partner with program, finance, and executive leadership to develop government funding strategies and responses.
• Maintain awareness of public funding trends and communicate opportunities, risks, and recommendations to leadership.
• Assist with relationship management involving government agencies and public-sector partners.
• Collaborate with program, finance, quality improvement, and executive leadership teams to gather information, outcomes, budgets, and supporting documentation.

• Lead and coordinate institutional fundraising activities to strengthen relationships with foundation and corporate funders and ensure the successful development, submission, and management of grant opportunities.
• Manage a portfolio of foundation and corporate funders and prospects.
• Research, write, and coordinate grant proposals, letters of inquiry, concept papers, sponsorship requests, and funding applications.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with foundation and corporate representatives.
• Coordinate funder meetings, site visits, presentations, and stewardship activities.
• Ensure timely submission of grant reports, renewals, and compliance requirements.
• Maintain and oversee grant and fundraising calendars, ensuring timely completion of proposals, reports, donor communications, and stewardship activities.
• Review and approve grant proposals, reports, donor communications, and fundraising materials to ensure quality and consistency.

• Support donor cultivation, stewardship, fundraising campaigns, and relationship-building efforts that increase philanthropic investment in Comunilife.
• Support implementation of annual giving, donor stewardship, major gift, and donor cultivation strategies.
• Conduct prospect research and prepare donor profiles, briefing materials, and cultivation plans.
• Coordinate donor communications, acknowledgments, stewardship activities, and engagement opportunities.
• Support donor meetings, cultivation events, fundraising campaigns, and special events.
• Assist in developing strategies to increase donor retention, engagement, and giving levels.
• Support the Chief Development Officer, Executive Team, and Board of Directors in fundraising and donor engagement activities.
• Prepare briefing materials, presentations, donor profiles, funding analyses, and strategic reports.
• Assist in staffing board committees and volunteer leadership groups related to fundraising and development.
• Support board member engagement in fundraising, cultivation, stewardship, and special events.

• Provide leadership, supervision, project management, and operational oversight to ensure the effective functioning of the Development Department.
• Ensure development records and donor data are accurately maintained within donor management and grant tracking systems.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and analyses to support fundraising planning, performance management, and decision-making.
• Establish systems and processes that improve efficiency, accountability, and fundraising effectiveness.
• Provide direct supervision, coaching, and performance management to grant writers, interns, consultants, and other assigned development personnel.
• Establish work plans, priorities, deadlines, and performance expectations for supervised staff.
• Support professional development and training opportunities for grant…