Senior Director of Communications; G4GC)

Senior Director of Communications (G4GC)

Posted on November 03, 2020

An initial project of the No

Vo Foundation, Foundation for a Just Society, Ms. Foundation for Women, The New York Women’s Foundation, Communities for Just Schools Fund and other partners, Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) launched as an online platform in 2015. In April of 2020, G4GC hired the renowned Dr. Monique Morris as its first Executive Director and became an independent nonprofit organization supporting a growing community of funders who are actively working on or interested in efforts to address the structural inequities facing girls of color.

With an annual budget of $3.5 million and an anticipated staff of 8-10, G4GC brings together the latest research, data, news, and insights to promote collective strategizing, grantmaking and partnership across philanthropy; hosts an annual funder convening; connects funders to movements through webinars focused on ongoing timely issues facing girls of color; and leads research to help philanthropy better respond to the needs of girls of color.

G4GC envisions a world in which all girls are healthy, safe and thriving. Where each person is fully empowered to pursue their dreams and shape their desired reality on their terms, free from all structural barriers created by racism, sexism and ageism and other forms of discrimination. We recognize that girls of color hold particular vulnerabilities because of their age and other intersecting identities;

and yet they also hold immense power to drive transformation. At the same time, girls of color are often invisible across funding priorities, efforts to address policy change, and in systems and programming. We believe that investing in building the power of girls and responding to their vulnerabilities is critical to creating meaningful change with and for them, their communities, and this country.

G4GC seeks a thoughtful Senior Director for Communications to lead the communications and narrative aspects of G4GC’s work to support the wellbeing, joy, and safety of girls and gender-expansive youth of color in the United States and elsewhere. Reporting to the Deputy Director, the Senior Director of Communications will work with a team of communications consultants, and work closely with programmatic staff to develop and implement communications and strategies that align with G4GC’s mission, purpose, and values.

• Passion for the Mission & Relationship Builder

The Senior Director for Research, Advocacy and Policy will be a champion of our constituents, including donors and fellow funders, grantee partners and practitioners, and girls, femmes, and gender expansive youth of color with a true passion for improving outcomes and expanding opportunities for BIPOC girls. They will exhibit a strong connection to our diverse community and will have the skills and enthusiasm to support the G4GC team in continuing to build relationships within the philanthropic sector while ensuring that G4GC develops new and unique opportunities to serve the mission.

• Desire to Develop Communications Strategies that Center and Speak to Girls and Gender-Expansive Youth of Color

The Senior Director Communications will have demonstrated ability to manage non-profit and philanthropy-focused communications, and they will also have a passion for advancing narratives about girls and gender-expansive youth of color that speak to their full power and dignity. This individual will not only be adept at building organizational communications’ strategies, but will be able to think creatively about how to engage young people and grantee-partners in communications efforts, and to support grantee- partners in…