Senior Director of Organizational

Every Hour Counts is a national coalition of organizations that increases access to quality learning opportunities, particularly for underserved students. We are a leading voice in promoting after school and summer learning systems. Every Hour Counts has three core strategies:

• Build Quality Practice – Every Hour Counts brings network members together to test the feasibility of policy and practice recommendations, and disseminate findings and tools for adaptation through demonstration projects.
• Support a Community of Practice – We uplift promising practices from the field, disseminate evidence-based recommendations, and develop tools and resources to support communities in building high-quality after‑school systems. Every Hour Counts engages in a variety of knowledge sharing activities to educate local, state, and federal practitioners and policy makers about the value of intermediaries and how to build effective, coordinated systems of support.
  
  We do this through a peer learning community, national institute, conference presentations, webinars, and convenings. We also provide technical assistance to communities looking to build systems.
• Influence Policy – We engage policymakers, practitioners and leading stakeholders in developing policy recommendations and solutions that embrace a holistic view of learning and support expanded learning systems‑building. We launched a youth voice initiative that will grow our efforts to center and support youth to engage in advocacy work on their own behalf and on behalf of their communities.

Close to forty organizations comprise the Every Hour Counts Network, of which nine serve on our governance committee. See the full list of network members on our website. The National Center for Civic Innovation is our fiscal agent.

The Senior Director of Organizational Advancement is responsible for advancing Every Hour Counts’ mission by managing and growing the organization’s fund development and coordinated communications strategies. Reporting to and working closely with the Executive Director, the Senior Director of Organizational Advancement will oversee all organization fundraising and communication efforts. The Senior Director will manage a Manager of Development and Communications in FY27.

Occasional travel is required. The position can be based in New York City or remotely.

• Develop and lead the execution of a comprehensive multi‑year fundraising plan to drive revenue growth, including philanthropic support, corporate giving, and sponsor ships for special initiatives and events.
• Partner with the Executive Director, Every Hour Counts staff, and Governance Board to create the vision for strategic funding priorities, and operationalize that vision with measurable goals and outcomes.
• Serve as the lead strategist of our Development and Communications plans, defining tactics, tracking progress, and ensuring accountability.
• Lead organization‑wide efforts to coordinate data and reporting to secure financial support from existing and new funding sources.

• Identify opportunities that will allow us to sustain, diversify, and grow our base of support, with a focus on expanding our base of corporate and foundation support.
• Oversee the grant‑seeking process, including researching, writing, and submitting grant proposals and reports to foundations and governmental agencies.
• Research foundation and corporate prospects; prepare funder briefs and recommend prospects with strong potential for Every Hour Counts.
• Implement a fundraising/sponsorship plan tied to our national conferences.
• Prepare cultivation materials, which might include drafting outreach notes, editing and finalizing programmatic strategy…