Director of Advancement

Envision Education • Oakland, CA

3d • $130,000 - $150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Advancement leads Envision Education's communications, marketing fundraising, partnerships, and brand strategy. This position is responsible for developing and implementing strategies that strengthen organizational visibility, deepen stakeholder engagement, expand philanthropic support, and advance Envision's mission and long-term sustainability. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director serves as the organization's lead strategist for advancement and external affairs while overseeing execution through the Advancement Coordinator and external vendors, consultants, and partners. The Director is responsible for setting annual marketing, communications, and development goals and strategic priorities, managing key external relationships, and ensuring alignment between organizational priorities and external engagement efforts.

Requirements

• Commitment to the mission of Envision Education.
• Commitment to anti-racist and pro-Black practices and organizational culture.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Five to eight years of progressively responsible experience in nonprofit development, communications, advancement, external affairs, marketing, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success managing fundraising initiatives and external partnerships.
• Experience developing communications and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Experience supervising staff and managing projects.
• Strong written, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience using CRM systems and fundraising databases (Salesforce preferred).

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or CFRE certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead organizational communications and marketing strategies that strengthen awareness, engagement, and reputation aligned to organizational goals.
• Develop and oversee organizational communications and marketing plans.
• Establish brand standards, messaging frameworks, and communication priorities.
• Guide storytelling that highlights student outcomes, organizational impact, and strategic priorities.
• Oversee communications channels including website, email, social media, publications, and presentations.
• Review and approve major external communications and marketing materials.
• Ensure consistent messaging and brand alignment across schools, programs, and departments.
• Partner with school leadership to align marketing and communications efforts with enrollment and family engagement priorities.
• Establishes annual communications priorities, audience segmentation strategies, and campaign objectives while delegating production and implementation activities.
• Establish communications metrics and evaluate effectiveness of outreach efforts.
• Lead the organization's advancement strategy to support revenue generation, donor engagement, and long-term sustainability.
• Develop and implement annual and multi-year advancement plans aligned to organizational priorities.
• Establish fundraising goals, strategies, and performance metrics.
• Build and manage a diversified fundraising portfolio including foundations, corporations, individual donors, sponsorships, and special campaigns.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors and institutional funders.
• Partner with executive leadership and board members on fundraising activities and donor engagement.
• Defines objectives, audience strategy, sponsorship strategy, fundraising goals, and success measures for advancement events while delegating logistical planning and implementation.
• Oversee grant development strategy, funding calendars, and proposal pipelines.
• Establishes advancement performance metrics, portfolio management practices, donor engagement strategies, and fundraising systems while ensuring operational execution through the Advancement Coordinator.
• Identify and cultivate partnerships with philanthropic organizations, community partners, educational institutions, and corporate supporters.
• Expand opportunities for strategic collaborations and community engagement.
• Represent Envision at community, philanthropic, educational, and networking events.
• Strengthen relationships with key stakeholders, funders, and external partners.
• Coordinate executive-level engagement opportunities that support organizational priorities.
• Position Envision as a leader in educational innovation, equity, and student success.
• Support organizational leadership in fundraising.
• Partner with the CEO, COO, and executive leadership on advancement priorities.
• Prepare fundraising, communications, and stakeholder engagement materials for leadership.
• Support Board committees and Board fundraising efforts as assigned.
• Provide regular reports on fundraising, communications, and engagement metrics.
• Assist with strategic planning related to advancement and external affairs.
• Provide oversight of advancement operations and ensure effective execution of department priorities.
• Supervise and support the Advancement Coordinator.
• Establish annual department goals, priorities, and performance expectations.
• Manage department budget and external vendor relationships.
• Oversee advancement systems, CRM utilization, project management processes, and reporting structures.
• Ensure effective coordination of communications, events, fundraising activities, and stakeholder engagement efforts.
• Develop systems and processes that improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

Benefits

• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation time
• Excellent health benefits package with employer contribution to benefits.
• Optional Flexible Benefits Plan including dependent care, medical care, parking, and commuter benefits
• 403b Plan
• Life Insurance at no cost to employee
• Access to ongoing opportunities for learning, professional, and leadership opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director