Director of Philanthropy & Service and Foundation Executive Director

A Washington, D.C. area-based family invites nominations and applications for a Director of Philanthropy & Service and Foundation Executive Director (Director) role. Founded in the 1990s, the foundation’s philanthropic and community service activities include long-standing commitments to youth pathways, college access and success, college scholarship programs, community housing, and integrative cancer care. As the family evolves its grantmaking and service activity and begins to engage the third generation in that work, they are seeking a seasoned philanthropic strategist and advisor to join the foundation and family office teams as their new Director. The Director will identify and apply best practices, processes, and structures to the family’s philanthropic work and advance the craft of the family’s giving through effective management and co-leadership of their social enterprise and foundation team. The Director will engage in strategic planning and will translate family impact goals and ways of working into clear and effective workplans and practices that build efficiencies and clear lines of communication. The Director will represent the family and the Foundation externally with integrity, humility, and grace, nurturing existing relationships and building new ones as their work expands. Qualified candidates will bring 10+ years leadership experience in philanthropy with demonstrated capacity for keen strategic leadership and organizational design and development, as well as an ability to oversee and manage diverse programmatic and/or philanthropic initiatives as they grow. The successful candidate will bring exceptional organizational and financial management skills and will lead with strong values, personal humility, deep curiosity, effective communication, and cultural competency in their work.