Chief Development Officer

Chief Development Officer

New York City

Our client, The Tikvah Fund www.tikvahfund.org seeks to hire a full time Chief

Development Officer (CDO) to help us strengthen, scale, and sustain their significant

growth.

Over the past few years, they have built a remarkable development team. Working with

them is a great privilege. They are master relationship-builders and true believers in

Tikvah’s mission. They are both creative and strategic.

They need an experienced CDO to help lead, manage, and scale their development efforts

as Tikvah moves from running great programs to building an enduring set of Jewish

institutions. Reporting to the CEO, the CDO will also partner with their senior management

team to lead Tikvah into the future.

We are excited to consider CDO candidates with diverse professional and civic

backgrounds. This includes development professionals who have helped build other civic

institutions; experienced lay leaders interested in working full-time for the Jewish people

and Jewish state.

The right candidate will combine four key attributes:

 A strong belief in Tikvah’s mission to advance serious ideas about the great

challenges facing the Jewish people, to educate the next generation of Jewish and

Zionist leaders, and to strengthen our two exceptional nations: America and Israel.

 A proven ability to mobilize partners and supporters to invest in ideas-driven

organizations.

 The desire to join an entrepreneurial culture that is committed to building new

programs and new institutions.

 The ability to lead and manage an exceptional team.

* We will consider candidates based anywhere in North America, provided they have an

ability

and desire to spend considerable time at Tikvah's main offices in New York City.

Qualifications:

 Five years’ experience at an Executive Development position.

 Proven success in closing Major Gifts

 Demonstrated success in setting and executing a fundraising strategy that includes

an

annual multi-faceted campaign, as well as special campaign projects.

 Strong leadership, management, and supervision skills that include the ability to

motivate, influence, and hold the team accountable to high standards and goals.

 Demonstrated organizational, public speaking and writing skills, good knowledge of

technology and social media, managing large events are all essential to succeed.

 Compassion and passion are important personality traits.

 The ideal candidate must possess a deep familiarity with and passion for Jewish

philanthropy.

 Self-confidence, high energy, a “can-do” personality and a passion to successfully

accomplish established team goals.

 Exceptional reasoning, problem-solving, and analytical skills, including an ability to

translate ideas and concepts into clear, actionable items.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $200,000.00 - $250,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Do you have experience working at a Jewish, non-profit organization?
• Have you overseen several development professionals?

Ability to Commute:

• New York, NY 10022 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• New York, NY 10022: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person