Director, The Miriam Fund

Passion. Purpose. Impact. CJP is at the heart of Greater Boston's Jewish community, but our reach is felt around the world. Ranked by BBJ as Massachusetts largest non-profit organization CJP is a philanthropic investor and mobilizer of people, resources, and skills that make a bigger difference locally and globally. Position Overview: The Director, The Miriam Fund (the Director, TMF), reports to CJPs Vice President, Leadership Engagement and Mobilization. This position works cross functionally with several departments to manage TMFs annual grant cycle.The Director leads TMF network of volunteers and works collaboratively to structure and implement grant review and approval processes to distribute the TMF resources effectively into the community, including operations of related volunteer committee review structures, preparation and management of all grant applications and grant agreement, and measurement and evaluation of grants disbursed. The Director oversees and managesmaintainingoperational records for each funding cycle of TMF. The Directoris responsible forall TMF fundraising, stewardship, volunteermanagementand support, grantmaking and reporting. The Director works closely with development officers and Womens Philanthropy to align around programming, stewardshipand donor specific strategies. The Director has one direct report to support the work of The Miriam Fund (TMF). The incumbent of this position also works as a core part of the Volunteer Mobilization and Leadership (VML) team to ensure high-quality volunteer experiences within TMF and across other leadership roles at CJP. This includes regular participation in leadership pipeline strategy and support for key leadership development opportunities, such as the Womens Philanthropy Leadership Series. CJP is not able to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship. Essential Functions: Manages The Miriam Fund, including all aspects of this membership organization of approximately 130 women, including: Membership recruitment andretention: conducts annual outreach for meetings with individual members, collects annual dues payments aggregating over $330, 000, develops strong relationships with TMF members to engage them in the work of TMF as well as CJPs overallmission; and runs all of the recruitment and other similar aspects of the Future Funder Cohort Program each year.Finance: prepares, maintains, and balances the TMF annual budget and oversees the quasi-endowment.Grant review process: Lead the strategy and oversees the operations of the grant review process. Sets the strategic direction and overall approach for the grantmaking cycle, including priorities, criteria, and timelines across the standing committees (Jewish, Israel, Secular).Marketing: updates website content; prepares and executes two monthly newsletters-one for members and one for grantee partners; oversees social media, prepares media releases on grants, develops the case for membership, prepares an annual report, collaborates with CJP marketing to feature aspects of TMF, prepares otherrecruitment and marketingmaterials.Governance and Strategy: Prepares for and manages, communications and all aspects of 5 meetings annually with Executive Committee members, meetings with TMF co-chairs, and meetings for Membership, Nominating, and Program & Advocacy committees. Collaborates with TMF cochairs toidentifypolicy and other strategic issues requiring attention andreview; Events: Oversees the successful execution of virtual and/or in person events each year including an annual opening and closing event as well as educational events related tograntmaking, and issues related to women andgirls; Grantee Convenings: Overseesthree to four convenings for grantee partners annually featuring a professional development topic and time tonetwork; Collaboration: Collaborates with CJP internal departments to enhance CJP relationships with shared TFM members and CJP donors and to build opportunities for collaboration with VML, Womens Philanthropy and other CJP initiatives, as well as partnership with marketing, finance, and events teams.Develops productive relationships with staff and volunteer chairsRegularly communicates about TMF experience to relevant Development stakeholdersCreates opportunities for integration of TMF participation with CJP activities, including VML leadership pipeline, volunteer leadership cohort programming, and Womens Philanthropy programs as a tool in development stewardshipSupports and encourages exposure of TMF members to other volunteer roles and opportunities at CJP and around the communityLeadership: representsTMF within CJP; andrepresentsboth TMF and CJPat externalJewish and secular venues. Collaborates with directors of Jewish Womens Funds around the country to share best practices and researches and understands the most pressing needs facing women and girls in Boston and in Israel to leverage TMFs role as strategic grant maker.Other duties as assigned with or without accommodation.