Senior Director for Development & Strategy (Northern)

Organization: Alliance for Peacebuilding Region: North America Location: Washington, DC, USA Theme: General Download attachment Apply here

The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) is announcing an exciting opportunity for a newly created Senior Director position that will be a key member of the senior leadership team and will lead AfP’s new fieldbuilding and development strategy. The main responsibility of this position is to lead successful implementation of the fieldbuilding strategy and ensure it is translated into a successful fundraising/development strategy. Candidates should have a strong record of success in innovating and mobilizing resources to support social change and be able to successfully conduct outreach to diverse partners including government, private, and corporate donors.

AfP is an award winning not-for-profit, nonpartisan membership network that has seen tremendous growth since its establishment in 2000. From the winner of the 2018 Luxembourg Peace Prize in the category of Outstanding Peace Support, to AfP being named the “number one influencer and change agent ” among peacebuilding institutions worldwide in 2019, to being awarded the 2022 JAMS Foundation’s 14 th annual Warren Knight Distinguished Service Award , AfP is globally recognized for its outstanding work. AfP is the institutional home of 160+ organizations that are working in 181 countries to prevent conflict, reduce violence, improve lives, and build sustainable peace. At our core, AfP cultivates a network to strengthen and advance the peacebuilding field, enabling peacebuilding organizations to achieve greater impact — tackling issues too large for any one organization to address alone.

AfP is the Alliance for:

• Creating standards of practice to align peacebuilding around common purpose
• Developing an evidence base to ensure better policies and practices
• Advocating for game-changing policies, laws, and funding to prevent and reduce violent conflict
• Accelerating collective action through collaboration and exchange

To achieve these goals AfP operates across three technical capacities: (1) Partnerships & Convening, (2) Learning & Evidence, and (3) Policy & Advocacy. With a core staff of eight full-time people, AfP carries out its fieldbuilding efforts with a current annual budget of $1.2+ million. Additionally, AfP hosts an annual conference, PeaceCon , attended by 1500+ individuals and serves as AfP’s largest annual fundraiser. AfP is recognized for its thought leadership in peacebuilding advocacy, learning, and convening.

Job Summary and Responsibilities:

The Senior Director will report directly to the Executive Director and will be part of the Senior Leadership Team that is responsible for deciding organizational policies and ensuring a healthy work culture. This position requires a hard-working, independently motivated relationship builder to help AfP continue to expand its reach, build new partnerships, seek out and inspire new donors, and help develop and oversee the new fieldbuilding strategy, with a strong focus on policy and advocacy and collective action. The Senior Director will lead on developing and implementing the fundraising strategy, working with the Board and AfP staff to build and maintain relationships with new and existing donors, and oversee AfP’s flagship annual conference, PeaceCon. The Senior Director will need to conduct research to scope and identify new donors and fundraising opportunities in line with AfP’s technical and programmatic capacities. The Senior Director will manage the partnerships and communications team.

The Senior Director will be joining a workplace that is innovative, fast-moving, respectful, and transparent, and must continue to promote and contribute to a positive, healthy, and balanced organizational culture.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 12 years of experience in senior leadership and/or management roles.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement fundraising strategies and successful track record in proposal development.
• Proven relationship building with the private foundations, corporate sector, and government funding and developing diverse partnerships.
• Candidates must have experience in peacebuilding or a related field and be passionate about the peacebuilding field and mission-focused member-based organization like AfP.
• Skilled in working with a small, agile team and strong staff management experience and dedicated to building great teams.
• A highly collaborative leader, respectful in resolving differences, with a reputation for integrity.
• Effective interpersonal, listening and communication skills (written and oral).
• Effective time management, organizational and planning skills and being able to prioritize competing issues and be adaptive.
• An unwavering commitment to advancing racial equity and will ensure that it is reflected throughout the organization’s culture.
• High proficiency in MS Office required. Experience with other organizational software, including Box, Canva, Adobe, CRM systems, etc. considered a positive.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Job Location

Full-time in Washington, DC (walking distance to DuPont Metro) but remote working will also be considered for the right candidate.

Salary and Benefits

Salary and benefits are competitive commensurate with qualifications and experience, based on the non-profit scale and will be reviewed after the first year. The salary for this position is $125,000, payable with standard deductions, and a full package of benefits that includes fifteen (15) paid vacation days, twelve (12) paid sick days, and fourteen (14) scheduled holidays per year, semi-monthly contributions from AfP of 5% of your salary to a 403(b)-retirement savings plan and a transportation stipend at a maximum of $100 per month, an employee insurance package including health, dental and vision insurance, and life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance short-term disability, long-term disability insurance.

How to Apply:

Please send a resume, cover letter with salary requirements, and list of three professional references to . Each attachment should be labeled “Last name, First name – (Document type).” In the subject line please state, “Senior Director.” Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the position will be filled as soon as a well-qualified person is identified.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

The Alliance for Peacebuilding is an equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is our intention that all qualified applications are given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. Any individual, who, because of a disability, needs accommodation or assistance in completing this application or at any time during the application process, should contact at .