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1 Smith Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 and/or 1360 Garrison Ave.
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📋 About the job
📍Location
📍1 Smith Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 and/or 1360 Garrison Ave. Bronx, NY 10474
📍Reports To
📍Executive Director
🏢About The HOPE Program
Founded more than 40 years ago, The HOPE Program is one of New York City's oldest and most respected workforce development organizations. HOPE prepares New Yorkers facing deep barriers to employment for careers that pay a living wage, with a growing focus on the green economy — and through that work, improves the neighborhoods our participants call home. HOPE combines training, industry credentials, paid work experience, and wraparound support, and its HOPE for Life model supports graduates throughout their careers.
Our Values
🔹Heart: We lead with love.
🔹Opportunity: We seek out and advocate for meaningful, sustainable opportunities.
🔹Purpose Driven: We create conditions where all our stakeholders can thrive and succeed.
🔹Excellence: We pursue the highest standards in everything we do.
Learn more at thehopeprogram.org
🚀The Opportunity
With an $8M budget and a strategic plan launched for our 40th anniversary, HOPE is seeking an ambitious Chief Development Officer to drive the revenue that will bring that plan to life. The ideal candidate is an entrepreneurial leader with a track record of finding innovative ways to scale an organization’s work. They know how to develop and tailor strategies to each funder, whether corporate, foundation, government, or individual, and how to integrate industry relationships and new partnership opportunities into a cohesive revenue plan. HOPE’s highly engaged Board of Directors maintains 100% giving participation and recently increased its give/get policy, providing a strong foundation for expanding philanthropic support.
An integral member of the senior leadership team, the CDO reports to the Executive Director and serves as a thought partner to her and the Board. The CDO leads a four-person development and communications team, along with event planning, government relations, and public relations consultants. This role is in-office four days a week, based at 1 Smith Street (Brooklyn) and 1360 Garrison Avenue (South Bronx).
✅Key Responsibilities
✅Revenue growth. Set and meet annual revenue goals and the goals of the strategic plan across
✅HOPE's diverse funding model — government, foundations and corporations, individual donors, and special events — deepening existing relationships while expanding the donor base.