Are you looking for a fantastic career opportunity in a NYC-based nonprofit organization with a great mission of helping parents raise healthy drug-free children? If so, check below for a current list of available positions. Be sure to check back often for new listings!

Director of Major Gifts

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, headquartered in New York City, seeks a dynamic and proactive Director of Major Gifts to join our Development team.   Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Development, the Director of Major Gifts will have specific responsibility for the following:

• Develop and manage a portfolio of qualified prospects with a capacity to make five and six-figure gifts - with a goal of raising $500,000 plus per year.  
• Enhancing existing strategies and creating and implementing new strategies to cultivate, solicit and steward prospects and donors.
• Work with President & CEO, Board Chair, Development Committee of the Board and senior management to orchestrate, enhance and expand the major gift plan and its execution. 
• Support and/or conduct face-to-face visits and other high-level interactions with donors and prospects.
• Serve as a representative of the Partnership to important internal and external constituents.
• Work independently and collaboratively with program staff, public relations and marketing staff and other organizational leaders on written proposals, reports and other communication devices.
• Maintain a calendar of communication (meetings, mailings etc.) with key donors and prospects.
• Work collaboratively with special events, prospect research, donor data base, foundation and corporate members of the development team to maximize opportunities to secure new major gifts.
• Keep current on strategic direction and programmatic focus of the Partnership.  Regularly interface with senior staff to understand current and future initiatives requiring funding.

Qualifications and Skills

• Highly organized, results-driven individual with a passion for the mission of the Partnership
• BA/BS degree and a minimum of 5-7 years of frontline major gifts development experiences in a nonprofit organization, including successful solicitation and closing of 5+ figure gifts
• Ability to earn and maintain the confidence of senior management, Board members and volunteers and engage them in relationship-building with potential donors
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and superior presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines
• Knowledge and experience with special events and galas is a plus
• Familiarity/ability to use Raiser’s Edge as a tool for prospect management
• Flexible to travel if required
• Excellent computer skills, including competency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

How to Apply

The Partnership values diversity in the workforce and encourages candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply.  Interested candidates should send resume and cover letter - including salary history - to jobs@drugfree.org.  No phone calls, please.

Marketing / Communications Manager - Multicultural Programs

The Partnership at Drugfree.org seeks an experienced bilingual professional to coordinate and participate fully in the active marketing of its resources and programs to key constituencies:  parents, strategic partners and new media outlets.

Background

The Partnership at Drugfree.org has evolved in recent years from a largely advertising-driven drug prevention media campaign to a public health nonprofit that helps parents prevent, intervene in and find treatment for drug and alcohol use by their children.  Its research-based content, found primarily online at www.drugfree.org, and its online and offline multimedia programs, including Time To Talk / Habla Con Tus Hijos and PACT360 community education, are acknowledged by the substance abuse field as top quality resources for parents.  The Partnership’s challenge is to drive awareness of these resources and make them more widely accessed by parents and by professionals who work with parents in the prevention and treatment of adolescent substance abuse.

Major Responsibilities

• Management of Time To Talk and its Hispanic partner program Habla Con Tus Hijos.  These prevention-oriented programs promote better and more frequent communication between parents and children about drugs and alcohol and other risky behaviors.  In addition to driving significant web traffic to Partnership sites, Time To Talk and Habla have attracted corporate support from a variety of funders (Hershey, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, A&E Networks and others) and support from many strategic partners in the public health, communications and education space.

• Relationship-building with strategic partners who can help expand the reach, credibility and effectiveness of Partnership content and programs.  Current strategic partners include the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the National Association of School Nurses, Big Brothers / Big Sisters, the PTA, YMCA and Univision (for Habla).

• Coordination of the Partnership’s “channel marketing” efforts, promoting Partnership content to groups of professionals whom parents seek out when they have a child in trouble with drugs or alcohol:  e.g., family physicians, adolescent psychiatrists, high school guidance counselors, coaches, clergy.

• Working with the Partnership’s media and communications partners (both paid and pro bono) to help create and disseminate marketing materials. 

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have at least 6-8 years in relevant marketing communications experience (e.g., digital sales and marketing, social media, advertising, brand marketing, public relations).  He/she must be fluent in English and Spanish in order to work effectively on Habla Con Tus Hijos and expand the Partnership’s relationships and programs with Hispanic partners.  Additional background in public health nonprofits, substance abuse, parent or youth counseling is a major plus.The Marketing / Communications Manager - Multicultural Programs will be an energetic, pro-active individual who can work well across disciplines in a leanly staffed organization, and can interact professionally with senior level executives both inside and outside the Partnership.

How to Apply

The Partnership values diversity in the workforce and encourages candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply.  Interested candidates should send resume and cover letter - including salary history - to jobs@drugfree.org.  No phone calls, please.

Volunteer Opportunity

Are you looking for a fantastic volunteer opportunity? The Partnership has several volunteer opportunities at this time – in our digital product development group and also on our fundraising team. If you are an individual with technical skills and/or a background in fundraising/social marketing and you’d like to donate your time and talent to a really important cause, please send an email to jobs@drugfree.org and let’s talk!