Blue Star Families

Director

• Overall strategic and operational responsibility for the National Capital Region chapter’s staff, volunteers, programs, and budget
• Manage local board, VIP engagement, fundraising, storytelling, stewardship, CRM, budgeting, volunteer management, partner development, membership engagement, marketing, and communications
• Collaborate across Blue Star Families enterprise (operations, development, marketing, strategy, technology, finance)
• Develop chapter sustainability plan and expand local revenue-generating and fundraising activities
• Secure six-figure gifts from philanthropies, foundations, corporate partners, and high-net-worth donors
• Partner with Development Team and Host Committee to source, cultivate, and steward funders; responsible for meeting annual fundraising goals
• Develop and implement national programs locally (Welcome Week, Campaign for Inclusion, Military Family Lifestyle Survey) and evaluate program components
• Build and steward a strong, diverse, engaged advisory board and energize board members, committees, and partners
• Lead, coach, develop, and retain volunteers and manage program manager
• Develop local partnerships to connect military families with community resources and educate leaders using Blue Star Families research
• Must reside in the designated chapter community and have lived there for a minimum of the past three years

Executive Director