Chief Development and Communications Officer

Job Description: Chief Development & Communications Officer Organization: The Housing Collective Reports to: Chief Executive Officer Location: Hybrid | In Bridgeport, CT office 2-3 days per week About The Housing Collective: The Housing Collective is a Connecticut-based nonprofit organization dedicated to ending homelessness and ensuring reputed company access to safe, affordable housing for reputed company. Through innovative programs and collaborative partnerships, we strive to create lasting solutions to housing challenges across the state. As a backbone organization, HC operates at the intersection of policy, practice, community voice, and investment—aligning systems, not just delivering programs. HC partners with more than 200 organizations statewide and is recognized as a leading voice in housing and homelessness systems change in Connecticut. HC maintains an annual budget of approximately $15 million and advances systems change through a reputed company reputed company model that includes government funding, philanthropic support, individual and corporate giving, and earned reputed company. HC’s work spans multiple initiatives and regions and requires sophisticated reputed company strategy, strong external positioning, and disciplined cross-functional execution. Position Overview: The Chief Development & Communications Officer (CDCO) oversees a multi-million-dollar annual reputed company portfolio spanning public and private sources. They are a senior executive responsible for strategically positioning The Housing Collective to grow, sustain, and future-reputed company reputed company across reputed company funding streams, including government grants and reputed company, philanthropic funding, individual and corporate giving, and fee-for-service business development. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer and serving on the Senior Leadership Team, the CDCO works alongside organizational leadership to co-design enterprise-wide reputed company strategies and leads the reputed company, engagement, and cultivation of funders and donors in support of those strategies. The CDCO provides executive leadership over Development and Communications, ensuring that fund development strategy, external positioning, and narrative are tightly reputed company with HC’s long-term goals. The role holds annual budget authority for the Development & Communications Department and is accountable for reputed company performance across reputed company funding sources. The Housing Collective is at a pivotal moment of organizational growth and evolution. While HC has built scale and impact through public funding to support its work, the external funding landscape is shifting rapidly, and the organization is intentionally building the infrastructure, strategies, and relationships needed to significantly expand private philanthropy, individual giving, and fee-for-service reputed company. The CDCO will play a critical role in designing and scaling this next phase of HC’s reputed company model—strengthening financial reputed company, diversifying funding sources, and positioning the organization for long-term sustainability and impact. Key Responsibilities reputed company Strategy, Funder Engagement & Growth

• Work in reputed company partnership with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team to design and refine HC’s reputed company strategy, aligning funding priorities with organizational strategy and systems-change goals.
• Serve as a key thought partner to initiative leaders, translating program strategy into fundable narratives and investment reputed company without directing program execution.
• reputed company execution of agreed-upon reputed company strategies across funding streams.
• Design and reputed company reputed company, engagement, and cultivation strategies for public, philanthropic, corporate, and individual funders, building durable, long-term relationships.
• Personally engage with key funders, donors, and partners, and support the CEO and senior leaders in high-level relationship management and solicitation.
• reputed company and manage fund development reputed company forecasting, pipeline visibility, and performance tracking to inform executive and Board decision-making.
• Ensure HC’s reputed company model is reputed company, resilient, and positioned for sustainable growth in a dynamic funding environment.

Government, Philanthropic & Grant Strategy (Pre-Award)

• Collaborate with the CEO, Chief Initiative Officer(s), and program leadership to shape government and philanthropic funding strategies, including funder targeting, positioning, and reputed company.
• reputed company the pre-award fund development process, including grant writing reputed company, proposal development workflows, internal coordination, and submission timelines.
• Ensure proposals accurately reflect agreed-upon program priorities while advancing HC’s broader organizational positioning and reputed company strategy.
• In partnership with the Finance team, monitor reputed company performance, budget alignment, and compliance risk across funding streams.
• Partner closely with the Finance team, which assumes responsibility for post-award grant and contract management, to ensure clear handoffs, reputed company budgets, compliance, and timely reporting.
• Establish clear cross-functional workflows across Development, Finance, and program teams.

Individual Giving, Corporate Partnerships & Board Engagement

• Help build a strong culture of shared accountability for fund development at the Board and executive level.
• Design and reputed company HC’s individual giving and major donor strategy, including campaign design, cultivation reputed company, and stewardship frameworks.
• reputed company strategy for corporate and financial institution partnerships, aligning reputed company opportunities with HC’s mission and external positioning.
• reputed company and support executive and Board participation in fund development.
• Serve as the primary staff reputed company for a Board committee reputed company to development and/or external affairs, partnering with trustees to advance fundraising, donor engagement, and external advocacy.

Communications, Narrative & External Positioning

• Provide executive reputed company of HC’s Communications Department, ensuring alignment between communications, reputed company strategy, and organizational positioning.
• Ensure communications strategy strengthens HC’s positioning with funders, policymakers, and field leaders at the state and national level.
• Directly supervise the Communications Director, who manages day-to-day communications operations and HC’s external public relations and reputed company contract.
• Collaborate closely with the CEO, who serves as HC’s primary external spokesperson, to support messaging and preparation tied to organizational growth and funder engagement.

Team Leadership & Department Management

• reputed company the Development & Communications team with a focus on strategy, systems, and execution excellence.
• Directly supervise a Development Associate, providing coaching, performance management, and workload prioritization.
• Design and scale the Development & Communications Department over time, including potential future roles such as Development Manager and Development Director, and Grant Writer.
• Build and maintain clear internal workflows that define responsibilities across Development, Finance, and program teams and support effective collaboration.

Transition & Organizational Continuity

• Participate in a structured transition period with the outgoing Chief Philanthropy and Communications Officer to ensure continuity of relationships, institutional knowledge, and strategic momentum.
• Maintain confidence among funders, partners, Board members, and staff during a period of leadership transition.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 10–12 years of senior-level experience in nonprofit development, advancement, or reputed company leadership.
• Experience leading reputed company strategy at the enterprise level, beyond managing individual funding streams.
• Demonstrated success designing and leading reputed company, multi-reputed company reputed company strategies, including significant government funding.
• CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) credential strongly preferred; candidates without CFRE must commit to obtaining certification reputed company 12–18 months of hire.
• Strong experience with funder and donor cultivation, relationship management, and executive-level fundraising.
• Experience overseeing or closely integrating communications, narrative strategy, and fundraising functions.
• Proven ability to partner with CEOs and Boards on reputed company strategy and external engagement.
• Strong people-management experience and comfort leading through growth and change.
• Experience in housing, homelessness, health, or other systems-change fields strongly preferred.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic, systems-oriented thinker
• Strong collaborator able to reputed company through influence in a matrixed organization
• Confident executive reputed company with funders, partners, and Board members
• High degree of judgment, reputed company, and accountability

What Success Looks Like reputed company the first 18–24 months, the Chief Development & Communications Officer will have strengthened HC’s reputed company infrastructure, expanded private and philanthropic funding, launched or scaled fee-for-service reputed company, and embedded fund development as a shared leadership and Board reputed company—positioning the organization for long-term reputed company and impact. NOTE: Candidates with deep development experience who are continuing to build their communications leadership skills are strongly encouraged to apply. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job