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About the Role

The Deputy Chief will lead the team responsible for fundraising, communications, and storytelling, sharing responsibility for creating a culture of philanthropy, collaboration, and effective communication across the organization's staff and board.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement an integrated annual strategy for development and communications.
Establish clear fundraising and communications goals, translating organizational priorities into annual work plans and calendars.
Create systems to track progress, evaluate results, and adjust strategies.
Ensure development and communications priorities align with broader strategic priorities.
Communicate progress, opportunities, and challenges to the CEO, Executive Team, and Board.
Lead and develop a team of seven staff, fostering a collaborative, supportive, and high-performing culture.
Hire, supervise, coach, and develop staff, establishing work plans and performance expectations.
Shape departmental structure, workflows, and ways of working.
Strengthen a culture of philanthropy and effective communication across CCDC.
Oversee departmental budgets and ensure effective resource deployment.
Provide strategic leadership for CCDC’s development program, focusing on a diversified and sustainable base of philanthropic support.
Strengthen and manage a portfolio of individual and institutional giving.
Develop a legacy giving program.
Cultivate a culture of philanthropy and build long-term relationships with donors, funders, and supporters.
Oversee the full development cycle, from prospect identification to stewardship.
Ensure development systems, data, policies, and practices align with organizational priorities.
Provide strategic leadership for CCDC’s communications, storytelling, and external positioning.
Translate CCDC’s comprehensive model into compelling narratives.
Elevate CCDC’s visibility and influence.
Provide strategic direction across communications channels including fundraising materials, annual reports, digital communications, media, events, and multimedia.
Guide media, policy and advocacy communications, public positioning, and crisis communications.
Serve as an ambassador and spokesperson, building relationships with donors, civic and community leaders, funders, partners, and media.
Provide strategic fundraising and marketing oversight for CCDC’s relevant events.
Ensure events are meaningful experiences for staff, board members, donors, and community members.
Represent CCDC at external events and speaking engagements.
Embody organization values (respect & compassion, empowerment, teamwork).
Contribute to a safe and pleasant work environment.
Follow policies, procedures, and safe work practices.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Strong commitment to CCDC's mission, values, and advancing equity and social justice in diverse communities.
Strong strategic thinking, leadership, and decision-making skills.
Ability to translate organizational priorities into actionable plans and measurable outcomes.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.
Ability to engage donors, funders, board members, staff, and community partners.
Ability to lead, coach, and inspire high-performing teams.
Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable work environment.
Strong understanding of fundraising, donor stewardship, and communications strategies.
Ability to develop and lead communications strategies that strengthen organizational visibility and engage diverse audiences.
Translate organizational mission, values, and impact into compelling, culturally relevant narratives.
Strong judgment and ability to provide strategic direction on public positioning, media relations, advocacy, and sensitive or high-profile communications.
Protect organizational reputation.
Minimum of 10 years of senior leadership experience in fundraising, development, communications, or related fields.
Demonstrated success in strategic planning, team leadership, and organizational management.
Demonstrated experience leading fundraising and communications strategies, including establishing and achieving fundraising goals.
Proven success cultivating major donors, securing significant gifts, and developing relationships with individual and institutional funders.
Experience supervising and developing staff, managing budgets, and overseeing departmental operations.
Experience partnering with executive leadership and Board of Directors.
Experience overseeing communications strategies, branding, storytelling, and public relations.
Experience working in community development, affordable housing, or social justice organizations, particularly in San Francisco (Preferred).
Experience developing legacy giving programs and strengthening organizational fundraising capacity (Preferred).
Experience engaging AAPI and Chinese American donor communities (Preferred).
Proficiency in Mandarin and/or Cantonese strongly preferred.

Skills

Fundraising
Communications
Storytelling
Strategic Planning
Team Leadership
Organizational Management
Donor Stewardship
Relationship Building
Public Positioning
Media Relations
Advocacy
Crisis Communications
Budget Management
Staff Supervision and Development
Marketing Oversight
Event Planning
Data Analysis
Cultivating Major Donors
Securing Gifts
Developing Relationships with Funders
Branding
Public Relations
Mandarin (Preferred)
Cantonese (Preferred)

Location

Chinatown, San Francisco

Work Type

Full-time
Exempt
General business hours plus some or occasional nights and weekends

Experience Level

Senior leadership experience (Minimum 10 years)

Salary/Compensations

$185,000 - $200,000 annually

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

About the Company

A private non-profit founded in 1977, Chinatown Community Development Center believes in a comprehensive vision of community.
Owns and/or manages approximately 30 affordable housing buildings serving over 3,800 low-income seniors, single adults, formerly homeless adults, and families in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Tenderloin, Western Addition, and Polk Gulch neighborhoods.
Builds housing, develops grassroots leadership, and engages low-income residents and youth.
Employees are passionate about the mission; thrive in a family organizational culture; and embody values of empowerment, teamwork, and compassion.
Serves a diverse population and is committed to hiring practices that provide culturally competent services.
Encourages people of color to apply.

Equal Opportunity

Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) is an equal opportunity employer.
Committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Does not discriminate on the basis of race (includes hairstyle and hair texture), color, religion (includes dress and grooming practices), age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition and reproductive health decision making), national origin (includes language restrictions), ancestry, citizenship, disability, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristic), genetic information or characteristic, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or participation in an EEO protected activity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
All final candidates will undergo a background check.
For certain positions this will include a fingerprint check.
Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.