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At Children’s Cancer Research Fund we’re committed to supporting the best and brightest individuals in the fight against childhood cancer. Fueled by compassion since opening our doors in 1981, our team has revolutionized the way childhood cancer is treated worldwide.
With a career at CCRF, you can feel good knowing that your work is advancing childhood cancer treatments and giving hope to patients and families.
Director of Research Impact
The Director of Research Impact will collaborate with the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Development Officer, and the broader organization to advance our mission of funding the most transformational research across the U.S., bringing better treatments and cures to children with cancer. This role involves developing program strategies, maintaining and creating policies, and managing grantmaking and reporting, while also building relationships with stakeholders and the pediatric cancer community. The Director of Research Impact will supervise one direct report: the Grants & Administrative Coordinator, providing the necessary leadership to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of CCRF’s grantmaking.
Communications Content Manager
The Communications Content Manager is responsible for developing content strategies aligned with Children’s Cancer Research Fund’s business objectives and managing the gathering and creation of communications content. Working cross-departmentally and with external partners, the Communications Content Manager meets these goals through an understanding of our audience’s needs and channels, informed by analytics. This role will organize and manage projects and campaigns across internal teams. This person is responsible for identifying all the tasks that need to be completed within a marketing project or campaign and coordinating the completion and execution of these items.
Development Officer, Major Gifts
Reporting to the Associate Director, Major & Planned Gifts, the Development Officer is a front-line fundraiser who is focused on qualifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding individuals, families, and family foundations with the capacity for contributions of $10,000+. This position will be responsible for managing a portfolio of 120 to 150 relationships. The Development Officer is expected to secure ~ $750,000 annually from their portfolio once fully established (within ~2 years). The Development officer will represent CCRF with individuals and families to generate significant philanthropic support for children’s cancer research. It is essential that they build strong working relationships across the organization and with research partners to support the mission.