From answering the phones to balancing the books to ensuring that the strategic vision of the donor family is carried out, staff are the lifeblood of many organized philanthropies. Here you will find a wide array of position descriptions for many of the most common – as well as a number of not-so-common – staff positions in family philanthropy.
For additional current job announcements, see NCFP’s Family Philanthropy Job Board.
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Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Assistant, Education Leadership (Wallace Foundation, 2014)
- Administrative Assistant for Family Giving Position Description (Simons Foundation, 2012)
Administrator
- Administrator Position Description (Deutsch Foundation, 2012)
- Position Description, Administrator (NCFP, 2003)
Analyst
- Business Analyst (San Francisco Foundation, 2014)
- Investment Analyst (Packard Foundation, 2014)
- Program Analyst, Jewish Charitable (Crown Family Philanthropies, 2014)
- Research Analyst (Packard Foundation, 2014)
- Analyst Position Description (Einhorn Trust, 2012)
Associate Director
- Program Associate (Packard Foundation, 2014)
- Associate Director Organizational Performance (Rockefeller Foundation, 2014)
- Associate Director (Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, 2014)
Chief Equity Officer
Chief Executive Officer (see also Executive Director and President)
- Chief Executive Officer (Solano Community Foundation, 2014)
- Chief Executive Officer Position Description (Ford Family Foundation, 2012)
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Growth Officer
Communications Officer
- Senior Communications Officer (McKnight Foundation, 2021)
- Communications Specialist (William T. Grant Foundation, 2014)
- Manager of Criminal Justice Communications and Special Projects (Laura and John Arnold Foundation, 2014)
- Communications Assistant (Packard Foundation, 2014)
- Senior Communications Manager (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2012)
- Communications Director (Surdna Foundation, 2012)
- Communications Officer Position Description (Moore Foundation, 2012)
- Communications Officer Position Description (Walton Family Foundation, 2012)
- Communictions Specialist Position Description (Hewlett Foundation, 2012)
- Online Community Manager Position Description (Schusterman Foundation, 2012)
Director Positions
- Director of Learning (Stupski, 2020)
- J. Williard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Director, Finance & Administration
- Director of Public Accountability Initiatives Position Description (Arnold Foundation, 2012)
- Director Of Digital Media (The Michael J. Fox Foundation, 2014)
- Director of Interactive Technologies (The Case Foundation, 2014)
- Director of Strategic Impact (Suder Foundation, 2014)
- Director, Program Related Investments (California Endowment, 2014)
- Director of Criminal Justice (Laura and John Arnold Foundation, 2014)
- Director of New Ventures (Laura and John Arnold Foundation, 2014)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Positions
- Racial Justice Initiative Director (Hewlett, 2021)
- Chief of Equity and Culture (Hewlett, 2020)
- Chief Equity and Learning Officer (MRBF, 2020)
- Manager DEI, (Simons Foundation, 2020)
Executive Assistant
- Executive Assistant & Office Manager (Dobbs Foundation, 2020)
- Executive Assistant Legal Position Description Packard Foundation 2012 policy central sample position announcements and job descriptions
- Executive Assistant to Chairman Position Description (Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, 2012)
Executive Director (see also Chief Executive Officer and President)
- President and CEO Job Description for Family Member
- Executive Director Job Description (Tracy Fam Fdn, 2016)
- Executive Director Position (Lovell FDN, 2015)
- Executive Director (Siragusa FF, 2014)
- Executive Director (Anonymous Family Foundation, 2014)
- Executive Director (Jewish Community Foundation of Northeast Florida, 2014)
- Executive Director (Stupski Foundation, 2014)
- Executive Director Position Description (Glenn FF, 2013)
- Executive Director Position Description (Kaplan Family Foundation, 2013)
- Executive Director Position Description (JM Belk Endowment, 2013)
- Executive Director Position Description (William S Abell Foundation, 2012)
- Executive Director Position Description (Specialty Family Foundation, 2012)
- Executive Director Position Description (Sobrato Family Foundation, 2012)
- Executive Director Position Description (Melville Charitable Trust, 2012)
- Executive Director Position Description (Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, 2012)
- Executive Director Position Description (Lovell Foundation, 2012)
- Executive Director Position Description (Johnson Foundation, 2012)
- Family Foundation Executive Director Position Description (SpencerStuart, 2004)
- Executive Director Job Description (NCFP, 2002)
- President (McKnight Foundation, 2020)
- Executive Director (Smith Charitable Trust, 2020)
- Executive Director (Hoffberger, 2020)
- Executive Director (Dresher Foundation, 2020)
Executive Vice President
- Executive Vice President (Sample, 2016)
- Executive Vice President for Programs Position Description (Kellogg Foundation, 2012)
Finance and Controller Positions
- Finance Manager Position Description (Stoller Foundation, 2012)
- Finance Controller (Roundhouse, 2020)
Foundation Fellow
Grants Manager
- Grants Manager (GHR Foundation, 2020)
- Grants Manager (Crown Family Philanthropies, 2015)
- Grants Manager (Roth Family Foundation, 2014)
- Grants Manager Position Description (Tow Foundation, 2013)
- Grants Manager Position Description (O'Neill Fdn, 2012)
- Grant Manager and Program Officer Position Description (Stoller Foundation, 2012)
Interns and Internships
Investing and Impact Investing
- Director of Impact Investing (Surdna, 2021)
- Impact Investing Program Director Position Description (McKnight Foundation, 2014)
Network Manager
Online Community Manager
- Social Media Associate (MacArthur Foundation, 2014)
- Social Media Marketing Manager (Marguerite Casey Foundation, 2014)
- Online Community Manager Position Description (Schusterman Foundation, 2012)
President (see also Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director)
Program Assistant
- Program Assistant (Vista Hermosa, 2020)
- Program Assistant (Leeway Foundation, 2014)
- Development & Programs Assistant (Part Time) (Solano County Community Foundation, 2014)
- Program Assistant (Shubert Foundation, 2014)
- Program Assistant Position Description (Guggenheim Foundation, 2012)
- Program Assistant Position Description (Flamboyan Foundation, 2012)
Program Associate
- Program and Grants Associate (McKnight Foundation, 2021)
- Program Associate (The Russell Family Foundation, 2021)
- Program Associate, Education (Stuart Foundation, 2014)
- Program Associate (Packard Foundation, 2014)
- Mission Investing Associate Packard 2016 policy central sample position announcements and job descriptions
- Program Associate for Domestic Programs (Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, 2012)
- Program Associate Position Description (Andrus Family Fund, 2013)
- Program Associate (Tauck FF, 2016)
- Program Associate (Smith FF, 2015)
- Program Associate Officer Position Description (Grove Foundation, 2012)
- Program Associate Position Description (Packard Foundation, 2012)
- Program Associate Position Description (Wilberforce Foundation, 2002)
Program Director
- Program Director (Longbrake Foundation, 2020)
- Program Director for Health and Human Services Position Description (Crown Family Philanthropies, 2014)
- Program Director (Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, 2014)
Program Officer
- Program Officer (Roundhouse Foundation, 2020)
- Program Officers (McKnight, 2020)
- Program Officer Position (Emily Hall Tremaine Fdn, Jan 2018)
- Program Officer Job Description (HJSF, 2016)
- Program Officer, Community Health (San Francisco Foundation, 2014)
- Education Program Officer, U.S. Policy and Advocacy (Helmsley Charitable Trust, 2014)
- Program Officer Education, Health and Social Services (Nord Family Foundation, 2014)
- Program Officer (Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation, 2014)
- Program Officer (Ruderman Family Foundation, 2014)
- Program Officer (Raikes Foundation, 2014)
- Community Program and Grants Officer (Robins Foundation, 2014)
- Program Officer Position Description (Andrus Family Fund, 2013)
- Program Officer Position Description (Abrams Foundation, 2013)
- Program Officer for Strong Local Economies Position Description (Surdna Foundation, 2012)
- Program Officer for Safeguarding Habitat Position Description (Turner Foundation, 2012)
- Program Officer for Research and Evaluation Position Description (Raikes Foundation, 2012)
- Program Officer for Philanthropy Position Description (Hewlett Foundation, 2012)
- Program Officer for Education Position Description (Rainin Foundation, 2012)
- Program Officer for Education Position Description (Harold Castle Foundation, 2012)
- Program Officer Position Description (Rockefeller Family Fund, 2012)
- Program Officer Position Description (van Beuren Foundation, 2012)
- Program Officer Position Description (Klarman Family Foundation, 2012)
- Program Officer Position Description (Jessie Ball duPont Fund, 2012)
- Program Officer Position Description (Anschutz Family Foundation, 2012)
- Program Officer Nursing Initiative (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, 2012)
- Program Officer (Lumpkin Family Foundation, 2013)
- Program Officer (Jessie Ball DuPont Fund, 2012)
- Program Officer Position Description (Perrin Family Foundation, 2011)
- Program Officer (Brinson Foundation, 2019)
Program and Operations Manager
- Program and Operations Manager Job Description (TSF, 2014)
- Program Manager (Marriott Foundation, 2014)
- Program Operations Manager (Packard Foundation, 2014)
- Program Operations Manager (Packard Foundation, 2014)
Senior Evaluation Officer
Senior Program Officer
- Senior Program Officer (Smith Family Fdn, 2016)
- Senior Program Officer (James Irvine Fdn, 2016)
- Senior Program Officer for Science and Technology Position Description (Allen Family Foundation, 2012)
- Senior Program Officer for Child Welfare Position Description (Stuart Foundation, 2012)
- Senior Program Officer Position Description (Stone Foundation, 2012)
- Senior Program Officer Position Description (Schusterman Family Foundation, 2012)
- Senior Program Officer Position Description (Klarman Family Foundation, 2012)
- Senior Program Officer Position Description (Barr Foundation, 2012)
- Senior Program Officer Evaluation Position Description (Stuart Foundation, 2012)
Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, Social Innovation (The Case Foundation, 2014)
- Senior Vice President for Policy and Research (Comonwealth Fund, 2014)
