• Job Description

  Req#: 6626466

  Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) seeks to fill the role of Senior Vice President (SVP) of Strategic Communications. The Senior Vice President (SVP) of Strategic Communications co-creates and executes comprehensive communications strategies that elevate OFN?s mission, engage stakeholders, and strengthen the visibility and impact of the community development finance industry (CDFI). Working collaboratively across the organization, the SVP, Strategic Communications will align communications strategies with OFN?s overall objectives and ensure consistent messaging across all OFN channels and externally-facing OFN activities. This role includes leadership over media relations, brand reputation, messaging, and narrative development and oversees OFN?s content calendar. The SVP will lead a high-performing team that provides strategic direction to advance OFN?s external communications and thought leadership.

  OFN is the nation?s leading investment intermediary and network CDFIs serving rural, urban, and Native communities across the United States. With over $1 billion in total assets under management, OFN manages a national membership network of over 410 mission-driven lenders and CDFIs, including community development loan funds, credit unions, green banks, community development banks, minority depository institutions, and venture capital funds. OFN is a trusted investment partner to the public, private, and philanthropic sectors ? foundations, corporations, banks, government agencies, and others. For more than 30 years, our team has helped partners invest in communities to catalyze change and create economic opportunities for people and places traditional finance doesn?t reach.

  To learn more, visit www.ofn.org

  People who work at OFN come from a variety of professional and academic backgrounds. If you have:

  • Passion for the mission and true believer in our core purpose.
  • Courage to be a fearless advocate who is confident and resilient in our fight to drive capital into low-income communities.
  • Smart, quick seekers of knowledge who thrive on creating and developing new strategies, products, and programs for increasing capital to communities we serve.
  • Desire to be a collaborative team player who possesses humility and a willingness to lean in all areas of our work.

  Come be a part of our growing diverse, highly committed, skilled, and collaborative staff. At OFN, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply nonetheless. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.

  This position is based in Washington, D.C. All staff currently work a hybrid schedule.

  Core Responsibilities

  • Oversee development and execution of OFN?s editorial and content calendar to ensure alignment with organizational priorities and effective storytelling.
  • Drive data-driven storytelling, applying a journalistic approach to find stories and ensure that impact data is woven into outgoing communication.
  • Lead and mentor a high-performing communications team, fostering an environment of creativity, accountability, and collaboration.
  • Serve as a primary spokesperson for OFN, representing the organization at public events, media interviews, and key industry forums.
  • Implement an internal communications strategy that fosters a culture of transparency, inclusivity, and open dialogue.
  • Guide media relations strategies, identifying and cultivating relationships with key reporters and media outlets to amplify OFN?s messages and the broader impact of the CDFI industry.
  • Manage crisis communications as needed, ensuring the organization?s messaging is responsive, transparent, and aligned with its values.
  • Identify and pursue opportunities for external visibility, including media interviews, op-eds, and speaking engagements, to showcase OFN?s thought leadership.
  • Craft and implement proactive outreach strategies to reach external opinion leader and influencer audiences.
  • Utilize analytics and digital tools to assess the effectiveness of communications efforts and refine strategies for continuous improvement.
  • Leverage OFN?s events, especially OFN?s annual conference, to amplify the CDFI industry?s positive image with priority audiences.
  • Prepare OFN CEO and other spokespeople for media interviews and speaking engagements.
  • Manage outside PR and communications contractors as required.

• About the company

  OFN’s work is bounded by two values that anchor all that we do: Justice: Every facet of our work should be directed toward and reflect an unwavering commitment to fair and equal access to, opportunity in, and responsibility for social, economic, and...

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