Director of Communications

Irving Harris Foundation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Irving Harris Foundation seeks a Director of Communications to join its Leadership Team. The role will be the Foundation’s first full-time staff communications hire and will shape and evolve the external narrative, advancing strategic work through spend down and highlighting partnerships’ impact now and after sunset.

The director will also support internal communications, helping the Foundation team report effectively and engage with the Board of Directors, while being a compelling

Job description

IHF seeks a Director of Communications to join its Leadership Team. While IHF has worked with communications consultants and contractors, the Director of Communications will be IHF’s first full-time staff communications hire and will help shape and evolve the role. This role will support IHF in advancing its strategic work through spend down, focusing on the critical role IHF’s narrative plays in advancing our legacy and philanthropic impact and using communications to leverage our partners’ impact now and after we sunset. Additionally, this role will support internal communications including the Foundation team’s effective reporting and engagement with the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

The ideal Director of Communications is a compelling storyteller, a voracious consumer of local and national media and a gifted communicator who is intellectually curious and has the facility to write and speak about complex social issues and sectors in a way that inspires action.