Start Date: Immediately

Hours: Full Time

Location: Hybrid; must be able to work in-person in NYC and occasionally travel to Albany

CACF is seeking a full-time Budget Policy Coordinator to lead our 18% and Growing campaign and co-lead our state budget campaign that fights for a fair, inclusive, and equitable City and State budgets that address the needs of AAPI New Yorkers.

About this Role:

The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) is seeking a Budget Policy Coordinator on a project to lead our 18% and Growing campaign and support our work on the AAPI Equity Budget Coalition. Both initiatives are centered around budget equity, where we believe that budget policy is social policy.

• Lead: A CACF campaign centered around budget equity, specifically in increasing investment in and equitable funding for the AAPI community to counter issues related to poverty, social service access, education, and more. The 18% and Growing initiative comes from the percentage of AAPI people within the population of New York City. The initiative’s aims are done within a broader goal of racial justice and solidarity with other minority communities, aiming not to achieve its goals through taking funding from other groups, but raising funding for all.

• Co-Lead: The Equity Budget Coalition, formed in coalition of over 130 AAPI organizations from across the State, is led in large part by the Coalition for AAPI Children and Families and the Asian American Federation (AAF). Across New York State, Asian American Pacific Islander community needs have been historically ignored and disproportionately underfunded. AAPI communities continue to grapple with growing anti-Asian violence, gender-based violence, displacement from their homes, exclusion from government programs, and the ongoing, disproportionate impacts on health and mental health of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community-based organizations (CBOs) are uniquely equipped to address these disparities and support the diverse needs of AAPI communities through culturally responsive and linguistically competent approaches. In this way, AAPI CBOs are filling an urgent service gap, allowing community members to access social and healthcare services, public benefits, legal assistance, and other crucial services.

Primary Responsibilities

The Budget Policy Coordinator will lead in coalition building and budget analysis for the city and co-lead at the state budget level. The Coordinator will develop budget policy agendas by working closely with policymakers, CACF member agencies and partners, community leaders, elected and appointed officials, and our partners in the budget advocacy space.

Policy/Advocacy

Lead:

• Lead our city budget advocacy of 18% and Growing as well as any relevant city budgetary issues.

• Coordinate and maintain organizational relationships for advocacy-driven coalition-building work for the 18% and Growing campaign and AAPI Equity Budget Campaign.

• Lead technical budget analysis and coordinate collaborative development of budget priorities for city and state advocacy.

• Collaborate with the Director of Policy and Government Relations on building relationships with city level agencies and legislators to ensure allocation of funds.

• Develop and maintain government relations efforts at the city level.

• Serve as a thought leader with CACF team members on campaign strategy, community engagement, mobilization, education, and relationship building initiatives.

• Work with community partners and legislators to provide leadership in setting city and state budget priorities, campaign-wide goals and strategies, advancing new ideas that align planning.

Co-Lead:

• Act as co-lead with the Director of Policy and Government Relations for our state budget advocacy through the AAPI Equity Budget Campaign.

• Collaborate on advocacy strategy for state budget timeline.

• Communicate, when necessary, with the steering committee and larger coalition.

• Occasionally travel to Albany for budget advocacy purposes.

• Develop and maintain partnerships with advocates and community leaders aligned in our budget priorities.

Other Responsibilities:

• Prepare policy memos and position papers, write and give public testimony at hearings, speak at press conferences, and implement advocacy actions.

• Represent CACF in budget-related events. Participate in local advisory boards.

Qualifications and Experience

Required

• 3-5 years experience in non-profit and/or government

• Commitment to CACF’s mission, educational equity, children’s rights, and social justice.

• Experience in city budget advocacy and/or budgetary analysis.

• Ability or interest in relationship-building across organizations, advocates, and stakeholders impacted by education policies.

• Ability to set priorities among multiple responsibilities.

• Technical Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets experience.

• Understanding of Asian American Pacific Islander communities and/or non-profit organizations.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; persuasive communicator with a keen eye for detail.

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks.

• Capacities to lead, innovate, break new ground, take risks, and take public stances on issues.

• Ability to work with diverse staff and flexibility to work on multiple tasks under pressure

• Interest in legislative, budget, and administrative advocacy and policy making.

• Excellent skills in researching and identifying new policy/advocacy opportunities.

Preferred

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with varied constituencies, including staff, social service organizations, elected and appointed officials, and government agencies.

Salary and Benefits

Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits. Four weeks vacation plus paid holidays. 403(b) plan pre-tax deduction for retirement and pre-tax commuter benefits plan available.

Salary: This is a full-time position. The starting salary is $65,000.

To Apply: Apply by April 12, 2024

To apply for this position, please send the following to jobs@cacf.org:

• your resume,

• a cover letter detailing why you are a strong fit for this position, and

• two writing samples.

Equal Opportunity Employer: CACF is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, genetic information, age, veteran status, military status, mental or physical disability status, or citizenship status.

The Director of Development provides the leadership, strategy, and direction of fundraising to support CACF’s programs and operations. The Director is responsible for institutional funding, individual giving, corporate giving, special events, donor communication and board fundraising. 

A member of the senior management team, reporting to the Co-Executive Directors, the Director of Development is a high energy, seasoned development professional with a passion for CACF’s mission and the AAPI community, and a proven track record in building strong relationships with current and prospective donors. Working closely with the Co-Executive Directors, other senior staff and the Board, the Director of Development will be the catalyst for helping CACF achieve its financial goals.  They will be an integral part of the management team and a key player in the growth and expansion of CACF.

Responsibilities

Strategy, Planning & Administration

Conceptualizes, leads, implements, and monitors annual resource development strategy/plan

Creates and monitors annual fundraising income and expense budgets

Constantly evaluates progress toward fundraising goals, and is accountable to and works with Co-Executive Directors  to adjust strategies

Develops and implements plans for cultivating, retaining and upgrading donors at all levels

Ensures the integrity of the fundraising database, as well as online giving, gift processing, recording and acknowledgement

Coordinates fiscal management and income tracking with finance and administrative staff

Works with Co-Executive Directors, Policy Director and Program Director to ensure all teams’ work is coordinated, strategic and meets donor communication goals

Supervises consultants, interns and fundraising team volunteers

Messaging & Donor Communication

Thoroughly understands our mission, culture, values, history, key stakeholders, programs and finances and is able to articulate them to diverse audiences

Develops creative strategies for expanding funding base through online campaigns, social media, including crowd funding, and web visibility, working in conjunction with the Director of Communications 

Drafts text for annual reports, direct mail appeals, le-news and other print and online communications and publications

Institutional Giving

Manages institutional giving campaign and relationships with institutional funders, including corporations, foundation and public funders

Works with Program and Policy Directors on proposal design, proposal writing and reporting

Identifies prospective corporate, foundation and public donors

Individual & Planned Giving

Plans and oversees individual giving program to engage donors at all levels, including monthly giving

Oversees and implements major donor program, including prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship

Develops and implements strategies to increase bequests and donor designations

Conducts individual prospect research and ensures donor information storage

Works with senior staff and the Board Development Committee to ensure board members succeed in their fundraising responsibilities

Special Events

Plans and manages donor cultivation events

Supervises and implements sponsored special events and evaluates endorsed events opportunities

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following experience and qualifications:

A minimum of five years of progressive experience in multifaceted development work;

An organized and strategic approach to fundraising with experience in managing, developing and coordinating successful fundraising efforts;

Demonstrated success in major gift cultivation, solicitation and stewardship, direct response, foundation, government and corporate funding;

Demonstrated ability to conceptualize and describe funding needs in a way that is compelling and comprehensive to the potential donor;

Leadership and strategic qualities to manage volunteers and to direct day-to-day activities and operations;

Experience developing solid working relationships with Board members and donors;

Demonstrated experience in developing and managing budgets; knowledge of the most up-to-date donor tracking systems;

Very strong writing skills; 

A track record as an effective communicator who is articulate and persuasive in written and verbal communications; adept at crafting proposals, donor correspondence and other kinds of materials and making presentations to a variety of audiences; 

Strong commitment to social justice; and,

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university required.

Compensation

This is a flexible hybrid position requiring some time spent in-office in Manhattan for multiple events including special events, an annual board dinner, and smaller gatherings including retreats, celebrations, and donor events. Annual salary from $100,000 to $120,000 based on experience. CACF offers a very generous benefits package. 

How to Apply

CACF is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals. 

CACF supports a culture of learning and professional growth. Those who meet many but not all of the qualifications are still encouraged to apply.

Qualified applicants should email a cover letter and resume to Aminah Abdul-Majeed at Wingo NYC at aminah@wingo.nyc. Cover letter should include the website name where you found the posting and be labeled “Last Name – Cover Letter,” and resumes should be labeled “Last Name – Resume”. No phone calls, please.