The Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region (CLF) seeks an experienced Director of Development & Community Relations to join its senior leadership team. This role is primarily responsible for securing the resources needed to sustain and grow lending and programs through diversified fundraising streams, including major gifts, investments, annual appeals, capital campaigns, planned giving, grants, special events, digital engagement and social media management.

What you bring to the team:

  • Expertise in building long-term relationships with donors and friends from all walks of life and parts of the community fabric,
  • Vision and the ability to inspire a wide variety of stakeholders to help you attain it,
  • A desire to make a lasting difference,
  • Passion for using your gifts to serve others and to guide like-minded people from wide variety of backgrounds to partner with you.

What the team offers you:

  • Meaningful work, with the opportunity to shape an emerging development department, within a small, collaborative team,
  • The chance to see tangible results for your efforts.
  • A flexible work schedule
  • A unique retirement match of up to 10%.

Pay rate: $65,000 – $75,000 annual salary

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ABOUT THE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND

The Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region is a nonprofit community development financial institution serving the Capital Region of New York State — Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren & Washington Counties. Incorporated in 1985, our mission is to provide unique access to financing and business training to nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and entrepreneurs, in partnership with community minded stakeholders, helping deliver essential services to the economically underserved. Our vision is for a Capital Region where all residents have equitable access to the resources they need to build a sustainable, resilient, and prosperous community.

We provide access to capital by pooling investments and donations from socially concerned individuals and organizations, and re-lending it to nonprofit organizations and small businesses. We also offer training and technical assistance programs for small business owners and nonprofit leaders.