Vice President of Development

VP, Development

National Council of Jewish Women

Job Type: Full Time, Hybrid 

Start Date: October 9, 2025 

Application Deadline: Applications Accepted on a rolling basis until August 31, 2025

Education: 4-Year Degree Required

Experience Level: 8 Years Minimum 

Salary: USD $175,000 - $200,000. Salary is commensurate with experience

NCJW is at a transformational moment. Guided by a bold new strategic plan, we are powerfully recommitting to our mission and values — meeting this moment with urgency, clarity, and purpose. At its heart is an audacious goal: to engage one million changemakers across the country to improve the lives of women, children, and families.

Grounded in three objectives, we are positioning the organization to drive policy change and shift power in communities nationwide:

• ALIGN all advocacy efforts with strategic priorities for more targeted impact


• ACTIVATE one million changemakers across the country for greater collective impact.


• ADVANCE NCJW’s staffing and infrastructure for more strategic impact.

We are building a more powerful and sustainable movement — not only in Washington, DC, but in statehouses, synagogues, courtrooms, and communities across the country. Our work will result in deeper reach, greater influence, and real results.

Our new approach is bold by design.
It trades duplication for alignment.
Isolation for connection.
Burnout for sustainability.
It centers leadership, Jewish learning, and advocacy in everything we do — and it refuses to accept the status quo.

At NCJW, we are not just imagining a better future. We are building it — and we’re bringing on the talented, driven team who will turn our vision into reality.

Position Summary:

National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) seeks a bold and strategic Vice President, Development (VP) to lead our fundraising efforts during a time of exciting growth and impact. This leader will be charged with developing and executing a comprehensive strategy to significantly grow NCJW’s philanthropic revenue — with a goal of significantly increasing our fundraising in the coming years. The VP will manage and strengthen a high-performing team, partner closely with the CEO and Board, and activate an energized lay leadership to expand our base of support.

Reporting to Chief Strategy Officer, Jody Rabhan, and serving as a key member of the senior leadership team, the VP will oversee all aspects of NCJW’s fundraising program, including individual, foundation, corporate, and legacy giving. This role is for someone who brings big vision and bold goals — and has the experience to deliver on them. The successful candidate will be a hands-on leader with a strong track record of building relationships, managing teams, making six- and seven-figure asks, and fueling mission-driven work with the resources it deserves. This is a unique opportunity to join a values-driven organization with a 132-year legacy of fighting for justice through a Jewish feminist lens. The VP will help shape NCJW’s future, mobilizing donors and partners who share our commitment to equity and dignity for all. The ideal candidate will be based in Washington, DC, or open to relocating; the role requires regular travel and in-person donor engagement.

Primary Responsibilities

Lead Fundraising

• Serve as the organization’s lead fundraiser, with direct responsibility for building relationships and securing funding from individual, institutional, and corporate donors.


• Lead the strategy and execution for foundation giving, including identifying prospects, overseeing all proposal and reporting processes, and managing ongoing relationships.


• Develop a cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategy for major donors, including six and seven-figure giving, to achieve annual major gifts goals.


• Define a plan to strengthen relationships and develop productive contact with a personal portfolio of current and potential major donors to further their commitment to NCJW.


• Design and maintain systems — such as internal documents, trackers, and regular meetings — to provide real-time visibility into fundraising progress and ensure the CEO and relevant staff are informed, aligned, and engaged.


• Enhance cross-functional fundraising across NCJW departments, including partnering effectively with the Marketing and Communications team to share consistent messaging to all donors and stakeholders.


• Leverage the diverse talents of NCJW professionals and the extensive philanthropic contacts of the Board of Directors and other key volunteers.


• Foster a culture of stewardship and donor gratitude across the organization.


• Oversee the Direct Response program and develop a comprehensive strategy for donor appeals and ensure that all solicitations incorporate consistent and compelling messaging.


• Develop a strategy and implementation plan to support fundraising that spans local and national efforts


• Expand and enhance NCJW’s planned giving program.

Team Leadership

• Implement clear roles, responsibilities, and reporting structures for development team members to maintain a strong, high-performing organizational culture.


• Set department goals and create and implement a departmental work plan and team calendar in coordination with other NCJW departments.


• Serve as expert advisor to the CEO and senior management team, and mentor to all NCJW colleagues on fundraising matters.


• Cultivate and promote a culture of collaboration, transparency, accountability, and empowerment.


• Guide the department’s leadership in fundraising for NCJW’s national meetings and events, including overseeing fundraising events at in-person gatherings.

Board Relations

• Serve as staff liaison to NCJW’s Development Committee.


• Train and prepare the Development Committee to support NCJW fundraising goals and set meetings with appropriate funding prospects.


• Cultivate board members as donors and networkers, including setting individual commitments or fundraising strategies.

Key Qualifications:

• Strong commitment to and passion for the mission of NCJW and the ability to articulate the importance of the organization’s work to prospective and current funders.


• At least 8 years of increasing responsibility in development within a nonprofit environment. 


• Proven track record of increasing an organization’s fundraising revenue.


• Successful track record in soliciting major gifts from existing and new prospects; demonstrated ability to develop, foster, and sustain donor relationships.


• Ability to rapidly transition from the highly innovative and strategic to the tactical.


• Significant experience in securing funding from individuals, foundations, and/or corporations.


• Ability to work successfully with individuals at all levels within the organization, including board members, donors, and local section leaders.


• Strong communicator, oral and written; excellent presentation skills.


• Effective and inspirational manager with experience managing teams of people to the successful completion of ambitious goals.


• Strong organizational, time, and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, short-term needs, and long-term planning.


• Ability and willingness to travel.


• Strong attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and receptivity to feedback.


• A commitment to the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and a passion for social justice and the organization’s greater mission.

Salary and Benefits

$175,000 - $200,000. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience.

Paid Federal and Jewish Holidays.

NCJW offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package, including 25+ paid Federal and Jewish Holidays each year, plus paid vacation time, sick time, and extensive paid leave. In addition, NCJW offers a retirement savings account with employer match, health insurance, dental, vision, disability insurance, professional development, life insurance, flexible spending account, transit benefits, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance.

NCJW is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At National Council of Jewish Women, we are committed to creating a culture of inclusion and accountability. We honor the wisdom, insights, perspectives, and experiences of diverse viewpoints, and recognize that many critical voices have been underrepresented in Jewish organizational life and nonprofit organizations as a whole for too long. We welcome applications from people of diverse religious, spiritual, and cultural backgrounds. We are an equal opportunity employer and recruit, hire, train, promote, compensate, and administer all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, culture, age, creed, disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, or any other protected status.

About NCJW

National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a 132-year-old Jewish feminist civil rights organization working for equity and justice for women, children, and families in the United States and Israel. Through the efforts of our 250,000 grassroots advocates and 48 local sections, NCJW combines education, direct service, and advocacy to affect lasting social change at the local, state, and national levels.

We approach our work Jewishly and through the intersections of gender, economic, and racial justice to center those most impacted. NCJW’s intersectional work in progressive and Jewish spaces has resulted in deep partnerships with secular and faith-based human rights organizations, BIPOC-led grassroots organizations, and governmental allies. NCJW has a lead role in many civil rights coalitions and legacy networks. Rooted in the Jewish values of justice (tzedek), repairing the world (tikkun olam), and compassion (chesed), NCJW has been a leading voice in advancing social justice for decades.