Senior Director, 92NY Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact
92nd Street Y, New YorkPosted 24 days ago
The Senior Director of 92NY’s Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact will be responsible for a wide range of high level programmatic, funding, operational, and cultivation initiatives to solidify the Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact as a leader in innovative social impact programming, community-building, and convening. In close collaboration with the Belfer Center’s Executive Director, the Senior Director will shape individual programs and overall Center strategy, lead Center operations working closely with counterparts across 92NY, secure funding, and expand the reach of the Center through major collaborations. This position will oversee new initiative launches and program operations for the Belfer Center, managing a small team of staff. The role is hybrid (3 days/week in office in Manhattan).
Job Responsibilities Include:
- Strategic planning and development of new Belfer Center projects, both in-person and globally.
- Identify, build relationships with, and effectively collaborate with the relevant external and internal partners to ensure the success of new projects.
- In partnership with the Belfer Center’s Executive Director and 92NY’s Development team, secure funding for Belfer Center programs, with an emphasis on developing new foundation and corporate contacts to support programming, movements, and initiatives.
- Oversee the launch of programs for the Center and 92NY generally, and ongoing program implementation and Belfer Center operations. In particular, the Senior Director will manage teams running the following programs: Women inPower, Share Our America, and a new Social Impact Accelerator launching in 2025.
- Develop, support, and manage members of the Belfer Center core team (and consultants) and effectively utilize the Center’s team to develop and execute Center programs and initiatives.
- Leverage social media and other technologies, as well as other innovative forms of content delivery, to amplify initiatives, attract new audiences, and build new communities seeking high-quality content across demographics and locations.
- Coordinate closely with other staff institution-wide to further embed innovation throughout 92NY. Collaborate with cross-departmental teams to structure and execute successful initiatives, develop work plans, and conduct analysis and evaluation.
- Represent the Center at events and speaking engagements.
- May be assigned other tasks and duties reasonably related to their job responsibilities.
About Us
The Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact is 92NY’s social impact laboratory, creating scalable solutions to society’s most pressing challenges. We do this by incubating new initiatives that build on 92NY’s nearly 150 year history as a center for culture, connection, and enrichment.
The Belfer Center invests in the capacity of local change leaders, sustains their connection to one another, and scales the networks that emerge to unlock sustainable, positive change. Since our founding in 2013, we have launched 20 initiatives that have collectively activated 100+ million people to date. The Belfer Center has collaborated with 50+ organizations, corporations, and social impact investors, and our largest initiative, GivingTuesday, is now its own nonprofit that raises billions each year for organizations and individuals.
We are a small team (5 full-time team members), and the iterative, experimental nature of our work creates a start-up feel in our organization. We believe in testing, learning, evolving, and adapting — moving fast, while being deliberate in the choices we make about our work.
