Employment

Director, Community Programs

Communities Program

Three Assignments Available:  Akron, OH, Philadelphia, PA and San Jose, CA

Every day, opportunities call out – to lead, to make a difference, to create change.  For all its excitement and reward, leading is risky. It can bring up conflict, challenge beliefs, demand creativity.

Are you ready to take on these challenges?

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation seeks a proven leader who can create an informed, engaged community capable of transformational change.

The Director develops and manages a multi-million-dollar portfolio of grants. 

The Community Program Director will:

- Champion initiatives to create and sustain informed, engaged communities;
- engage and connect thought leaders to development transformational opportunities;
- partner with other funders on innovative ideas.

Qualifications:

• Proven ability to lead and mobilize people to tackle tough problems.
• Intelligent risk-taker.
• Judicious, astute decision-maker.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve positive change.
• Ability to frame complex issues so people can understand and act.
• Ability to work with others to find and develop creative solutions.
• Proven record of working collaboratively to find and develop creative solutions.
• Outstanding writer and public speaker.
• Proficiency in budgeting, organizational and business management.
• Ability to judge talent and spot up-and-coming leaders.
• Strong computer and project management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, plus a minimum five years work experience.  Higher education is highly desirable.

We are a national foundation with local roots. We choose, as the Knight brothers chose, to seek opportunities that can transform both communities and journalism, and help them reach their highest potential. We want to ensure that each community's citizens get the information they need to thrive in a democracy.  

Knight Foundation is committed to transformation and key elements essential to achieve it—discovery of ideas, belief in a vision, courage to push for change, know-how to get it done and tenacity in getting results. If you share this passion, we want to hear from you. Tell us what excites you about this opportunity and why you are right for it.

Send your resume to: careers@knightfoundation.org.

Online Community Manager

Communications Department

Do you live digital? Have a track record of building online communities? A knack for engaging readers? Passionate about how the digital age is impacting journalism, communities and democracy?

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation may have the job for you as its online community manager based in our Miami, Florida headquarters.

• Play a key role in making Knight the first truly interactive foundation by creating genuine, two-way digital communication thereby enriching the connections with the big thinkers and innovators we seek to invest in;
• Be both an evangelist and player-coach who helps Knight staff and the foundation’s community of grantees use social media and technology for the greater good.
• Establish the foundation as the leading proponent of community engagement in the digital age and as a leader in our field in the use of digital resources.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote community engagement and lead to transformational change. Discover more at www.knightfoundation.org.

If you are a digital media pro known for your innovative work in stimulating community/social network interactions, and our mission and this opportunity excites your passions, we want to hear from you. Please send your resume and links to examples of your best work to Henry Scott at henry@intermediatorgroup.com.

Knight Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. No telephone calls, please.