Chief Advancement Public Strategies Officer

The Chief of Advancement & Public Strategies Officer (CAPSO) position encompasses both advancement (fundraising, donor relations, development) and public strategies (marketing, communications, public relations, government relations, volunteers, and community engagement).

The Chief of Advancement & Public Strategies partners closely with the Interim/President & CEO and the Board of Directors in all development and fundraising endeavors. As an executive team member, the CAPSO will help drive HAWC's mission and lead a staff of 10 to operationalize the organization’s advancement and public strategies in alignment with the strategic plan.

This role is responsible for designing and implementing a comprehensive plan for setting strategic direction for the division and providing day-to-day oversight and management of all advancement and public strategies operations and develops and implements long-term and annual fundraising plans including but not limited to major gifts, grant solicitations, in-kind resources, special events, annual campaigns, community partner events, planned giving, and charitable estate planning.

Your Schedule:

• Full Time

• Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. or 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.

  • Flexibility to work evenings and Saturdays as needed. 

• Work Model: Hybrid

• Local Travel: 30-50%

Our Total Compensation Package:

• Annual Compensation: $170,000
• Pay schedule semi-monthly
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance Programs
• Generous Paid Time Off- 11 paid holidays per year, 3 personal holidays per year, 15 paid Vacation days per year, approx. 7 hours per month of accrued Sick days.
• 401K the agency matches 125% of employee contributions up to 4% of the annual salary of a full-time employee.
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Company-paid Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program

Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Working at Houston Area Women's Center gives you a rewarding experience in which our diverse team of employees work together as part of the empowerment of a survivor's life and at the same time part of a much larger mission. We are committed to doing the work and challenging each other to be an organization in which everyone is respected and heard. Every day we continue to embed diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity in everything we do as we provide service to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

The Requirements We are Seeking:

• Bachelor’s degree; Master's degree or CFRE strongly preferred
• A minimum of ten years professional fundraising or directly related experience
• A minimum of five years in a management/leadership role
• Understanding and sensitivity towards the issues of sexual and domestic violence.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams)- ability to work effectively virtually in a hybrid work model
• Experience in donor management software- Raiser's Edge
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