Employment

• Director, Community Programs
• Director - Business Consulting

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.

Director - Business Consulting

Miami, Fla.

You are a proven business thinker and collaborative problem solver. 

You build actionable plans from creative ideas.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation seeks a proven leader to play a senior role in the direction of our business consulting function.

The Director - Business Consulting will:

• Work in partnership with others to create and support point of view on grants/ideas.
• Provide direction to and collaborate with thought leaders to turn ideas into actionable plans.
• Address business issues facing potential and current grantees.
• Develop and manage a network of business consulting resources.
• Perform technical and business due diligence.
• Work with program staff to enhance business understanding, apply best practices.
• Partner with foundation strategy and assessment toward knowledge development.
• Educate others in best business skills practice.

Qualifications:

• Entrepreneurial savvy and business acumen.
• Proven problem solving ability.
• Judicious, astute decision-maker.
• Self-direct, analyze, evaluate and form independent judgments.
• Demonstrated ability to work with others to find and develop creative solutions.
• Ability to frame complex issues so people can understand and act.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Strong computer and project management skills.
• Commitment to accuracy, attention to detail and follow-through.
• Bachelor’s degree, plus a minimum five years work experience in senior business management or consulting. 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.

Send your resume to: careers@knightfoundation.org

with the subject title “Director-Business Consulting”. Attached to the email include a cover letter indicating from whom you heard about the opening as well as an explanation as to why you are interested, and how you see your qualifications as a fit with this work.

For more on the Knight brothers' foundation and transformational change, go to http://www.knightfoundation.org/

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

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