A Note About the Role

This is a broad role by design. We are not looking for someone who only wants to do one narrow thing every day or all things on all days. Work life balance is a priority for the entire team and that’s possible with this role if you are naturally organized.

We are looking for someone who enjoys variety, takes pride in making things work, and wants to be part of a mission-driven team where their contributions are visible and valued.

The right person will not be expected to know everything on day one. But they should be curious, capable, organized, kind, responsive, and willing to learn. Above all, they should enjoy helping people connect, communicate, and move good work forward.

Director of Member Engagement – Remote with In-Person Requirements throughout the year.

The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations

Reports to: President/CEO
Status: Full-time, Exempt

Salary Range: Minimum $70k annually. Maximum – Dependent on experience. Please clearly state salary expectations in your response.

Benefits: Remote role, Generous personal leave, 5% 401K, Medical Insurance Stipend (It is the intent to provide health insurance by First quarter 2027)

The Role

The Director of Member Engagement and Organizational Development is the person who helps make The Consortium feel connected, useful, responsive, and high-value to our members.

This is a great role for someone who enjoys wearing several hats, not all at once, but sometimes in the same week. One day you may be helping shape a member webinar. Another day you may be drafting a newsletter, coordinating a speaker, updating a resource, helping plan a statewide convening, supporting sponsor recognition, or checking in with a member foundation that needs help thinking through its next step.

We need a thoughtful doer. A relationship-builder. A planner. A communicator. A person who can take a big idea and turn it into a useful agenda, a clean email, a good member experience, or a completed project.

This is not a narrow role. It is for someone who enjoys being close to the action and helping a small team make a big statewide impact.

What You’ll Help Make Happen

Member Connection and Support

You will help ensure our members feel seen, heard, informed, and supported. This role is the connective tissue between and among members that harnesses the power of our closely knit membership network. 

You will:

• Build strong relationships with member education foundations across Florida.
• Help onboard new members and support members going through leadership transitions.
• Listen for member needs, trends, challenges, and opportunities.
• Use member feedback, surveys, participation data, and conversations to help shape future services.
• Support member learning around topics such as governance, fundraising, communications, board development, program impact, advocacy, and strategic planning.
• Help maintain and improve the Member Resource Library so members can easily find useful tools, templates, and examples.
• Help members connect with one another through learning communities, affinity groups, peer conversations, and convenings.

Events, Convenings, and Member Experiences

Event planning is a major part of this role. We want someone who can help turn ideas into well-run, meaningful experiences.

You will:

• Help plan and execute membership meetings, webinars, regional forums, learning communities, legislative events, conferences, and special convenings.
• Support agenda development, speaker coordination, run-of-show planning, event communications, materials, presentations, signage, evaluations, and follow-up.
• Help create events that are organized, thoughtful, welcoming, and useful.
• Work with staff, board members, presenters, sponsors, consultants, vendors, and members to keep event planning moving.
• Make sure sponsor and partner recognition is handled well before, during, and after events.
• Help us continuously improve our events based on member feedback and what we learn along the way.

Communications and Storytelling

With this role, communications are not separate from member engagement, they are part of how we serve members, tell the story of the network, and keep people connected.

You will:

• Help write and coordinate member newsletters, external updates, event communications, reports, one-pagers, social media posts, website updates, and presentations.
• Help capture and share stories of impact from local education foundations across Florida.
• Keep communications clear, timely, useful, and aligned with The Consortium’s voice and brand.
• Support basic content planning so members, partners, and stakeholders hear from us in consistent and meaningful ways.
• Help manage communications assets such as photos, graphics, sponsor recognition materials, and proof-of-performance documentation.
• Coordinate with outside vendors such as designers, printers, website support, photographers, or videographers when needed.

Professional Development and Learning

You will help us create professional development that is practical, relevant, and responsive to what members actually need.

You will:

• Plan webinars, workshops, conference sessions, and learning communities.
• Help identify speakers, facilitators, consultants, and partner organizations.
• Support The Consortium’s quality standards and best-practice resources for local education foundations.
• Gather feedback and use it to make future training stronger.

Team Support and Special Projects

We are a small team, so we all help where needed. This role will support projects that make the whole organization stronger.

You may:

• Help track progress on strategic priorities.
• Review materials before they go out the door.
• Support grant reports, proposals, board materials, committee updates, or special projects.
• Help organize systems, improve processes, and keep work moving.
• Jump in when something important needs an extra set of capable hands.

Who Will Thrive in This Role

You may be a great fit if you are someone who:

• Likes people and enjoys building relationships.
• Is organized without being rigid.
• Can manage details without losing sight of the bigger picture.
• Writes clearly and can adjust tone for members, partners, board members, and public audiences.
• Enjoys planning events and creating good experiences for participants.
• Is comfortable with newsletters, social media, websites, presentations, reports, and basic communications tools.
• Can juggle multiple projects and still follow through.
• Likes solving problems and making things easier for other people.
• Is calm, flexible, and resourceful when priorities shift. You are not easily overwhelmed.
• Has good judgment and knows when to ask questions.
• Enjoys working on a small team where everyone contributes.
• Cares about public education, nonprofit leadership, community impact, and the power of local education foundations

This Job is Not for You if you're not comfortable with using tech platforms every day, are uncomfortable with ambiguity or balancing multiple priorities, or don't thrive in a remote work role. 

Experience That Would Be Helpful

We are open to different professional backgrounds. Helpful experience may include:

• Nonprofit, membership association, education, philanthropy, communications, fundraising, or event experience.
• Planning meetings, conferences, webinars, or professional development programs.
• Writing newsletters, reports, social media content, presentations, or member communications.
• Working with volunteers, boards, committees, sponsors, funders, or community partners.
• Supporting organizational systems, project management, or member services.

Experience with local education foundations, school districts, Florida education, nonprofit governance, or advocacy is a plus,  but curiosity, judgment, initiative, and follow-through matter just as much.

What Success Looks Like

After a successful first year, we hope:

• Members feel more connected to The Consortium and to one another.
• Events and convenings are well-planned, useful, and energizing.
• Member communications are clear, more consistent, and more engaging.
• Professional development reflects what members need.
• The team has a trusted colleague who can help move ideas from conversation to execution.
• The President/CEO has a strong partner who can manage relationships, events, communications, details, and follow-through.