Development and Communications Manager

The MQ Foundation (MQF) is seeking to hire its first Development and Communications Manager to join this small and nimble organization as it experiences exciting growth. This individual will support the MQF Executive Director in development, communications and program implementation for MQF to achieve its 2025 vision plan objectives and beyond. The MQ Development and Communications Manager will be a skilled fundraiser and exceptional communicator who is flexible, creative and organized.

The MQ Development and Communications Manager reports to the Executive Director. This is a hybrid position, with the expectation to work at least one day a week in the midtown NYC office.

Development

• Develop foundation, major gift and corporate prospect strategy
• Create and oversee a grants calendar
• Identify and research foundation prospects
• Write and steward initial outreach, letters of inquiry, grant proposals and follow-up
• Write donor gift acknowledgement letters
• Participate in 2025 event planning and collateral
• Write briefing memos for Executive Director
• Assist with Board prospect research

Communications

• Standardize and streamline all messaging content and design for donor solicitation and sector/public awareness raising (collateral, website, social media, press releases)
• Draft communications plan, including Fellows 2024 and 2025, CoE, MQF, public awareness, external developments (e.g., awareness days)
• Drive brand awareness efforts among all stakeholders
• Assist PR consultant with media outlet research and identification
• Manage a social media consultant
• Assist with Board and Committee meeting planning

Program

• Act as primary contact with the UK sister organization, MQ Mental Health Research
• Investigate and identify new healthcare institution partners
• Assist in securing relationships with mental health research nonprofit organizations, using AFSP partnership as replicable model, as well as with relevant corporations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• 3-5 years grant writing experience preferred
• 5-7 years of progressive experience in fundraising and communications
• Keen understanding of fundraising strategies and donor cultivation techniques
• CRM and donor prospecting database experience required
• Exceptional written communication skills
• Excellent organization and time-management skills, ability to track and meet deadlines, meticulous attention to detail
• Agile, with a cheerful willingness to assume many different roles
• Self-starter, thrives in taking charge and initiative

Salary Range

• Salary range is 75-85K, commensurate with experience.

Benefits

• Annual health stipend
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick and federal holidays

How to Apply: Please send a resume and cover letter to Jennifer Krauss Recruiting, jen@jenniferkrauss.com.

About the MQ Foundation

The MQ Foundation raises money to support the multi-award winning MQ Mental Health Research, a global non-profit that invests in vital research needed to detect, prevent, and treat mental illness. Founded in 2018, the MQ Foundation is headquartered in New York City. We help researchers build a bigger, better mental health toolkit for people in the US and around the world. To do that, we fund research across a range of scientific disciplines at top institutions; work both with leaders in mental health science and early-career researchers; partner with leading hospitals and research institutions to advance mental health research; make the case for healthcare policy that's based on evidence, not guesswork, and support breakthroughs that change or save lives.

The MQ Foundation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.