Miami, FL

Knight Foundation is a national foundation with deep local roots in 26 Knight communities across America. Our work aims to foster resilience in communities by strengthening economic mobility. Through our Community Impact portfolio, we strengthen civic infrastructure, support local leadership, and help communities thrive. We also look for and lean into opportunities at the intersections of our program areas to partner on with our Arts, Journalism and Information and Society colleagues.

The Director, Community Impact Operations will serve as a strategic partner to the Vice President, Community Impact, to translate vision into action, strengthen cross-team coordination and drive programmatic excellence. The role demands a high degree of judgment and discernment; the ability to build strong relationships through communication, collaboration and trustworthiness; and the ability to make sense of complex, high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to solve problems.

If you are a systems thinker and collaborator who can turn strategy into effective execution, and if you thrive on building processes that enable impact at scale, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Program Operations Support

Lead the coordination of workflows, timelines and progress tracking across colleagues, grantees, projects and cities. • Maintain and refine systems for tracking grant status, reporting deadlines and deliverables in coordination with Grants Administration and legal. • Create dashboards, briefing materials, board updates and more that reflect strategy and showcase outcomes.

Grants and Compliance Coordination

Support grantee due diligence, documentation and execution of grant agreements. • Monitor compliance, grant modifications and reporting requirements across the portfolio. • Ensure accurate and timely recordkeeping in alignment with foundation standards.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Act as liaison between Community Impact and internal teams including other program areas, Finance, Communications, Legal and Grants Administration. • Support planning of internal convenings, cross-city knowledge-sharing efforts and grantee engagements. • Support Communications efforts to elevate the Community Impact narrative.

Strategic Project Management

Support the execution of strategic initiatives such as cross-city grant programs, investment pilots and ecosystem-building efforts. • Provide project management for internal initiatives including scoping, timeline development, and coordination. • Draft presentations, memos and documents to inform decisions and enhance program storytelling.

Things We Look for in a Successful Candidate:

Progressive experience in supporting the operations of an organization such as philanthropy, civic engagement, nonprofit operations or related fields. • Proven ability to design and manage systems that strengthen grantmaking and program execution. • Experience working with cross-functional teams in complex organizations.

Strong operational and project management expertise. • Exceptional organizational, written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to connect people and information across teams to drive results.

Collaborative, adaptive and solutions-oriented leadership style. • Commitment to Knight’s mission and values, with passion for community impact. • High standards for compliance, accountability and execution.

The hiring salary range for this role is $130,000–$160,000. Knight Foundation also offers a generous benefits package.

Knight Foundation supports a more effective democracy by funding free expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy, and the success of American cities and towns where the Knight brothers once published newspapers.

Our approach is inclusive and nonpartisan. We value freedom of speech and the press, and we often embrace new and innovative technology to achieve our goals. Our drive to create positive change is amplified by our ability to collaborate internally and with our partners. We look for authenticity, agility, and accountability, knowing we are at our best when we leverage our collective strengths and experiences. We proactively approach our work with pride and responsibility—adapting, as needed, to the changing realities in our communities.

Knight Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. Please send your resume and cover letter to: [email protected]