California Endowment
Los Angeles, California
Job Description Job Description DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS AND CIVIC INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE The California Endowment is seeking a Communications and Civic Information Infrastructure. Reporting to the Vice President, Strategic Communications and Narrative, this hybrid role will report 2 days on-site to our Los Angeles Office. Other office locations (Fresno, Sacramento, San Diego, Oakland) may be considered for the right candidate. We expect to accept applications until November 20, 2026. However, because we review candidates as they apply, the role may be filled before this date. To ensure your application is considered in the first wave of interviews, please submit your materials as soon as possible. The California Endowment (The Endowment) is a private, statewide health foundation established in 1996 whose mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. We envision a California that leads the nation as a powerful and conscientious voice for wellness, inclusion, and shared prosperity. Headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, the Endowment has regional offices in Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno and San Diego, with staff working throughout the state. We challenge the conventional wisdom that medical settings and individual choices are solely responsible for people's health. We believe that health happens in neighborhoods, schools, and with prevention. Position Summary: The Director, Communications & Civic Information Infrastructure leads The Endowment's strategy to strengthen the community infrastructure necessary to build and sustain community power, civic participation, and systems change across California. Through long-term investments, strategic partnerships, shared infrastructure, and field-building initiatives, the Director advances a statewide ecosystem that enables community-based organizations, coalitions, and movement partners to thrive and drive lasting change. This role translates the Learn Build Strengthen Lead framework into an integrated portfolio of investments, partnerships, shared infrastructure, learning initiatives, and innovation strategies that increase the capacity, resilience, and effectiveness of community-based organizations and movement partners working to advance health and racial equity. Working across the enterprise, the Director, Communications & Civic Information Infrastructure ensures investments in community infrastructure also strengthen narrative power, civic communications, trusted information ecosystems, and community voice, recognizing these as essential components of durable community power. The Director will develop and implement strategic initiatives to align investments, leverage learnings, and steward a statewide ecosystem of partners that advances The Endowment's mission and strategic priorities. This position reports to the Vice President, Strategic Communications & Narrative and oversees a multi-disciplinary team, serving as a thought partner to leadership and representing The Endowment with external partners, philanthropic peers, and community leaders to help shape conversations and investments that strengthen community power throughout California. Key Responsibilities: Community Infrastructure Strategy & Portfolio Leadership Leads the development, implementation, and continuous refinement of The Endowment's community infrastructure strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and goals. Operationalizes The Endowment's Learn Build Strengthen Lead framework through strategic investments and initiatives. Establishes strategic priorities, investment frameworks, portfolio goals, and performance measures that guide decision-making and resource allocation. Applies systems thinking to identify opportunities, emerging trends, risks, and leverage points that strengthen community infrastructure and maximize collective impact. Monitors portfolio performance, evaluates progress toward strategic outcomes, and recommends adjustments that improve effectiveness and long-term impact. Oversees portfolio planning, budgeting, and resource allocation to ensure effective stewardship of investments and strategic priorities. Serves as an internal thought leader by bringing community intelligence, field insights, and ecosystem perspectives into enterprise planning and decision-making. Strategic Investments & Infrastructure Development Designs and leads grantmaking and investment strategies that strengthen the capacity, sustainability, and effectiveness of community-based organizations, coalitions, networks, and movement partners. Leads a strategic portfolio of grants, investments, and partnerships, ensuring effective stewardship, measurable outcomes, and alignment with organizational priorities. Advances investments in shared infrastructure, civic communications systems, narrative infrastructure, and collaborative platforms that expand community voice, trusted information, civic participation, and collective action. Identifies opportunities to align investments across portfolios and external partners to strengthen statewide infrastructure and increase long-term impact. Ensures investments are community-informed, equity-centered, and responsive to evolving field opportunities, challenges, and emerging field needs. Community Intelligence, Learning & Innovation Provides strategic leadership for the Community Intelligence Commons, advancing community-centered models for knowledge governance, civic infrastructure, data stewardship, and responsible use of artificial intelligence to strengthen community power. Develops systems, partnerships, and shared learning infrastructure that enables communities to generate, govern, access, and use information in ways that support equitable decision-making and collective action. Identifies opportunities to leverage community intelligence to strengthen narrative strategies, trusted information ecosystems, civic engagement efforts, and community-informed decision-making. Advances approaches that democratize access to information, elevate community knowledge, and shift ownership of data and civic intelligence from extractive systems toward community-led governance and collective benefit. Ensures community intelligence generated through the Commons informs The Endowment's communications, narrative, investment, and organizational strategies while promoting innovation, knowledge sharing, and adaptive learning across the enterprise. Partners with Evaluation & Learning to establish learning agendas, outcomes, and evaluation frameworks that measure portfolio effectiveness and inform continuous improvement. Promotes continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and innovation across the portfolio while centering community voice and lived experience as critical sources of expertise. Field Building, Innovation & Partnerships Stewards a statewide ecosystem of strategic partnerships across philanthropy, community organizations, movement leaders, researchers, civic innovators, and public-sector stakeholders. Identifies and advances emerging opportunities that strengthen community power, narrative change, civic participation, and movement-building across California. Develops and advances collaborative initiatives that leverage resources, knowledge, and partnerships to increase collective impact. Represents The Endowment in field-building and thought leadership efforts, helping shape conversations and emerging practices related to community infrastructure, civic engagement, narrative power, and systems change. Cultivates strategic relationships that strengthen The Endowment's influence, learning, and long-term impact. Cross-Functional Leadership, Staff Management & Collaboration Partners across Communications, Strategic Implementation, Evaluation & Learning, and Operations teams to advance integrated strategies and shared organizational outcomes. Serves as a strategic advisor to leadership, contributing community intelligence, field insights, and systems perspectives to enterprise-wide planning, communications, and organizational strategy. Leads, mentors, and develops a high-performing team, fostering accountability, continuous learning, and professional growth. Establishes clear strategic goals and performance expectations and conducts performance reviews for direct reports. Provides ongoing performance management by providing guidance, clear and consistent feedback, and supporting opportunities for learning and development for staff. Fosters and leads a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive work environment that welcomes points of view that are inclusive of each person's professional, cultural, social, ethnic, and experiential backgrounds. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Desired Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Ability to apply a systems perspective to identify root causes, interdependencies, leverage points and opportunities. Deep understanding and commitment to equity, justice, and community-centered approaches that strengthen civic participation, leadership development, and community voice. Proven ability to build, steward, and leverage relationships across community organizations, philanthropic peers, and public-sector stakeholders. Uses data, evaluation, community intelligence . click apply for full job details
Job Description Job Description DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS AND CIVIC INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE The California Endowment is seeking a Communications and Civic Information Infrastructure. Reporting to the Vice President, Strategic Communications and Narrative, this hybrid role will report 2 days on-site to our Los Angeles Office. Other office locations (Fresno, Sacramento, San Diego, Oakland) may be considered for the right candidate. We expect to accept applications until November 20, 2026. However, because we review candidates as they apply, the role may be filled before this date. To ensure your application is considered in the first wave of interviews, please submit your materials as soon as possible. The California Endowment (The Endowment) is a private, statewide health foundation established in 1996 whose mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. We envision a California that leads the nation as a powerful and conscientious voice for wellness, inclusion, and shared prosperity. Headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, the Endowment has regional offices in Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno and San Diego, with staff working throughout the state. We challenge the conventional wisdom that medical settings and individual choices are solely responsible for people's health. We believe that health happens in neighborhoods, schools, and with prevention. Position Summary: The Director, Communications & Civic Information Infrastructure leads The Endowment's strategy to strengthen the community infrastructure necessary to build and sustain community power, civic participation, and systems change across California. Through long-term investments, strategic partnerships, shared infrastructure, and field-building initiatives, the Director advances a statewide ecosystem that enables community-based organizations, coalitions, and movement partners to thrive and drive lasting change. This role translates the Learn Build Strengthen Lead framework into an integrated portfolio of investments, partnerships, shared infrastructure, learning initiatives, and innovation strategies that increase the capacity, resilience, and effectiveness of community-based organizations and movement partners working to advance health and racial equity. Working across the enterprise, the Director, Communications & Civic Information Infrastructure ensures investments in community infrastructure also strengthen narrative power, civic communications, trusted information ecosystems, and community voice, recognizing these as essential components of durable community power. The Director will develop and implement strategic initiatives to align investments, leverage learnings, and steward a statewide ecosystem of partners that advances The Endowment's mission and strategic priorities. This position reports to the Vice President, Strategic Communications & Narrative and oversees a multi-disciplinary team, serving as a thought partner to leadership and representing The Endowment with external partners, philanthropic peers, and community leaders to help shape conversations and investments that strengthen community power throughout California. Key Responsibilities: Community Infrastructure Strategy & Portfolio Leadership Leads the development, implementation, and continuous refinement of The Endowment's community infrastructure strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and goals. Operationalizes The Endowment's Learn Build Strengthen Lead framework through strategic investments and initiatives. Establishes strategic priorities, investment frameworks, portfolio goals, and performance measures that guide decision-making and resource allocation. Applies systems thinking to identify opportunities, emerging trends, risks, and leverage points that strengthen community infrastructure and maximize collective impact. Monitors portfolio performance, evaluates progress toward strategic outcomes, and recommends adjustments that improve effectiveness and long-term impact. Oversees portfolio planning, budgeting, and resource allocation to ensure effective stewardship of investments and strategic priorities. Serves as an internal thought leader by bringing community intelligence, field insights, and ecosystem perspectives into enterprise planning and decision-making. Strategic Investments & Infrastructure Development Designs and leads grantmaking and investment strategies that strengthen the capacity, sustainability, and effectiveness of community-based organizations, coalitions, networks, and movement partners. Leads a strategic portfolio of grants, investments, and partnerships, ensuring effective stewardship, measurable outcomes, and alignment with organizational priorities. Advances investments in shared infrastructure, civic communications systems, narrative infrastructure, and collaborative platforms that expand community voice, trusted information, civic participation, and collective action. Identifies opportunities to align investments across portfolios and external partners to strengthen statewide infrastructure and increase long-term impact. Ensures investments are community-informed, equity-centered, and responsive to evolving field opportunities, challenges, and emerging field needs. Community Intelligence, Learning & Innovation Provides strategic leadership for the Community Intelligence Commons, advancing community-centered models for knowledge governance, civic infrastructure, data stewardship, and responsible use of artificial intelligence to strengthen community power. Develops systems, partnerships, and shared learning infrastructure that enables communities to generate, govern, access, and use information in ways that support equitable decision-making and collective action. Identifies opportunities to leverage community intelligence to strengthen narrative strategies, trusted information ecosystems, civic engagement efforts, and community-informed decision-making. Advances approaches that democratize access to information, elevate community knowledge, and shift ownership of data and civic intelligence from extractive systems toward community-led governance and collective benefit. Ensures community intelligence generated through the Commons informs The Endowment's communications, narrative, investment, and organizational strategies while promoting innovation, knowledge sharing, and adaptive learning across the enterprise. Partners with Evaluation & Learning to establish learning agendas, outcomes, and evaluation frameworks that measure portfolio effectiveness and inform continuous improvement. Promotes continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and innovation across the portfolio while centering community voice and lived experience as critical sources of expertise. Field Building, Innovation & Partnerships Stewards a statewide ecosystem of strategic partnerships across philanthropy, community organizations, movement leaders, researchers, civic innovators, and public-sector stakeholders. Identifies and advances emerging opportunities that strengthen community power, narrative change, civic participation, and movement-building across California. Develops and advances collaborative initiatives that leverage resources, knowledge, and partnerships to increase collective impact. Represents The Endowment in field-building and thought leadership efforts, helping shape conversations and emerging practices related to community infrastructure, civic engagement, narrative power, and systems change. Cultivates strategic relationships that strengthen The Endowment's influence, learning, and long-term impact. Cross-Functional Leadership, Staff Management & Collaboration Partners across Communications, Strategic Implementation, Evaluation & Learning, and Operations teams to advance integrated strategies and shared organizational outcomes. Serves as a strategic advisor to leadership, contributing community intelligence, field insights, and systems perspectives to enterprise-wide planning, communications, and organizational strategy. Leads, mentors, and develops a high-performing team, fostering accountability, continuous learning, and professional growth. Establishes clear strategic goals and performance expectations and conducts performance reviews for direct reports. Provides ongoing performance management by providing guidance, clear and consistent feedback, and supporting opportunities for learning and development for staff. Fosters and leads a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive work environment that welcomes points of view that are inclusive of each person's professional, cultural, social, ethnic, and experiential backgrounds. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Desired Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Ability to apply a systems perspective to identify root causes, interdependencies, leverage points and opportunities. Deep understanding and commitment to equity, justice, and community-centered approaches that strengthen civic participation, leadership development, and community voice. Proven ability to build, steward, and leverage relationships across community organizations, philanthropic peers, and public-sector stakeholders. Uses data, evaluation, community intelligence . click apply for full job details
California Endowment
Los Angeles, California
Job Description Job Description DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS The California Endowment is seeking a Director, Institutional Communications, Los Angeles Office. Reporting to the Vice President, Strategic Communications and Narrative, this hybrid role will report 2 days on-site in one of our Los Angeles office. Other office locations (Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno and San Diego). may be considered for the right candidate. We expect to accept applications until November 20, 2026. However, because we review candidates as they apply, the role may be filled before this date. To ensure your application is considered in the first wave of interviews, please submit your materials as soon as possible. The California Endowment (The Endowment) is a private, statewide health foundation established in 1996 whose mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. We envision a California that leads the nation as a powerful and conscientious voice for wellness, inclusion, and shared prosperity. Headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, the Endowment has regional offices in Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno and San Diego, with staff working throughout the state. We challenge the conventional wisdom that medical settings and individual choices are solely responsible for people's health. We believe that health happens in neighborhoods, schools, and with prevention. Position Summary: The Director, Institutional Communications leads The Endowment's institutional communications strategy, ensuring a clear, consistent, and influential voice across internal and external audiences. This role is responsible for shaping and advancing The Endowment's narrative, strengthening organizational reputation and influence, and aligning communications efforts to advance enterprise-wide priorities and strategic goals. Working across the enterprise, the Director, Institutional Communications oversees executive and Board communications, media relations, public affairs, crisis communications, brand stewardship, and communications planning while ensuring that all communications advance our commitment to equity, community partnership, and systems change. This role also manages external communications partners and consultants and establishes measurement frameworks to assess communications effectiveness, influence, and organizational impact. This position reports to the Vice President, Strategic Communications & Narrative, serving as a thought partner and strategic advisor to both leadership and departments to develop integrated communications strategies that amplify The Endowment's mission, priorities, and impact. Key Responsibilities: Strategic Communications & Narrative Strategy Develops and leads The Endowment's institutional communications strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, enterprise goals, and long-term vision. Shapes and stewards The Endowment's narrative, messaging architecture, and voice across all audiences and communications channels. Identifies opportunities to elevate The Endowment's influence, visibility, and impact through strategic communications initiatives. Serves as a trusted advisor to leadership on communications strategy, emerging issues, and organizational positioning. Ensures alignment and consistency of communications across both internal and external audiences, strengthening organizational understanding, engagement, and trust. Ensures communications efforts reflect tce+ principles and The Endowment's commitment to equity, community partnership, and community-centered change. Executive, Board, & Thought Leadership Communications Leads strategic communications support for the CEO, leadership team, and Board. Oversees the development of speeches, presentations, talking points, correspondence, and other executive communications. Positions organizational leaders as credible and influential voices on issues related to health equity, philanthropy, community power, and systems change. Identifies emerging issues, trends, and opportunities that position The Endowment as a leading voice within philanthropy, health equity, and systems change. Identifies and cultivates opportunities for public engagement, speaking engagements, publications, and strategic visibility. Reputation, Media & Public Affairs Strategy Leads proactive media relations, reputation management, public affairs, and external positioning efforts that strengthen awareness and credibility. Builds and maintains relationships with journalists, media outlets, influencers, and key external stakeholders. Develops and implements crisis communications and risk management strategies to protect and enhance The Endowment's reputation. Advises leadership on sensitive issues, emerging risks, and communications responses during high-profile events or organizational challenges. Brand Stewardship & Enterprise Communications Planning Serves as the steward of The Endowment's brand identity, messaging standards, and communications governance. Leads enterprise-wide communications planning for major initiatives, campaigns, announcements, organizational milestones, and strategic priorities. Ensures consistency, quality, and alignment across all communications platforms, materials, and audience touchpoints. Partners with departments across the enterprise to ensure communications strategies are coordinated, integrated, and aligned with organizational priorities. Communications Operations, Partnerships & Performance Establishes communications goals, metrics, and evaluation frameworks to assess effectiveness, influence, and organizational impact. Monitors performance data and stakeholder feedback to inform continuous improvement and strategic decision-making. Oversees communications budgets and manages relationships with public relations firms, creative agencies, consultants, and other external partners. Ensures communications resources, investments, and partnerships are aligned with enterprise priorities and deliver measurable value. Builds organizational communications capacity through effective planning, systems, and operational excellence. Cross-Functional Leadership, Staff Management & Collaboration Fosters collaboration across departments to create integrated communications strategies that advance enterprise priorities and goals. Leads, mentors, and develops a high-performing team, fostering accountability, continuous learning, and professional growth. Establishes clear strategic goals and performance expectations and conducts performance reviews for direct reports. Provides ongoing performance management by providing guidance, clear and consistent feedback, and supporting opportunities for learning and development for staff. Fosters and leads a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive work environment that welcomes points of view that are inclusive of each person's professional, cultural, social, ethnic, and experiential backgrounds. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Desired Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Ability to articulate a clear strategic vision and align team efforts with organizational goals. Committed to and holds a deep understanding of how to advance equity through communications. Skilled at working toward shared goals alongside teammates, departments, and external partners. Ability to represent the communications team with authority and credibility with leadership, staff, media, and stakeholders. Adept at navigating ambiguity, shifting environments, and competing priorities. Excellent writing, editing, and messaging skills across diverse formats and audiences. Strong strategic planning, project management, and team leadership skills. Proven ability to manage complex projects, budgets, and cross-departmental collaboration. Demonstrated ability to create culturally responsive teams. Problem solver, critical thinking allows anticipating what will be encountered and needed up ahead. Commitment to fostering inclusive, equitable, and culturally responsive teams and workplace practices. Ability to lead and develop a high-performing, diverse team through coaching, mentorship, and accountability. Familiarity with health equity frameworks. Minimum Experience: Ten (10) + years of progressively responsible experience in communications or related field, preferably within philanthropy, nonprofit, or public sector organizations. Minimum five (5) years of staff management. A bachelor's degree in communications or related field is equivalent to 4 years of relevant experience. Experience with media relations, digital communications, and brand management. Experience working in California's health and/or social impact ecosystem. Salary Range: Target Hiring Range: $173,000-$216,000 Full Salary Range: $173,000-$259,000 Compensation offers are determined based on the candidate's relevant experience, market data, and internal equity. Most offers fall within the target hiring range, with the full salary range reserved to support growth and progression over time in the role. TCE Benefits and Perks . click apply for full job details
Job Description Job Description DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS The California Endowment is seeking a Director, Institutional Communications, Los Angeles Office. Reporting to the Vice President, Strategic Communications and Narrative, this hybrid role will report 2 days on-site in one of our Los Angeles office. Other office locations (Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno and San Diego). may be considered for the right candidate. We expect to accept applications until November 20, 2026. However, because we review candidates as they apply, the role may be filled before this date. To ensure your application is considered in the first wave of interviews, please submit your materials as soon as possible. The California Endowment (The Endowment) is a private, statewide health foundation established in 1996 whose mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. We envision a California that leads the nation as a powerful and conscientious voice for wellness, inclusion, and shared prosperity. Headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, the Endowment has regional offices in Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno and San Diego, with staff working throughout the state. We challenge the conventional wisdom that medical settings and individual choices are solely responsible for people's health. We believe that health happens in neighborhoods, schools, and with prevention. Position Summary: The Director, Institutional Communications leads The Endowment's institutional communications strategy, ensuring a clear, consistent, and influential voice across internal and external audiences. This role is responsible for shaping and advancing The Endowment's narrative, strengthening organizational reputation and influence, and aligning communications efforts to advance enterprise-wide priorities and strategic goals. Working across the enterprise, the Director, Institutional Communications oversees executive and Board communications, media relations, public affairs, crisis communications, brand stewardship, and communications planning while ensuring that all communications advance our commitment to equity, community partnership, and systems change. This role also manages external communications partners and consultants and establishes measurement frameworks to assess communications effectiveness, influence, and organizational impact. This position reports to the Vice President, Strategic Communications & Narrative, serving as a thought partner and strategic advisor to both leadership and departments to develop integrated communications strategies that amplify The Endowment's mission, priorities, and impact. Key Responsibilities: Strategic Communications & Narrative Strategy Develops and leads The Endowment's institutional communications strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, enterprise goals, and long-term vision. Shapes and stewards The Endowment's narrative, messaging architecture, and voice across all audiences and communications channels. Identifies opportunities to elevate The Endowment's influence, visibility, and impact through strategic communications initiatives. Serves as a trusted advisor to leadership on communications strategy, emerging issues, and organizational positioning. Ensures alignment and consistency of communications across both internal and external audiences, strengthening organizational understanding, engagement, and trust. Ensures communications efforts reflect tce+ principles and The Endowment's commitment to equity, community partnership, and community-centered change. Executive, Board, & Thought Leadership Communications Leads strategic communications support for the CEO, leadership team, and Board. Oversees the development of speeches, presentations, talking points, correspondence, and other executive communications. Positions organizational leaders as credible and influential voices on issues related to health equity, philanthropy, community power, and systems change. Identifies emerging issues, trends, and opportunities that position The Endowment as a leading voice within philanthropy, health equity, and systems change. Identifies and cultivates opportunities for public engagement, speaking engagements, publications, and strategic visibility. Reputation, Media & Public Affairs Strategy Leads proactive media relations, reputation management, public affairs, and external positioning efforts that strengthen awareness and credibility. Builds and maintains relationships with journalists, media outlets, influencers, and key external stakeholders. Develops and implements crisis communications and risk management strategies to protect and enhance The Endowment's reputation. Advises leadership on sensitive issues, emerging risks, and communications responses during high-profile events or organizational challenges. Brand Stewardship & Enterprise Communications Planning Serves as the steward of The Endowment's brand identity, messaging standards, and communications governance. Leads enterprise-wide communications planning for major initiatives, campaigns, announcements, organizational milestones, and strategic priorities. Ensures consistency, quality, and alignment across all communications platforms, materials, and audience touchpoints. Partners with departments across the enterprise to ensure communications strategies are coordinated, integrated, and aligned with organizational priorities. Communications Operations, Partnerships & Performance Establishes communications goals, metrics, and evaluation frameworks to assess effectiveness, influence, and organizational impact. Monitors performance data and stakeholder feedback to inform continuous improvement and strategic decision-making. Oversees communications budgets and manages relationships with public relations firms, creative agencies, consultants, and other external partners. Ensures communications resources, investments, and partnerships are aligned with enterprise priorities and deliver measurable value. Builds organizational communications capacity through effective planning, systems, and operational excellence. Cross-Functional Leadership, Staff Management & Collaboration Fosters collaboration across departments to create integrated communications strategies that advance enterprise priorities and goals. Leads, mentors, and develops a high-performing team, fostering accountability, continuous learning, and professional growth. Establishes clear strategic goals and performance expectations and conducts performance reviews for direct reports. Provides ongoing performance management by providing guidance, clear and consistent feedback, and supporting opportunities for learning and development for staff. Fosters and leads a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive work environment that welcomes points of view that are inclusive of each person's professional, cultural, social, ethnic, and experiential backgrounds. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Desired Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Ability to articulate a clear strategic vision and align team efforts with organizational goals. Committed to and holds a deep understanding of how to advance equity through communications. Skilled at working toward shared goals alongside teammates, departments, and external partners. Ability to represent the communications team with authority and credibility with leadership, staff, media, and stakeholders. Adept at navigating ambiguity, shifting environments, and competing priorities. Excellent writing, editing, and messaging skills across diverse formats and audiences. Strong strategic planning, project management, and team leadership skills. Proven ability to manage complex projects, budgets, and cross-departmental collaboration. Demonstrated ability to create culturally responsive teams. Problem solver, critical thinking allows anticipating what will be encountered and needed up ahead. Commitment to fostering inclusive, equitable, and culturally responsive teams and workplace practices. Ability to lead and develop a high-performing, diverse team through coaching, mentorship, and accountability. Familiarity with health equity frameworks. Minimum Experience: Ten (10) + years of progressively responsible experience in communications or related field, preferably within philanthropy, nonprofit, or public sector organizations. Minimum five (5) years of staff management. A bachelor's degree in communications or related field is equivalent to 4 years of relevant experience. Experience with media relations, digital communications, and brand management. Experience working in California's health and/or social impact ecosystem. Salary Range: Target Hiring Range: $173,000-$216,000 Full Salary Range: $173,000-$259,000 Compensation offers are determined based on the candidate's relevant experience, market data, and internal equity. Most offers fall within the target hiring range, with the full salary range reserved to support growth and progression over time in the role. TCE Benefits and Perks . click apply for full job details