Director of Operations

Israel Policy Forum seeks a Director of Operations to serve as a senior, hands-on member of its operations team. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Director will own budgeting and financial coordination and lead operational functions and projects that support the organization’s effectiveness.

This is a strong fit for an experienced nonprofit operations generalist who combines financial management skills with broad operational experience, sound judgment, and a service-oriented approach. The Director will work closely with colleagues across the organization, vendors, and an outsourced bookkeeper. This is not a technical accounting or controller role. The ideal candidate will be comfortable moving between financial analysis, operational problem-solving, and hands-on administrative work.

Budgeting and financial coordination are ongoing responsibilities of this role. Alongside this core portfolio, the Director will lead operational projects and respond to needs that evolve throughout the year and as organizational priorities change. Responsibilities include coordinating the annual audit, managing payment and expense workflows, improving systems, and carrying out both complex projects and routine administrative tasks.

Candidates should bring substantial experience managing a broad nonprofit operations portfolio, including direct responsibility for budgeting and audit coordination. They should be able to take ownership after learning IPF’s systems and priorities, anticipate needs, and carry work through to completion with limited day-to-day direction.

Director of Development Operations

Israel Policy Forum seeks a strategic, data-driven, and highly collaborative Director of Development Operations (DDO) to join the Development & Community Engagement team. The DDO will lead the operational infrastructure supporting a sophisticated major gifts and donor engagement-focused fundraising program. The ideal candidate will be a strong manager, analyst, and operator with deep knowledge of fundraising best practices who understands major gifts fundraising and enjoys building systems and processes that drive an energetic, robust fundraising effort.

Reporting to the Chief Growth and Organizational Strategy Officer (CGOSO), the DDO will serve as the department’s operational leader and be responsible for fundraising performance management, moves management discipline, forecasting, reporting strategy, operational planning, business process improvement, and staff accountability.

The DDO will ensure that fundraising staff have the systems, processes, data, analytics, and operational support necessary to maximize donor engagement and fundraising results. Working closely with the Director of Leadership Giving, Fundraising Systems Coordinator, Senior CRM Manager, and senior leadership, this position will help to translate fundraising and engagement strategies into measurable outcomes. The DDO will manage three team members including the Development Associate, the Donor Engagement and Events Manager, and the Development Systems and Analytics Coordinator.

Washington Director of External Engagement

A newly created role, the Washington Director of External Engagement (DEE) will be a core part of Israel Policy Forum’s Washington team, responsible for helping to build and expand strategic partnerships across the Washington government and non-government policy community. The DEE will play a lead role in building IPF’s relationships with the U.S. government’s legislative and executive branches, the diplomatic community, the think tank community, and the broader policy ecosystem. Working with the Washington Managing Director and Chief Policy Officer, the DEE will help craft and execute IPF’s Washington engagement strategy and develop targeted policy products that advance IPF’s goals in shaping U.S. policy and discourse.

Grants Manager

Israel Policy Forum seeks a highly organized, detail-oriented, and mission-driven Grants Manager (GM) to support the organization’s institutional fundraising and prospect development efforts. Reporting to the CGOSO, the GM will play a central role in identifying funding opportunities, developing compelling grant proposals and reports, conducting prospect research, managing grant deadlines and deliverables, and supporting foundation and donor stewardship efforts.

The GM will work closely with the Director of Development Operations and the Director of Leadership Giving to strengthen fundraising systems, support donor cultivation efforts, and advance institutional fundraising strategies, particularly at the intersection of family foundations and individual donors. This position is ideal for a strong writer and project manager who enjoys collaborating across departments, translating programmatic work into compelling fundraising materials, and helping secure resources that advance IPF’s mission.