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.

Fundraising Systems and Analytics Coordinator

The Fundraising Systems and Analytics Coordinator (FSAC) serves as the primary systems, reporting, analytics, and technology support professional within the Development Department. Reporting to the Director of Development Operations, this role ensures that fundraising staff has the information, tools, training, and operational support necessary to maximize donor engagement and fundraising effectiveness. The FSAC serves as the day-to-day bridge between development staff and the organization’s Senior CRM Manager.

The FSAC is not the organization’s Salesforce Administrator. Instead, this role functions as the fundraising department’s internal systems and analytics lead, trainer, implementation partner, and user-support expert. The position translates fundraising needs into technical requirements, manages development-related CRM requests, builds reports and dashboards, administers key fundraising technology platforms, and helps leadership make data-informed decisions.

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.

Operations and Finance Administration Manager

Israel Policy Forum seeks an Operations and Finance Administration Manager to support internal operations, budget administration, accounts payable, expense tracking, and cross-functional systems. This is a strong fi t for a nonprofi t operations generalist who is comfortable with budgets, basic fi nance administration, QuickBooks Online coding, credit card receipts, invoices, reimbursements, vendor documentation, and staff-facing operational support.

This is not a technical accounting or controller role. The ideal candidate will be organized, detail-oriented, service-oriented, comfortable with numbers and systems, and able to coordinate effectively with staff, vendors, and external accounting support.

IPF Atid Program Coordinator—Washington, D.C.

Israel Policy Forum has an exciting opportunity for an IPF Atid Program Coordinator to oversee IPF Atid’s Washington, D.C. chapter and support IPF Atid national leadership initiatives. Reporting to the IPF Atid Deputy Director, the Program Coordinator (PC) will be responsible for the day-to-day planning, execution, and follow-up of D.C. chapter programs, working closely with the D.C. Steering Committee and community partners.

This role will also support the IPF Atid Deputy Director in executing IPF Atid leadership initiatives by coordinating logistics, communications, participant engagement, and other core operational functions. This is an ideal opportunity for candidates interested in nonprofit program management, Jewish community engagement, and building strong networks of leaders through thoughtful programming and partnerships.