Jobs at Blue Star Families

The Development Manager supports fundraising and development operations by maintaining Salesforce donor records, coordinating schedules and meetings, preparing stewardship reports, conducting prospect research, assisting with grant writing and donor cultivation, and supporting special events. The role requires strong writing, research, organization, communication, and administrative skills, along with proficiency in Salesforce, Google Suite, Hive, and Canva. This fully remote position requires overnight travel several times annually for organizational gatherings.

Coordinates Military Families Outdoors and Blue Star Connect Outdoors programs, including event promotion, family recruitment, registration tracking, attendance metrics, communications, administrative support, volunteer coordination, and partner relationships. Uses project management and CRM tools to support dispersed teams, manage multiple projects, and advance organizational goals. Requires periodic overnight travel, with occasional nights, weekends, and holidays.

The Program Director manages local chapter programs, events, volunteers, partnerships, fundraising support, advocacy, marketing, and membership engagement. The role tracks program metrics, coordinates community resources, implements national policies, and supports strategic initiatives with the Executive Director. It requires strong communication, public speaking, project management, fundraising, volunteer management, and community-building skills. The position is remote but requires residence in Hampton Roads, frequent local travel, transporting event supplies, and occasional overnight travel.

Independently plan and deliver monthly outdoor recreation meetups for military families, coordinating with parks and community organizations. Manage scheduling, logistics, attendance tracking, documentation, reporting, promotion, social media content, and stakeholder relationships. Distribute promotional materials and identify partnerships that expand local engagement opportunities while meeting agreed project deliverables.

Independently plan and deliver monthly outdoor recreation meetups for local military families. Coordinate with parks and community organizations, manage scheduling and event logistics, track attendance and deliverables, promote activities through social media and outreach materials, and build stakeholder relationships. The contractor will independently determine methods, schedules, tools, communications, and partnerships while meeting agreed project outcomes through December 2026.

Leads national events and experiential strategy, VIP and high-net-worth stakeholder stewardship, and management of a 60+ member advisory board. Oversees event protocols, executive briefings, cultivation materials, departmental budgets, and an events and engagement team. Builds relationships with donors, public officials, corporate executives, and military-sector partners while collaborating across marketing, research, impact, and chapter teams. Requires frequent overnight travel and regular in-person presence in the Washington, D.C. Metro area.

Leads Blue Star Families’ flagship National Capital Region chapter, overseeing strategy, fundraising, operations, staff, volunteers, programs, partnerships, budget, and advisory board development. Builds relationships with Congress, government officials, donors, corporations, and community stakeholders; represents the organization at high-visibility engagements; grows revenue toward $1M+; ensures program quality, compliance, KPI performance, and brand stewardship. Requires frequent local DC-area travel, periodic overnight travel, and strong knowledge of the DMV region.

The Chief Communities Officer will lead community engagement strategies, oversee expansion into new markets, and manage a team to support military families. Key responsibilities include building partnerships, enhancing volunteer engagement, and ensuring operational success across chapters and outposts.

Lead and manage local chapter programs, membership stewardship, volunteer recruitment, and fundraising. Build community partnerships, execute marketing and events, track program metrics, and support advocacy. Operate autonomously while collaborating with national leadership; travel and evening/weekend work required.

Serve as strategic finance leader advising the President and Board, overseeing accounting, budgeting, reporting, internal controls, cash management, investments, and enterprise technology. Lead financial planning, audits, compliance (GAAP, OMB Uniform Guidance), and long-term sustainability efforts. Partner with IT on systems, data governance, and cybersecurity, support committees, and travel periodically for offsites and events.

Lead local fundraising by cultivating and stewarding individual, corporate, and foundation donors; manage a portfolio of major gift prospects; support grant writing and reporting; collaborate with chapter and national teams to meet a $100,000+ fundraising goal; manage donor records in CRM; plan and represent the chapter at events and community engagement opportunities.

Lead external visibility through media relations, social and influencer strategies, and brand partnerships. Develop integrated communications plans, manage agencies, create media materials, track and report performance, and represent the organization in the DC community. Manage a small team and execute campaigns supporting programs, advocacy, fundraising, and events.

Lead advancement services overseeing Salesforce CRM, data integrity, reporting, and prospect research. Build dashboards, manage prospect screening (iWave), train staff, partner with Tech, and support fundraising strategy and operations.

Serve as the sole in-house attorney and HR leader, providing strategic legal counsel, managing contracts and compliance, overseeing HR strategy and employee relations, leading risk management and governance, coordinating outside counsel, and supporting organizational operations, training, and investigations to enable mission-driven nonprofit work.

Manage Blue Star Families' Outposts network: vet and select local partners, onboard and train outposts, coordinate programming and evaluation, monitor budgets/contracts and KPIs, support expansion and stakeholder engagement, manage marketing and fundraising support, and drive cross-functional alignment to achieve annual Outpost goals.

Senior executive who designs and leads a $35M+ fundraising infrastructure, builds scalable processes and data governance, oversees major gifts, campaigns, corporate/foundation grants, direct marketing, planned giving, and donor operations, manages senior development teams, partners with CEO/CFO/Board, and ensures performance measurement, reporting, and cross-functional alignment.