Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence (Remote)

About Us: The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the pre-eminent source of journalism and professional development for the nation’s nonprofits and foundations. We are committed to influencing how individuals get engaged in the nonprofit sector, how nonprofits and foundations can do better to solve major social problems, and how we advance professional and career skills. Our organization is growing fast after we transformed into a nonprofit organization, spinning off from our parent company, the Chronicle of Higher Education. A key next step in our expansion is to find someone committed to using their nonprofit sector expertise and their journalism skills to create content that helps professionals who drive change and impact at nonprofits nationwide work smarter. Job Summary: The Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence, plays a key role in producing smart, actionable journalism that helps nonprofit professionals lead with impact. You’ll help shape the strategy of the Nonprofit Intelligence unit and lead the creation of digital reports; produce and host skills-building webinars; and connect with readers by contributing to our weekly Nonprofit Adviser newsletter. This is a hands-on role for a sharp editor and an engaging communicator who thrives on turning complex challenges into practical insights — and knows how to create meaningful learning experiences for busy professionals. You’ll work closely with the editorial, events, and creative teams to deliver content that informs, inspires, and equips leaders across the nonprofit sector. The senior editor reports to the Chief Professional Program Officer, who oversees the Nonprofit Intelligence unit. Principal Duties and Responsibilities Live Online Journalism Events

• Guest Experts: Identify, vet, and invite panelists for live journalism events; run planning calls and rehearsals and facilitate a positive speaker experience.
• Produce and or/host sessions, including professional development webinars, interview panelists and guest experts, develop session abstracts and panelist questions, and work closely with the editorial events manager to ensure smooth logistical operations before, during, and after each event, including ensuring that slides and shared resources are high quality and error free. Write or edit promotional copy and collaborate with the social-media, marketing, and creative teams.

Nonprofit Intelligence Reports

• Write, edit, proofread, and oversee production of Chronicle digital reports and multimedia content.
• Manage the production pipeline (roughly 25 reports annually) and ensure deadlines are met and content is of the highest quality, consistent with Chronicle brand standards.
• Collaborate with marketing and creative teams to produce and promote reports.
• Identify and share ideas for potential coverage based on speaker interviews, panel discussions, and audience questions during live events.

Nonprofit Adviser

• Help write the newsletter Nonprofit Adviser on a rotating basis.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Strong knowledge of the nonprofit world, especially fundraising, grant seeking, management, leadership, and nonprofit operations.
• Excellent writing, editing, storytelling, and proofreading skills.
• Journalism or nonprofit communications experience required.
• In-person or online live event production experience preferred.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with members of different teams serving in a variety of roles throughout the organization.
• Excellent project-management skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work as a team player and complete tasks on deadline.
• High digital IQ.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects at once and meet deadlines.

Salary and Benefits: The posted salary range for this position is $85K-$105K annually. The Chronicle of Philanthropy offers a generous benefits package including:

• 24 vacation days and 16 paid holidays annually, including the entire last week of December
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, 16 weeks of paid medical leave, and 2 weeks of paid family leave
• 401k retirement plan with 3% automatic monthly contributions and 3% additional matching contributions
• Health insurance through CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoiceAdvantage Platinum plan, including $0 in-network deductible and $10 copay per visit
• Comprehensive vision, dental, disability and life insurance
• Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA, public transit, and parking pre-tax contribution programs

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