About the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

For over 50 years, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has been transforming San Francisco streets and neighborhoods into more livable and safe places by promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation. We are one of the largest and most effective bicycle advocacy groups in the country. Through our day-to-day advocacy, education, programs, and working partnerships with City agencies and community organizations, the SF Bicycle Coalition creates safer streets and more livable communities for all San Franciscans.

About the role

We’re seeking a transformative, visionary Executive Director who can guide the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition to meet the challenges of today and prepare for those of tomorrow. You are a passionate advocate for bicycles and people-prioritized mobility with the ability to build a coalition with organizations and individuals that radically increases the number and diversity of people actively participating in this mobility movement for transportation justice. You are able to bring your vision to life in a way that is compelling and inspiring, resulting both in increased financial and member engagement. As Executive Director, you will be responsible for the overall strategic and operational leadership of the organization, including financial stewardship and fundraising, advocacy, programs, community engagement, and administration.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Embrace and nurture our core values of transportation justice, people power, sustainability and joy.
• Develop and implement a vision and strategic plan to advance the organization’s mission, goals, and objectives.
• Work closely with the Board of Directors to refine and execute strategic priorities.

Advocacy and Policy

• Lead advocacy efforts to influence local and regional policies that promote safe and accessible bicycling.
• Build and maintain relationships with city officials, community leaders, and other stakeholders.

Fundraising and Financial Management

• Lead fundraising efforts, including grant writing, major gifts, membership drives, and events.
• Oversee financial management, budgeting, and financial reporting.

Program Management

• Oversee the design, promotion, and delivery of programs and services that support the organization’s mission.
• Ensure programs are effective, efficient, and responsive to the needs of the community.

Membership Growth and Community Engagement

• Engage, inspire and mobilize the diverse bicycling community in San Francisco to become active members of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
• Foster an inclusive environment that welcomes and supports people of all backgrounds in bicycling advocacy, especially historically marginalized and disenfranchised groups.

Team Leadership and Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team.
• Foster a collaborative, positive, and productive work environment.

Communication

• Serve as the primary spokesperson for the organization, while uplifting the voices of other organization leaders, when appropriate, by fostering unified messaging and confident communication skills.
• Ensure effective communication strategies are in place to engage members, stakeholders, and the public.

Qualifications

• A passion for bicycling and people-prioritized mobility.
• Exceptional leadership and senior management experience in a nonprofit or advocacy organization, with a proven ability to inspire and motivate staff members, volunteers and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in fundraising, membership growth, and financial management.
• Experience in identifying grant opportunities, developing proposals, and managing grant-funded projects.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated success working collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, including historically marginalized and disenfranchised groups.
• Knowledge of urban planning, transportation policy, and advocacy strategies, both in general and within the context of San Francisco and the larger Bay Area, is highly desirable.

Commitment to Equity and Justice

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is committed to achieving transportation justice for all, especially those who have historically been underserved by bicycling infrastructure and policies, including but not limited to people of color, people with disabilities, people from working-class backgrounds, women, and people with LGBTQ+ identities. All San Francisco Bicycle Coalition staff are therefore expected to center and amplify these diverse perspectives in our work.

We also strongly encourage applications for this position from people with these identities. There are many paths to being an excellent candidate for this position, including lived experience. Even if you feel that you do not meet all the precise criteria listed in this job description, we nevertheless encourage you to apply.

Location

Hybrid — San Francisco Bay Area.

Compensation

The starting annual salary range for this exempt position is $175-195k depending upon relevancy of experience. Full-time benefits include medical, vision, and dental insurance; 10 days paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays and 3 weeks PTO annually, with PTO accruals increasing in subsequent years. Other benefits include a flexible work arrangement policy, and 100% match of an employee’s contribution to their 401K up to 3% of an employee’s annual salary.

How to apply
For more information about the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, please visit: sfbike.org. Candidates may submit application materials, including a resume and cover letter, via email, to EDSearch@sfbike.org. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until April 8th or until the position is filled

Position Summary

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is thrilled to announce an opening for our next Director of Development (DoD) to lead us in crafting and implementing a dynamic, diversified development strategy. This is a highly collaborative position supported by a skilled staff and board who will work in close partnership with the DoD to achieve our revenue and membership goals, enabling the organization to achieve its vision. 

About the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition was founded in 1971 by a group of activists representing a coalition of environmental and neighborhood groups and is one of the oldest bicycle advocacy groups in the nation. For over 50 years, the SF Bicycle Coalition has furthered its mission – to transform San Francisco’s streets and neighborhoods into safe, just, and livable places by promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation – through its grassroots political organizing and broadening civic engagement. With its dual 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) structure, thousands of dues-paying members, and $2.5 million annual budget, SF Bicycle Coalition has grown to add community-based programs to expand access to bicycles, education programs on safe biking practices, and partnerships with other transit-focused organizations.

The Role 

Reporting to and in partnership with the Executive Director, the DoD will spearhead development and membership efforts as the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition continues to deepen and grow its impact and reach. While SFBike has established diverse revenue streams and healthy finances, opportunities exist for even greater growth and diversification of our revenue and membership base. The DoD will play a leading role in designing, guiding, and supporting the execution of a comprehensive development strategy to facilitate achievement of annual revenue and membership goals. 

The DoD will bring to this work insightful strategic acumen; excellent donor and funder cultivation and project management skills; a creative, optimistic approach; and significant experience in supporting organizational sustainability and growth. 

Our ideal candidate will be mission-aligned, sharing our core values of transportation justice, sustainability, people power, and joy. They’ll be excited by our work to center the voices and needs of those most harmed by inequitable transportation and infrastructure decisions, and to identify and capitalize on funding opportunities to support that work.

Key Responsibilities

The DoD will craft, guide, and oversee the implementation of a multilayered annual revenue and membership development plan to maintain and increase annual operating funds towards greater impact, growth, and sustainability. 

The DoD will guide and oversee the work of two talented staff (a Membership Engagement Manager and a Membership and Development Associate), and will be supported by a professional events contractor as needed. The DoD will ensure that direct reports and their teams have opportunities to develop their skills and capacities while also promoting practices that support individual wellness and retention. 

The DoD is a key member of our Directors team. The Directors team facilitates shared knowledge, team cohesion, and the development of practices and policies that support organizational efficacy as well as staff wellness and retention. 

Fund Development Activities and Strategy  

• Review and analyze the efficacy and efficiency of existing fundraising activities; bring a fresh lens to the work. 
• Drive the cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of new and existing major donors and grants. Manage the delegation of prospects and partners among board members and key staff, to ensure that fundraising activity is well-considered, distributed, and coordinated.
• Identify, cultivate, and steward new opportunities and relationships with individual donors, foundations, business partners, and others, using a systematic and well-organized process or pipeline. 
• Review, strengthen and oversee sponsorship programs; manage sponsorship campaigns for events and programs to meet or exceed budgeted fundraising goals; build rapport with sponsorship partners, write appeals, and ensure stewardship for contributions in partnership with the communications team.
• Determine best ways for the executive director, board members and key staff to plug into development and membership cultivation campaigns and activities; orient staff to practices that build their confidence and capacity as fund-raisers.
• Develop materials for donor cultivation and fundraising campaigns, in collaboration with our marketing and communications team.
• Ensure effective workflow, including consistent and effective use of CRM (Salesforce) tools and data.
• Evaluate fundraising and membership development strategies to measure return on investment; utilize data to improve and/or build on key activities; and produce fundraising dashboards and reports. 
• Oversee planning of two to three annual signature events with support from key staff and volunteers. 
• Guide the team in identifying grant opportunities; coordinate key staff in writing and submitting compelling, well-organized, and complete grant and funding proposals.
• Identify meetings and events geared toward networking with donors, members, small businesses, and foundations; attend events or delegate attendance to board or key staff members. 

Membership Development

• Establish and oversee the implementation of strategic activities and campaigns that focus on membership retention and growth with a focus on building an organization whose membership better reflects San Francisco’s demographics.
• Support the team in stewarding members to renew at higher rates, become monthly givers, and/or become major donors through thoughtful, targeted relationship building and direct cultivation of gifts.
• Introduce and experiment with new ideas and approaches to membership growth, retention, and engagement. 

Staff Management and Agency-Wide Collaboration

• Invest in and nurture the development of direct reports through thoughtful coaching and supervision; identify leadership and growth opportunities and support the coordination, development, and efficacy of the membership and development team.
• Collaborate with staff across the organization on the alignment and implementation of revenue and membership growth activities. 
• Serve as a member of the Directors team, providing high-level input on organizational needs, challenges, and opportunities.
• Contribute to our culture of collaboration to ensure our collective success. 

Experience and Qualifications of Our Ideal Candidate. While no one person will embody every quality, our ideal candidate will bring many of the qualifications and attributes listed below:

• A strong commitment to the SF Bicycle Coalition’s mission and core values of transportation justice, sustainability, people power, and joy. 
• Significant experience in leading successful, highly collaborative development and membership teams and campaigns.
• Prior experience engaging members, donors, and other funders who represent a wide range of giving capacities. 
• Demonstrated team-building skills to thoughtfully engage, support, and develop people and teams of varied backgrounds and experience levels with grace and skill.
• Well-developed organizational skills with the ability to think creatively and flexibly. 
• Demonstrated experience managing a systematic donor pipeline or moves management system.
• Ease with CRM and Salesforce or related programs; experience developing and presenting data and dashboards.
• Commitment to contributing to a collaborative organizational culture that encourages healthy work-life balance. 
• Grant writing and grants management experience is a plus. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel locally and work occasional evenings and weekends.

Commitment to Equity and Justice

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition acknowledges the harm biking culture and unequal access to transportation have inflicted upon underserved communities — especially people of color, people with disabilities, people from working-class backgrounds, women, and people with LGBTQ+ identities. We believe that these communities must be centered as leaders in the work we do; therefore, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities.

Compensation: The starting annual salary range for this exempt position is $95,000 – $115,000 depending upon relevancy of experience. Full-time benefits include medical, vision, and dental insurance; 10 days paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays and 3 weeks PTO annually, with PTO accruals increasing in subsequent years. Other benefits include a flexible work arrangement policy, and 100% match of an employee’s contribution to their 401K up to 3% of an employee’s annual salary.

Location: Hybrid — San Francisco Bay Area. Staff and their supervisors will work together to determine the appropriate work arrangement based on the nature of the individual’s role, and in alignment with organizational policies and departmental needs and activities. We strive to be as flexible and fair as possible while ensuring in-person accessibility when needed to interface with our volunteers, membership, community, and each other.

To apply, please submit a resume and a PDF with your answers to the below three questions. Please make your answers roughly one paragraph each:

1. What inspires you to want to work at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition?
2. What does equity and justice mean to you, and how do you see it fitting into your career in fundraising and development?
3. What skills and/or experiences do you have that would make you a good fit for this role?

APPLY HERE

About the Role

The Membership and Development Associate assists the Membership and Development team with the recruitment and retention of the organization’s thousands of members and facilitates the execution of our development strategies. The position will represent the SF Bicycle Coalition as the first point of contact for inquiries from members and the broader community, playing a vital role in maintaining constituent relationships and fostering a welcoming culture. The Membership and Development Associate will help execute strategies and business processes that support membership acquisition and renewal, track member and donor data, and cultivate and retain donors at a variety of giving levels. Finally, the Membership and Development Associate will work with the Membership Engagement Manager to organize and execute flagship member events, including the signature Bike to Work/Wherever Days.

About the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition was founded in 1971 by a group of activists representing a coalition of environmental and neighborhood groups and is one of the oldest bicycle advocacy groups in the nation. For over 50 years, the SF Bicycle Coalition has furthered its mission – to transform San Francisco’s streets and neighborhoods into safe, just, and livable places by promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation – through its grassroots political organizing and broadening civic engagement. With its dual 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) structure, staff of fifteen, and $2.5 million annual budget, SF Bicycle Coalition has grown to add community-based programs to expand access to bicycles, education programs on safe biking practices, and partnerships with other transit-focused organizations.

Primary Responsibilities:

Membership and Outreach

• Connect members and the broader community with our mission, vision and ways to get involved with our work.
• Triage constituent services, responding to mail, phone and email inquiries.
• Assist in the planning and in-person execution of member events, including Bike to Work/Wherever Days.
• Staff, coordinate additional staffing for and support Outreach Stations, new member meet & greets, and other member events to increase community engagement.
• Staff and support monthly volunteer nights.
• Manage member services, including rentals, membership renewals and account updates.
• Perform membership fulfillment processes, executing weekly.
• Perform membership renewal letter processes, executing two times a month.
• Manage SF Bicycle Coalition merchandise, including inventory, online and in person sales and premium processes, and shipping and handling.
• Recruit and manage regular volunteers to assist in executing these processes.

Development

• Maintain individual giving, workplace giving, and third-party corporate giving portals.
• Assist in planning direct mail and electronic fundraising appeals; help execute those campaigns by building segmented lists.
• Assist the Individual Giving Manager in planning and executing SF Bicycle Coalition fundraising events, house parties, and major donor events. 
• Support the SF Bicycle Coalition’s Institutional Giving Manager in managing corporate sponsorships for major events including Bike to Work Day, Golden Wheel, and Winterfest.
• Maintain the SF Bicycle Coalition’s grants calendar, including deadlines for applying and reporting.
• Assist the Institutional Giving Manager in expanding our Discount Partner Program; build and maintain relationships with bike-friendly businesses.
• Support and represent the SF Bicycle Coalition’s participation in third-party fundraising events, including the Climate Ride and other fundraisers benefiting the organization.

Experience and Qualifications of Our Ideal Candidate. While no one person will embody every quality, our ideal candidate will bring many of the qualifications and attributes listed below:

• A strong commitment to the SF Bicycle Coalition’s mission and core values of transportation justice, sustainability, people power, and joy.
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking and time management skills;
• Demonstrated experience executing set business processes with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail;
• Experience with databases or CRM systems (experience in Salesforce a plus);
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a wide variety of audiences;
• Excellent interpersonal and relational skills;
• An ability to work individually and as part of a team;
• Experience leading groups or individuals;
• Commitment to and/or interest in the nonprofit sector;
• Fluency in languages other than English a plus;
• Experience successfully coordinating projects with multiple stakeholders;
• Desire and ability to implement systems that will allow your work to scale quickly and significantly to be able to reach more people;
• Experience creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for volunteers, members, and/or stakeholders;
• Strong cultural competency and enjoyment working with diverse communities;
• Willingness to travel locally and work occasional evenings and weekends.

This position requires night and weekend work; depending on season, approximately three to seven nights per month and one to three weekend days per month.

Salary and Benefits: The annual salary for this non-exempt position is $62,000-$66,000 depending on depth of experience. Full-time benefits include excellent medical, vision and dental insurance with no employee contribution, as well as a year-long four-day workweek pilot, three weeks of paid time off (increasing with tenure), ten days of sick leave, pre-tax transit benefits, a flexible work arrangement policy, and 401K with an employer match of up to 3% of an employee’s annual salary.

Hours: Full-time, non-exempt

Reports to: Member Engagement Manager

Location: Hybrid — San Francisco Bay Area. Staff and their supervisors will work together to determine the appropriate work arrangement based on the nature of the individual’s role, and in alignment with organizational policies and departmental needs and activities. Expected in-person requirement is anticipated to be 2-3 days per week. We strive to be as flexible and fair as possible while ensuring in-person accessibility when needed to interface with our volunteers, membership, community, and each other.

Commitment to Equity and Justice

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition acknowledges the harm biking culture and unequal access to transportation have inflicted upon underserved communities — especially people of color, people with disabilities, people from working-class backgrounds, women, and people with LGBTQ+ identities. We believe that these communities must be centered as leaders in the work we do; therefore, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities.

APPLY HERE

To apply, please submit a resume and a PDF with your answers to the below three questions. Please make your answers roughly one paragraph each:

1. What inspires you to want to work at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition?
2. What does transportation justice mean to you and how do you see it fitting into your career?
3. What skills and/or experiences do you have that would make you a good fit for this role?