Job Opportunities
Exciting Additions to The Hear Foundation Team!
The Hear Foundation is growing. We are hiring for two full-time positions that will help expand our grantmaking, fundraising, and community engagement work in Pittsburgh and beyond. If you are passionate about active listening, collaboration, and building stronger communities, we would love to hear from you.
Open Positions: Development Associate | Program Associate
Development Associate
Employment Status: Full-Time
Salary: $78,000 to $82,000
Work Environment: Hybrid (virtual and in-person)
Reports to: President & CEO
Resume Deadline: November 1, 2026
Position Overview
The Hear Foundation is seeking a Development Associate to be responsible for The Hear Foundation’s fundraising activities, including major gifts, annual impact reports and appeals, corporate sponsorships and special events.
The Development Associate serves as a primary point of contact. This position works closely with the President & CEO, the Director of Operations, and the Knowledge and Information Manager, as well as the Development Committee of the Board of Directors. This team-oriented position also involves working with contracted team members on communications and all grant writing endeavors.
Key Responsibilities
- Works with diverse audiences to deliver on the mission and identify opportunities for the Foundation to participate, invest, or lead activities and initiatives with multiple funding partners and corporate leaders.
- Develops meaningful, authentic, and trusting working relationships locally and nationally with mission aligned individuals, agencies and organizations through on-going research, outreach and engagement efforts.
- Collaborates with the President & CEO to create and implement annual strategic plans to increase the overall diversified revenue stream for programming and operating funds.
- Collaborates with the President & CEO to identify and cultivate relationships with individual donor prospects and their financial advisors to solicit major gifts.
- Designs and directs donor stewardship and cultivation events and fundraising strategies to support these events.
- Works closely with the Director of Operations to ensure timely and accurate financial transactions and gift instruments for donors, assuring donor designation in grant distribution.
- Develops and implements a tracking procedure to track proposals, grants, and reporting to ensure timely deliverables.
- Works closely with the President & CEO and other staff in the development and implementation of organization-wide budgets, policies, and programs that will contribute to the organization’s success.
- Designs, creates, and distributes annual appeal and the annual impact report.
- Co-designs and creates multiple annual campaign solicitation strategies including print and electronic media, for the communications contractor.
- Attends all staff meetings and communications meetings.
Qualifications
- A minimum of two years of fundraising experience with demonstrated success in securing annual funding, sponsorships and individual donor cultivation.
- Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field from an accredited college or university highly recommended.
- Experience working with corporate leaders, philanthropists, community volunteers and Board committee members.
- Donor management experience in a formal CRM system.
- Experience managing fundraising budgets.
- Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and reporting skills.
Requirements
- Ability to attend evening and weekend activities as needed.
- Ability to travel locally for funder and partner meetings as well as industry related seminars and conferences.
How to Apply
Please send resumes to Amber Jackson at ajackson@hearfoundation.com. Resumes are being accepted now through November 1, 2026.
Program Associate
Employment Status: Full-Time
Salary: $45,000 to $55,000 annually
Work Environment: Hybrid (virtual and in-person)
Reports to: President & CEO
Resume Deadline: November 1, 2026
Position Overview
The Hear Foundation is seeking a Program Associate to support the Foundation’s grantmaking, grantee relationships, and community engagement efforts.
The Program Associate serves as a primary point of contact for prospective, current, and past grantees, providing guidance throughout the grantmaking process. This position works closely with the President & CEO, the Development Associate, the Knowledge and Information Manager, and the Program Committee of the Board of Directors.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversees and supports grantees throughout the grantmaking cycle.
- Reviews applications and recommends qualified applications to the President & CEO.
- Collects mid-year and final grantee reports and coordinates documentation with the Knowledge and Information Manager.
- Assist grantees in addressing challenges and identifying resources.
- Conduct grantee site visits.
- Build relationships with grassroots organizations, community stakeholders, and potential partners.
- Attends scheduled Pittsburgh Street Team meetings.
- Identifies grantee success stories for the Communications Team.
- Participates with the President & CEO in school, community, and industry meetings and convenings.
Qualifications
- A minimum of two years of experience in program, project, grant, or community-based work.
- Experience working with grassroots organizations and community stakeholders.
- Grant and grantee management experience.
- Experience managing program or project budgets.
- Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and reporting skills.
- Commitment to trauma-informed and community-centered practices.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant professional and lived experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Requirements
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 33).
- Pennsylvania State Police Criminal History Clearance (Act 34).
- Ability to attend evening and weekend activities as needed.
- Ability to travel locally for meetings, programs, and site visits.
How to Apply
Please send resumes to Amber Jackson at ajackson@hearfoundation.com. Resumes are being accepted now through November 1, 2026.
