Chief Advancement Officer

We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Content: - Intro about Our Children's Trust mission etc. That's "About the role"? Actually "About the role" could be description of organization and mission. The posting includes: "At Our Children’s Trust, we are committed..." then "Our Mission Our Children’s Trust empowers young people..." That's about organization. Could be placed under About the role. - "What the Advancement Officer Does" description: that's responsibilities. - Then "Core Areas of Responsibility" with numbered list 1-6. Those are responsibilities/duties. - Then "Qualifications" section includes: note about encouraging applicants, then Minimum Required Education and Experience, Competencies, Preferred Competencies, Core Competencies. - Then "Working Conditions/Work Schedule:" includes schedule info. - Then "Physical Working Requirements:" etc. - Then "Travel:" etc. - Then "Salary and Benefits" includes salary description and benefits list. We need to map to headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not invent sections with placeholder. Use only those with content. We need to decide what goes where. - About the role: description of organization and mission. Could include the intro paragraphs about commitment, mission, etc. - Responsibilities: The "What the Advancement Officer Does" paragraph plus the Core Areas of Responsibility list (maybe combine). Could also include the bullet list of core areas. - Requirements: Minimum Required Education and Experience (the OR list). Also maybe "Physical Working Requirements"? But that's more about working conditions. Could be under Requirements? Usually requirements are education/experience. We'll put the education/experience list under Requirements. - Qualifications: Could be the Competencies, Preferred Competencies, Core Competencies. But the heading "Qualifications" already used for education/experience? Actually we have both Qualifications and Requirements. The posting has a "Qualifications" section (with note about encouraging applicants) then "Minimum Required Education and Experience:" then "Competencies:" then "Preferred Competencies:" then "Core Competencies". So we could treat "Qualifications" as the competencies etc. And "Requirements" as the education/experience. That matches typical usage. - Skills: Could be the competencies like written/verbal communication, etc. But we already have Qualifications covering competencies. Maybe we can put skills under Skills: e.g., "Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills." etc. But we need to avoid duplication. Let's think: The posting includes: Competencies: - Demonstrated success leading major fundraising efforts... - Experience designing and overseeing finance and operations... - Proven ability to integrate communications and development strategies. - Experience managing and mentoring senior staff... - Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. - Deep alignment with OCT’s mission and values. Preferred Competencies: - Experience working alongside legal or litigation-driven organizations. - Familiarity with trauma-informed care and youth-centered approaches. - JD or strong understanding of the legal system a plus (not required). Core Competencies: - Strategic vision paired with operational follow-through - Fundraising leadership and donor relationship-building - Brand stewardship and narrative discipline - Emotional intelligence and trauma-informed leadership - Collaborative executive partnership - Comfort operating in high-stakes, public-facing environments These could be considered Skills. But we already have Qualifications heading for education/experience? Actually we have both Qualifications and Requirements. The instruction says use headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to allocate content accordingly. We could do: - About the role: intro about organization and mission. - Responsibilities: "What the Advancement Officer Does" paragraph + Core Areas of Responsibility list. - Requirements: Minimum Required Education and Experience (the OR list). - Qualifications: Competencies (the list under "Competencies:"). - Skills: Preferred Competencies + Core Competencies (maybe combine). Or we could put Preferred Competencies under Qualifications and Core Competencies under Skills. But we need to avoid thin sections. Let's see: We have enough content for each. - Benefits: list of benefits from Salary and Benefits paragraph. - Pay: salary description. - Schedule: Working Conditions/Work Schedule paragraph (including Monday-Friday, occasional evenings/weekends). We also have Physical Working Requirements and Travel; those could be placed under Requirements? Or maybe under About the role? But they are not explicitly requested headings. The instruction says include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. It does not forbid adding extra headings beyond the list? It says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). That suggests we should only use those headings. So we should not add other headings like Physical Working Requirements or Travel. We need to fold that content into existing sections, perhaps under Responsibilities or Requirements or About the role. The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it." So we can fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it. Physical Working Requirements and Travel could be considered minor metadata; we could fold them into a short paragraph under Responsibilities or About the role. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the info but can embed it in a paragraph under an existing heading. Thus we can include a paragraph under Responsibilities that mentions physical demands and travel. Similarly, we could include schedule under Schedule heading. Now, we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO statement, diversity statement, etc. The posting starts with an EEO statement about equal employment opportunities. That is boilerplate; we should remove it. Also the note about encouraging applicants (studies have shown that women...). That is also boilerplate? It's encouraging applicants; maybe we should keep it? It's part of the qualifications section but it's more of a statement encouraging applicants. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The encouraging applicants note is not exactly EEO but it's a statement encouraging underrepresented groups; could be considered EEO-related. Safer to remove it. However, we need to preserve substantive information; that note is not substantive about the job. So we can drop it. Also the line "This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without notice." That's boilerplate; remove. Now, we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. We'll produce something like:

About the role

Our Children’s Trust empowers young people to enforce their constitutional rights in court when governments endanger their lives, health, and futures by fueling the climate crisis. The organization is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to protected characteristics.

But we removed EEO statement; we can keep mission description. Maybe better: About the role includes mission and organization description. Now Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

The Chief Advancement Officer (CAO) is a senior executive leader responsible for advancing Our Children’s Trust’s public presence, fundraising strength, and organizational sustainability. Reporting directly to the Co-Executive Director, the CAO oversees all external engagement and core organizational functions—including development, communications, brand, media, public education, audience growth, finance, and operations—ensuring they operate as a unified, strategic engine in service of OCT’s litigation and youth-centered mission. The CAO serves as the organization’s second-in-command for institutional strategy, partnering closely with the Co-Executive Director to translate legal victories and youth leadership into sustained public will, philanthropic investment, and a strong, well-run organization using a trauma-informed approach. This role combines high-level strategic leadership with responsibility for OCT’s financial health, operational infrastructure, and cross-functional execution, ensuring that engagement, fundraising, and internal systems are aligned, resilient, and built to support long-term impact.

• Integrated Engagement Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive engagement strategy that integrates fundraising, communications, media, education, and public engagement into a single, cohesive approach. Align engagement strategies with OCT’s litigation priorities, youth leadership model, and organizational values. Ensure engagement efforts are proactive, data-informed, and adaptable to fast-moving legal, technological, and political contexts.
• Fundraising & Philanthropic Leadership: Lead organizational fundraising strategy to meet and exceed annual and multi-year revenue goals. Oversee all individual, foundation, major gift, and planned giving programs. Personally cultivate and steward key donors and institutional partners, with a focus on six- and seven-figure gifts. Partner closely with the Executive Director on high-level donor strategy and solicitation. Foster a strong internal culture of philanthropy across the organization.
• Communications, Brand & Media: Oversee OCT’s brand strategy, messaging framework, and storytelling across all platforms. Direct earned media strategy, rapid response, and crisis communications in coordination with legal leadership. Ensure consistent, compelling narratives that elevate youth voices and legal impact.
• Public Engagement, Education & Audience Growth: Lead strategies to expand and deepen OCT’s audiences, including supporters, educators, youth, alumni, and movement allies. Oversee public education initiatives, learning tools, events, and community engagement efforts. Ensure engagement work is trauma-informed, youth-centered, and accessible to diverse communities. Use data and insights to refine engagement strategies and measure impact.
• Finance, Operations & Organizational Systems Oversight: Directly supervise and support the Chief Financial & Operating Officer. Provide integrated oversight of finance, operations, people & culture, and internal systems. Partner with the CFO on budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and risk management. Ensure operational policies, systems, and practices support organizational sustainability and growth.
• Team Leadership & Management: Directly supervise and support the Senior Director of Donor Development and Communications Director. Lead, support, and develop a high-performing Engagement Team (communications, development, digital, education, engagement). Establish clear goals, workflows, and decision-making structures across engagement functions. Manage outside consultants, vendors, and creative partners as needed. Build systems that support collaboration with Legal, Operations, Youth Programs, and the Chief of Staff.

Physical demands include prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer, occasional lifting of up to 20 pounds, and some travel primarily within the United States (with potential international travel) depending on case activity, deadlines, workload, trial dates, and major donor events.

Now Requirements:

Requirements

• 10+ years of senior leadership experience in fundraising, communications, advocacy, or movement-based organizations.
• OR Associate’s degree and 8+ years of fundraising experience.
• OR Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of fundraising experience.
• OR Master’s degree and 4+ years of fundraising experience.

Now Qualifications (competencies):

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success leading major fundraising efforts, including major gifts and institutional funding.
• Experience designing and overseeing finance and operations at the organizational level, including business planning, financial systems, and operational processes, and leading executive teams through periods of growth, complexity, and change.
• Proven ability to