Below are our current open positions.

Resumes for all positions should be sent to resumes@childfocusnj.org with a cover letter discussing your interest in the specific role.

Benefits for all positions are as follows:

  • Retirement Plan with 3% organization provided match (SIRA)

  • Paid Time Off (First year: 10 Vacation, 10 Sick & 15 Public Holidays, plus week off additional in holiday season, plus your birthday off)

  • Paid family leave (Maternity, Paternity)

  • Training & Development

  • QSEHRA Health Care Plan

  • Flexible schedule

  • Professional development assistance

  • Eligibility for federal student loan forgiveness program

  • Employer paid life insurance

Our Values

We are Resourceful: We think outside the box to create support and solutions for the children we serve. We recognize staff member, volunteer, donor and community member plays an important role in the success of our organization and the children we serve.

We are Respectful: CASA recognizes the role the organization and individual advocates play in the child welfare system as well as in the life of a child and their families. We appreciate individual differences, lifestyle choices and how these differences enhance our organization.

We are Resilient: We strive to operate at the highest efficiency, even in the most significantly complex situations. We seek opportunities to support each other in order to build a stronger community.

We are Responsive: We understand and prioritize the value of being an active listener as an organization and as individual advocates. We ensure that timely communications are a priority in all aspects of the organization.

We value Relationships: Positive working relationships are necessary for the overall success of the organization. We develop relationships that encourage open and honest communication, while showing maturity in managing conflict and trauma.

Now Hiring For:

  • Major Gifts Officer

  • SBCT Community Coordinator

Major Gifts Officer

Cover letter required to be considered. Address to Executive Director.

Summary:

Child Focus seeks a highly experienced, mission-connected Major Gifts Officer (MGO) to build and steward meaningful philanthropic partnerships that directly advance outcomes for children and families. This role is ideal for a relational fundraiser who sees major gifts as an act of shared purpose — someone who excels at listening, connecting values to impact, and walking alongside donors over time.

The Major Gifts Officer will manage a portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects, cultivate new relationships, and collaborate closely with executive leadership to secure transformational philanthropic support. This position plays a critical role in strengthening Child Focus’s long-term sustainability and expanding our impact across the communities we serve.


Key Responsibilities:

Donor Relationship Management & Fundraising

  • Manage and grow a portfolio of major gift donors and prospects, with a focus on gifts typically of $10,000+ (or aligned with organizational strategy).

  • Create individualized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies rooted in donor values and program impact.

  • Meet face-to-face and virtually with donors, engaging them as true partners in Child Focus’s mission.

  • Partner with executive leadership and board members to leverage their potential impact on donor strategy, solicitations, and organizational stewardship,

Strategy & Growth

  • Identify, qualify, and cultivate new major gift prospects through research, referrals, and mission-aligned engagement.

  • Contribute to the development and execution of a comprehensive major gifts strategy aligned with organizational priorities and equity commitments.

  • Collaborate with program staff to translate impact into compelling donor narratives and funding opportunities.

  • Support campaign planning and special initiatives as the organization grows.

Stewardship & Systems

  • Ensure timely, thoughtful stewardship that reflects donor intent and demonstrates meaningful impact.

  • Maintain accurate records and reports in the donor database/CRM.

  • Track progress toward revenue goals and adjust strategies as needed.

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 7–10 years of progressive experience in major gifts fundraising, philanthropy, or related development roles.

  • Demonstrated success in securing and stewarding significant philanthropic gifts.

  • Deep alignment with Child Focus’s mission and a commitment to equity and child well-being.

  • Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.

  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with leadership, board members, and colleagues.

  • Adept at navigating complex, emotionally grounded mission work with professionalism and empathy.

Preferred

  • Experience with fundraising in child welfare, advocacy, social services, or justice-related nonprofits.

  • Familiarity with foster care programs or court-involved systems.

  • Experience working with boards and senior leadership in donor cultivation.

  • Knowledge of New Jersey’s philanthropic landscape.

Compensation & Benefits:

  • A mission-driven, values-centered workplace where relationships matter.

  • The opportunity to help shape and grow a major gifts program with real impact.

  • Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

SBCT Community Coordinator

Cover letter required to be considered. Address to Executive Director.

Summary:

Do you like to work with professionals and people from all walks of life? Do you have a passion for working with families involved in the child welfare system? Do you feel most comfortable in a group of people, collaborating to get to a better outcome? Are you a savvy facilitator and communicator?

If so, this exciting opportunity might be a great fit! New Jersey’s Safe Babies Court Team (SBCT) is a program affiliated with Zero to Three, a national, evidence-based model for supporting children up to three years of age who are in foster care. The Safe Babies Court Team Community Facilitator is the lead staff person for the county site, within New Jersey’s SBCT

The Coordinator will work with the local Safe Babies Court Team Judges in Northern New Jersey vicinages to improve outcomes for infants and toddlers entering the foster care system. This is a leadership-level position that serves as the program's public face. The mediator/coordinator is the central party to facilitate collaboration among stakeholders in child welfare cases of children ages 0-3 in the foster care system in New Jersey. The Community Coordinator facilitates collaboration among community stakeholders on the Safe Babies Court Team (SBCT), schedules meetings, keeps and disseminates minutes, and conducts follow-up activities related to SBCT goals

This position requires office time-based in Wayne, NJ, and community/client-facing time throughout the program's counties in Northern New Jersey: Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, and Essex.

The Community Coordinator will serve as a source of support for the family as they navigate this process. They will act as a bridge or navigator, assisting the parent in self-advocacy and connecting the child and parent with community services and members of the SBCT. The Coordinator will conduct monthly Family Team Meetings with each case and serve as the mediator to promote address roadblocks toward timely permanency. Flexibility is required to participate in some evening and weekend activities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Works with the judicial leadership to identify and address roadblocks in SBCT cases.

  • Provide emotional and logistical support for parents involved in the SBCT.

  • Engage the parents and their supports to facilitate communication and support self-advocacy.

  • Ensure the parents involved with the program are well-connected to community supports and services, locating a parent mentor with lived experience if needed.

  • Maintain regular contact (both in person and remote) with both biological and resource (foster) families.

  • Facilitate monthly Family Team Meetings for each family and their stakeholders.

  • Document all case related activities in case management system and in monthly memos to the court

  • Build a strong relationship with other stakeholders to facilitate the referral process and address individual case issues.

  • Works with the judge and larger stakeholder group to implement the SBCT Core Components.

  • Collect data on SBCT cases and enters it into SBCT database on site/state-level database system

Skills & Experience to be a Successful Candidate:

  • Deep knowledge of issues related to child abuse and neglect and the systems that support these families.

  • Knowledge of local community resources, including early childcare and education, health, mental health, child welfare, early intervention, substance abuse, MICA, and behavioral health.

  • Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary group and lead a diverse group of stakeholders.

  • Highly experienced mediator/facilitator of high-conflict situations.

  • Working knowledge of juvenile and family court functioning.

  • Facility working with people of diverse educational, professional, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds.

  • Minimum 5-years relevant work experience.

Additional Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • Professional or lived experience with foster care and the child welfare system.

  • Professional or lived experience working with community resources and the local judicial system.

  • Experience working with family court judges.

Essential Qualities:

  • Encourages and practices critical thinking.

  • Is self-reflective and empathic.

  • Recognizes the influence of workplace relationships on outcomes and results.

  • Maintains a respectful, collaborative, and accepting approach towards others.

  • Awareness of the influence of society, childhood experiences and trauma on individual behavior.

  • Collaboratively and creatively supports the work efforts of colleagues at all levels and in all areas of the organization.

Education:

  • Minimum undergraduate degree in a related field. Master’s degree preferred.

Extensive lived experience with local community resources and other aspects of the job, including lived experience with foster care, can substitute for educational experience.

Compensation & Benefits:

  • $52,000-$58,000/year full-time position based on experience and education.

Child Focus, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a merit-based hiring and employment process. We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

All employment decisions — including recruitment, hiring, promotions, compensation, benefits, training, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment — are made based on individual qualifications, merit, performance, and business needs.

Child Focus, Inc. complies with all relevant federal statutes enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and all other applicable equal employment laws.

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact our Operations Manager at Pam@childfocusnj.org so that we may work with you to meet your needs.