Development Director

Jefferson Community Foundation; Port Townsend (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jefferson Community Foundation is seeking its first Development Director to lead resource development and growth in Port Townsend, WA. You will architect and guide strategies to increase operating funds and expand the changemaking network.

Working with a CEO and a close-knit team, you will strengthen development systems, forge donor relationships, and foster a culture of philanthropy across the organization. JCF is an equal opportunity workplace encouraging diverse applicants.

Responsibilities

• Drive and elevate Jefferson Community Foundation's resource development strategies by improving the systems that are the backbone of our development efforts.
• Forge relationships to grow engagement with our donor base; work with the CEO to evolve JCF into a development-centered organization with a strong culture of philanthropy.

Job description

Hiring JCF’s first Development Director is a key pillar in our larger vision for growth: our goal is to increase the foundation’s operating funds so that we can welcome and support more people into our changemaking network and significantly scale our impact to address pressing gaps in our community. This position offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to be the architect and leader of resource development efforts in an innovative community foundation. You will work with an energetic, dedicated, and close-knit team of staff, volunteers, and board members who are harnessing the collective power of our community.

The Development Director will drive and elevate JCF's resource development strategies by improving the systems that are the backbone of our development efforts, and by forging relationships to grow engagement with our donor base. They will work closely with the CEO to continue to evolve JCF into a development-centered organization with a strong culture of philanthropy.

We are an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the bases of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

JCF encourages applications from people of the global majority, men, gender non-binary, disabled, seniors, and all other qualified applicants.