Development Writer - Foundation

Providence Health Plan Group; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Providence Swedish is seeking a Development Writer to join the fundraising team, crafting inspiring communications to inform and motivate donors to support strategic priorities. Reporting to the Communications Director, you will partner with fundraising and stewardship teams to tell powerful stories about how gifts advance our mission to improve health and well-being for patients served.

The role emphasizes collaboration across departments to articulate impact, ensure accuracy through research

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in journalism, public relations, communications, or marketing or a similar combination of skills and related experience.
• 3 years of professional writing experience.
• Experience conducting interviews, pre- and post-interview research, fact checking, and synthesizing a coherent, emotive story.

Skills

Professional writing

Interviewing

Research

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism PR comms or marketing

Job description

Description

The Development Writer is a key member of our fundraising team, focused on writing inspiring communications to inform and inspire prospective donors to give to Swedish to support our strategic priorities. Reporting to the Communications Director, you will collaborate closely with our fundraising and stewardship teams to write a variety of fundraising communications that convey how gifts support our mission to improve the health and well-being of each person we serve.

Providence Swedish caregivers are not simply valued – they’s invaluable. Join our team at Swedish Shared Services and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in preferred fields: Journalism, Public Relations, Communications, or Marketing or a similar combination of skills and related experience
• 3 years of professional writing experience
• Experience conducting interviews, pre- and post-interview research, fact checking, and synthesizing a coherent, related and emotive story around a common theme or message

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in nonprofit fundraising communications in a hospital, academia, medical or research setting

Why Join Providence Swedish?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
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About the Team

Providence Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the greater Puget Sound area. It is comprised of eight hospital campuses (Ballard, Edmonds, Everett, Centralia, Cherry Hill (Seattle), First Hill (Seattle), Issaquah and Olympia); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Providence Swedish Medical Group, a network of 190+ primary care and specialty care locations throughout the Puget Sound. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we’re dedicated to improving the wellbeing of rural and urban communities by expanding access to quality health care for all.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

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