Director, Special Constituencies Giving

Seattle Children's; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

403(b) plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Seattle Children’s Foundation & Guild Association seeks a senior fundraising leader to direct Special Constituencies Giving. You will shape strategies to grow donor engagement across community, workforce, and patient-family philanthropy, while aligning with Foundation goals.

You’ll oversee program governance, cross-functional collaboration, and implementation of data-driven campaigns to maximize annual revenue and donor retention.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum five (5) years experience including project management and/or high-visibility special event projects.
• Minimum three (3) years experience supervising paid staff and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Direct fundraising strategies for Special Constituencies Giving to achieve and exceed $4M annual fundraising.
• Establish and track OKRs aligning with Foundation strategies and drive donor growth.
• Lead workforce giving and patient family philanthropy programs to maximize revenue.

Skills

Fundraising strategy

Program leadership

Donor relations

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

CRM systems

Prospect Development

Job description

Direct broad-based fundraising strategies for Special Constituencies Giving within Seattle Children's Foundation & Guild Association, driving strategy, growth and revenue through third-party fundraising initiatives, external-workplace giving campaigns, patient family philanthropy and Seattle Children's workforce giving. Serve as a primary leader in nurturing strong relationships with community organizers, patient families, workplace and workforce donors/prospective donors.

Establish and track programmatic metrics to achieve Annual Giving team objectives, including maximizing fundraising revenue, acquiring new donors, retaining current donors and enhancing charity of choice status. Collaborate with Foundation and Guild Association leadership, board members, and volunteers to establish a seamless pathway converting broad-based community and workforce involvement into leadership and major giving opportunities.

• Direct the overarching goals, growth strategies, and donor retention plans for Seattle Children’s Special Constituencies Giving program to achieve and exceed $4M in annual fundraising. Co-create and track Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to align program initiatives with broader Foundation strategies, build internal visibility, and ensure rigorous outcome measurement.
• Design, monitor, and measure evergreen fundraising pathways—including independent third-party events, peer-to-peer (P2P) campaigns, patient family outreach, youth philanthropy, and external workplace giving—to maximize broad-based community engagement. Collaborate closely with Prospect Development to identify and transition high-capacity donors to Leadership Annual, Major, Principal, Legacy and Corporate portfolios.
• Provide strategic leadership, overall direction, and high-level governance for Patient Family Philanthropy program fundraising. Partner with Advancement Services, Donor Experience, fundraising teams, and clinical stakeholders to direct the long-term program roadmap, ensure seamless programmatic alignment across multiple departments and maximize fundraising revenue.
• Develop, scale, and manage Seattle Children’s workforce fundraising initiatives to achieve year-over-year increases in employee giving. Employ data-driven strategies to track workforce philanthropic engagement and orchestrate targeted events and communications, including presenting directly to internal departments, to inspire staff-wide participation.
• Partner closely with executive staff, Foundation leadership, and cross-functional colleagues to develop, communicate, and execute targeted fundraising strategies for high-priority third-party campaigns, including the Auction of Washington Wines, and other assigned community-led initiatives. Oversee the strategic, thoughtful, and judicious engagement of clinical faculty, community volunteers, patient families, and trustees in special constituent and community-led fundraising events to foster deep mission connection.
• Supervise the Special Constituencies Giving team through consistent performance management practices, including communicating goals and performance objectives, and regularly monitoring, evaluating, and improving individual and team performance. Coach and mentor staff and provide training and development activities to build staff competencies and to ensure that staff complies with all required training.
• Manage assigned program budgets and cost centers, continually refining operational processes, work assignment methods, and project prioritization to champion new and returning donor growth.
• Represent Special Constituencies on cross-functional leadership teams, collaborating with marketing, communications, and development colleagues across Annual Giving, Major Giving, Guild Association, and Legacy Planning to optimize donor cultivation. Actively participate in external networks, including the Woodmark Group, to stay aligned with industry-wide best practices.

Required Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum five (5) years experience to include project management and/or high visibility special event projects and activities.
• Minimum three (3) years experience supervising paid staff and volunteers.

Preferred

• Minimum five (5) years fundraising experience in organization of similar size.
• Advanced Knowledge and understanding of fundraising practices and strategies.
• Knowledge and experience with patient family/grateful patient family philanthropy programs

Compensation Range

$121,134.00 - $181,700.00 per year

Salary Information

This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.

Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants

This compensation range is specific to Seattle, positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors.

Benefits Information

Seattle Children’s offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens.org/careers/benefits.

About Us

Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Children’s – to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Are you ready to engage with a mission-driven organization that is life-changing to many, and touches the hearts of all? #HOPECARECURE

Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region, regardless of the families’ ability to pay. Together, we deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serve as the pediatric and adolescent, academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country.

U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Seattle Children’s among the nation’s best children’s hospitals. For more than a decade, Seattle Children’s has been nationally recognized in key specialty areas. We are honored to be one of the nation’s very best places to care for children and the top-ranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

As a Magnet designated institution, we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide best-in-class care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values: Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Equity and Innovation. Whether it’s delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner, practicing the highest standards of quality and safety, or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases, these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.

Our Commitment

Seattle Children’s welcomes people of all experiences, backgrounds, and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our patients and families. Our organization recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes based on merit without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

The people who work at Seattle Children’s are members of a community that seeks to respect and celebrate all the qualities that make each of us unique. Each of us is empowered to be ourselves.

Seattle Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace and Affinecative Action Employer.