United States onlyJob Title: Community Philanthropy Developer -
Corporate & Community Relations
Job Location: 7900 NE 33rd Drive, Portland, OR 97211
Reports To: Community Philanthropy Manager
Exempt1 Pay Grade: $62,756-$70,824
Effective Date:
Who We Are
Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. We believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That’s why we work systemically to achieve our mission to end hunger: we foster community connections to help people access nutritious food, and we build community power and strengthen networks of support and the safety net to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.
We build community power to dismantle systems and policies that drive hunger and poverty.
Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of our organization and strengthen our capacity to eliminate hunger. We believe strongly in the power of lived experience — and we actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join our team. Our organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity.
Who We Are Looking For
You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism. You have a strong affinity with OFB’s 10 Year Vision and are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community.
Position Summary
The Community Philanthropy Developer - Corporate & Community Relations will join a dedicated team focused on resourcing an end to hunger and hunger’s root causes through corporate and community partnerships. You believe in a values-based approach to relationship management and will passionately work towards making Oregon Food Bank a political home for donors. You will contribute to designing resource mobilization and relationship development programs rooted in equity through portfolio development and management, project management, partner events management in the Developer capacity.
Primary Responsibilities:
Successfully engage, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of approximately 70-80 corporate partners with a focus on deepening relationships and advancing OFB’s mission.
Responsible for all aspects of portfolio management, including: planning, implementing, and assessing relationship and resource development activities.
Cultivate/Steward donor relationships and design solutions for complex partnerships that meet the needs of OFB, our community, and our donors, using an equity lens.
Raise awareness of OFB’s mission and promote new corporate and community partnerships and resource-generation initiatives.
Identify and qualify potential partners; envision creative co-branding opportunities; and ensure successful proposal development and submission for current donors and prospective partners.
Provide onsite and offsite support for OFB events and activities.
Ensure each donor experience with OFB is consistent and high quality.
Efficiently manage direct interaction with donors, both in and out of the office, helping donors fulfill their passions and interests through their giving to OFB.
Develop and deliver public presentations.
Help lead, develop and manage projects
Organizational Responsibilities:
In consultation and coordination with your supervisor, actively contribute to cross-departmental efforts.
In consultation and coordination with your supervisor, plan and engage in professional development activities that strengthen your capacity for your specific role as well as your capacity to actively contribute and advance organizational goals, our vision and our mission.
Other duties as assigned.
Skills and Experiences of the Ideal Candidate:
Minimum of three years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, with progressive responsibility and a proven record of securing visits with prospective donors, soliciting, closing, and stewarding major gifts; at least two years of corporate relations experience preferred.
Minimum of three years of experience managing mid to major gifts
Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication and presentation skills.
Strong organizational skills.
Ability to develop long-term plans, set objectives, and track progress towards achieving objectives.
Experience in modeling intercultural competence and demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion and social justice work.
Willingness to innovate, problem solve and seek innovative solutions.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically, take initiative and use good judgment; ability to maintain confidentiality.
Project management and organization skills; ability to manage multiple projects with attention to detail; ability to handle interruptions, maintain focus on tasks and produce timely, accurate work.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team; comfortable working in an office environment and offsite.
Collaborative approach and a strong team-oriented style.
Proficiency with office technology and information systems (including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and donor databases, preferably Raiser’s Edge.
Dedicated to ending hunger and its root causes.
Must be available for some weekend and evening responsibilities.
Committed to a workplace that values and respects differences of race, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ability.
Preferred Qualifications:
Commitment to continued professional development to strengthen capacity to work through an equity lens for social justice.
Familiarity with the concepts of moves management preferred.
Experience working for a food bank or non-profit.
Personal living/lived experience of systemic inequity/oppression.
Proficiency in a language other than English, bi-lingual and bi-cultural skills.
Experience working for a food bank, non-profit and/or personal lived experience of inequity/oppression.
Fine Print:
Work is performed in an office environment while sitting at a computer screen for extended periods. Periodically walk throughout the facility (warehouse and office) to communicate with staff and check on the status of projects. May occasionally lift, move and carry objects from 20 to 40 pounds, such as boxes containing office and other supplies. Crouching, bending, kneeling and reaching when filing. May occasionally work outside normal working hours and occasional out of town travel and driving your personal vehicle for various projects as needed.
Background Check:
This position does not require a criminal background check.
Inclement Weather, Service Disruptions and Disaster Response expectations:
OFB is part of the regional disaster response network and, as part of our commitment to our community, we all are expected to report to work as soon as it’s safe to do so and to respond to the disaster, emergency, inclement weather or extended service disruption as needed and as possible. To this effect we have teams with different levels of response and support. This role is internally classified as part of the Mobile Team, which means that:
Mobile Team (or Remote Team): Ensure work continuity working remotely with applicable regular pay.
Note: Regardless of team classifications our staff is supported to prioritize their safety and that of their dependents, families and loved ones while in communication and coordination with supervisors.
