Community Giving - Development Officer - Portland Metro
About The Position
SMART Reading, the state’s largest volunteer-based nonprofit literacy organization, is looking for an energetic, creative, and experienced fundraising professional to join our development team based in Portland. When you join SMART Reading, you join a team that shares your commitment to making this important work happen. As Development Officer, Community Giving, you will be part of our statewide development team with a primary focus on the Portland Metro area. Your work will center on identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding mid-level individual donors (gifts ranging from $500 to $9,999), leading donor retention efforts, directing affinity-based community campaigns, and building a robust philanthropic pipeline by engaging SMART’s extensive network of volunteers, alumni, and community champions. The ideal candidate will have a passion for connecting people to a mission they care about, strong relationship-building instincts, and the energy and drive to meet ambitious fundraising goals. You will be cultivating donors, leading campaigns, managing events, and playing a key role in SMART’s donor retention and volunteer-giving strategies. This position is a member of a multi-person team located in Portland and responsible for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors to SMART Reading. The primary responsibilities of this position are: Effectively identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors and prospects within the identified portfolio focus area: annual individual giving & mid-level donors. Manage and implement campaigns focused on the identified portfolio: currently includes direct mail, monthly giving, peer-to-peer fundraising, and affinity giving campaigns). Create and distribute stewardship materials for communicating with current and new funders, including regular written updates and invitations to SMART Reading events. Create and manage events, both cultivation and solicitation, as applies to the identified portfolio. Maintain and ensure up-to-date record keeping in Raiser’s Edge, logging contact reports with donors, and regularly update proposal entry and donor pipeline.
Requirements
- Personal character that guides the ethical practice of development work
- Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills
- High degree of personal accountability
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Ability to work independently and with a team
- Strong project/campaign management skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and Google products
- Ability to work in-person from the Portland Metro Office.
- Four years of development and fundraising or related experience, preferably with the portfolio focus identified for this position (we will consider folks with less than four years of experience, and the compensation would reflect the experience level)
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, work experience, and/or lived experience (minimum 4 years).
- 4+ years of nonprofit development experience
- Experience with Raiser’s Edge NXT
- Demonstrated success in annual and mid-level fundraising and managing a large portfolio of individual donors (gifts ranging from $500 to $9,999)
Responsibilities
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors and prospects within the identified portfolio focus area: annual individual giving & mid-level donors.
- Manage and implement campaigns focused on the identified portfolio: currently includes direct mail, monthly giving, peer-to-peer fundraising, and affinity giving campaigns.
- Create and distribute stewardship materials for communicating with current and new funders, including regular written updates and invitations to SMART Reading events.
- Create and manage events, both cultivation and solicitation, as applies to the identified portfolio.
- Maintain and ensure up-to-date record keeping in Raiser’s Edge, logging contact reports with donors, and regularly update proposal entry and donor pipeline.
Benefits
- Cell Phone Reimbursement: $50 monthly (additional $600 annually)
- 401(k) Retirement: Employer match of up to 3% of your salary
- Paid Time Off/Vacation: PTO is accumulated biweekly, totaling four weeks annually
- Office Closures: Two paid weeks off - one in July and the second in December for employee rest and rejuvenation time
- Employer-paid Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and LTD
- Paid Holidays: Nine paid holidays that can be used on scheduled holidays or as floating days, used according to personal beliefs and obligations
- Paid Supplemental Medical Leave: Cumulated biweekly, totaling two weeks annually, and carried over to earn up to eight weeks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
