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Manager of Development-The Glass House

( Connecticut | on-site )

About the Organization

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.

• 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 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 underrepresented communities.

Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity.

Who You Are

You care deeply about community and about people experiencing hunger, holding them at the center of all that you do.

You are committed to applying equity as both a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger, including racism, sexism, and cissexism.

You have a strong affinity with OFB’s 10-Year Vision and are profoundly excited to help achieve this vision alongside our community.

Job Description

Position Summary

You will join more than 40 Community Philanthropy colleagues who are passionately and collaboratively building relationships to end hunger and its root causes.

Together, we mobilize more than $40 million annually in support of Oregon Food Bank’s mission and 10-Year Vision.

We undertake this work while reclaiming philanthropy’s true meaning—a love for humankind. Love manifests as action in many forms, taken for the common good, which we inspire and facilitate through community-centric programs grounded in equity.

Learn more from our team members who are imagining and creating a more just experience of philanthropy.

As the Community Philanthropy Senior Developer – Individual Giving, you will contribute to the organization’s success through relationship development and resource mobilization by engaging complex and high-impact individual supporters and foundations to meet Community Philanthropy and Oregon Food Bank’s strategic priorities.

This position reports to the Community Philanthropy Manager – Individual Giving.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Relationship management with individuals and foundations

• Project management

• Mentorship of individual giving and grants team colleagues

The Community Philanthropy Senior Developer – Individual Giving may perform work:

• Onsite with dedicated workspace at an Oregon Food Bank facility, or

• Predominantly from a home office while maintaining a regular in-person presence with supporters and periodically visiting OFB facilities

Reasonable accommodations are available, and candidates are encouraged to inquire.

Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Successfully engage, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of 150 complex individual donor relationships with major, leadership, and principal gift capacity ($25,000–$1,000,000+)

• Utilize equity-driven messaging that centers clients, identifies systemic oppression as the root cause of hunger, and advances Oregon Food Bank's strategic priorities

• Strategically engage and retain philanthropic partners to make Oregon Food Bank a political home and facilitate donors’ political journeys

• Increase average donation amounts while fostering transformational, long-term donor relationships

• Develop and implement annual portfolio management plans, including customized cultivation, engagement, solicitation, and stewardship strategies

• Develop a deep understanding of Oregon Food Bank programs and maintain current knowledge of funding priorities and opportunities

• Utilize Moves Management principles and document donor interactions within The Raiser’s Edge

• Research and develop strategies requiring cross-departmental collaboration to advance donor relationships

• Consult with the OFB Network regarding major gifts supporting annual priorities when appropriate

• Collaborate closely with Community Philanthropy leadership on long-range planning initiatives

Skills & Experience Required

• Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes

• Minimum of four years of successful nonprofit fundraising experience with progressive responsibility in relationship development and major, leadership, or principal gifts fundraising

• Ability and willingness to confidently solicit financial support from individuals

• Skilled in:

  • Proposal writing

  • Report writing

  • Presentation development and delivery

  • Donor communication materials containing technical information

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with high emotional intelligence

• Demonstrated cultural agility and ability to work effectively with diverse communities

• Knowledge of:

  • Moves Management

  • Community-Centric Fundraising principles

  • Other philanthropic development methodologies

• Proficiency with:

  • Google Workspace (GSuite)

  • Microsoft Office

  • Donor databases (Raiser’s Edge preferred)

• Ability to quickly learn new software and technology platforms

Organizational-Level Competencies

• Willingness to leverage multiple perspectives to innovate and solve problems creatively

• Demonstrated intercultural competence and commitment to equity and social justice

• Strategic thinker who collaborates effectively while maintaining initiative and confidentiality

• Strong project coordination and organizational skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail

• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in both office and off-site settings

• Ability to thrive in a diverse, mission-driven, fast-paced work environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with institutions and decision-makers whose giving resembles individual donor philanthropy more than traditional foundation grantmaking

• Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) CFRE

• 40+ hours of professional development through:

  • AFP

  • APRA

  • CASE

  • AASP

  • People's Nonprofit Accelerator (formerly WVDO)

• 40+ Hour Leadership Development Certification from Rockwood Leadership Institute (or equivalent)

• 40+ Hour DEI Certification from organizations such as:

  • Oregon Food Bank Equity Institute

  • State of Oregon Sexual Assault Training Institute

  • YWCA of Columbia-Willamette

  • Raphael House of Portland

  • Comparable institution

• Experience working within nonprofits that operate both 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities

Additional Information

Application Guidelines

• Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis

• Early application is encouraged

• Cover letter required for consideration

• Position is currently hybrid

• Selected out-of-state candidates must relocate to the Oregon/Southwest Washington area before their start date and within 60 days of signing an offer letter

We recognize that people develop skills and experience in many different ways.

If you're excited about this opportunity and believe you can succeed, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualification listed.

We especially welcome applicants with lived experience related to:

• Hunger

• Poverty

• Systemic inequities