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 🔗Director of Development

  • Full Time
  • Portland, OR (Remote)
  • $72,000 USD / Year
  • June 30, 2025
  • Job Summary: This position is responsible for all development activities: managing events and appeal campaigns, overseeing the grants program, and actively engaging and growing our donor base, including outreach to individual donors at all levels and prospects.
  • Job Qualifications:
    • At least three to five years of proven experience in the development field.
    • Strong interpersonal skills, with demonstrated experience and confidence in asking people to contribute time and money (including developing “asks” and engaging with individual donors and donor groups).
    • Strong ability to self-direct while also acting within a team.
    • Goal/deadline-driven, and able to multitask efficiently and accurately.
    • Demonstrates a timely and friendly customer service approach in their work.
    • Proven record of results when organizing and implementing fundraising events, including corporate sponsorship revenue.
    • Strong writing skills (previous grant writing experience highly preferred).
    • Prior experience managing/supervising staff and volunteers (highly preferred).
    • Flexibility to work evenings and weekends (this would be occasional, and typically with advanced notice for your planning purposes) to lead events, or meet grant deadlines (required).
    • CRM experience – comfortable working with interactive databases, running reports, updating files, and navigating integration with other systems/software needed for the development function (required).
    • Proficiency with Google Workspace. SmartSheet, or other project management software (preferred).
    • Physical & Transportation Requirements:
    • Manage information in electronic formats and in a mostly remote, sedentary office setting.
    • Attend fairly regular in-person meetings with supporters/donors, corporate sponsors, and occasional staff meetings.
    • Perform occasional light work (exerting up to 25 pounds) for events (required).
    • Is a resident of the greater Portland/Metro (preferred, due to job responsibilities).
    • Occasional travel to various meetings, venues, and locations in Oregon with a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
  • How to Apply:

    To apply for this position, please visit our website at restoreoregon.org/careers, and fill out the application there.

  • Job benefits: Health Insurance, Dental & Vision Insurance, Employee-funded Retirement Savings
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: Primarily remote working environment. Must be able to perform occasional light work (lifting up to 25 pounds) for events.
  • Application Email: careers@restoreoregon.org
  • Application URL: http://restoreoregon.org/careers

Website Restore Oregon

Founded in 1977, Restore Oregon works on the front lines and behind the scenes to empower Oregonians to reimagine and transform their communities through the preservation and reuse of historic and cultural places. We believe in a vibrant and equitable Oregon where historic preservation and reuse are crucial to solving the problems we face locally, statewide, and globally. As a statewide, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Restore Oregon represents thousands of homeowners and renters, community activists, environmentalists, preservation-minded businesses, and supporters and users of historic places across Oregon. We advocate for effective preservation policies and incentives, deliver preservation-focused education programs, and directly intervene to save endangered places.

  • Lead the organization’s fund development and revenue plans for an annual operating budget of over $500,000.
  • Identify, cultivate, and grow a base of financial supporters from individuals to corporate sponsors. Manage all current and prospective donor information in collaboration with Events & Development Associate.
  • Manage one part-time staff member (Events & Development Associate) and work closely with the Marketing & Design Associate to achieve overall development goals.
  • Provide regular information updates for the Board of Directors on fund development activities, and manage the Board Development Committee.
  • Individual Donors, Members and Sponsors
  • Develop and execute a major gifts program with giving strategies to maintain/deepen existing donors, research and cultivate new relationships, collaborate regularly with the Executive Director and Board.
  • Develop, solicit, and manage all corporate sponsors and business members/partners. Manage all associated marketing benefits in collaboration with marketing.
  • Manage the organization’s CRM software (Bloomerang), and its integration with other software platforms (currently QGiv, Zapier, and Quickbooks).
  • Work with Office Manager and Events & Development Associate to keep all information up-to-date and synchronized with website and financial systems.
  • Provide all writing and communication content for donations (such as receipts and thank yous), while maximizing customer service and internal administrative processes.
  • Prepare/update quarterly mailing and renewal list for electronic and mailed communications.
  • Oversee all aspects of donor/supporter communications, engagement, and experience with our online purchasing/donation system in a responsive, customer-oriented manner.
  • Develop year-end and other fundraising appeals/ campaigns.
  • Contribute frequently to writing and creative storytelling to assist in annual development goals on all organization platforms (social, E-News and printed quarterly magazine).
  • Send out personalized communication as needed.
  • Pull fundraising reports and work with finance on monthly reconciliation of revenue.
  • Grants Management
  • Manage all grant fundraising activities, including developing an annual grants calendar, preparing applications, and managing all grant reporting.
  • Write and submit grant applications, including the development of grant budgets.
  • Event Planning
  • Meet annual revenue goals, and serve as the primary project manager responsible for planning and successfully executing all program events, fundraisers, and appeal campaigns. (Restore Oregon typically hosts two major annual fundraising educational events, with several smaller donor/supporter events each year.)
  • Develop and manage a Sponsorship program for the organization and major events.
  • Solicit and manage all in-kind donations.
  • Oversee Event & Development Associate’s management of a volunteer group needed for event support.
  • Additional Tasks
  • Perform research and out-of-the-box thinking to create revenue and generate innovations in the field with a business/entrepreneurial approach.
  • Provide fundraising technical support for our Preservation Together/
  • Most Endangered Places programs or other special projects related to our mission and work plans.
  • Develop work plans using project management software (currently using SmartSheet).
  • Work with individual members of the Board on annual involvement and support.Assist with other organization activities to support our team, as needed.

Benefits

All NCPE interns received an hourly stipend, the rate is listed at each position description. Additionally, interns receive paid time off (PTO), paid Federal holidays if working full-time, and access to NCPE's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for career and personal counseling, coaching, and referrals. Project sites may also offer a housing allowance and/or commuting stipend; this information is also listed in the description or offered during the interview.

Eligible NCPE interns who successfully complete their internships may count their position towards earning a Public Land Corps (PLC) Non-Competitive Hiring Authority certificate. To be eligible to earn a PLC certificate, an intern must be 30 years old or younger (or 35 if a veteran). Once earned, the PLC hiring authority certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal temporary, term, or permanent positions. Successful completion of a NCPE internship does not guarantee Federal employment. Contact manager@preservenet.org for more details.

Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must be
*at least 18 years old;
*no older than 30 years of age (or 35 years if a Veteran) when beginning the internship; applicants who are 31 or older (or 36 or older if a Veteran) are not eligible;
*currently enrolled in a degree-seeking academic program at the college level (or recently graduated within the past 12 months)
*be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident.

Interns are not allowed to work more than 1200 hours total in the program; previous interns must stay within this overall limit. The length of an internship can vary from 10 to 30 weeks if full-time (40 hours per week) or longer if on a part-time schedule. If selected, the exact starting date will be determined by you and the NPS supervisor. The stipend rate is $17.00 per hour unless otherwise listed.

The successful candidate is responsible for finding and paying for travel to and housing at the internship location; some exceptions apply. The supervising office may be able to assist in locating housing but it is ultimately up to the individual accepting the internship to find accommodation.

The National Council requires all interns working in-person at Federal facilities and/or with Federal employees receive the Covid-19 vaccination. Please be advised that you may also be required to wear a mask, depending on the protocols adopted by your work site. Also be aware that, due to Government-wide security requirements, a background check will be required if you are selected for a position. This will include providing information about recent housing and employment history. The position supervisor will have more information about these requirements and procedures at the time of hiring. You may direct any questions to NCPE's Internship Program Director, Julee Johnson, at manager@preservenet.org.

Please note that interns are not NCPE or NPS employees. Stipends are academic awards and taxes are not withheld, nor are social security contributions made on your behalf. These funds may be taxable, however, so consult a tax preparation professional if you have questions.

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