Philanthropy Officer

Description

At Cocoon House, we empower young people, families, and communities in Snohomish County to break the cycle of homelessness through outreach, housing, and prevention. As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Philanthropy Officer is responsible for designing the philanthropic strategy, and leading the Development Team in raising $2.3M in private contributions. In close partnership with the CEO and Leadership team, the position oversees all aspects of fundraising, including stewardship, corporate giving, private foundations, special events, marketing, and all external communications. The Philanthropy Officer will be responsible for helping to set the vision, strategy, and goals for the department and cultivates a culture of philanthropy among staff, board members, and volunteers.

Cocoon House is committed to continually growing in our equity, diversity, and inclusion journey, and candidates with lived experience or who identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ are strongly encouraged to apply! We will also provide reasonable accommodation to qualified persons with disabilities upon request.

Philanthropy Officer Duties & Responsibilities

Full-Time| On-site

Salary: $105,000 - $115,000 annually DOE

Development & Fundraising

• Design, implement, and oversee a comprehensive development strategy including major gifts, individual donors, annual campaigns, grants, corporate sponsorships, and events.
• Participate and lead in budget development and projections, strategic planning and internal structures and processes as an active member of the Leadership Team
• Manage and cultivate a portfolio of major donors in partnership with CEO.
• Oversee and guide the work of fundraising, private grants, corporate sponsorships, communications, and events to ensure all related activities align with and reinforce the overarching strategic development plan.
  
  

Prospect & Pipeline Development

• Identify, research, and solicit new major, individual, foundation, and corporate prospects.
• Ensure a high donor retention rate through an effective stewardship strategy.
• Identify and create strategy for emerging donors in the community
  
  

Analysis & Budgeting

• Track and manage development budgets to meet financial goals.
• Track data on fundraising progress, activities, and donor engagement.
• Analyze ongoing effectiveness of fundraising strategy and activities to adjust strategy as needed.
• Assess donor analytics to understand and implement opportunities for targeted strategies.
• Oversee and maintain donor management database tools and utilization.
  
  

Leadership & Management

• Lead, supervise, coach, support, and partner with development, communications and community engagement staff while fostering a collaborative team culture based on transparent communication and mutual accountability.
• Lead team meetings and individual check-ins with the Development team.
• Present to Board of Directors and other internal or external partners.
• Build and maintain a culture of philanthropy amongst staff, board, and volunteers
• Ensure that ethical fundraising standards, confidentiality and work quality requirements are met by staff, board and volunteers.
  
  

Direct Reports

Associate Director of Events & Communication, Corporate & Foundation Partnerships Manager, Individual Giving & Data Coordinator, and Procurement & Events Coordinator.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision health options with employer contribution
• Multilingual pay stipend
• 403(b) retirement plan
• 21 days of PTO accrued in first year
• 10 agency-recognized holidays
• Paid training & testing: CPR/first aid, food handler's permit, blood borne pathogens, abuse awareness, TB testing, and additional in-depth practical trainings
  
  

Requirements

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years’ experience managing fundraising and soliciting major gifts for non-profit organizations with annual budgets of at least $1 million AND three to five years of experience managing a team. Demonstrated success in cultivating and growing a network of individual, corporate, government and foundation donors. Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Sound understanding of annual fund management and direct mail, major gift solicitation and cultivation, grant-writing, event planning, and local funding trends.
• Knowledgeable on donor management systems (ex: Virtuous)
• Must be computer savvy and have a working knowledge of Microsoft 365 programs and ability to learn computer programs quickly.
• Persuasive, interpersonal skills in all forms of personal, verbal and written communication.
• Excellent public speaking skills required with ability to communicate information and concepts to diverse social, economic and cultural communities.
• Highly organized and extremely detail-oriented.
• Flexible in hours and working conditions.
• A valid Washington State Driver’s license and proof of personal insurance.
• Acceptable driving abstract with no more than 2 violations within last 3 years.
• Must pass DCYF background check
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform moderate physical work, exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and 10 to 20 pounds frequently.
• Ability to stand, walk, reach, climb, stoop, kneel, or crouch adequately to observe and participate in activities.
• Ability to see and hear adequately to observe physical and behavioral conditions.
• Ability to speak and hear sufficiently.
• Communicate effectively with youth, staff, parents, other programs, supporters and the public, both orally and in writing.
• Hear voice conversations and alarms.
• Possess close vision, far vision, side vision, depth perception, visual ability to read a variety of materials.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to reach, handle and operate telephone, computer keyboard, record information in appropriate files and logs.