What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Development position at Northwest Center?
YOU ARE
The Director of Development (DD) is a big-picture thinker who is willing to take risks and innovate based on the needs of the community, racial equity, and the funding priorities of NWC. You are a collaborative team-player that works alongside NWC’s Executive Director to create and meet annual development and fundraising goals. You are creative, passionate, relationship-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects, campaigns, and work streams at once.
YOU BRING
● 3-5 years of previous non-profit development, grant writing, and marketing experience or equivalent
● Excellent writing skills, including experience with producing organizational data, reports, and other organizational communications
● Strong verbal communication skills; confidence articulating vision and ideas, and an ability to facilitate and foster dialogue and feedback with diverse ranges of people
● Track record of effectively employing a relational and collaborative approach to project management, grant writing, data, evaluation, marketing, and individual fundraising
● Ability to balance multiple large scale, collaborative projects within established timelines
● Strong team management, including supporting work plans and mentoring professional development; experience with restorative and trauma-responsive practices preferred
● Demonstrated commitment to racial equity, social justice, community organizing, advocacy, and doing with rather than for communities
● Experience using Microsoft Office Suite, web-based platforms, and fundraising platforms
● Experience working in partnership with low-income communities of color; connection to Belmont Cragin preferred
● Proficiency in Spanish preferred
● Bachelor’s degree preferred
Northwest Center recognizes that job seekers from marginalized communities (for example, women, LGBTQ people, and people of color) can be less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification listed. We encourage you to consider applying even if you may not meet every attribute listed. Our priority is to nd the right candidate for the job, and that may be you!
