Job Openings

Key Responsibilities:

• Fundraising Planning & Support: Assist the executive director in developing and
  implementing fundraising strategies and campaigns.
• Donor Outreach: Make calls to current and potential donors to cultivate relationships,
  share our mission, and solicit contributions.
• Event Coordination: Help plan and execute fundraising events, including logistics,
  promotion, and volunteer coordination.
• Database Management: Maintain donor database and track contributions to ensure
  accurate record-keeping.
• Communications: Prepare and send out donor communications, including thank-you letters
  and fundraising appeals.
• Customer Service: Provide high-level customer service to donors and supporters,
  addressing inquiries and fostering positive relationships.
• Sales Skills: Utilize sales techniques to engage potential donors and encourage
  contributions.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or high school diploma (or GED certificate) preferred.
• Experience in community engagement, advocacy, sales, and customer service.
• Knowledge and general understanding of federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing child welfare.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to effectively engage and develop relationships with underrepresented communities.
• Ability to articulate a theological position on the importance of faith community engagement.
• Experience, knowledge, and understanding of the following:
  • (a) ECCO programs and initiatives
  • (b) child welfare programs
  • (c) faith-based community engagement
  • (d) business partnership
  • (e) diversity, equity, inclusion, and trauma.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in fundraising, sales, or customer service roles.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse audiences.
• Excellent writing, listening, and communication skills (including interpersonal communication).
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; experience with donor management software is a plus.
• Ability to develop, lead, and nurture high performance in a professional atmosphere.
• Excellent leadership and intercultural skills.
• Ability to effectively perform advocacy work, including the ability to positively engage diverse groups of leaders from all faith, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Highly collaborative, organized, detailed, and efficient. Self-starter with a strong work ethic and demonstrated conflict resolution skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work and perform job duties without supervision and/or in stressful situations.

Working Conditions

• May move equipment and other items weighing 50 pounds or more. Ascends/descends stairs, ladders, and ramps. Work involves moving throughout buildings and various sites.
• Remains in stationary positions for extended periods of time. Sits, stands, walks, reaches, twists, turns, kneels, bends, and squats in daily activities. Grasping, repetitive hand movement, and fine coordination in writing and using a computer keyboard are required.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word to impart oral information. Communicate (orally and in written form) detailed instructions to others accurately, loudly, and/or quickly.
• Work involves perceiving sounds by ear and requires clarity of vision at various distances. Varied work schedule, including some evening and/or weekend hours.
• Work may include travel within the State of Oregon 2-3 times per year for meetings and/or conferences.

Employment

• The fundraising coordinator position is a part-time employee role under state and federal laws.
• The fundraising coordinator will work a 20-hour position with irregular work hours, including nights and weekends, as necessary or appropriate. Flexible part-time hours, approximately 20 hours/week, with the potential for increased hours during peak fundraising seasons.
• Benefits package including paid time off, medical insurance, and a cell phone stipend to be detailed if a job offer is presented.
• Subject to modification as the executive director determines necessary or appropriate, the program manager’s regular work week will be Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• The fundraising coordinator is employed on an at-will basis. The executive director is responsible for the review and evaluation of the fundraising coordinator’s job performance.
• If determined necessary or appropriate, the executive director may modify, supplement, revise, change, and/or delete all or any parts of this job description.