Friends is seeking a Major Gifts Officer, an essential position in the Fund Development team and an energetic accelerator of major gifts, identifies, cultivates, and builds a robust portfolio of high-level gift prospects and donors that generates five- and six-figure gifts.

Reporting directly to the Associate Chief Philanthropy Officer, the Major Gift Officer position is a new leadership role, providing support to Friends’ growing major gift program. The Major Gift Officer works closely with a range of diverse, sophisticated donors, raising significant gifts that meet or exceed all activity metrics and revenue goals. The Major Gift Officer is responsible for advancing best practices in moves management, travelling and meeting with donors throughout the Seattle region. This position will be based in Seattle, with the ability to work remotely until able to safely relocate there.

This position directly supports the Fund Development team’s goal to maximize fundraising and constituent engagement with the Friends’ $200 million Waterfront Park Campaign. Review the full job description here.

Friends is seeking a Donor Stewardship Manager & Philanthropy Writer, a key member of the Fund Development team and works in collaboration with gift officers, marketing and communications, operations and programs, the Executive Director, and volunteer leadership to showcase the Waterfront Park project and ensure consistently aligned messaging.

Friends is seeking a skilled development communications and stewardship professional with a background in persuasive writing, editing, and project management. The Donor Stewardship Manager/ Philanthropy Writer will be responsible for: 1) creating and implementing a comprehensive donor communications, stewardship, and recognition program to support fundraising goals and activities for Friends’ $200M Campaign for Waterfront Park Seattle; and 2) serving as a principal storyteller for Friends, writing and developing persuasive cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship communication materials for individual and institutional constituents, and helping create excitement and drive donor engagement for the Campaign and Friends.

This position directly supports the Fund Development team’s goal to maximize fundraising and constituent engagement with the Friends’ $200 million Waterfront Park Campaign. Review the full job description here.

Friends is seeking a Development Data Manager, an essential position in the Fund Development team, to provide primary support and expertise for the group’s use of the Salesforce database, the organization’s relationship management system.

This position has two principal responsibilities: 1) long- and short-range planning to support ongoing development of the Salesforce database and its efficient use throughout the department to track prospects, donors, gifts, and team members’ cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship moves and 2) tracking, entering, and acknowledging philanthropic contributions to Friends. Working closely with others on the Fund Development team, this position will maintain and update constituent record information for individuals and organizations, oversee data quality and integrity, analyze data as requested, train team members in best practice use of the database, and assist with integrating other constituent-related systems.

This position directly supports the Fund Development team’s goal to maximize fundraising and constituent engagement with the Friends’ $200 million Waterfront Park Campaign. Review the full job description here.