Community Philanthropy Manager, Network & Government Relations - Oregon Food Bank Inc

Job Homebase:Home Office

Site requirement: Hybrid

Reports To:Community Philanthropy Associate Director Associate Director

Application Guidelines:

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

A cover letter is required for consideration.

This position is currently hybrid.

Out-of-state selected candidates will be required to relocate to the Oregon/SW Washington area within 60 days of their start date.

Who We Are:

Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. We believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That’s why we work systemically to achieve our mission to end hunger: we foster community connections to help people access nutritious food, and we build community power and strengthen networks of support and the safety net to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.

We build community power to dismantle systems and policies that drive hunger and poverty.

Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of our organization and strengthen our capacity to eliminate hunger. We believe strongly in the power of lived experience — and we actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join our team. Our organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity.

Who You Are:

You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism. You have a strong affinity with OFB’s 10 Year Visionand are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community.

Position Summary: Youwill join 45+ Community Philanthropy colleagues, passionately and collaboratively building relationships to end hunger and hunger’s root causes. Together we mobilize $40M+ in annual support for Oregon Food Bank’s mission while advancing Rooted + Rising: A $50M+ transformational campaign to realizeOFB’s 10-Year Vision. We undertake this work while reclaiming philanthropy’s true meaning, a love for humankind. Love manifests as action in many forms, taken for the common good, which we inspire and facilitate through the design of community-centric programs with equity at their core. Learn more from our team members daring to imagine and leading to create a more just experience of philanthropy.

As the Community Philanthropy Manager - Network & Government Relations, you will contribute to the organization’s success through your leadership of the Network & Government Relations Team - designing strategies for coordinated, collaborative private and government relationship and resource development to generate annual support and transformational investments in OFB’s Rooted + Rising campaign. This position reports to the Community Philanthropy Associate Director who oversees this area of our work.

Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

• Provide direction and strategic oversight to the Network & Government Relations team in the design and implementation of resource mobilization and relationship development strategies and tactics aligned to Community Philanthropy’s strategic priorities, annual goals, and Rooted + Rising objectives.

• Coach, guide, and supervise Community Philanthropy - Network & Government Relations staff, including oversight and management of external consultants and vendors.

• Lead cross-departmentally and externally on relationship development strategies with elected officials and government agencies to advance funding priorities for OFB and our partners.

  • Ensure effective cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of elected decision makers and government officials to generate government funding for the food assistance system.

  • Partner with OFB’s Organizing & Advocacy Team to bring a unified strategy and message to elected decision-makers, pairing all funding advocacy with support for OFB’s broader Policy Advocacy Agenda.

  • Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to design and uphold the highest standards in relationship management coordination and use of data and relationship management (CRM) systems for government contacts (agency, Oregon legislative, Congressional, etc).

  • Develop and implement timely, consistent and effective reporting/communications to keep organizational leadership, colleagues, and partners informed and updated.

• Oversee collaboration between OFB and partners on coordinated resource development activities, including Rooted + Rising, Regional/Network-wide campaigns, collaborative grant proposals, Feeding America activities, etc.

• Support staff in the design, facilitation and coordination of technical assistance and training to support best practices in fundraising for partners and enhance overall quality and strength of fundraising for partners - including trainings, webinars, and peer to peer learning.

• Lead the Network & Government Relations Team in cross-departmental collaboration and to support all Community Philanthropy teams in their effective design and implementation of “Abundance activities” - the work that bridges OFB donors to partner organizations ending hunger and hunger’s root causes throughout our region.

• Serve as liaison to partner organizations.

• Prepare Network & Government Relations Team budget to ensure the effective and accurate management of financial resources, gift revenue, and progress toward strategic goals and objectives.

• Lead the Network and Government Relations Team’s annual work-planning process and implementation, in alignment with Community Philanthropy’s work planning process and timelines.

• Participate as a member of Oregon Food Bank’s Community Philanthropy Leadership Team.

• Organizational level responsibilities of exempt employees include:

  • To be an ambassador and a leader for OFB’s vision and mission, a cross-departmental collaborator, and an active contributor to building a movement to end hunger for good by addressing the root causes of hunger: systemic oppressions such as racism, xenophobia, sexism, and cisexism.

  • In consultation and coordination with the supervisor, actively contribute to:

    • cross-departmental efforts

    • work culture activities and programming

    • advisory and consultative groups such as the compensation committee, affinity groups, Equity Ambassadors, Equity Think Tank meetings, among others

    • plan and engage in professional development activities that strengthen your capacity for your specific role as well as your capacity to contribute and advance organizational goals, OFB’s vision and mission.

• Identify, share, engage in, and collaboratively adjust and make necessary changes to this description of duties according to the inevitable evolution of the role over time.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes.

• Demonstrated experience coalition building among interdependent organizations to advance a common goal.

• Knowledge of lobbying practices and an understanding of government operations, preferably in relation to Oregon legislative funding processes

• 5 years of success in nonprofit fundraising with progressive responsibility; and, experience designing activities to cultivate and steward major gifts.

• 3 years of experience leading, coaching, training, and inspiring a team of colleagues (this may include direct supervisory duties of professional staff or interns, oversight of contract vendors and consultants, volunteer supervision, or guiding a team of peers in group projects, etc.).

• Ability to lead, manage and organize resource and relationship development activities effectively, prioritize prospects, and participate in high-level donor discussions.

• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication and presentation skills.

• Ability to develop long-term plans, set objectives, and track progress towards achieving objectives.

• Knowledge of and experience with Moves Management, Community-Centric Fundraising principles, and/or other philanthropic development concepts and methodology.

• Proficiency with office technology and information systems (including GSuite, Microsoft Office) and donor databases, preferably Raiser’s Edge. Ability to quickly adapt to new software and online tools a plus!

• Organizational level skills and experience required for exempt employees include:

• Disposition and willingness to maximize multiple perspectives to innovate, problem solve and seek creative solutions.

• Experience in modeling intercultural competence and demonstrated commitment to equity and social justice.

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, collaborate, take initiative, and to maintain confidentiality.

• Project coordination and organization skills; ability to manage multiple projects with attention to detail; ability to handle interruptions, and produce timely, accurate work.

• Ability to both work independently and as part of a team; comfortable working in an office environment and offsite.

• Ability to thrive in a diverse, creative, responsive, mission-driven, and fast-paced work culture.

• Experience of successful multicultural immersion working and/or living within OFB's Equity Constituencies: BIPoC, Immigrants & Refugees, Single Mothers, Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming folx.

  • Multicultural Immersion defined as: Actively integrated in one or more communities, interacting with individuals and groups, and seeking to understand the diversities within and between communities by being there and engaging in daily life activities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Organizational level preferred qualifications of exempt employees include:

  • Multilingual skills at a minimum professional level of proficiency or greater in English and any additional language/s, defined as being able to speak the languages with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical and professional topics.

  • Multicultural skills of adaptation and integration are strongly preferred.

    • Adaptation is defined as the capacity to communicate and interact with people of multiple cultures, backgrounds, and styles by incorporating and adapting to the world view and perspectives of others.

    • Integration is defined as being able to “code-switch” or move in and out of one's worldview and help others understand different cultures, backgrounds, and styles to promote diversity and inclusion.

  • Commitment to continued professional development to strengthen capacity to work through an equity lens for equity and racial justice.

  • Strong capacity to consider multiple perspectives, to pivot to respond to emerging needs and lead through organizational changes.

  • Years of successful multicultural immersion either working with and/or living within one or more of OFB’s Equity Constituencies at the time of hire. An additional step for at least 10 years above minimum required of successful multicultural immersion working with and/or living within one or more of OFB’s Equity Constituencies at the time of hire.

    • Multicultural Immersion defined as: Actively integrated in one or more communities, interacting with individuals and groups, and seeking to understand the diversities within and between communities by being there and engaging in daily life activities.

The Fine Print:

Work environment:

Work is performed in an office environment while sitting in meetings or at a computer screen for extended periods inside and outside of Oregon Food Bank and will use computers and phones extensively.

May work outside of general working hours of 8:00 – 5:00 p.m., such as evenings and weekends, and occasional travel out of town may occur.

This role requires travel/personal vehicle use /work outside normal hours.

Work may require to lift, move and carry objects from 20 to 40 pounds, such as boxes containing office and other supplies. Crouching, bending, kneeling and reaching when filing. Accommodations may be available upon request.

Background Check:

This position doesn’t require a criminal background check.

Inclement Weather, Service Disruptions and Disaster Response expectations:

OFB is part of the regional disaster response network and, as part of our commitment to our community, we all are expected to report to work as soon as it’s safe to do so and to respond to the disaster, emergency, inclement weather or extended service disruption as needed and as possible. Work and paid designations are described in OFB’s Inclement Weather Guidelines. At all times staff is supported to prioritize their safety and those of their dependants, families and loved ones while in communication and coordination with supervisors.

1. Exempt classification refers to employees who earn a salary rather than an hourly rate for the work they do instead of the number of hours they take to complete the task. Exempt employees are not eligible for overtime pay or minimum wage. They; 1) Supervise two or more full-time employees or four part-time employees regularly; 2) Are responsible for managing at least part of a business; 3) Play an important role in the job status of other employees, including hiring and delegating tasks; or 1) Perform office or non-manual work directly related to the business operations or management of an organization and its customers; and 2) Exercise independent judgment and discretion over important business decisions.