Development Officer – Major & Institutional Giving

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🌲 Oregon – Remote

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OCT Consulting LLC

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51 - 200 employees

🏛️ Government

🔒 Cybersecurity

Government • Consulting • Cybersecurity

OCT Consulting LLC is a SBA-certified 8(a) small disadvantaged business specializing in providing a wide range of professional services to Federal Government clients. The company offers services in areas such as acquisition, IT management, cybersecurity, program management, and strategy and analytics. OCT Consulting focuses on supporting federal agencies by enabling them to navigate complex initiatives through in-depth analysis, strategic guidance, and skilled implementation. The experienced consultants at OCT are committed to delivering high-value and tailored solutions to ensure client success.

📋 Description

• Manage a portfolio of individual donors, family foundations, institutional funders, and high-capacity prospects, with responsibility for qualification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and revenue growth • Develop individualized donor and funder strategies using moves management principles, philanthropic interests, giving history, capacity, and engagement opportunities • Grow revenue by retaining existing supporters, increasing giving where appropriate, and identifying new major gift and institutional funding opportunities • Prepare for and participate in donor and funder meetings, solicitations, briefings, and follow-up communications • Build a robust planned giving program with donor education, marketing and stewardship to build long-term legacy support • Maintain accurate donor records, contact reports, next steps, and portfolio activity in Neon or other donor management systems • Monitor donor trends, engagement opportunities, and portfolio progress, and make recommendations to strengthen fundraising performance • Support and manage relationships with foundation, family foundation, and institutional funders in collaboration with the Senior Director of Donor Development and organizational leadership • Draft and coordinate proposals, concept notes, grant reports, letters of inquiry, funder updates, and other institutional giving materials • Track grant deliverables, reporting deadlines, funding restrictions, and stewardship obligations to ensure timely and accurate follow-through • Work with program, legal, finance, and operations staff to gather information needed for proposals, reports, budgets, and funder communications • Help identify new institutional funding prospects aligned with OCT’s litigation, youth engagement, trauma-informed care, education, communications, and organizational priorities • Build and deepen relationships in priority donor markets, with a preference for West Coast engagement and flexibility to pursue other strategic markets where the candidate brings strong relationships or opportunity • Identify opportunities for donor and funder cultivation through litigation milestones, youth leadership moments, organizational updates, events, board connections, and partner engagement • Coordinate donor stewardship and cultivation opportunities that advance fundraising goals and deepen connection to OCT’s mission • Support the Senior Director of Donor Development, Executive Directors, Founder, board members, and other organizational leaders in donor and funder cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship • Prepare donor and funder briefings, talking points, reports, and development updates for leadership, board members, and other key stakeholders • Support engagement opportunities for board members, volunteers, and ambassadors who can advance OCT’s fundraising efforts • Develop fundraising materials and donor communications, including proposals, appeals, acknowledgments, donor updates, impact reports, pitch materials, institutional funder updates, and stewardship resources • Maintain a strong understanding of OCT’s legal strategy, case developments, youth leadership, and organizational priorities in order to communicate effectively with donors and funders • Translate complex legal, climate, constitutional, and youth-centered work into clear, compelling, and funder-appropriate language • Use donor data and reporting tools to support portfolio management, track progress toward fundraising goals, and evaluate donor and funder engagement strategies • Collaborate with Operations and Finance on donor data, gift tracking, grant coding, CRM processes, fundraising systems, and alignment with finance systems as needed • Support annual fundraising initiatives, donor acquisition, renewal, retention, sustaining donor efforts, planned giving, and corporate or philanthropic partnerships where aligned with development strategy • Maintain accountability and compliance with applicable fundraising ethics, regulations, confidentiality expectations, grant requirements, and organizational policies • Provide supervision, coaching, and project management for development staff, interns, consultants, and contractors, as assigned, while helping establish effective fundraising systems and workflows.

🎯 Requirements

• 7 years of fundraising experience -OR- Associate’s degree and 5 years of fundraising experience -OR- Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of fundraising experience -OR- Master’s degree and 2 years of fundraising experience • Demonstrated success cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors, funders, or high-capacity prospects • Experience managing a donor or funder portfolio and using moves management practices to grow engagement and revenue • Strong writing skills, including experience drafting proposals, funder updates, donor communications, reports, or other fundraising materials • Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work effectively with donors, funders, board members, volunteers, organizational leaders, and colleagues • Ability to translate complex work into clear and compelling donor- and funder-facing communications • Experience using donor databases or CRM systems to track activity, manage portfolios, and support fundraising strategy; experience with Neon is a plus • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple relationships, deadlines, proposals, reports, and priorities • Ability to exercise discretion, sound judgment, and confidentiality in donor, funder, and organizational matters • Commitment to OCT’s mission, youth-centered advocacy, climate justice, and trauma-informed organizational practices • Ability and willingness to travel for donor meetings, funder engagement, events, and organizational priorities, especially in priority donor markets.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance coverage • Professional development opportunities