Program Officer - North Coast

Oregon Community Foundation

Job Posting:
Program Officer - North Coast

Candidates selected to advance will have extensive experience, relationships, and knowledge in and of the North Coast region of Oregon, as well as other required experience and competencies.

Hiring Range: $92,000 - $100,000 per year

Position Type:
Regular, Full-time, Exempt

Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) was founded in 1973 with a big mission: to improve the lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy. In partnership with donors and volunteers, OCF works to strengthen communities in every county in Oregon through research, grantmaking, and scholarships. OCF is one of the largest community foundations in the country with over $4 billion in assets under management.

OCF is an Equal Opportunity Employer with five offices throughout Oregon in Bend, Eugene, Medford, Portland, and Salem.

Come join our team. To learn more, please visitorgoncf.org.

• Knowledgeable: You are knowledgeable about the state of Oregon, specifically the North Coast region.
• Organized: You are extremely organized; consistent in tracking details and follow-through; able to manage time effectively, prioritize, and meet deadlines; able to adjust plans as needed.
• Tech-Savvy
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  You are proficient with MS office products, and you have experience working in a CRM.
• Communicator: You have excellent communications skills, with an ability to convey information clearly, effectively, and engagingly in writing and verbally.
• Proactive: You’re a self-starter, energized about the potential that comes with change and growth, flexible, adaptive, and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Culturally Agile
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  You work effectively with diverse people, teams, and communities, valuing the contributions each brings to the work. You’re a strong ream player and able to work independently as well as collaboratively with others.
• Professional :
  You are able to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and handle sensitive information and material, using exemplary discretion and judgement in what and how information is shared with others.

The Program Officer, in coordination with the Senior Program Officer – Community Grants and other program staff, serves as OCF’s Community Engagement and Equity Department representative in the North Coast region and also supports the Metro region as assigned.

The Program Officer participates as a member of the local team committed to advance OCF’s overall philanthropic mission in the regions and works to implement the broad strategic goals of the Community Engagement and Equity Department.

• Act as a public representative for OCF's programming related to North Coast; deliver community presentations and meetings with other foundations; communicate with Board, Leadership Councils, staff and external partners in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
• Represent OCF at meetings with public agencies, policy makers and other key stakeholders; serve on statewide or regional committees or task forces.
• Represent OCF at local and national conferences and events in order to share OCF's work and impact.
• Conduct outreach, communicate with, and develop relationships with grant seekers and other constituents statewide about foundation priorities, guidelines, grant opportunities and grant decisions.
• Plan, implement and evaluate community engagement strategies to strengthen relationships and establish trust, build capacity, and provide meaningful opportunities for community involvement in OCF's community impact work.
• Collaborate with Philanthropic Services Department (PSD) to support prospective donors, provide high quality donor stewardship, and support donor engagement in OCF's priorities.
• Assist Donor Relations Officers in providing research and analysis about community issues, nonprofits, and grant applications, as requested by OCF donor advisors.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications to develop and execute communications that increase stakeholder awareness and engagement about the North Coast.
• Create reports to externally communicate progress, successes, challenges and future directions, as applicable.

• Serve as part of the Community Grants team including proposal review, site visits, and development of grant recommendations.
• Lead the design and implementation of community problem-solving grant programs as assigned, including grant program development, collaboration with key stakeholders, and community engagement including development and coordination of committees.
• Oversee proactive community problem-solving and engagement grantmaking, including development of program guidelines and criteria, application processes, proposal review, and development of grant…