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Community Engagement and Development Director

Job Details

4275 COMMERCIAL STREET S.E. STE 180 - SALEM, OR
Full Time
$67,392.00 - $84,240.00 Salary

Description

OFSN strives to create a team of engaged employees who represent diverse backgrounds, languages, points of view and experiences. We understand that achieving equity is a continuous process, and we work to maintain the highest standards of ethics, transparency, and accountability.   

 

OFSN is a family run organization that values those who have direct experience raising a child with significant mental, behavioral health challenges. OFSN gives preference to hiring individuals who have this direct experience.

 

PRIMARY PURPOSE

The Community Engagement and Development Director is a community organizer, making connections between community members and the organizations mission, supporting advocacy efforts, and attracting new partners and increasing engagement with existing partners through regular communications, strategic partnerships within the community, and coordinating annual community engagement events.  The Community Engagement and Development Director is responsible for planning and implementing a strategic fundraising and development plan to raise vital funds for the organization as well as cultivating and writing foundation grants and supporting other funding opportunities.

 

The person in this position is responsible for consistently demonstrating OFSN’s core values in all business interactions and performance and exhibits a spirit of cooperation, showing adaptability and flexibility while supporting organizational policies, procedures and goals. In addition, this position is responsible for developing and maintaining trusting relationships with their team, OFSN co-workers and community/system partners as well as contractors. 

Qualifications

 

  • Requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent management experience.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to present and work with diverse audiences, specifically racial, ethnic, gender expression, socioeconomic, education, spiritual and alternative cultural backgrounds.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.
  • Strong leadership skills and ability to lead events, projects, campaigns or meetings.
  • Must be able to pass preemployment requirements, which includes a criminal and abuse background check.
  • Ability to represent complex and diverse issues in an articulate and compelling manner.
  • Demonstrated ability to bring multiple views and perspectives together for common services, supports and outcomes.
  • Must be able to work with multiple projects within tight timelines and deadlines.
  • Demonstrate excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Proven ability to work independently and part of a team.
  • Have reliable transportation, valid and current automobile insurance and an insurable good driving record, or access to reliable transportation.
 
  • Comprehensive knowledge of, or ability to use, Microsoft Office (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint), database, and virtual platforms (such as Zoom and Google Meets).
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