Chief Advancement Officer

Our vision is that every person has the opportunity to learn, work, and thrive in all aspects of life.

To achieve our vision, we are committed to dismantling racism and advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion so we can help people reach their fullest potential through our education, job placement, and career pathway services.  We do our work with great gratitude for the community donations, purchases, and partnerships that make our mission possible.

Position Summary:  The Chief Advancement Officer for Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region (GORR) is responsible for leading our Goodwill’s public and internal communications across our 15-county region with the objective of promoting the value and importance of our vision and mission, engaging employees, building awareness for our workforce development programs and services, driving customers to our thrift retail enterprise, encouraging community support, partnership, and financial contributions in realizing our overall goals and objectives.

The person in this position will lead the marketing, fundraising, and employee communications functions of our Goodwill and manage a team of specialists in relevant supporting roles.  In carrying out this work, the person in this position will work closely with Goodwill’s CEO, SVP of Workforce Development, SVP of Retail Operations, and Chief People Officer.

Salary: $150,000 per year

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Vice President of Advancement responsibilities include the following and other duties as assigned:

Advancement Plan Strategy and Leadership

• Develop and manage an integrated marketing and fundraising plan that delivers a comprehensive, consistent, and compelling brand proposition across our current and potential external stakeholders:  customers, clients, donors, community partners, and the media. This plan would include, among other elements:
• Core brand positioning, messaging, and language;
• Employee communications channels and content;
• Thrift retail marketing and sales materials and tactics;
• Workforce development programs and services marketing;
• Regular rhythm of fundraising fundamentals, such as corporate grants and sponsorships, government grants, individual annual giving, employee giving, and retail roundup;
• Engagement with the media, both traditional outlets and social media platforms;
• In all cases, culturally-sensitive materials that are provided, where needed, in multiple languages and media formats.

Fiscal Management

Create and manage annual Advancement Plan budget, including monthly management of revenues and expenses to meet or beat annual budget commitments, as well management of all giving records, trends, accounting, and reporting. 

Team Management and Partnership

Develop, mentor, and supervise the Advancement Team, continuously striving to recruit, retain, and develop diverse and top-quality talent.  Partner closely with the Workforce Development Team and the Retail Team to help achieve their revenue and service goals for Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region.

Board of Directors

Serve as the primary staff liaison to the Board of Directors on all matters pertaining to Advancement, including managing the Fundraising and Community Engagement Committee.

Qualifications/Basic Job Requirements:

• Significant and progressively responsible strategic marketing and development experience (7-10 years).
• Ability to be a strategic partner with the President & CEO, Executive Team, and Board of Directors, as well as convey an appreciation for and commitment to GORR’s vison and mission and communicate it effectively.
• Strong results orientation and a proven track record in setting and achieving ambitious goals.
• Exceptional analytical judgment, decision-making and communications skills

We Have You Covered! Benefits Offered:

• M/V/D & Life Insurance for you and your dependents
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Vacation (1-4 Years: 80 hours annually)
• 10 paid Holidays annually
• 8 days prorated sick leave annually
• Access to Childcare Benefits through Upwards
• Parental leave covered by sick/vacation hours
• All employees receive merchandise discounts
• We strongly believe in promoting from within, and have multiple avenues for career growth

Supervisory Responsibilities: Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret hard data and metrics. Ability to write creatively and articulately with an emphasis on tact and diplomacy.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as:  addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and average.  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra when working on spreadsheets. Ability to create and manage departmental budget.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge Microsoft Office products, specifically Word and Excel and PowerPoint, as well as donor and customer databases.

Other Skills and Abilities: Comprehensive understanding of all aspects of strategic marketing with strong fundraising experience. Ability to plan and have a team approach.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Washington State Driver’s License required.

Other Qualifications: Collaborative and self-motivated; resourceful, creative; high integrity; problem solver; looks to resolve issues; positive can-do approach with bias to action; and ability to build effective working relationships.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear and type. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation. 

Goodwill gladly considers requests for accommodation and, if the requested accommodation is reasonable, will make such reasonable accommodations as will enable an otherwise qualified person with a disability to perform the essential functions of this position.

At Goodwill we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion. We embrace our employees’ differences, and believe in meeting the members of our workforce and their communities where they are. Since our doors first opened in 1921, we have been changing lives by offering a hand up, not a hand out. We invite you to join us for our next 100 years of service to our neighbors.

Our Mission is to help people reach their fullest potential through individual education, job placement and career pathway services made possible by community donations, purchases and partnerships.

At Goodwill, we welcome people with diverse backgrounds, including persons with disabilities or other disadvantages. In fact, a substantial portion of our employees have a disability and/or economic disadvantage and we strongly encourage such persons to apply.

This organization participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is a service that verifies authorization to work in the U.S. through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Social Security (SSA). For further information on E-Verify contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.