Deputy Director of Operations and Development

6 days ago


Portland, Oregon, United States Imagine Black Full time
About the Role

Imagine Black is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Deputy Director of Administration and Resource Development to join our team. This is a new role that will oversee the finance, operations, and development teams to ensure alignment with the organization's mission, vision, and strategic plan.

Key Responsibilities
  • Development Management and Oversight
    • Provide strategic leadership for all fundraising initiatives, setting ambitious yet attainable goals to increase annual operating funds.
    • Develop and direct a comprehensive development program that encompasses major gifts, planned giving, foundation relations, annual giving, and gift processing and acknowledgment.
    • Oversee the Grants Manager and the development team to ensure they meet or exceed revenue targets.
    • Lead on prospecting foundation and other institutional grants and contracts from local, state, and nationally-based funders.
    • Develop and implement innovative donor event programs, including expanding online opportunities to enhance support.
    • Implement and maintain a data-driven, relationship-centered development approach.
    • Enhance donor management by overseeing the growth and maintenance of the organization's development database.
    • Ensure meticulous management of departmental contracts and grant budgets.
  • Organizational Support & Department Leadership
    • Serve as a collaborative member of Imagine Black's Senior Leadership Team.
    • Lead and nurture a robust team of finance, operations, and development professionals.
    • Conduct staff evaluations, cultivate a strong sense of teamwork, and create an environment of mentoring and support.
    • Coach the team to bring strategic focus to the development department and foster a work culture rooted in innovation and a commitment to excellence.
    • Manage department administration, including approving timesheets, PTO requests, expense approvals, and contracts.
  • Financial Monitoring and Oversight
    • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws for all 501c3 and 501c4 expenditures and reporting.
    • Supervise the Finance Director in developing and implementing internal controls and financial governance.
    • Oversee the Finance Director's efforts to enhance reporting and analytics for revenue, expenses, financial statements, and metrics.
    • Supervise the Finance Director in the development of the annual budgeting and planning process.
  • Contracts and Compliance Management
    • Accomplish reporting compliance objectives by leading compliance staff and communicating and enforcing values, policies, and procedures to direct reports, colleagues, and other stakeholders.
    • Protect assets by tracking applicable laws and regulations that affect reporting and anticipating emerging compliance trends.
Requirements
  • At least eight years of demonstrated experience with the majority of job responsibilities.
  • Experience cultivating good relationships with stakeholders, including individual and institutional supporters, and collaborating across multiple teams.
  • Ability to use online systems and tools to successfully function in a virtual work environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in securing major grants, gifts, or support from individual or institutional supporters.
  • Demonstrated experience with community fundraising models.
  • Demonstrated strong supervisory skills to supervise, support, and hold accountable team members.
  • Organizational skills to build effective processes and organize information and timelines across multiple teams and stakeholders.
  • Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff, board members, external partners.
  • Experience reviewing financial statements with accompanying disclosures and presenting this information to various internal and external stakeholders.
  • Passion for how self-determination and radical Black imagination can directly influence policy and advocacy.
  • Familiarity with the unique challenges facing Black Oregonians.
  • A commitment to applying a Black Queer Feminist lens to development/fundraising, operations, and finance.
  • Exemplary supervisory and people skills with an ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with various people.
  • Creative thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Ability to occasionally work on evenings and weekends.
  • Proven skills in working and communicating with communities within the African diaspora, especially with descendants of enslaved Africans, African immigrants and refugees, and Caribbean immigrants and refugees.
  • Strong work ethic and flexibility to accommodate multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience using Google applications and/or Microsoft Office.
  • A high bar for fiscal responsibility and controls - staying on top of trends and models best practices in financial management, risk management, and compliance.
  • Commitment to confidentiality and ability to exercise absolute discretion.


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