Director of Nonprofit Services

Jefferson Community Foundation is seeking a collaborative and strategic professional to join our team as the Director of Nonprofit Services.

As the Director of Nonprofit Services, you will serve as the primary point person for all nonprofit relationships. You will cultivate and prioritize these relationships to ensure the highest level of satisfaction through support for organizations’ leadership, programming and partnerships. You will empower and guide nonprofit leaders and staff by providing comprehensive support across all facets of organizational development. This includes leveraging funding opportunities, developing knowledge exchanges and workshops, and facilitating collaboration through networking events and beyond. With the input of the CEO and Director of Finance & Gift Planning, you will share tailored grantmaking suggestions for JCF fundholders that manifest the community impact they seek to have now and in the future. You will help nonprofit organizations navigate challenges and meet emerging opportunities by connecting them to skilled volunteers and experienced advisors.

As a member of our dedicated staff team and part of the JCF community, you will be working towards meaningful, systemic change that will improve the lives of everyone who calls Jefferson County home. Jefferson Community Foundation (JCF) is an innovative and thriving community foundation that serves Jefferson County, a community of small towns on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. At JCF our goal is to help people become effective changemakers who know how to make a tangible impact on the community issues they care about most. By working on an integrated systems level across seemingly different neighborhoods and issues, JCF is moving the needle on the biggest challenges facing our community, including housing, jobs, education, health care, environmental protection, and more. After a record-breaking fundraising year in 2024, we are eager to build on our momentum and grow our team, so that we can welcome more people into our changemaking network and have an even greater impact on our community.

If you are a strong relationship builder with demonstrated experience in nonprofit leadership, community building, and organizational development who has a desire to make a real difference in a special community, please read on and consider becoming a part of the Jefferson Community Foundation Team!

Essential Duties

The Director of Nonprofit Services will elevate JCF's impact by implementing strategies to grow the resources we offer local nonprofits.

• Maintain authentic, supportive relationships with local nonprofits
• Develop and implement an annual calendar of nonprofit capacity building workshops, knowledge exchanges and networking opportunities
• Manage the annual United Good Neighbors’ GIVE JEFFERSON campaign
• Convene and support nonprofit leaders and community stakeholders in emerging issue areas
• Monitor and manage grant awards made from JCF to nonprofits throughout the cycle, from solicitation to reporting
• Contribute to short- and long-term organizational planning related to nonprofit programming
• Build and maintain a “library” of existing data related to community issues facing the residents of Jefferson County
• Serve as an advocate and hub for community changemakers
• Guide clients through use of the Nonprofit Resource Center, the Foundation Center Database and other free resources
• Organize and maintain all nonprofit
• related systems and files
• Draft, coordinate and oversee execution of JCF communication pieces for nonprofits, including text, layout, and design of newsletter and other materials
• Conduct data research and analysis on an ad hoc basis as requested to assist the goals of JCF.

The work of the Director of Nonprofit Services will be varied: at different times it may be people-focused or internally-focused, it may require both big picture thinking or detail-oriented action, it may be both behind the scenes or out in front in the community.

Starting salary range: $50,000 for an estimated 24 hours per week. Part-time, salaried, non-exempt.

Location: Port Townsend, Washington

Position will be open until filled. Priority will be given to applications received by July 11th; early applications are strongly encouraged!

The Ideal Candidate

We seek candidates who possess most of the following experience, skills, and characteristics, and who are able to identify where they will need to learn and grow, as everyone does in any new job.

Key Work Experience:

• 5+ years of leadership experience within the nonprofit sector or as a high-level advisor or consultant for nonprofit organizations, or equivalent educational experience.
• Experience designing high performing strategies, plans, and structures for nonprofits in ways that ensure growth,strength, and resilience.
• Proven experience in relationship management and an ability to deepen trust over time through the delivery of high-value client service.
• Experience analyzing and leveraging data for strategy development and monitoring progress toward goals over time.
• Experience supporting or coaching others (executive leaders, staff, board, or volunteers) in their nonprofit relationship management efforts and roles.

Key Skills and Characteristics:

• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills to quickly build trust and rapport with nonprofits, community members, and partners
• A keen understanding of research-backed organizational development strategies and tools, and the ability to coach and advise using these resources.
• Demonstrated experience developing training materials and delivering workshops and presentations in high-leverage situations.
• The ability to craft and communicate an inspiring case for strategic grantmaking opportunities
• Strong attention to programmatic detail with proven ability to coordinate multiple projects, managing both complex community data and stakeholder relationships simultaneously
• Versatility to “wear many hats” given the varied nature of this role; comfort working both behind the scenes planning or supporting others, and also working out in front directly with nonprofits and fundholders
• Flexibility and enthusiasm for being part of a small and collaborative team where everyone pitches in to meet shared goals
• A genuine commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, demonstrated through continuous learning, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively engaging in fruitful conversations with colleagues and community members
• Familiarity with - or a strong interest in learning about - the community foundation model and investment strategies, as well as the unique challenges and opportunities of advised funds to drive larger systemic social change
• Curiosity and the ability to engage with nonprofit and community leaders through deep listening and understanding in order to develop tailored recommendations for their grantmaking and organizational success.

How to Apply

Email applications only, please no in-person or paper submissions. Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter and resume via email to kc@kinshiphr.com. In your cover letter, please describe your interest in JCF’s mission and model, and how your experience relates to the goals of the position as described in this announcement.

Applications received by July 11, 2025 will be given full consideration; early applications are strongly encouraged! All applications will be acknowledged via an email receipt. Consideration will be given to applications as soon as they are received; phone interviewing will begin in early July and in-person interviewing is anticipated to begin in early August.

JCF is an equal opportunity workplace and does not discriminate on the bases of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

JCF encourages applications from people of the global majority, men, women, gender non-binary, disabled, seniors, and all other qualified applicants.

Please JCFGives.org for the full job description and more information.

Questions regarding this opportunity are welcomed and can be directed to:

KC Upshaw, Search Coordinator,

KC@Kinshiphr.com