Director of Development
(Limited duration w/ potential for FTE)

Position Type: Part-Time Employee (20-25 hours/week)
Compensation: $5,000/mo (or $45,000 for 9 months)
Reports To: Executive Director
Location: Q Center (4115 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97217)
Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, and PTO

 

Position Overview

The Part-Time Director of Development will lead and execute high-impact fundraising efforts, with a core focus on building corporate sponsorships and partnerships through a "Standing on Business" strategy. This includes driving gala revenue growth and securing underwriting, while also optimizing event-based fundraising to maximize overall development impact.

 

Core Responsibilities

1. Corporate & Business Partnerships

• Develop and launch a tiered corporate sponsorship program

• Identify and prospect 30–50 aligned local/regional businesses

• Secure sponsorships for gala

• Cultivate ongoing partnership opportunities

• Build equity-centered partnership messaging
   

2. Gala & Fundraising Events

• Create and execute a revenue plan that secures 60–70% of gala revenue prior to event night

• Structure underwriting opportunities and sponsorship packages

• Support live appeal strategy and donor segmentation

• Optimize table sales strategy for board execution
   

3. Donor Stewardship & Retention

• Implement consistent acknowledgement system that can be assigned to a volunteer

• Generate new individual and corporate donors

• Design quarterly donor touchpoints

• Develop impact messaging aligned with Q Center’s mission and equity values
   

4. Board Engagement (Light Activation)

• Provide one focused board training on relationship-based fundraising

• Create simple introduction tools for board members

• Support board members in making warm introductions (not cold asks)

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Outcomes & Performance Indicators

Success in this role will be measured by:

• New Individual and Corporate sponsorship revenue secured

• Gala revenue growth and underwriting secured in advance

• Clear, replicable fundraising systems built

 

Qualifications

• 5+ years of fundraising experience with demonstrated revenue results in the greater Portland, OR area

• Has successfully secured corporate sponsorships

• Understands event-based fundraising strategy

• Skilled in relationship-based donor cultivation

• Can build structure without building bureaucracy

• Has experience working in or alongside 2SLGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities (strongly preferred)

• Brings a racial and gender equity lens to partnership development

 

Compensation

• Part-Time position (20–25 hours/week)

• Total value: $45,000 (9-month term)

• Flexible schedule with hybrid work expectations

 

To Apply

Please submit a resume and a cover letter to joelle@pdxqcenter.org.

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Q Center is committed to equity and inclusion and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds. 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and members of other historically marginalized communities are strongly encouraged to apply.

 

Questions? Contact Joelle Kim, Executive Director, at joelle@pdxqcenter.org