Director of Development and Communications

Agate is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to end homelessness and relieve hunger through action and advocacy. We provide emergency services, shelter, and housing programs for individuals and families. We encourage applicants with lived experience to apply (anyone who has not received services from Agate within the last two years is welcome to apply). We believe that housing is a basic human right.

• Integrity:
  Always doing what's right, even when it's not easy or popular.
• Equity:
  Challenging unfair systems and making changes that better support those most affected by homelessness and hunger.
• Humanity:
  Recognizing how these issues affect everyone, building trust, and forming strong relationships by understanding people's needs.
• Creativity:
  Finding new and original ways to meet the community's needs.

The Director of Development and Communications will lead the growth and strategic direction of Agate's philanthropic fundraising program, marketing, and internal and external communications. This role is responsible for achieving individual, corporate, and foundation fundraising goals that support the organization's operational and capital needs, while strengthening Agate's visibility, reputation, and engagement with key stakeholders. The Director will ensure that strategies are aligned with Agate's mission, organizational priorities, and strategic objectives.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director will oversee and manage fundraising strategies, including annual giving, major and planned gifts, corporate and foundation partnerships, donor stewardship and acknowledgment, gift processing, data management, and fundraising events. The Director will also lead Agate's marketing and communications efforts, developing and implementing strategies to strengthen brand awareness, elevate the organization's impact, and ensure consistent, compelling messaging across internal and external communications channels.

This includes supporting effective communication and information-sharing among staff, as well as engaging donors, partners, community members, and other external stakeholders. The Director will provide leadership and oversight of the development and communications team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and progress toward organizational goals.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Director will work closely with senior staff, board members, and other key stakeholders to shape fundraising and communications strategies, cultivate and engage high-level donors, strengthen relationships, and expand philanthropic support. The Director will also collaborate closely with the government contracts department to ensure alignment in messaging, budgets, and funding strategies across projects and initiatives, maintaining consistency in how Agate communicates its work, impact, and priorities to internal and external audiences.

• Provide strong strategic leadership by setting ambitious but attainable goals that will increase all levels of giving- major gifts and annual operating - and longer-term priorities of Agate;
• Determine vision, direction, and execution of plans to build and manage a development program, both near- and long-term;
• Ensure long-term, sustainable success of the overall fundraising program.
• Build externally facing relationships to aid in the growth and expansion of philanthropic revenue.
• Align fundraising priorities to Agate's strategic plan goals;
• Engage the board, other volunteer leaders, and staff to further develop an effective system of prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship; and
• Manage and grow the development team to achieve or exceed philanthropy revenue targets.

• Manage and provide strategic direction to all development department fundraising professionals.
• Lead by example, managing a leadership-level portfolio of key donors and prospects with the capacity to give $50k or more annually, and personally solicit and close significant major and transformational gifts;
• Support the Executive Director in portfolio cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship; and
• Act as an effective ambassador to external supporters, partners, and donors.

• Oversee media relations and press engagement, serving…