Program Officer

DEPARTMENT:

Impact Team

REPORTS TO:

Director, ProgramsCLASSIFICATION:

Full-time/Annual | Salary/Exempt SALARY:

PAY RATE:

Hiring Range $96,000 - $104,000

Grade 33

BENEFIT:

Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, LTD. 403(b) retirement matched at 5%; increasing to 10% over time, 100% immediate vesting. PTO: 15 days accrued vacation, 10 days accrued sick, 4 wellness days and 13 holidays annually. Annual remote work, learning, and commuter benefits.

WORK LOCATION:

Flexible; can be fully in-person, or hybrid (remote and in-person). This position is expected to be in-person for some required team and organization-wide meetings (e.g. monthly All-Hands meetings). May require regional travel for events, including evenings and weekends. Office located downtown Seattle. Must live in WA state.

VISIT US ONLINE:www.seattlefoundation.orgWho Are We?

Seattle Foundation is a community foundation that works to advance equity, shared prosperity, and belonging throughout the region while strengthening the impact of the philanthropists it serves. Founded in 1946, we continue to evolve to be the organization our community needs. With more than $1.2 billion in assets under management, we work with partners to provide effective advising, education, and experiential learning for our philanthropists interested in making a difference both at home here in Seattle and around the world.

Since 2016, our grantmaking, advocacy, and policy work have helped drive over $5 billion in public investments across Greater Seattle for children, housing, transit, and climate justice. Learn more at: www.seattlefoundation.org.

Position Overview:

The Program Officer advances Seattle Foundation’s community impact priorities by stewarding programs, relationships, and investments across a range of issue areas. The role centers deep connection to communities in Greater Seattle and brings particular interest and skill in narrative storytelling, democracy, civic participation, and grassroots organizing. Working alongside community leaders and partners, the Program Officer helps identify opportunities, elevate community knowledge and stories, and support strategies that build power, belonging, and lasting systems change.

This role manages a multi-million-dollar portfolio of community investments, develops cross-sector partnerships, and contributes to the Foundation’s strategies and public voice. Reporting to the Director, Programs, the Program Officer works across teams to connect grantmaking, convening, learning, narrative change, and community engagement. The Program Officer will partner closely with the Senior Program Officer, connecting community priorities, narrative strategies, and grassroots perspectives with policy opportunities and systems-change efforts.

The role may also steward a small number of government partnerships aligned with the Foundation’s community impact priorities. Prior experience in philanthropy is not required; success depends on strong program management, trusted community relationships, sound judgment, and the ability to translate community expertise into responsive action.

Primary Responsibilities:

Steward Community-Centered Programs and Investments:

Lead a multi-million-dollar portfolio of community programs and investments by managing strategy alignment, budgets, timelines, partner relationships, and expected outcomes.

Build and sustain authentic, reciprocal relationships with community organizations, grassroots leaders, and partners, ensuring that community priorities and expertise shape the Foundation’s work.

Manage equitable review and recommendation processes through proposal analysis, due diligence, site visits, community-context assessment, and clear written recommendations to support well-informed investment decisions.

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