Stewardship Director

Location: Portland Metro Area, Oregon (Hybrid Community-Based Role)

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer

Status: Full-Time, Exempt

Salary Range: $70,000 – $95,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications

Help Shape the Future of Inclusion in Oregon

Location: Portland Metro Area, Oregon (Hybrid Community-Based Role)

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer

Status: Full-Time, Exempt

Salary Range: $70,000 – $95,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications

Help Shape the Future of Inclusion in Oregon

At Advocates for Life Skills & Opportunity (ALSO), we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live a life filled with choice, dignity, independence, and belonging.

Since 1997, ALSO has partnered with children and adults experiencing intellectual and developmental disabilities to build meaningful lives in their homes, workplaces, and communities. Through residential, supported living, employment, and community-based services, we help people pursue their goals, strengthen relationships, and fully participate in the life of their community.

As we continue to grow, we are seeking a Stewardship Director to help lead the next chapter of our story.

This is an opportunity to build and lead a new function focused on philanthropy, marketing, brand strategy, community engagement, and external affairs. You will serve as a key member of the leadership team, helping increase awareness, strengthen partnerships, grow philanthropic support, and elevate the voices of the people we support. If you're a relationship-builder, storyteller, strategist, and community connector who wants to make a lasting impact, we'd love to meet you.

As ALSO's Stewardship Director, you will work directly with the CEO, Board of Directors, community leaders, donors, and partners to shape how ALSO is known throughout Oregon.

Your work will help create opportunities for people experiencing disabilities through:

• Employment and career pathways
• Assistive technology and innovation
• Accessible and stable housing
• Community inclusion and life enrichment opportunities
• Workforce development and support
• Sustainable services for future generations

You’ll help create opportunities, open doors, and strengthen communities.

• Develop and execute annual fundraising and stewardship strategies aligned with organizational goals.
• Grow individual giving, corporate sponsor ships, grants, foundations, and major donor relationships.
• Build and manage a sustainable donor pipeline from identification and cultivation through solicitation and stewardship.
• Establish fundraising goals, monitor progress, and provide strategic recommendations to leadership and the Board.
• Diversify funding sources to support long-term organizational sustainability.

• Serve as the steward of the ALSO brand across all external communications and public-facing initiatives.
• Develop and implement marketing strategies that increase awareness, engagement, and community support.
• Ensure consistency in messaging, storytelling, visual identity, and brand standards.
• Oversee development-related communications including newsletters, campaigns, social media, website content, and promotional materials.
• Strengthen ALSO's visibility and reputation as a leader in disability inclusion and community-based services.

• Lead organization-wide storytelling efforts that center dignity, autonomy, choice, and inclusion.
• Elevate the voices and lived experiences of people who choose services from ALSO.
• Collaborate with program leaders to highlight meaningful outcomes and community impact.
• Create compelling donor and community engagement campaigns that inspire action and investment.

• Serve as a visible ambassador for ALSO throughout Oregon communities.
• Develop relationships with businesses, foundations, civic organizations, government agencies, and community partners.
• Represent ALSO at community events, networking opportunities, speaking engagements, and fundraising activities.
• Identify opportunities to expand awareness, advocacy, recruitment visibility, and…