About the role
YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. Through housing, health and safety, and economic advancement services, YWCA works alongside individuals and families to build lasting stability.
YWCA’s Gender Based Violence Specialized Services (GBVSS) supports survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, commercial sexual exploitation, and other forms of gender-based violence. Services connect advocacy, housing assistance, legal support, and health access with employment, financial education, and family resources. Our approach centers survivor choice and provides culturally responsive, trauma informed support, particularly for Black and African American survivors and other communities furthest from opportunity.
As GBVSS expands in Snohomish County, YWCA is investing in community relationships, public awareness, and sustainable funding to ensure these services remain available for years to come.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Director of GBVSS Partnerships and Funding Development leads community outreach, awareness, training, and partnership development to strengthen YWCA’s visibility, credibility, and long-term support for gender-based violence services across King and Snohomish Counties.
A central priority is developing sustained public and private funding relationships in Snohomish County. Current expansion funding expires in 2029, creating a limited period to establish a strong local presence, demonstrate the value of services, and secure approximately $3.3 million in replacement funding. Working closely with YWCA’s Development and Public Policy teams, the Director builds and carries out a coordinated plan to support this transition.
The Director also strengthens King County relationships and awareness, positioning YWCA as a trusted, preferred provider of comprehensive GBVSS services. This role requires an in-depth understanding of all GBVSS service areas and working knowledge of YWCA’s broader programs to communicate how coordinated services support survivor safety and lasting stability.
As a lead training facilitator and external representative, the Director builds shared understanding within GBVSS, across YWCA, and among community partners. Training, panels, workshops, and speaking engagements support stronger partnerships, coordinated services, and YWCA’s funding and service priorities.
LOCATION AND WORK EXPECTATION
The designated home office may be any relevant YWCA site in King or Snohomish County. This position works in person at YWCA sites and in the community. Work-from-Home is not available for this position.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
Partnership Development and Community Presence • Develop and implement a partnership strategy across King and Snohomish Counties, prioritizing relationships that strengthen Snohomish County services and long-term funding. • Build sustained relationships with public agencies, local governments, foundations, businesses, community organizations, and coalitions. • Maintain a consistent presence in Snohomish County through community meetings, collaborative initiatives, and direct relationship development. • Strengthen King County partnerships and communicate YWCA’s experience, coordinated services, and contribution to survivor safety and stability. • Gather community and partner feedback and work with program leaders to align commitments with local needs and service capacity.
Funding Development and Sustainability • Lead a multiyear funding development plan with Development, Public Policy, and program leadership to replace approximately $3.3 million in Snohomish County funding that expires in 2029. • Establish funding priorities, relationship development goals, responsible leads, and milestones to secure support before current funding ends. • Identify and pursue public and private funding opportunities, coordinating donor and foundation engagement with Development and public funding strategies with Public Policy. • Cultivate long-term funder relationships through regular communication, site visits, service updates, and opportunities to understand program impact. • Partner with program leaders and Finance to develop funding requests grounded in service needs, budgets, outcomes, and organizational capacity. • Contribute program expertise to proposals, presentations, funding requests, and funder conversations. • Track funding opportunities, relationship progress, deadlines, and remaining gaps, and recommend adjustments to leadership.
Outreach and Public Awareness • Lead an outreach and awareness strategy that explains gender-based violence, the value of survivor advocacy, and the need for sustained community investment. • Work with Development and agency communications staff to create clear, culturally responsive campaigns, presentations, events, and materials. • Communicate the breadth of YWCA’s services and how advocacy, housing, legal services, health access, and economic resources work together. • Incorporate community perspectives and survivor experiences into outreach while protecting confidentiality and ensuring voluntary, informed participation. • Build recognition of YWCA as a trusted, preferred service provider through accurate information, demonstrated outcomes, and responsive partnerships.
Training: Internal and External Alignment • Serve as a lead facilitator for training on gender-based violence, YWCA’s GBVSS programs, survivor centered advocacy, and connections across YWCA services. • Develop a coordinated training plan with GBVSS leaders and Learning and Engagement to support onboarding, ongoing learning, and shared understanding of services and referral pathways. • Facilitate learning across GBVSS and the broader YWCA to strengthen service coordination and appropriate responses to survivor needs. • Develop and deliver external training that increases awareness of YWCA’s services, strengthens partnerships, and improves referrals and coordinated support for survivors. • Represent YWCA on panels and at workshops, conferences, and community events that advance GBVSS awareness and support YWCA’s partnership, service, and funding priorities. • Engage program specialists in developing accurate, culturally responsive materials and use training feedback to improve effectiveness.
Public Policy and Organizational Collaboration • Serve as a GBVSS liaison to Public Policy, sharing service trends, community needs, and barriers that inform public investment priorities. • Coordinate engagement with public officials and government partners under the direction of the Public Policy team. • Maintain close communication with Development to align relationship management, funding requests, and stewardship. • Work with program leaders to obtain accurate service information and outcome data for outreach, training, and funding development. • Provide leadership updates on partnerships, awareness activities, training outcomes, and progress toward funding goals.
Race and Social Justice • Apply antiracist principles to partnership development, funding strategies, outreach, and training. • Center the needs and perspectives of Black and African American survivors and other communities furthest from opportunity. • Build respectful relationships with culturally specific organizations and community leaders. • Ensure public messaging reflects survivor dignity, choice, and the systemic barriers affecting access to safety and resources. • Perform other duties consistent with the position.
QUALIFICATIONS AND CORE COMPETENCIES • At least eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in gender-based violence services, community partnerships, funding development, or related human services, including demonstrated leadership of initiatives involving multiple partners. • In-depth knowledge of domestic violence, sexual assault, commercial sexual exploitation, and survivor centered advocacy, including the roles of housing, legal services, and health access. • Ability to develop and maintain comprehensive knowledge of YWCA’s broader programs and accurately communicate how services connect. • Demonstrated experience cultivating sustained relationships with public agencies, funders, community organizations, or other partners that resulted in funding, expanded services, or lasting collaboration. • Experience contributing to public or private funding development, including opportunity assessment, proposals, funding requests, or funder stewardship. • Ability to develop multiyear plans, establish measurable milestones, and independently manage progress toward partnership and funding goals. • Strong facilitation and public speaking skills, including experience developing and delivering training and representing an organization at panels, workshops, or community events. • Ability to translate complex service information, budgets, and outcome data into clear explanations of community need and program value. • Understanding of public funding processes and the ability to coordinate effectively with Development, Public Policy, Finance, and program leadership. • Demonstrated understanding of how racism, poverty, gender discrimination, and other systemic barriers affect survivors and community investment. • Strong judgment regarding confidentiality, informed consent, professional boundaries, and ethical use of survivor experiences. • Strong writing, organization, relationship management, and follow-through skills. • Knowledge of Snohomish and King County community networks and funding environments is preferred. • Relevant education, professional experience, community leadership, and transferable lived experience will be considered together. A college degree is not required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In performing this position, the employee: • All positions at YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish are exposed to clients who have experienced or are experiencing trauma in various forms including but not limited to domestic violence, sexual violence, homelessness, unemployment, financial hardship, etc. As a result, staff are at risk of secondary trauma. Employees are encouraged to seek external support and maintain self-care when working indirectly or directly with clients. • Regularly work in office and community settings, including YWCA service locations, college campuses, hotels, and partner organizations. • Travel locally between staff and service locations throughout King and Snohomish Counties, sometimes visiting multiple locations within a workday. • Regularly communicate with advocates, participants, colleagues, and community partners in person, by telephone, and through electronic platforms. • Frequently use a computer and other office technology to review client files, prepare documentation, approve timesheets, and participate in meetings. • Perform work involving periods of sitting, standing, or moving within offices and community locations, with flexibility in positioning as duties allow. • Occasionally transport routine work materials, such as a laptop, files, and outreach supplies. • Respond to emotionally intense situations and participant crises using sound judgment, de-escalation skills, and established safety procedures. • This position involves exposure to accounts of domestic violence, sexual assault, commercial sexual exploitation, and other traumatic experiences. Regular supervision, consultation, and available staff support resources are important components of the work environment.
*Continuously = Over 80% of the time | Frequently = 20–80% | Occasionally = Under 20%
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