The Development Director is a dynamic and strategic leader and team manager responsible for designing and leading UnCommon Law’s comprehensive fundraising efforts to help grow and sustain UnCommon Law’s impact and next phase of growth. This role is responsible for all aspects of resource development, including foundation, corporate, and individual giving; major gifts; donor and funder prospecting and stewardship; grant writing and reporting; and multi-year campaigns. The Development Director will build and manage systems that strengthen organizational fundraising capacity, including developing a scalable volunteer engagement strategy and pipeline to deepen community investment. As a public-facing leader, the Development Director will cultivate relationships with donors, partner organizations, policymakers, and other community stakeholders, while providing internal leadership, strategy, and accountability for fundraising efforts across the organization. We are seeking an experienced, relationship-driven leader who brings strategic clarity, effective systems, and strong execution to advance UnCommon Law’s work on behalf of incarcerated people.
Our office is based in Oakland, CA, and we offer a hybrid work model to our employees. We are open to considering fully remote arrangements for highly qualified candidates. If applying as a remote applicant, we ask that you share in your cover letter the strategies and practices you have used to build effective remote work, collaboration, accountability, and supervision. Applicants who submit cover letters that are not tailored to the position or the organization will not be considered.
Please submit a resume and a cover letter describing your interest and relevant experience for the role, along with contact information for two professional, academic or other relevant references to our hiring portal (https://uncommonlaw.bamboohr.com/jobs/). Applicants who submit cover letters that are not tailored to the position or the organization will not be considered.
Please note that all correspondence in the hiring process will be through the BambooHR portal. Following the submission of your application, you should receive an automatic response (via email) thanking you for your application. If you do not receive this, please check your spam folder.
As part of our hiring process, we may request references. UnCommon Law staff will let a candidate know when to provide references, and we will reach out to references ourselves. While we appreciate the wonderful support many of our community members wish to provide for one another during the hiring process, unsolicited references via social media or other unofficial channels will not be considered in a candidate's application.