We’re Hiring!
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Location: Remote, based in or near Snohomish, King, or Pierce Counties
Application Deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2026, by end of day
Position Overview: NCBF seeks an individual with excellent advocacy, organizing, and relationship-building capabilities, as well as the judgment and character to engage effectively with directly impacted community members, grassroots leaders, volunteers, coalition partners, policymakers, and other members of the community. Advocacy and community organizing are essential to NCBF’s mission; it is critical for our Advocacy & Organizing Manager to build the relationships, strategies, and collective power necessary to end cash bail and pretrial detention in Washington State.
Advocacy and organizing operations include developing NCBF’s legislative agenda, monitoring relevant policy developments, mobilizing testimony and public engagement, building a statewide coalition to end cash bail, leading NCBF’s Court Watch program, strengthening grassroots relationships, and developing accessible political education. This position will work closely with staff, volunteers, and directly impacted community members to ensure NCBF’s advocacy priorities are grounded in community knowledge, lived experience, and abolitionist values.
The political environment surrounding cash bail and pretrial detention can move quickly, particularly during the Washington legislative session. The ideal candidate will navigate this work with urgency, accountability, political discernment, and empathy in equal measure. They must be able to manage multiple campaigns and relationships, translate complex policy information into accessible language, and make values-aligned decisions both independently and collaboratively.
NCBF is a small, collaborative team whose values embody anti-racism, abolition, equity, directly impacted leadership, and responsible stewardship of community-entrusted resources as we strive to end cash bail in Washington State. We look forward to welcoming an Advocacy & Organizing Manager who shares our values.
Responsibilities:
Legislative Advocacy and Policy
Monitor and analyze legislative, regulatory, and budget developments related to cash bail, pretrial detention, and NCBF’s mission, maintaining a tracker to flag significant risks and opportunities.
Develop NCBF’s annual legislative agenda and strategy with staff, volunteers, directly impacted community members, and partners.
Evaluate proposed reforms for impact, unintended consequences, racial-equity implications, and alignment with NCBF’s abolitionist values.
Develop policy positions, bill analyses, briefing materials, and talking points; help refine legislative language when appropriate.
Plan and coordinate engagement with legislators, agencies, local officials, community partners and other decision-makers regarding testimony, public comments, and advocacy days.
Support directly impacted people, volunteers, staff, and partners participating in advocacy while honoring their agency, consent, safety, and dignity.
Mobilize timely community action in response to policy opportunities and threats.
Coalition Building
Lead the development of a statewide coalition to end cash bail.
Cultivate reciprocal relationships with grassroots groups, other bail funds, legal and service organizations, advocacy groups, and movement partners.
Convene partners for shared learning, strategy and collective action.
Support clear coalition governance, decision-making, and accountability practices that respect partner autonomy and shared power.
Represent NCBF in relevant coalitions, networks, and community spaces; document and communicate key commitments and decisions.
Identify gaps in representation and cultivate partners that strengthen geographic, political, and directly impacted leadership.
Coordinate shared campaigns and advocacy actions with coalition partners.
Court Watch
Manage NCBF’s Volunteer Court Watch Team and oversee year-round courtroom observation across the counties and jurisdictions NCBF serves.
Strengthen the program’s volunteer engagement, community collaboration, and data quality.
Lead an annual Court Watch campaign with clear research questions, observation periods, and quality-assurance practices.
Recruit, train, coordinate, and support volunteers and partners to understand court processes, document practices accurately, and respond safely to concerning situations.
Review and analyze findings, and produce an annual Court Watch report with recommendations for public education, legislative advocacy, media engagement, and organizing opportunities.
Community Organizing
Develop and implement grassroots-organizing and community-engagement strategies across King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties.
Build an NCBF Volunteer Community Engagement Team with clear structure, training, and leadership pathways.
Plan and coordinate advocacy actions, listening sessions, and campaign activities.
Build trusting, reciprocal relationships with directly impacted communities, grassroots leaders, neighborhood groups, and organizations closest to the harms of pretrial detention.
Map county-based relationships, engagement opportunities, and organizing gaps, and connect community priorities with NCBF’s work.
Create pathways for supporters to move from initial engagement into education, volunteer participation, leadership, and collective action.
Track engagement, participation, relationship development, and follow-up commitments to keep organizing accountable and responsive to directly impacted communities.
Community and Political Education
Develop an NCBF Political Education Series and facilitate workshops and community gatherings focused on cash bail, pretrial detention, abolition, racial justice, and community power.
Translate complex legal, legislative, and policy information into accessible presentations and other materials.
Collaborate with the Volunteer Program Manager to build volunteer and partner skills in political education, facilitation, advocacy, and organizing.
Center directly impacted knowledge and leadership in curriculum development, facilitation, and public education.
Gather feedback and update educational programming in response to participant experience, policy changes, and lessons from NCBF’s advocacy work.
Connect participants with concrete opportunities in campaigns, coalition work, Court Watch, and other advocacy activities.
Advocacy Program Management and Reporting
Develop annual priorities and resource needs with the Executive Director and staff.
Maintain systems for tracking advocacy and organizing activities across program areas.
Produce periodic reports and partner with the Executive Director on quarterly advocacy updates and presentations for the Board of Directors.
Build accessible feedback, campaign-debrief, and reflection practices with volunteers, partners, and directly impacted participants to inform program improvements.
Use quantitative data and qualitative input to evaluate progress—measuring success through community power and long-term impact, not activity counts alone.
Required Qualifications:
Commitment to NCBF’s mission, vision, and values, including racial equity, abolition, non-reformist strategies, cultural humility, directly impacted leadership, and community-centered justice.
Ability to work remotely in or near Snohomish, King, or Pierce Counties and reliably travel throughout the region.
Experience in community organizing, legislative or policy advocacy, coalition building, political education, campaign management, and/or a related field.
Experience building relationships with directly impacted community members, grassroots organizations, volunteers, policymakers, and/or community partners.
Experience coordinating volunteers and/or community-based campaigns.
Strong written, verbal, facilitation, public-speaking, training, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to make complex legal and policy information accessible.
Ability to monitor fast-moving developments, manage multiple priorities, and communicate significant changes, deadlines, risks, and opportunities.
Ability to navigate conflict, political disagreement, and coalition tensions with discernment, transparency, cultural humility, compassion, and accountability.
Availability for occasional evening and weekend volunteer meetings, community events, advocacy activities, and coalition gatherings.
Fluent in English.
Preferred Qualifications:
Lived experience or knowledge of Washington’s criminal punishment system, pretrial detention, and bail practices.
Experience centering the knowledge and leadership of directly impacted community members.
Knowledge of the Washington State Legislature, legislative session, local policymaking, and public-comment processes.
Experience developing legislative agendas, analyzing bills, coordinating testimony, and/or organizing advocacy days.
Experience developing coalitions grounded in shared governance and collective decision-making.
Experience managing Court Watch, participatory research, community-based data collection, and/or court-accountability initiatives.
Experience developing and facilitating political education, leadership development, and/or organizer training.
Strong trauma-informed communication, conflict-navigation, problem-solving, and campaign-strategy skills.
Experience using advocacy and organizing data to evaluate participation, relationships, policy influence, and movement capacity.
Existing relationships with grassroots organizations and directly impacted communities in King, Pierce, and/or Snohomish Counties.
Fluency in an additional language is a plus.
Compensation and Benefits:
Salary range: $65,000–$80,000
Four-day workweek: Monday–Thursday
128 hours of combined PTO annually
11 paid holidays
Employer-funded health and dental insurance
SIMPLE IRA retirement plan with 1–3% employer contribution
Up to $750 in annual professional-development funds
$75 monthly stipend for remote-work expenses
How to Apply:
Please email a cover letter and résumé to info@nwcombailfund.org with “Advocacy & Organizing Manager Applicant” in the subject line. Please share your relevant experience, your approach to directly impacted and community-led advocacy and organizing, and what excites you about this role.
Applications are due Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
Northwest Community Bail Fund is an equal opportunity employer that strongly encourages applications from people with lived experience in the carceral system, Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and others whose lived experiences have been historically excluded from nonprofit leadership.
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Location: Remote, based in or near Snohomish, King, or Pierce Counties
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 7th 2026, by end of day
Position Overview: NCBF seeks an individual with excellent fundraising, communications, and relationship-building capabilities, as well as the judgment and character to engage effectively with donors, volunteers, directly impacted community members, media representatives, organizational partners, and other members of the community. Fundraising and communications are essential to NCBF’s sustainability and public impact; it is critical for our Development & Communications Manager to build the relationships, campaigns, systems, and messaging that strengthen community investment in our mission to end cash bail and pretrial detention in Washington State.
Development operations include creating and executing NCBF’s annual fundraising strategy, cultivating and stewarding donors, managing fundraising campaigns, maintaining accurate donor and gift records, and leading the Donor/Fundraising Volunteer Team. Communications operations includes developing organizational messaging, managing NCBF’s digital platforms, producing newsletters and social media content, managing the Volunteer Social Media and Story Teams, coordinating media relations, and ensuring NCBF’s public storytelling centers the dignity, consent, safety, and leadership of directly impacted people.
The volume and complexity of development and communications work can be unpredictable, particularly during fundraising campaigns, breaking news, media requests, and organizational events. The ideal candidate will navigate this work with creativity, accountability, responsiveness, and empathy in equal measure. They must be able to manage multiple projects and deadlines, communicate clearly across audiences, maintain meticulous systems, and make values-aligned decisions both independently and collaboratively.
In addition to strengthening NCBF’s existing fundraising and communications work, the Development & Communications Manager will build sustainable infrastructure for donor cultivation, major gifts, community-led fundraising, consent-based storytelling, media engagement, volunteer leadership, and performance reporting. Deepening relationships with supporters and creating communications that move people toward meaningful action are also significant components of this role.
NCBF is a small, collaborative team whose values embody anti-racism, abolition, equity, directly impacted leadership, and responsible stewardship of community-entrusted resources as we strive to end cash bail in Washington State. We look forward to welcoming a Development & Communications Manager who shares our values.
Responsibilities:
Fundraising Strategy and Revenue Development
Develop and execute NCBF’s annual fundraising plan with the Executive Director, staff, and volunteer partners.
Lead fundraising campaigns—including Home for the Holidays, direct-response email and mail campaigns, house parties, and community-led fundraisers—with clear goals, timelines, revenue targets, and follow-up strategies.
Track progress toward annual revenue goals and evaluate campaign performance to guide future strategy; this includes researching values-aligned fundraising opportunities to diversify revenue and strengthen NCBF’s long-term financial sustainability.
Collaborate with the Executive Director on grant writing, foundation cultivation, and revenue strategy.
Donor Cultivation, Stewardship, and Major Gifts
Build and manage a donor portfolio and major-gifts pipeline in partnership with the Executive Director.
Coordinate donor research, outreach, cultivation, solicitation, and follow-up.
Lead donor-appreciation efforts and develop strategies to strengthen donor retention, recurring giving, and long-term investment.
Coordinate monthly donor calls and other opportunities to connect with NCBF.
Create accessible, values-aligned resources and systems for house parties and individual or group fundraising.
Donor Services, Gift Administration, and Data Management
Oversee the timely and accurate processing of gifts, acknowledgements, and donation forms, including importing and reconciling gifts from fundraising and payment platforms in collaboration with finance and operations staff.
Develop clear procedures for donor services and gift processing, including maintaining secure access to fundraising platforms, accounts, and confidential donor information.
Analyze fundraising and donor data to inform strategy, reporting, and continuous improvement.
Communications Strategy and Digital Engagement
Develop and implement NCBF’s annual communications plan and editorial calendar.
Create clear, compelling, and accessible communications that deepen public understanding of cash bail, wealth-based detention, and NCBF’s work overall.
Oversee NCBF’s social media presence and manage the Volunteer Social Media Team; produce monthly newsletters with the Volunteer Story Team.
Coordinate flyers, email appeals, social graphics, and other promotional content.
Use website, email, social media, and campaign analytics to improve content and engagement.
Ensure all communications align with NCBF’s mission, values, brand, and organizational priorities.
Storytelling, Media Relations, and Brand Stewardship
Facilitate the Volunteer Story Team and coordinate story development with staff, volunteers, clients, and community partners.
Create written, visual, and digital content that communicates NCBF’s impact and the harms of cash bail and pretrial detention.
Establish practices that prevent exploitation, savior narratives, and unnecessary exposure while uplifting community dignity, power, and leadership.
Develop a reusable story and impact-content pipeline connected to fundraising, organizing, and public education needs.
Serve as NCBF’s primary media contact, coordinate spokesperson preparation with the Executive Director, and draft press releases, statements, and talking points.
Build relationships with community-centered and values-aligned journalists and media platforms.
Maintain NCBF’s brand guide and organizational assets, ensuring consistent use across platforms and materials.
Volunteer Leadership, Partnerships, and Reporting
Recruit, onboard, train, coordinate, and support Donor/Fundraising, Social Media, and Story Team volunteers.
Develop accessible role guides and training pathways, with clear expectations and regular check-ins.
Address volunteer workload, access, training, and performance needs.
Produce development and communications dashboards covering key metrics and risks.
Partner with the Executive Director to prepare quarterly reports and presentations for NCBF’s Board of Directors.
Document recurring processes and establish trained backup coverage for essential development and communications responsibilities.
Required Qualifications:
Commitment to NCBF’s mission, vision, and values, including racial equity, abolition, cultural humility, directly impacted leadership, and community-centered justice.
Ability to work remotely in or near Snohomish, King, or Pierce Counties and reliably travel throughout the region.
Experience in nonprofit fundraising, donor relations, communications, storytelling, marketing, community engagement, and/or a related field.
Experience developing and executing fundraising or communications campaigns or other complex projects.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across varied audiences and platforms.
Experience coordinating volunteers and/or community-based teams.
Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to engage donors, volunteers, directly impacted community members, partners, and media representatives with care and in alignment with NCBF values.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines with creativity, responsiveness, and accountability.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of donor, volunteer, client, and organizational information.
Proficiency with—or the ability to quickly learn—donor databases, email-marketing platforms, website-management systems, social media platforms, and digital project-management tools.
Availability for occasional evening and weekend volunteer meetings, fundraising activities, community events, and media needs.
Fluent in English.
Preferred Qualifications:
Lived experience or knowledge of Washington’s criminal punishment system, pretrial detention, and bail practices.
Experience centering directly impacted people through consent-based and trauma-informed storytelling.
Experience with donor cultivation, major gifts, recurring-donor programs, grant writing, and donor-retention strategies.
Experience with Little Green Light, Donorbox, ActBlue, Benevity, Mailchimp, WordPress, Squarespace, Canva, and/or comparable platforms.
Experience developing media relationships, responding to requests, or preparing press releases, statements, talking points, and opinion pieces.
Experience using fundraising and communications data to evaluate performance and guide strategy.
Strong project-management and editing skills.
Graphic design, photography, video production, or other digital content-development experience.
Fluency in an additional language is a plus.
Compensation and Benefits:
Salary range: $65,000–$80,000
Four-day workweek: Monday–Thursday
128 hours of combined PTO annually
11 paid holidays
Employer-funded health and dental insurance
SIMPLE IRA retirement plan with 1–3% employer contribution
Up to $750 in annual professional-development funds
$75 monthly stipend for remote-work expenses
How to Apply:
Please email a cover letter and résumé to info@nwcombailfund.org with “Development & Communications Manager Applicant” in the subject line. Please share your relevant experience, your approach to values-aligned fundraising and communications, and what excites you about this role.
Applications are due Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
Northwest Community Bail Fund is an equal opportunity employer that strongly encourages applications from people with lived experience in the carceral system, Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and others whose lived experiences have been historically excluded from nonprofit leadership.