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Director of Development Opening!
The San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center

The San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center (SFCAPC) is currently seeking a Director of Development to manage all aspects of their Development function. The ideal candidate will have a broad range of Development experience including the following critical areas: grants management, corporate/foundation giving, individual giving, events, direct mail and database management.

The SFCAPC is looking for someone with the unique ability handle both the day-to-day Development Department needs, while also having a strategic vision for the Center’s fundraising function and the ability to implement that vision in conjunction with the Executive Director and the Board.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
The San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center (SFCAPC) is a non-profit organization seeking to prevent child abuse and neglect and to promote healthy families. For more than thirty-four years, the programs that make up the SFCAPC have helped parents in their efforts to better care for their children; to provide direct services to children to help them deal with the effects of abuse and to cope with difficult family situations; and to provide public education and training on child abuse issues. SFCAPC has five practice areas: Advocacy & Education, 24/7 Parental Stress Phone Line, Family Support, On-site and Respite Child Care, and Intern Counseling and Training.

The organization’s annual budget is approximately $3.1 million, with a reserve of approximately $1.0 million. Major income sources include government grants (~40%), corporate and foundation grants (~25%), and individual donations from annual appeals, events, and other asks. The organization acquired its building, an historic firehouse in the Haight neighborhood near Golden Gate Park. The organization is supported by approximately 55 staff, interns, and consultants and more than 80 volunteers.

More information is available at: www.sfcapc.org.

OVERALL SUMMARY
The Director of Development is responsible for the overall growth and implementation of fundraising activities at SFCAPC. This currently includes corporate, foundation, and government fund procurement, as well as individual donor gift solicitation, special events, direct mail appeals and major donor cultivation. In future years, we anticipate launching a capital or endowment campaign and a planned giving program. In coordination with the Executive Director and the Board of Directors, the Director of Development is accountable for the implementation and management of an annual fundraising plan. The Director of Development will closely watch performance in accordance with this plan and amend the plan as needed to ensure success in meeting projections and annual goals.

The Director of Development reports to the SFCAPC Executive Director to manage the operations of the Development Department and raise $2M in program and unrestricted funds. In addition, he/she works closely with the Development Committee of the Board, which oversees and helps to implement all fundraising activities. This position also represents SFCAPC publicly to community leaders, civic organizations, and local businesses. Responsibilities include:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Leadership Responsibilities
• Responsible for shared-oversight of the organization consistent with and reflecting organizational vision and values, with focus on particular program(s) of supervision.
• Responsible for joint-implementation of strategic plan and implementation of policies and practice that reinforce long-term best practices.
• Develops and implements annual and future program plan(s), program budget(s), program metrics, assessment(s) and evaluation(s).
• Acts as liaison to appropriate Board committee (Development Committee) regarding organizational and departmental objectives.
• Supervises/manages staff, interns, volunteers, and/or subcontractors/consultants (includes preparing contracts, reviewing invoices, and budget compliance).
• Responsible for developing and training teams both within program and interdepartmentally.
• Responsible for identifying short and long-term areas of concern within entire organization as well as tactics for resolution.
• Handles high level of confidential and sensitive information.
• Responsible to the Center’s clients. Accountable for ensuring departmental programs are achieving appropriate outcomes for children, families, and community, as well as reaching target populations.
• Stays informed about issues regarding mental health, parent/child attachment and family dynamics which affect at-risk families and represents those needs at staff meetings.

Fundraising
• Implements and manages all fundraising activities including annual giving, direct mail campaigns, endowment and capital campaigns, special events, corporate sponsorships, special projects, and other solicitations.
• Coordinates all donor cultivation and recognition activities.
• Maintains/initiates contact with and develops grant proposals for foundations, corporations and government agencies, and manages grant contract compliance and reporting.
• Develops a comprehensive planned-giving program as the need becomes appropriate.
• Conducts regular prospect research and expands donor prospect database
• Develops and implements the Development Department budget.
• Oversee annual fund, creating compelling themes, programs, communications and marketing materials.

Board Relations
• Works with the Development Committee of the Board of Directors, the President of the Board, and the Executive Director to develop strategies to meet aggressive fundraising goals.
• Educates faculty, Board members, administration, staff, and volunteers about their roles in fundraising and works to create a “culture of fundraising” within the agency.
• Generates and presents regular fundraising performance reports to the Development Committee and Board of Directors.
• Attends all Board meetings and assists in agenda preparation.
• Work with the President, Executive Director, and Board membership committee to recruit Board members who will help achieve the agency’s Development goals
• Engages in strategic planning processes and long-term fundraising planning with the Board.

Office Infrastructure
• Hire, train, and manage the Development Department staff.
• Oversees office systems to efficiently support office projects and operations.
• Supervises donor database files, gift record-keeping, and acknowledgement systems.
• Coordinates development research activities.
• Supervises other employees or consultants engaged in development, grant writing, event planning, and other activities related to the department.

Outreach
• Assists the Outreach Coordinator in identifying potential projects.
• Meets with key city officials and grantmakers to promote the agency’s outreach activities.
• Maintains all contract files and ensures compliance with government funded programs.
• Attends meetings of various business groups and nonprofit organizations, participates in collaborative efforts related to outreach activities.

Public Relations and Communications
• Develops and implements new strategies to promote the SFCAPC mission both internally and to the community at large.
• Oversee development communications, including newsletter, annual report, website, and acknowledgements.
• Works with the Board of Directors to develop all campaign case statements, plans, and related promotional activities.
• Undertake other duties as assigned.

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I'd like to thank new Idealware blogger Debra Askanase for the inspiration for this post, which actually take from her idea for a post around fundraising and advocacy widgets, and which she graciously let me run with due to my slight obsession with widgets. I look forward to her thoughts on the big picture around this web trend and hope she will post a follow up and others will share their insights in the comments below.

There are many great resources and experts out there on viral strategies that apply to using widgets and I won't try to cover all that here. I'll just attempt to provide a brief overview about what some organizations are doing and what they are using to implement their outreach.

In addition to checking back in on what nonprofits are doing now that Sprout Builder is moving to an enterprise level application only, I started thinking about some of the possible uses and options for viral or "moveable" widgets that nonprofits are likely to see as helpful.

Why use widgets anyhow? Well, widgets are basically movable, sharable mini-applications that can be used to raise donations, take action on a cause or spread information and awareness about your mission. The fact that your message and actions can be placed and seen "where the people" greatly increases your exposure to new potential supporters. Let's take a look as some possible uses and options for each purpose.

Fundraising
Widgets or "badges" have been around for a while to promote and measure online fundraising drives. There are quite a few options if you are just looking to have a basic charity badge that allows donors to give and supporters to set a goal and place their progress on their web sites and social networks.

These types of badges are not usually very interactive and only allow for a logo and/or photo, short description of the cause, link to a video or more information, possibly some sort of progress indicator and of course a donate now button.

Network for Good was a forerunner in this space and has built several different styles of their Charity Badges including the celebrity based SixDegrees.org

Other community or peer to peer fundraising sites like Changing the Present have incorporated sharable widgets as part of each personal fundraising campaign.

Some paid custom types of "make your own" donation widgets provide more flexibilty for both the organization administrator and end user such as Giving Impact. Also check with your donation vendor as they might even offer these tools. I am aware that at least Click and Pledge and Convio do.

Some examples:
Kevin Bacon's 6 degrees badge
ASPCA donation widgets (Convio)

Direct Advocacy
This week Change.org announced its sparkly new petition widgets (powered by DIA) that allow any change.org petition to be embedded and shared and even signed by supporters right on your site as well as customized and shared.

Also a new service called Call2Action provides multiple tab widgets offering both advocacy and donations using video as the engagement hook.

Some examples:
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund has a whole array of advocacy widget options for supporters including mobile campaigns that are worth checking out. They are built on the Clearspring sharing platform*.

And first noted in 2007 by Beth Kanter, the 18seconds.org widget based campaign is still going strong built on Yahoo widget maker.

Awareness Raising & Mission Based Information
This is a pretty broad category and its impossible to cover all the possible ways a widget can be used to get your message out or to distribute meaningful data to your supporters.

News and Blog feeds to supporters
Widgetbox.com seems to have a fairly active nonprofit following that use their widgets in this way including IFAW and the National Wildlife Federation .

Kaboom offers members the opportunity to post progress update widgets for their playground building campaigns which seems to be built on KickApps and shared via Gigya.

Search and Display relevant information
Here are just a few of the widgets I found that provide supporters or the public with pertinent actionable search results wherever they find the widget online.

Kaboom's playspace finder Built on KickApps
Americorps' volunteer opportunities finder Built on Widgetbox
NRDC's What's Fresh local produce finder Originally built on iWidget (now Transpond ) and made shareable with Clearspring*. (full disclosure, I worked on this widget)
FoundationCenter.org's charity IRS form 990 finder Built on Widgetbox

Some other popular awareness raising tools used in widgets are maps, slideshows, videos, polls, quizzes or other interactive content. And of course many organizations also want to offer forms that collect all kinds of data like event registrations and the like as well. For more complex applications you'll want to check out what's possible with KickApps, Widgetbox and Yahoo Widgets already mentioned and the options below.

And some more widget tools for whatever you can dream up.

Simple Stuff
Display RSS feeds of nearly anything - Grazr
Simple & multi-tab flash banners - BannerSnack

Flexible Flash "mini-site" producers
WIX
Produle
Ahead.com (but I couldn't get their site to load)

Custom application options and intense Facebook integration
Transpond ($2,400 You build. $4,000 We build)
Involver (Facebook applications - some free)
Get Social Apps

And Open Source fans will want to keep an eye on the variety of options that Peter Dietz at Social Actions has collected on his list of Action apps.

And finally a short Sprout Builder update

Via various Facebook comments on Beth Kanter's fan page I found this:

Beth Kanter "Here's what we learned - they're going to continue to serve existing nonprofit clients - reach out to Trudy Marquardt "

Other nonprofit staff have reached out to Sprout Builder and been told that the discount is good for one year only at half off ($1500 paid up front) the regular fee $3000. There is no official word from Sprout Inc yet, so there is no way to tell if this applies to everyone or how long the offer stands. I still strongly recommend Sprout using nonprofits contact them right away to see what can be worked out for your organization.

* And in other widget making news, ClearSpring is now transitioning to AddThis platform for sharing & distribution - so their previous platform is going away. (hat tip Andrew Watson's interesting take on all this) If you build your own widget in HTML or flash and just need the sharing ability it looks like this is still free.

Also, several options I listed in previous posts are now offline including poplfly, iWidgets and Blist. Dapper has split into a paid advertising site and an open source community for data mapping widgets now at http://www.dapper.net/open/

Hopefully all the turbulence these services are experiencing will settle down. If you take a look all the things nonprofits are doing with sharable content and engagement you realize how many more possibilities there are. And its looking like movable apps and widgets are a core constituent in the distributed world of Web 2.0. So if you want to start sharing through widget you'll need to be careful selecting your service partner, keep assets backed up and have a fall back plan. Which of course also applies to pretty much everything.

So have fun widget building and as always, please Share your widgets, strategies and vendor experiences in the comments and help build on this post for your colleagues - after all, its all about the shared content - thanks!

Hands-on positions responsible for assisting physician practices with the implementation of EHR /PM solutions. We are looking for high energy, customer service- driven individuals that have experience working with or for physician offices. The qualified individuals will be able to manage implementations in a variety of settings and practice types. Provide local support to practices consistent with vendor implementation timelines and activities. Understand how EMR /PM application is used and develop product knowledge to support workflow and training requirements. Provide post-implementation support through user groups and web communication. Medical billing and project management experience a plus.


Preferred skills:

2-5 years experience
Experience supporting EMR systems
Some college level coursework completed
Ability to balance multiple tasks/projects
Experience training end users
Comfortable working with a team or independently.
Strong communication skills

Are you ready to apply your time and talent toward the growth and transformation a progressive and diverse urban parish rapidly becoming the hub of cathedral programming for the diocese? St. John’s – an evolving parish in a historic Romanesque building in downtown Los Angeles, adjacent to the University of Southern California campus – is seeking an entrepreneurial Manager for Church Administration and Operations. The challenge and opportunity in this position is to simultaneously facilitate efficient administration of an evolving congregation that also functions as a Cathedral parish while continuously improving overall operations and supporting business and ministry development with an eye toward the future. You’ll be working with a team of three other full-time employees (two priests and a resident sexton), a part-time interim Music Director, and several volunteers. Although we’re aiming for a full-time, possibly in-residence, employee committed to this opportunity for at least a few years, we’ll also consider applications with other proposals for alternative work arrangements that fulfill the job requirements described below.

Initially, you will have the following responsibilities yourself, with the aspiration of helping grow the resources of the parish such that you will eventually be leading an administrative staff that can divide/share these responsibilities:
• Clerical and secretarial work such as fielding phone calls, processing mail, filing, scheduling appointments, writing and responding to letters and emails, assembling mass mailings, keeping track of RSVPs for special events, maintaining office equipment and ordering supplies, etc.
• Administrative work such as coordinating with others to design, edit, and produce worship service bulletins on weekly, seasonal, and special occasion basis; website, database, and digital document maintenance; working with bookkeeper and parish Treasurer to process and reconcile receivables and payables, including stewardship and pledging accounts; maintenance of human resource records and payroll; coordination of special projects and seasonal campaigns; training and managing office volunteers; and actively participating in staff meetings to clarify scheduling of events and needed resources.
• Business and operational development work such as monitoring and improving policies and procedures so that time and resources are utilized more effectively among staff and parish community; developing relationships with people and organizations interested in paying to utilize Cathedral facilities or otherwise contributing resources that will help expand or support Cathedral capabilities; interfacing with neighborhood businesses and organizations as needed around special events; and contributing unique expertise to the Cathedral leadership with regard to long-term, master planning for facility renovations and expansion of mission and ministry in the downtown area.

St. John’s is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. Benefits include health and dental insurance, retirement plan, and the possibility of living on-site in a fully-equipped 1 bedroom apartment. Salary and schedule are negotiable based on experience and a viable work schedule proposal, acknowledging that evening or Saturday work might be occasionally expected.

An ideal candidate for this position will
demonstrate evidence of the majority, if
not all, of following:
• Relevant prior experience and
excellent references
• Familiarity with the polity and
traditions of the Episcopal Church
• Exemplary self-directed problem
solving skills and professional
discretion
• Detail-oriented and
proactive/anticipatory organization of
work, workflow, systems, and records
• Ability to maintain focus and
priorities in an often busy work
environment with frequent interruptions
while balancing multiple tasks that
need to be completed simultaneously
• History of constructive team work
and effective management of others,
including volunteers
• Strong IT skills are essential,
including familiarity with MS Office
applications, QuickBooks online,
stewardship databases, networking
computer and office equipment,
maintaining websites, and
administering user-specific computer
accounts for calendar, emailing, and
document sharing.
• Bilingual (Spanish / English)
communication skills

• VPP | Chairman's Corner: 'Social Outcomes': Missing the Forest for the Trees? After his essay last month in which he worried that many efforts to measure nonprofit results have gone far off course, Mario Marino of Venture Philanthropy Partners returns with an essay looking at the "whys" and "whats" to measure rather than the "hows". (tags: philanthropy)
• NYC Human Services Data Project New York City is beginning an effort to encourage city resources to be deployed in data-driven ways. The project includes a number of foundations and a member of the working group who is building it told me they are looking to the impact investing focused IRIS project as a model. New York City spend $4 billion a year on human service contracts. (tags: philanthropy)

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The University of Washington/Higher Education Strategic Coordinator is responsible for conducting research and developing strategies for issue, contract and organizing campaigns. Plans, develops, and directs overall strategy and approach for campaigns at UW and other higher education campuses in coordination with Field and Headquarters staff. Trains and provides expert guidance in field investigations and issues-based research activities. Produce in-depth, written reports of research results and analysis of specific bargaining unit issues.
Desired Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in labor relations or related field; experience in labor unions, organizing, issue and contract campaigns, and financial analysis. Computer skills including internet research, graphic software and database management. Substantial work experience may be substituted for education. Must have valid driver’s license.

OUR MISSION
Summer Search is a dynamic national non-profit organization that finds resilient low-income high school students and inspires them to become responsible and altruistic leaders by providing year-round mentoring, life-changing summer experiences, college advising, and a lasting support network. Our leadership development program is committed to providing ongoing and long-term support for low-income high school students. We give our students the opportunities and support they need to transform their lives, achieve their own potential, and create change as role models and everyday leaders.

Founded in San Francisco in 1990, Summer Search now operates seven offices nationwide helping to place more than 1,100 high school students and 2,200 alumni annually on a path of positive change. Summer Search Philadelphia was founded in 2006 and is in its 3rd year now serving 95 students from 10 high schools in the Philadelphia area.
For more information about Summer Search visit our website at www.summersearch.org.

Job Summary
Program Associates are mentors who help build the resiliency and capacity of urban teen leaders. They contribute to the success of the organization by working directly with students to reach short, mid and long-term outcomes through three domains: addressing student needs by building relationships that promote personal/social development and life skills, aid in successful summer program placement and preparation ,and ensure college/career-readiness.

Principal Accountabilities
Relationship-Building
• Builds individualized relationships with students based on Summer Search’s mentoring model by utilizing listening skills, providing direct feedback, creating opportunities for introspection and holding students accountable to what they are capable of achieving.
• Organizes and coordinates small and large-group interactions: school lunches, sophomore and college workshops, and Spring/Fall Events

Increasing Resiliency
• Uses an internally developed model of assessment called RAP that Identifies qualities of resiliency: Reflection, Altruism, and Performance (RAP).
• Works with students in an ongoing way to develop those RAP qualities over time, noticing patterns of thinking and behavior.

School Attachment/College Readiness
• Understands college readiness requirements and work collaboratively with students and Summer Search’s college and financial aid counselors to ensure students create post secondary education options for themselves and ultimately matriculate to post-secondary education.

Summer Program Preparation and Integration
• Collaborates with Program Manager and Summer Program Coordinator to ensure that each student is appropriately placed on a trip that will challenge them and set them up for success.
• Works with each student who has passed the 4 week self-selection period to ensure that they are physically and emotionally ready for both their first and second trips; works with each student to celebrate successes on their trips, reflect on learning opportunities and reintegrate their experiences through writing essays, weekly mentoring conversations and group interactions with fellow students.

Program Data Tracking
• Enters and tracks data accurately on a daily basis, for now in Raiser’s Edge donor database and then in Efforts to Outcomes student database, so data can be used to assess student progress, staff evaluations, and organizational learning.
• Works with Program Manager and Senior Mentors to consistently assess and measure own results of program activities.
• Utilizes data tracking and analysis as a learning opportunity, including oral presentations of student assessments and observations.

Administrative
• Assist with general administrative duties including answering phones, processing mail, routing information, program logistics and events, and filing.

Minimum Qualification Requirements
• A Bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years of work experience after college
• Previous work with adolescents, teaching or non-profit experience a plus.
• Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Self-starter who is comfortable in a close-knit team-oriented setting
• Flexibility and eagerness to learn and work on different tasks as needed
• Strong command of Microsoft Office applications and familiarity with database operations
• Bi-lingual a plus

Benefits
Summer Search is committed to creating an environment that is supportive of learning, growth and staff development. Our intense investment in staff includes:
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Medical, dental, vision, FSA, life and disability insurance
• 401 (K) Plan and employer matching program after 6 months of employment
• Paid holidays and vacation

Responsible for assessing each foster youth’s level of independent living skills.
Provide and develop an individualized, goal oriented, life skills program for identified foster youth transitioning out of care.
Partner with communities to access recourses as well as seeking on-line resource tools and products.
Work as part of a team that includes; foster families, case managers, and school personal, to help preserve continued support and community connections.
Participate and provide input during weekly staffing with regard to services and long term goals for children.
Manage & monitor the duties of the ETV program and provide support services to all eligible youth.
Knowledge of the IFC program policies and procedures.
Maintain appropriate case files for adequate program review and quality assurance standards.
Work in a collaborative team environment with supervisors, case managers, and support staff
Demonstrate strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is a mission driven organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. CAAM seeks a seasoned Festival & Exhibitions Director to develop and lead its year-round public screenings and events program. The position is also responsible for directing an annual festival of Asian American films and media works that is the largest in the nation. Now in its 28th year, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) is held in mid-March and draws an annual audience of 25,000.

The ideal candidate is an experienced manager and programmer who has a vision for Asian American media, is highly motivated and resourceful, and brings a sense of creativity and adaptability. The position requires strong management, oral and written communications skills, as well as a breadth of knowledge and experience in film, video, or media arts, exhibitions, live events, or other public engagement programs. The Festival & Exhibitions Director is part of CAAM’s program team and a larger management team for the organization.

Duties Include:
• Create artistic and overall vision and plan for year-round programming
• Work with Director of Programs on vision and goals for SFIAAFF
• Hire, train, and supervise department and specific Festival seasonal staff
• Hire & supervise program curators as needed
• Develop and manage department budget
• Event scheduling and program slotting
• Cultivate and maintain effective filmmaker & distributor relations
• Manage venue and partner organization relations and contract process
• Develop relationships with key film festivals & film industry contacts
• Contribute to development of annual Festival marketing & website plan
• Work with Development & Communications Director and Publicist to generate key press messaging and releases
• Work with Development & Communications Director to identify, solicit, and maintain sponsors for SFIAAFF and other events
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ABOUT SFIAAFF: The Center for Asian American Media presents the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) every March. SFIAAFF is the nation’s largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films, annually presenting over 100 works in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. Since 1982, SFIAAFF has been an important launching point for Asian American independent filmmakers as well as a vital source for new Asian cinema.

ABOUT CAAM: The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. We do this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media. CAAM is an equal opportunity employer.

For more information, visit: www.asianamericanmedia.org
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The Marine and Coastal Conservation Director sets goals for and oversees all aspects of science, stewardship and community and partner relations to advance conservation in the Oregon Coast and Marine region. S/he provides conservation leadership and support for the Conservancy’s field operations for the same. S/he serves as a principal contact with government agencies, other conservation organizations and the academic community relative to The Nature Conservancy’s marine and coast conservation efforts.

The Manager, Special Events is responsible for managing community-based fundraising events for a region of the American cancer Society. Depending on region size and event complexity, incumbents at this level may independently manage smaller events and/or assist Directors in managing larger/multiple fund-raising events. The Manager is accountable for the successful execution of event plans and logistics in achieving stated income goals for assigned events, working closely with volunteer leaders and other regional event staff. The Manager implements event action plans for one of more ACS signature events, such as: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Daffodil Days, Endurance and/or Golf & Gala events.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Manages successful execution of established community fund-raising and/or other income events within assigned region.
- Effectively recruits and trains volunteer teams and manages/coordinates their implementation of special event plans and protocols.
- Tracks indicators of progress towards income goals, escalating findings and recommending solutions as required. Adheres to expense management practices and division spending guidelines.
- Ensures all event communications are distributed timely and accurately to all constituent groups.
- Coordinates event logistics and planning as prescribed for large-scale community events.
- Manages product sales, and collateral distribution for events.
- Assists in identifying sponsorship leads and underwriting opportunities to maximize income potential for events.
- Ensures implementation of data collection for each income activity, including income/expense information and donor/volunteer records
- Works in a team environment to effectively represent the Society and its mission in the community, participating in mission objectives as required.
- Attends evening and/or weekend meetings and/or events as needed. Participates in required regional event meetings, conference calls and other trainings to maximize success of events.

Contacts and Relationships:
- Reports to Sr. Director of Special Events

Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Minimum of 2 to 3 years successful fund raising or related event planning experience. (ACS internal candidates must have 1-2 years event experience.)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, plus the ability to work in a team environment.
- Experience recruiting, training and delegating to volunteers
- Demonstrated organizational and time management skills
- Must be able to handle multiple projects, review and prepare event schedules and meet critical deadlines.
- Skilled with Microsoft products (WORD, Excel, Powerpoint), Internet proficient and capable of learning proprietary databases.
- Resourcefulness, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently.


Preferences:

- Special Events and events planning/non-profit experience

Special Work Requirements:

- Must be able to certify oneself tobacco free.
- Availability to attend evening meetings, travel for centralized training, and participate in all ACS events as required.
- Multi-lingual strongly considered.

Accordia Global Health Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that works to overcome the burden of infectious diseases by building healthcare capacity and strengthening academic medical institutions in Africa.

TITLE: Grant Finance Manager

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Sr. Vice President, Global Health Programs

MAIN FUNCTION: The Grant Finance Manager is a project-based, two year position overseeing the financial management of a major Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant to Accordia Global Health Foundation. S/he is a critical thinker who is an integral part of Accordia’s Program Management team and, in this capacity, works closely with the project’s Grant Manager and the Sr. Vice President, Global Health Programs to ensure compliance and transparency of grant activity and oversee sub-grantee financial performance. S/he is directly responsible for the accurate compilation of grant-specific financial statements and related narratives.

The Grant Finance Manager is also responsible for drafting related sub grant agreements and monitoring sub grantee fiscal performance and reporting compliance. Desired candidate will not only have the ability to prepare, audit, and closely monitor grant budgets but will also be able to interpret program fiscal activity for both financially inclined and non-financial members of senior management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:
? Support and enhance relationship with project staff by servicing financial needs and monitoring grant spending so that the financial aspects of the grant programs are fully considered in operational decisions
? Manage the financial aspect of relationships with grantor including the preparation and submission of grant drawdown requests and other financial reports as required by the grantor
? Supervise the financial relationship with sub grantees including drafting and monitoring sub grant agreements to ensure fiscal compliance with grantor requirements and/or regulations
? Establish and document appropriate grant finance procedures for incorporation into Accordia’s body of policy and procedure manuals
? Routinely compare budget projections with actual program spending in order to identify potential areas of concern and recommend necessary budget modifications based on project development
? Complete indirect cost analyses as applicable
? Handle all necessary fiscal grant close out activities including final reports and financials statements
? Create ad hoc and management reports and perform other duties as assigned


QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelors degree required. Masters degree in relevant field is preferred.

Experience: Ideal candidate will have 7+ years of accounting and financial management experience, including 5+ years of grant monitoring and reporting experience. Strong applicants will have experience in drafting sub grant agreements and in policy and procedures development.
S/he should demonstrate exceptional project management skills, a strong attention to detail, and possess the ability to work in a fast paced environment where multi tasking is common. Familiarity with Gates Foundation grant reporting, administration and/or auditing is desirable.

Essential Requirements: Candidate must have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing. Applicants must have strong computer skills including automated accounting systems, spreadsheets and word processing. Enthusiasm and dedication to teamwork is desired, but must be able to work independently. High level of professionalism and a strong ability to relate to people of all business and social levels is important. Demonstrated multicultural sensitivity is a plus. Must possess ability to critically consider program activity from a fiscal perspective by identifying important areas to monitor and accurately conveying potential concerns to management team.

The Community Mission Manager (CMM) works to deliver several cancer control and mission activities within Brooklyn, including: managing a free colonoscopy program for uninsured residents; recruiting and training advocacy volunteers for the Cancer Action Network; working to implement prevention and early detection initiatives with community coalitions and partners; and implementing specific health and wellness interventions in local businesses and community agencies. The Community Mission Manager also is an integral partner with the broader New York City-wide prevention and detection team, and participates in their account planning teams and activities in Brooklyn.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

§ Manages borough-wide colon screening initiative in multiple hospitals in partnership with colleagues in other Regions and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
§ Builds and sustains community collaborations resulting in increased cancer screening, decreased smoking rates, healthier nutrition and increased exercise in target communities.
§ Recruits, trains and empowers a cadre of volunteers to implement prevention and early detection interventions and outreach in local communities.
§ Recruits, trains and empowers a cadre of volunteers to lead advocacy efforts in Brooklyn for the Cancer Action Network.
§ Closely collaborates with New York City-wide prevention and early detection, Corporate Relations and Relay for Life staff to advance the prevention and detection agenda at targeted accounts including worksites, health systems and strategic alliances. Attends division Prevention and Detection meetings and trainings as assigned.
- Supports integration of prevention and detection activities with other departments, including Patient and Family Services and special events, such as Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and Relay for Life.
- Serves as Regional point-of-contact for the prevention & early detection, working to ensure that Regional staff are current in their knowledge of cancer control, policies and emerging priorities.
§ Evaluates and responds to external requests for cancer prevention & detection services, in partnership with account team members (staff and volunteers). Delivers agreed upon strategies/interventions for each account. Utilizes specialized knowledge of evidence-based cancer control strategies to partner with the public on implementation of substantive P & D activities.
§ Meets goals assigned by the RVP for fundraising events such as MSABC and other Regional income events.
§ Attends regular internal and external trainings/seminars on ACS P&D policies and procedures, customer service trainings and other development opportunities as appropriate

Qualifications and Core Competencies:

- Master's degree Public Health or comparable experience strongly preferred, including community organizing, community health promotion, or healthcare delivery. Specific experience with cancer a strong plus.
- Demonstrated passion for mobilizing others to achieve a goal, including success with recruiting, training and retaining volunteers.
- Strong negotiation and persuasion skills, ability to recognize needs, identify solutions, and "sell- those strategies and solutions to key stakeholders, including both internal and external constituents.
- Strong communication skills, including written, oral and presentation skills.
- Ability to prioritize multiple and constantly changing tasks, as well as work independently.
- Solid technology skills including Microsoft Office products, teleconferencing, online surveys, etc.
- Sense of humor, strong presentation skills and passion for helping others.
- Knowledge of Brooklyn communities and multiple cultures helpful.
- Bilingual or multilingual a strong plus.
- Commitment to the mission and goals of the American Cancer Society.

Special Work Requirements:
- Must certify oneself free of all tobacco product usage.
- Ability and willingness to travel throughout Brooklyn.
- Flexible work hours with some weekends and evening hours required.

Best Buddies is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs).

Founded in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Best Buddies is a vibrant, international organization that has grown from one original chapter to more than 1,500 college, high school and middle school campuses across the country and internationally.

Best Buddies programs engage participants in each of the 50 United States. We have accredited international programs on six continents with additional country programs under active development. Our six formal programs – Best Buddies Citizens, Colleges, e-Buddies®, High Schools, Jobs and Middle Schools – will positively impact more than 700,000 individuals this year.

Best Buddies also is systematically implementing our 2010 Initiative that will witness the organization's continued significant growth, both domestically and overseas. Best Buddies volunteers annually contribute services to the community that equate to more than $170 million USD.

Even though Best Buddies has advanced tremendously in our short existence, many areas of the country and many regions of the world still lack programs to help people with IDDs become part of mainstream society. Our goal is to continue expanding nationwide and at the local community level, while more broadly engaging the global community through our programs.

Best Buddies International (BBI), an equal opportunity employer, seeks a dynamic professional to join our team in Miami, Fl as a Director, Supported Employment Program.

Heartland Alliance
Youth & Residential Services Division

We provide housing and case management services to young boys and girls, ages infant through 17. Our program participants include unaccompanied minors, wards of the state, and other detained populations. We are proud to provide them with a structured, safe and friendly environment as we work to help reunite them with family, or otherwise move on to their next step. Our residential sites are located on the North and South sides of Chicago, and in the north suburbs.

Managers and Supervisors work on site at our residential facilities and provide oversight and guidance for general program operations and management of our direct service staff, including services to program participants, performance management of staff, implementation of policies and procedures, training, quality assurance, and more.


Our funding remains strong, despite the current economy - we are growing and are looking for the right people to help us do so in a meaningful way.


We offer the following benefits to our employees:
• Competitive wages
• Medical and dental coverage
• 401(k) savings plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Generous rate of paid time off

Our programs and young participants are inspiring – consider joining us in our mission to create lasting, meaningful change in their lives!

Location: Chicago, IL. (St. Angela's Office).
Typical Schedule: Monday-Friday, 3pm-9pm.

ERC Counselors will work with at-risk youth referred from Juvenile Court. Essential functions of the position include transporting youth to and from the Evening Reporting Center utilizing a 7 or 15 passenger van which the agency provides, providing recreational activities one day per week, monitoring clients through school, family issues, and employment, and maintaining weekly contact with probation officers.

Job Summary:

The Community Mission Manager (CMM) delivers a broad array of cancer control and mission integration responsibilities within the region. As a key member of the regional team, the CMM aligns her/his delivery of services with the regional plan for both mission and income development. The CMM manages external and internal customer requests for cancer prevention and detection information and resources (i.e. cancer screenings, tobacco control, physical activity and nutrition), and partners with regional staff to identify the most effective services for key constituent groups and target accounts. The Community Mission Manager also is an integral partner with the division Strategic Health Initiatives department, and works in close collaboration with Strategic Health Initiatives staff. The CMM participates on account planning teams for both regional and super regional accounts, and is a key player in the delivery of prevention and detection strategies and activities at target worksites, health systems and strategic alliances.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

§ Works in close collaboration with Strategic Health Initiatives staff to advance the prevention and detection agenda at targeted accounts including worksites, health systems and strategic alliances.
- Consults with and participates on regional and/or super regional account teams for the fulfillment of prevention & detection deliverables. Attends division Strategic Health Initiatives meetings and trainings as needed.
§ Responds to customer requests including coordinating with staff and volunteers on fulfillment of requests, and working in partnership with account team members to deliver agreed upon strategies/interventions for each account.
§ Coordinates with Corporate Relations staff on the implementation of Employer Initiative products i.e. Active for Life, Meeting Well, etc.
§ Receives and evaluates customer requests for cancer prevention & detection services. Utilizes specialized knowledge of evidence-based cancer control strategies to "educate- customers on the more substantive activities and Strategic Health Initiatives interventions the ACS can provide where appropriate.
§ Serves as a regional point-of-contact for the Strategic Health Initiatives department, ensuring regional staff are current in their knowledge of Strategic Health Initiatives strategies, activities, tools and emerging priorities.
§ As the local Strategic Health Initiatives expert, ensure all regional external communications accurately reflect current Strategic Health Initiatives strategies and emerging priorities.
§ Supports Mission Integration for prevention and detection, patient and family services and advocacy into Relay, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and other special and distinguished events.
§ Recruits, trains and manages a cadre of highly trained, effective volunteers to meet customer requests for local/regional presentations on cancer screenings, tobacco control, nutrition and physical activity.
§ Coordinates volunteers, materials and presentations to meet customer and constituent requests with consistently high quality, evidence-based Strategic Health Initiatives strategies and services.
§ May supervise grant staff as appropriate.
§ Identifies community resources that meet customer needs and makes referrals appropriately.
§ Meets goals assigned by the RVP for special events such as MSABC, RFL and other regional events.
§ Attends regular internal and external trainings/seminars on ACS Strategic Health Initiatives strategies and procedures, customer service trainings and other development opportunities as appropriate.

Contacts and Relationships:

- Reports directly to the RVP or other senior regional staff member.
- Partners with Strategic Health Initiatives staff to ensure two-way communication about requests, guidance on request conversion when needed, and trainings on specific cancer control tools and resources
- Develops effective working relationships with all regional disciplines (PFS, Corp Relations, Special Events, etc)
- Communicates with event business units and leadership teams (RFLBU, MSABC) to receive and implement mission integration strategies for special events in region
- Collaborates with peers across division to share successes, learning and best practices.

Qualifications and Core Competencies:

- Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, health education, or health-related field, AND 2 years experience in community relations, customer relations (preferably in a healthcare environment), health education, or other related healthcare field; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Knowledge of local communities and diverse populations/cultures within that community pertaining to healthcare access and delivery.
- Effective negotiation and persuasion skills, ability to recognize needs, identify solutions, and "sell- those strategies and solutions to key stakeholders, including both internal and external constituents. Demonstrated success and experience with recruiting, training and retaining volunteers.
- Demonstrated examples of relationship-building skills and a passion for mobilizing others to achieve a goal.
- Working knowledge of evidence-based cancer control strategies including cancer prevention and cancer screening guidelines and policies.
- Strong communication skills, including written, oral and presentation skills.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of the organization, co-workers and volunteers.
- Demonstrated resourcefulness, creativity and initiative.
- Ability to prioritize multiple and constantly changing tasks, as well as work independently.
- Solid technology skills including Microsoft Office products, teleconferencing, online surveys, etc.
- Commitment to the mission and goals of the American Cancer Society.

Preferences:

- Multi-lingual desirable.

Special Work Requirements:

- Must certify oneself free of all tobacco product usage.
- Ability and willingness to do regional travel.
- Flexible work hours with some weekends and evening hours required.

VISION:
To provide quality aquatic and recreational opportunities that are broad-based, safe, accessible to
all, and foster the spirit of creative and cooperative play.

General Job Description:

The Lifeguard is responsible for assisting in the operation of the Saugus YMCA Outdoor Pool Center.

Essential Functions of the job:

• A Lifeguard employed with The Saugus Family YMCA is responsible for the
health, safety and welfare of those using the YMCA Outdoor Pool Center.
• A Lifeguard’s major responsibility is to observe swimmers and enforce all rules and regulations in the guarding of life and the prevention of accidents at the YMCA’s swimming pools.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Ensure the Outdoor Pool Center maintains the YMCA’s high level of cleanliness. This includes maintenance of the grounds and outdoor restroom facilities.
• Assist in the organization of member events at the pool center.
• Assist in the operation of the swim team clinic.
• Assist in performing water tests and adding chemicals to ensure properly balanced and sanitary water in all Outdoor Center Pools.
• Assist in organization of birthday parties at the Outdoor Pool Center.

Skills/Requirements

• 16 years old.
• Current Lifeguard Training, CPR/AED and First Aid certifications.