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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Executive Director, California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, Sacramento, CA

Executive Director

Posted on: August 28, 2013
Application deadline: September 13, 2013
Posted by: California Partnership to End Domestic Violence

DESCRIPTION

The California Partnership to End Domestic Violence is pleased to announce the opening for its Executive Director position. The Partnership is the statewide domestic violence coalition for California. The Partnership's mission is to promote the collective voice of a diverse coalition of over 200 membership organizations and individuals, working to eliminate all forms of domestic violence. The Partnership advances its mission by shaping public policy, increasing community awareness and strengthening its members' capacity to work toward the common goal of advancing the safety and healing of victims, survivors and their families. For more information on the position, go to the Partnership's website at www.cpedv.org/Employment.

HOW TO APPLY

Submit resume and cover letter describing background in relation to requested qualifications to Patty Oertel at poertel@theoertelgroup.org by September 13, 2013.

Director of Administration, New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice, New Orleans, LA

Director of Administration

Posted on: August 28, 2013
Application deadline: September 16, 2013
Posted by: New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice

POSITION SUMMARY

The Director of Administration is a key member of the organization's senior management team who provides critical direction and oversight of finances, grants management & fundraising planning, legal administration, human resources, and facilities management. The ideal candidate will be prepared and energized to lead the organization through an important phase of operational growth and performance. This individual must be both a strategic thinker and strong implementer, with the ability to communicate effectively and drive processes across the organization.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES


Financial Management
  • Direct the financial management of the organization. Prepare the organization and program budgets, and track income and expenditures against them. Prepare regular cash forecasts and other financial reports for the Board of Directors and the staff.
  • Supervise all accounting and bookkeeping activities. Perform or oversee reconciliation of banking and other accounts and financial activities. Working with an external payroll provider, prepare the monthly payroll and oversee its entry into the accounting system.
  • Working with external accountants and the Treasurer, prepare NOWCRJ's annual financial statements and IRS 990, and oversee the auditors' review. Manage and prepare all other necessary governmental filings and financial recordkeeping.
Organization Management
  • Supervise all aspects of the organization's administration, working closely with the Executive Director and the Administrative Coordinator, in order to facilitate the smooth functioning and growth of the organization and its programs.
  • Manage the human resource needs of the organization. Prepare contracts and agreements for staff and consultants. Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. Oversee management and recordkeeping for 1099 contractors.
  • Oversee management of NOWCRJ's premises including the administrative offices. Maintain the relationship with the landlord; ensuring issues or needed repairs are addressed in a timely fashion. Supervise staff in the maintenance and care of the premises and equipment.
  • Oversee the organization's IT resources, working with other staff and consultants as required.
  • Support NOWCRJ's programs and campaigns as required.
Development
  • Oversee fundraising activities carried out by staff, the Board, and the development committee. Supervise grantwriting consultants. Work with the staff and consultants to execute the annual appeal to individual donors, board-related fundraising; and donor cultivation and appreciation. Maintain the organization's funding plan in conjunction with budgeting and cash forecasting activities.
  • Prepare and submit all funding-related reports and documentation to ensure compliance with grant requirements. Working with the Executive Director, establish or maintain relationships with existing and potential institutional funders and partners.
Legal Administration
  • Work closely with the Legal/Policy Director to ensure efficient operations of the Legal Department.
  • Oversee IOLTA fund accounting.
  • Work with Legal/Policy Director to maintain compliance requirements and procedures according to licensing and operational guidelines.
Other Responsibilities
  • Support the Executive Director's relationship with the Board of Directors. Provide any necessary day-to-day operational information to the board and solicit input from board members as needed for financial, programmatic, and fundraising management. Attend meetings of the board and its committees. Assist all members of the board and committees in setting timelines and strategies for meeting their goals.
  • Represent the organization as needed at external events.
  • Other duties may from time to time be necessary to support the successful operation of the organization.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Minimum of 4 years administrative management experience in the non-profit sector, with successively increasing responsibility including management of staff.
  • Significant experience in financial management, including budgeting and cash forecasting, preparing or assisting in the preparation of financial statements and reports, and bookkeeping using QuickBooks. Familiarity with the principles of not-for-profit accounting.
  • Experience in development, including individual and institutional fundraising, is strongly preferred.
  • Strong organizational skills, in order to institute efficient and scalable processes and improve them over time.
  • Strong leadership skills and the ability to inspire others to work together and improve their own work and the work of the organization.
  • Strong computer skills, including QuickBooks, MS Excel and MS Word. Experience with databases or fundraising software strongly preferred.
  • At least a 4-year college degree; specialization in progressive social movements or not-for-profit management preferred.
  • Background in and strong commitment to social justice and winning systemic social change. Strong familiarity with organizations committed to social change, and a deep commitment to NOWCRJ's mission – building the power and participation of communities across color lines to win real improvements in peoples' lives and to build a movement for economic and racial justice.
Women, people of color and LGBTQ persons are strongly encouraged to apply.

HOW TO APPLY

Send cover letter, résumé and three references to:
Hiring Committee
Email only: careers@nowcrj.org
Please include Director of Administration in the subject line.
NO PHONE CALLS OR WALK-INS ACCEPTED.

President's Assistant, National Organization for Women, Washington, DC

President's Assistant

Posted on: August 28, 2013
Application deadline: September 5, 2013
Posted by: National Organization for Women

ABOUT THE POSITION

The President's Assistant is responsible for supporting the functions of the office of the President. This position requires excellent time management skills, attention to detail and the ability to communicate effectively across different mediums. The primary functions of this role are administrative, and require the maintenance and management of the President's schedule, making travel arrangements, handling all correspondence and processing expense reimbursements. As the representative of the office of the President, the President's Assistant must be committed to providing a positive experience for potential partners and external parties by being courteous and accommodating through in-person, phone and written communication.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Administrative (70%)
  • Maintain the President's calendar by scheduling meetings, coordinating internal and external requests, and making travel arrangements
  • Handle all of the President's phone and paper mail correspondence and expense reimbursement reports
  • Make copies, scan and send, and file documents
  • Assist with project management, including preparing materials for the financial audit and direct mail and fundraising vendors
  • Coordinate Executive Committee communication
National Board (10%)
  • Assist with forging positive relationships with board members
  • Staff board meetings and assist with logistics, including travel information
  • Take minutes during board meetings
Data Entry (20%)
  • Assist Membership and Field departments with updating the internal database, processing receipts and requests from members
Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS
  • 2-year Associate's Degree in business or nonprofit administration, or previous experience staffing an executive level manager
  • Commitment to NOW's mission, purpose and values; knowledge of NOW's structure and involvement in feminist issues a real plus
  • Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines, work under pressure, handle simultaneous assignments and work within a team setting
Location: National NOW Action Center, 1100 H Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. (one block from Metro Center). This is an in-house, full-time position in our Washington, D.C., office so please be local to D.C. or willing to relocate. People of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications will not be considered without all requested information. Please e-mail resume, cover letter stating why you want to work for NOW, one-page writing sample and salary requirement to vpmember@now.org. Subject line should read: Application for President's Assistant – Your Full Name. No phone calls please.

Development Associate, National Council of Jewish Women, New York, NY

Development Associate 

Posted on: August 28, 2013
Posted by: National Council of Jewish Women

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to Director of Development, the Development Associate will provide wide-ranging support to the Director, the Senior Manager, and the Department, and assist in the smooth-functioning of the Department.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Development Associate will be involved in daily operations, including, but not limited to:
  • Helping to prepare reports, briefings, research, and presentational materials for board and committee meetings
  • Assisting with donor tracking and cultivation information, including status of funding requests, donor communications, and next steps in donor cultivation
  • Communicating with various constituencies, internal and external, on behalf of the Director of Development
  • Assisting in the preparation of materials for meetings with donors, foundations, and sponsors
  • Coordinating with various aspects of fundraising for special annual events, including assisting with logistics and speakers, for benefit luncheons and/or dinners
  • Providing support and resources to the Israel Office – track and manage pledges for the Israel Granting Program (IGP) and provide information on prospective IGP donors to staff and lay leaders; assist with coordination of missions to Israel
  • Conducting research for prospects and donors, using online research, donor search engines, and collection of anecdotal information
  • Providing additional staff support to committees as assigned
  • Conducting ad hoc research projects as assigned
  • Assisting with national meetings, major donor events, cultivation and recognition events, as well as leadership/training meetings
  • Coordinating event related fundraising and tribute gifts
  • Overseeing the acknowledgment process and editing acknowledgement letters
  • Serving as liaison to consultants as needed
  • Assisting in the maintenance of the Raiser's Edge system, including inputting relevant donor data and generating reports
  • Assisting with corporate giving strategy
  • Performing other job related duties as required

QUALIFICATIONS
  • BA degree from 4-year accredited college/university
  • Minimum three years of progressively responsible fundraising experience, preferably with a nonprofit organization
  • Knowledge and experience with fundraising database programs and search engines, specifically Raiser's Edge and Research Point/Target Analytics
  • Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Exceptional interpersonal and collaborative skills 
HOW TO APPLY

NCJW, located in the Upper West Side of New York City near Columbia University, offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including health and dental insurance. To be considered for this position, please send your resume, cover letter and salary requirements to jobs@ncjw.org and write "Development Associate" in the subject line of your email. Applicants not following this outline will not be considered. NCJW is an equal opportunity employer.

Recruiters, please do not contact NCJW about this post. No phone calls about this post.

Please do not contact NCJW about other services, products or commercial interests

Executive Director, Potential Energy, Berkeley, CA

Executive Director

Posted on: August 28, 2013
Application deadline: September 20, 2013
Posted by: Potential Energy

ABOUT POTENTIAL ENERGY

Founded in 2007, Potential Energy (PE) adapts and scales technologies that improve lives in developing countries. Potential Energy is a market maker, bringing together key value chain actors and building the capacity of local businesses to distribute clean energy technologies. Our flagship Darfur Stoves Project provides Darfuri women with specially developed cookstoves, which require less firewood, decreasing women's exposure to violence while collecting firewood and their need to trade food rations for fuel. With an operating budget of $838,000 in 2012, Potential Energy has distributed more than 32,000 in Darfur and is now building off this success and replicating our model in Ethiopia. For more information, please visit www.potentialenergy.org.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

To support our vision to dramatically increase access to safe and clean energy technology, Potential Energy seeks an entrepreneurial and resourceful Executive Director to be based at its office at 2150 Allston Way, Suite 300, Berkeley, CA. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Potential Energy's staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. The Executive Director handles Potential Energy's public presence, develops its financial support, and represents the organization to partner organizations, sub-contractors, the media, funders/donors, and the general public. The ideal candidate will bring a blended background of exceptional private and social sector experience with a passion for working in high-impact start-up settings.


RESPONSIBILITIES


Leadership & Management:
  • Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals
  • Actively engage and energize Potential Energy's, board members, event committees, partnering organizations, and funders
  • Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors: seek and build board involvement
  • Lead, coach, develop, and retain Potential Energy's high-performance team
  • Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components

Fundraising & Communications:
  • Develop and oversee implementation of annual strategic fundraising and communications strategy
  • Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand
  • Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities

Planning & New Business:
  • Build partnerships in new markets, establishing relationships with implementing partners and funders
  • Be an external presence that publishes and communicates program results

QUALIFICATIONS

The ED will be thoroughly committed to Potential Energy's mission. All candidates should have proven leadership, coaching, and relationship management experience.

Concrete demonstrable experience and other qualifications include:
  • Advanced degree in business, public policy or administration, environmental engineering or other relevant field
  • At least 5 years of senior management experience
  • Track record of effectively leading and regionally and/or nationally scaling a performance- and outcomes-based organization and staff
  • Ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth
  • Unwavering commitment to data-driven program evaluation
  • Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget
  • Field experience with working in unstable environments and with humanitarian relief operations; professional experience in Africa highly valued
  • Past success working with a Board of Directors with the ability to cultivate existing board member relationships
  • Strong marketing, public relations, and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills
  • Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning
  • Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
  • Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, sense of humor, mission-driven, and self-directed 
HOW TO APPLY

Please email your resume and cover letter to jobs@potentialenergy.org by Friday, September 20th, 2013, with Executive Director Search in the subject line.

Reproductive Health Expert, Hope Global Consulting, San Francisco, CA

Reproductive Health Expert

Posted on: August 12, 2013
Application deadline: September 5, 2013
Posted by: Hope Global Consulting

ABOUT HOPE CONSULTING

Hope Consulting is a strategy consulting firm with a social sector focus. We craft effective strategies for addressing major social sector issues. We're committed to addressing age-old social problems – and we refuse to believe that those problems can't be solved. Our work has attracted attention in the social sector as well as in the mainstream news media, with coverage in Time, the New York Times, the Economist, and other media outlets. To find out more about us, please go to www.hopeconsulting.us.

ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT

We have been engaged by a major US foundation to develop a strategy for how our client, two other major donors, and the Government of Niger can increase women's informed demand for contraceptives in Niger.

The impetus for this engagement is the recent increase in fertility rate in Niger. A preliminary 2012 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) was recently released, finding that Niger's fertility rate is the highest in the world and has increased since 2006, from 7.1 to 7.6 children per woman.[1] Moreover, the 2006 DHS found that Nigerien men and women's ideal number of children was higher than this fertility rate, at 11.0 children for men and 8.8 children for women.[2]

These findings—and the increased fertility finding in particular—appear to have galvanized the MOH and non-governmental actors in Niger to take decisive action to increase contraceptive use in Niger. The engagement will involve two phases, a qualitative customer research phase to be run this fall, and a quantitative customer research and market analysis phase to be run in spring 2014.

This project is an exciting opportunity to contribute to markedly improved health outcomes in Niger. Aside from the Demographic and Health Survey results available every 5 years in Niger, there has been very little research published about why women do or do not use contraception. Consequently, there have been few large scale data-driven approaches to addressing family planning issues in Niger.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a reproductive health expert with significant family planning experience in francophone West Africa to serve as an advisor to this project. The advisor will provide input to our general understanding of family planning dynamics in Niger, and West Africa more broadly and to our primary customer research instruments and methodology. He or she will also provide input to the development of our conclusions and strategic recommendations. Approximately 2 – 4 weeks' of the health expert's time will be required from October 2013 – May 2014.

REQUIREMENTS

The reproductive health expert will ideally be a global leader in that field, and will be able to contribute thoughtfully to this important project's research focus and conclusions. He or she will have significant expertise in the behavioral determinants of reproductive health and family planning choices. In addition to leadership in his or her field, the individual will have significant experience working on family planning in francophone Africa. Fluent or near fluent French is strongly preferred, but not required.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send your resume and a brief cover note to info@hopeconsulting.us.

Senior Development Officer - Individual Giving, Family Care International, New York, NY

Senior Development Officer - Individual Giving

Posted on: August 13, 2013
Application deadline: August 31, 2013
Posted by: Family Care International

DESCRIPTION

Family Care International (FCI) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to building a world where no woman suffers preventable pregnancy-related injury or death, where childbirth is safe for mothers and their babies, and where all people are able to enjoy their sexual and reproductive health and rights. FCI advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights at the global, regional, and country levels; builds the capacity of local partners in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean; and develops information, advocacy, and training materials. FCI is headquartered in New York, with locally-staffed and managed field offices in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

FCI's primary revenue source is project grants from institutional donors, including governments, UN agencies, major foundations, and corporations. Unrestricted support, needed to cover core institutional expenses, fund strategic initiatives, and fill funding gaps, comes primarily from a small and loyal corps of individual and family donors. FCI intends, over the next three years, to build and expand upon this base of support in order to substantially increase annual unrestricted funding, ensure institutional sustainability, and foster strategic growth.

The Senior Development Officer will develop and execute fundraising strategies and deliver results, with a focus on identifying and cultivating new prospective donors, increasing giving by current individual donors and private/family foundations, and broadening FCI's base of support throughout the U.S., in order to achieve fundraising objectives and meet institutional needs for unrestricted funds.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

The specific duties and responsibilities of the Senior Development Officer, carried out in collaboration with and supervised by the Director of Communications and Development (DCD), include the following:
  • In consultation with the DCD, develop realistic and challenging short-term and long-range goals for fundraising from individuals and family foundations
  • Identify existing donors with potential for increased and/or more consistent giving, and develop and implement strategies for strengthening relationships with them and realizing their full giving potential
  • Strategically use information, intelligence, and research to design and implement strategies for broadening the identification, cultivation, and acquisition of major donors
  • Identify, cultivate, solicit, and provide stewardship for a growing portfolio of major individual/family donors, managing the prospect pipeline and successfully converting prospects into long-term supporters
  • Coordinate with FCI's president, members of senior management, and HQ and field-based program staff to meet with, provide information to, and strengthen relationships with top-tier donors
  • Staff the development committee of FCI board, and mobilize board members to leverage their influence and relationships to benefit FCI's fundraising efforts
  • Collaborate with Communications team and program staff to develop compelling fundraising campaigns, materials, webpages, emails, etc.
  • Manage and execute annual appeals, including but not limited to the spring (Mother's Day) appeal and end-of-year appeal, in collaboration with Communications staff
  • Collaborate with DCD and senior management to explore and evaluate potential fundraising approaches, including direct mail, events, planned giving strategies, etc., and to implement selected approaches
  • Conduct regular analysis and reporting of individual/family fundraising results against short and long-term targets
  • Manage donor database and management system
  • Maintain relationships with charity rating agencies
  • Supervise interns to assist with prospect research, mailings, and administrative functions
CORE REQUIREMENTS
  • B.A. or graduate degree
  • 6+ years of relevant experience, with proven results in developing strong, positive relationships with individual donors and family foundations
  • Knowledge and comfort with all aspects of fundraising, including major gifts, one-on-one solicitation, cultivation and stewardship, and event-based fundraising
  • Experience building strong, respectful, effective working relationships with high-level donors, board members, etc.
  • Ability to speak and write articulately about FCI issues and programs, and to conceptualize and describe funding needs in a way that is compelling to potential donors
  • Strong commitment to FCI's vision, mission, and values; knowledge of global health and/or reproductive health issues preferred
  • Self-starter and team player, capable of working independently and collaborating effectively with colleagues
  • Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and changing environment
  • Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
  • Knowledge of DonorPerfect or similar donor management packages
  • Ability to travel (up to 25%)
HOW TO APPLY

Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. FCI is an equal opportunity employer. Interested candidates should send resume, letter of interest, including salary history and salary requirements to fcijobs@fcimail.org

Please indicate on subject Line: Senior Development Officer — Individual Giving

NO TELEPHONE CALLS PLEASE

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Senior Attorney for Judicial Strategy, Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY

Senior Attorney for Judicial Strategy

Posted on: August 13, 2013
Application deadline: September 12, 2013
Posted by: Center for Reproductive Rights

CENTER BACKGROUND

The Center for Reproductive Rights (the "Center"), a global human rights organization founded in 1992 with expertise in constitutional and international law, seeks a Senior Attorney for Judicial Strategy for the U.S. Legal Program, to be based in its New York City headquarters. This new position will play a major role in the Center's aggressive campaign to restore robust constitutional and legal protection for reproductive rights throughout the U.S.

The Senior Attorney for Judicial Strategy will join the team of an innovative and cutting-edge organization committed to promoting the equality, reproductive health, and self-determination of women throughout the world. National-level courts, regional human rights courts, and United Nations bodies have increasingly recognized that a woman's right to reproductive autonomy and reproductive healthcare are basic human rights that must be protected. The Center for Reproductive Rights has played a key role in these groundbreaking victories and works with attorneys and advocates in the U.S., Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. The Center's groundbreaking litigation and advocacy has transformed how reproductive rights are understood by courts, governments, and human rights bodies, and its undivided focus on reproductive rights has given it unparalleled expertise in the use of constitutional, international and comparative human rights law to hold governments accountable for failing to ensure women's access to critical reproductive healthcare services.

In the U.S. Legal Program, the Center's preeminent litigation team has helped millions of women and their families by striking down abortion bans and other access restrictions, securing government insurance coverage for abortions, and protecting teens' access to emergency contraception and confidential reproductive healthcare services and information. During the past 21 years, Center attorneys have been counsel in virtually every major U.S. Supreme Court case about reproductive rights. The Center's complementary legislative advocacy initiatives and strategies have helped local advocates fight restrictive abortion legislation in over 25 states as well as promote reproductive rights and access to health care for millions of women. Through our human rights advocacy, the Center has been able to foster the integration and adoption of human rights principles in the domestic sphere while systematically norm-building and elevating local reproductive health issues within international treaty monitoring bodies and partner organizations. The Center's Law School Initiative – launched in 2008 – promotes legal scholarship and teaching on reproductive health and human rights to shape the thinking of the next generation of lawyers, judges, and policymakers.

THE POSITION
 
The Senior Attorney for Judicial Strategy will be joining the Center at an exciting time for the institution and at a critical time for reproductive rights globally. As opponents of women's rights are mounting a scorched-earth campaign to turn back decades of hard-won progress, the Center is fighting back with short-, medium-, and long-term strategies, embodied in a new strategic plan launched in 2012, which includes a particular focus on reversing the erosion of reproductive rights protections across the U.S. and establishing the right to affordable reproductive healthcare in the U.S. A key component of our strategic plan is to restore heightened protections for abortion rights, as promised to American women in the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade (1973). We have recently received a grant that allows us to scale up for high impact for this effort, in which the Senior Attorney will play a key role.

Over the next four years, we will implement a focused campaign to influence court doctrine on access to abortion services. This campaign will include development of the theoretical foundation, empirical data, and powerful allies needed to move the jurisprudence. Our continued litigation in the courts will be strengthened by systematically building new allies and support among elite institutional players that influence the federal courts, including legal academics, the bar, the legal press, professional organizations, and think tanks, and by promoting a national narrative about these state attacks that gets away from the conversation about the merits of the individual laws the anti-choice forces are passing to a broader story about what is at stake for women both in the facts on the ground and the implications for their dignity and respect under our Constitution. This work will be managed by the Special Counsel & Director of Judicial Strategy and integrated with work of new and existing staff within the Center's U.S. Legal Program and Communications Program.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Attorney for Judicial Strategy's main responsibilities will include:
  • Contributing to the development of the Center's strategies for development of legal theories and engagement of key influencers in order to change the jurisprudential landscape
  • Developing and sustaining strategic relationships with key influencers (including key government actors, legal media, legal academics, think tanks, and professional organizations)
  • Collaborating with Director of Pro Bono Services and other Center staff to engage members of the private bar in work advancing the Center's strategies
  • Developing, drafting, and eliciting participation by key influencers in opinion pieces, blogs and other materials for placement in legal media, in collaboration with Center communications staff
  • Implementing strategies to develop and enlist amicus support for our desired changes in legal doctrine
  • Creating white papers and other materials to advance and support favorable legal theories and jurisprudential changes
  • Engaging in legal and factual research and overseeing others in their research
  • Providing strategic and practical support for litigation undertaken to move the jurisprudence
  • Representing the Center externally through public speaking, participation in conferences and coalition meetings, with media, and with funders
  • Assuming additional duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
  • JD degree
  • Minimum of 5 years legal experience (but 7 or more strongly preferred), including some litigation experience
  • Creative and strategic thinker with good judgment and excellent legal analytical capabilities
  • Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing
  • Strong interpersonal skills and track record of effectively working collaboratively within an organization and with external partners
  • A high level of energy, self-confidence, initiative, and follow-through; ability to recognize and act on opportunities in a fast-paced environment
  • Principled, ethical, professional, and committed to exceptional work quality and standards
  • Strong commitment to the Center's mission, purpose, and values
  • Experience with reproductive rights issues and/or with constitutional issues is a strong plus; experience with other issues relating to human rights, civil rights or racial and social justice is a plus
  • Must be available for some travel

HOW TO APPLY

Please send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and contact information for three references (email preferred) to: resumes@reprorights.org. Please indicate "Senior Attorney for Judicial Strategy", [your last name] and Code 196" in the subject line. The cover letter, resume, writing sample, and reference information should be sent as attachments. Please mention in your cover letter where you saw this opportunity.

Center for Reproductive Rights
Attn.: Senior Attorney for Judicial Strategy - Code 196
120 Wall Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10005

Fundraising Manager, A Woman's Place, Doylestown, PA

Fundraising Manager

Posted on: August 13, 2013
Application deadline: September 16, 2013
Posted by: A Woman's Place

PURPOSE OF POSITION

AWP's Fundraising Manager is responsible for securing revenue to help AWP achieve its mission by developing and implementing a fundraising strategy that includes, but is not limited to, annual appeals, fundraising events, and grants. The Fundraising Manager works closely with the Department of Public Advocacy and AWP's leadership team to ensure a positive, mission-oriented tone to all revenue generating strategies
 
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITY
  1. Develop strategies for AWP's fundraising.
  2. Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors to AWP.
  3. Maintain donor confidentiality and build donor trust.
  4. Develop and implement timely schedule of appeals
    1. Maintain calendar of fundraising events, internal and external, and execute events with appropriate individuals as needed.
    2. Maintain comprehensive schedule of grant opportunities, deadlines, and reporting requirements.
    3. Make personal contacts with donors and donor prospects.
    4. Accept gifts to AWP.
    5. Ensure all gifts are promptly receipted and thank you letters accurately and efficiently processed.
    6. Maintain current and accurate data.
    7. Primary staff for Board of Directors development committee, donor stewardship committee, event committees, grant writing committee, and other volunteer committee support fundraising strategies.
    8. Recruit, train, manage, mentor, recognize, and retain fundraising volunteers.
    9. Develop and recommend fundraising content for AWP communication vehicles.
    10. Develop, manage, and recommend an annual budget for fundraising initiatives, providing regular income and expense reporting.
    11. Identify and report on meaningful measurements of the community benefit of AWP's fundraising programs.
    12. Participate in public events, speaking engagements, exhibits, workshops, promotions, and conferences to increase awareness of and revenue for AWP.
    13. Participate in organizational activities as directed by the Director of Public Advocacy.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit cover letter and resume to:

Jenny Salisbury, Director of Public Advocacy
A Woman's Place
P. O. Box 299, Doylestown, PA 18901
FAX: 215.343.3411
Email: jsalisbury@awomansplace.org

PLEASE, NO PHONE CALLS

Applicant interviews will begin mid-September. Position open until filled

School-Based Community Educator, A Woman's Place, Doylestown, PA

School-Based Community Educator

Posted on: August 13, 2013
Application deadline: September 15, 2013
Posted by: A Woman's Place

PURPOSE OF POSITION

To build the community's capacity to respond to and prevent domestic and dating abuse and violence by replacing attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that perpetuate violence with those that promote safety, justice, and equality for all. It works to strengthen community knowledge and skills, educate service providers, foster coalitions and networks, and change practices and policies that condone violence.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES
  1. Develop annual work plan for elementary, middle, high school and community college domestic violence prevention education and training that supports the mission and needs of the organization.
  2. Assist in the development and review of school curricula.
  3. Present organizationally-approved domestic violence and dating violence programs in BucksCounty schools.
  4. Maintain up-to-date statistics and other research for use in presentations.
  5. Collect and report statistics for elementary, middle, high school and community college presentations.
  6. Present trainings at area hospitals and healthcare facilities.
  7. Assist in youth, direct service, or other volunteer trainings.
  8. Participate in public events, speaking engagements, exhibits, workshops, promotions, and conferences to increase awareness of domestic and dating violence, and to promote access to services by expanding the visibility and impact of A Woman's Place in the greater community.
  9. Prepare for and provide follow-up to presentations, including picking up and returning needed materials and/or equipment.
  10. Represent A Woman's Place in the community.
  11. Participate in A Woman's Place events.
  12. Maintain a valid driver's license and current car insurance, as driving county-wide is a position requirement.
  13. Participate in staff development activities as directed and approved by the Education & Training Manager.
  14. Participate in necessary day-to-day activities required for optimal department operations as determined by the Education & Training Manager.
HOW TO APPLY

Please submit cover letter and resume to:

Christina Baer, Education & Training Manager
A Woman's Place
P.O. Box 299, Doylestown, PA 18901
FAX: 215.343.3411
Email: cbaer@awomansplace.org


PLEASE, NO PHONE CALLS.

Family Health Advocate, Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County, Coatesville, PA

Family Health Advocate

Posted on: August 19, 2013
Application deadline: September 30, 2013
Posted by: Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County

DESCRIPTION
 
You can make a difference in your community! Provide outreach, case management, home visiting, and health education to women and their babies enrolled in our Healthy Start Program. Join our outstanding team of employees committed to providing the highest quality of service to their participants.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Identifies African American pregnant women through outreach in the community and referrals from agencies and enrolls them in the appropriate services of the program.
  • Publicizes the program to the community through one-on-one contact, health fairs and other special events.
  • Maintains ongoing contact with pregnant women by telephone and home visits to provide emotional support, health information and referrals to health care and social services.
  • Serves as the pregnant woman's advocate and accompanies her to health and social service agencies, in accordance with program protocols.
  • Provides support to women experiencing challenges such as depression and domestic violence.
  • Conducts screenings and assessments of program participants to aid in identifying their needs.
  • Assists families in applying for and maintaining health insurance coverage.
  • Encourages women to attend pre-natal and parenting classes, support groups, and other special events.
  • Maintains complete and accurate records related to the delivery of program services, using a variety of manual and electronic data gathering tools.
  • Assists Manager with coordinating and/or facilitating prenatal, parenting and other education programs.
  • Prepares weekly and monthly reports on program services, activities, and outcomes as directed by Manager.
  • Supports other Family Health Advocates on non-emergency, non-high risk participant situations when Manager is not available.
  • Completes other special projects and additional duties as assigned.
  • Protects the confidentiality of all information regarding current and past program participants as well as organizational operations.
  • Provides additional staff support to other Healthy Start offices, as needed.
  • Attends team events and organizational-wide staff meetings.
  • Participates in organizational-wide training programs.
  • Other duties may be assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's Degree in social work or other relevant field; Associates' degree in relevant field and two years of relevant work experience; or a total of four years relevant work experience may be substituted.
  • Must have and maintain a valid driver's license and automobile insurance with liability coverage.
  • Proven ability to build, and/or history of, strong involvement in local community organizations.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Intermediate computer skills (e.g. Keyboarding, Windows, Internet Explorer) including ability to enter and track participant data.
  • Must be detail oriented and possess strong organizational skills.
  • No criminal or child abuse history as determined by a criminal background check and child abuse screening.
  • Track record of working as a productive and cooperative member of a team.
  • Willingness to accept supervision and make personal performance improvements as appropriate.
  • Capability to work flexible hours (minimum of one evening per month and one weekend day per month) and to work at other Healthy Start offices, as needed.
HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this role, please send your resume, preferably in Microsoft Word format, to careers@ccmchc.org.

Advanced Practice Clinician, Women's Health Specialists of California, Redding, CA

Advanced Practice Clinician

Posted on: August 20, 2013
Application deadline: September 20, 2013
Posted by: Women's Health Specialists of California

DESCRIPTION

Women's Health Specialists has a current opening at their Redding health center for a full-time Advanced Practice Clinician to provide reproductive health care services including gynecological exams, birth control services and screening and treatment of STDs.

Women's Health Specialists of Northern California (WHS) is a Feminist Women's Health Center providing reproductive health services, including abortion care, birth control and sexual health screening. We have served over 35,000 women and men per year since opening in 1975. Our non-profit organization operates four licensed community clinics and four satellite sites, serving a 40 county region of California. Other WHS programs include: Adoption Choices of Northern California, Young Women's Health Leadership Program, and the Community Outreach and Education Program. We are an outstanding team of dedicated individuals that work not only to better women's and men's lives through prevention and health education but to advance reproductive justice for all people.

"We have a vision: A world where women can control their own bodies, reproduction and sexuality. Women's Health Specialists is dedicated to providing women-controlled health care and advocating all options for all women. Only with dignity and freedom of choice can women achieve their full potential."

REQUIREMENTS

• Current California Licensure (RN/NP, PA-C, CNM, LM)
• Current Furnishing License (or willingness to obtain) in the state of California
• Experience in Women's Health
• Must agree with the goals and philosophy of Women's Health Specialists

Women's Health Specialists is client-centered and non-judgmental. We believe in letting women and men make their own health care decisions and provide information for them to do so. WHS has a unique woman-centered approach to reproductive health as it particularly affects women, and strive to offset the medicalization of a woman's body. You would join an outstanding team of dedicated individuals that work not only to better women's and men's lives through prevention and health education but work to better our communities at every level.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send your letter of interest and resume to Kim Robinson: Kim@cawhs.org or Mail: 1469 Humboldt Road, Suite 200, Chico, CA 95928 Check out our website at www.cawhs.org.

Grants and Communications Officer, International Rescue Committee, Mali

Grants and Communications Officer

Posted on: August 27, 2013

Job description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
Scope:
The Grants and Communications Officer will design and take the lead in implementing a communications strategy and review narrative donor reports.
Responsibilities:
The Officer will work under the direction of the Grants Coordinator
  • Information and Communication
    • Design a country program communication strategy
    • Work with members of the Programs Unit to produce IRC's information and communication materials such as brochures, newsletters, contribution to global IRC news bulletin, and annual and sector reviews.
    • Train program staff on communication strategies and presentation of information in donor reports
  • Grant Reporting
    • Assist the Grants Coordinator in editing and finalizing donor report narratives in compliance with donor requirements
  • Grant Management
    • Ensure proper filing and maintaining of program-related documentation (grant files) in both hard and soft copy
    • Support the Grants Coordinator in managing sub-grants – ensure regular programmatic and financial reports are received and fulfill the requirements
    • Provide support as needed to the programs by participating in Grant Opening and Grant Closing meetings and distributing minutes,
  • Other
    • At the request of the Grants Coordinator and/or Country Director, support miscellaneous projects not falling under responsibilities underlined in this job description
Educational and Professional Requirements
  • Bachelor or Master degree in International Affairs or International Development;
  • Professional fluency in spoken and written English and French;
  • Previous experience working with international non-governmental organizations in the area of program development and management; prior experience working with US, EU, and World Bank donors an advantage;
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills;
  • A minimum of one year overseas experience preferable;
  • Advanced knowledge of usual desktop software such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint;

Location

Bamako, BKO, Mali

Details

Education requirements
Languages needed
Level of language proficiency
Fluent in both English and French
Employment type
Full time
Professional level
None specified
Job function
Owner's areas of focus

BRONX PREVENTIVE SERVICES CASE PLANNER, Sauti Yetu Center for African Women, Bronx, NY

BRONX PREVENTIVE SERVICES CASE PLANNER

Posted on: August 27, 2013

Job description

Education: Bachelor (BA/BS/BSW or equivalent degree)
Location: Bronx, NY
Start Date: September 2013
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Job Category: Direct social services
Sector: Non-profit
Type: Full-time
Language: French/African language
JOB SUMMARY: Sauti Yetu Children and Family Services program provides community-based preventive services for at-risk families and children. Goals include preventing child abuse and neglect and promoting child safety and strengthening families. Our services are family-focused, holistic, and informed by our family's cultural context as we work largely with African and other immigrant families in Bronx and Staten Island. Within this context, case workers provide direct social services for 10-12 families, including case management and supportive case counseling. Case workers are sensitive to the needs, cultural values, and practices of our clients, and have the opportunity to help build family strengths.
REPORTS TO: Bronx Intake Supervisor
SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
  • Provide case management and supportive case counseling for 10-12 families, including maintaining adequate case contacts and home visits in accordance with ACS Standards, Sauti Yetu policies, and New York State law
  • Assess eligibility of families for preventive services, engage families for services, identify service needs, and develop and revise Family Assessment and Service Plan
  • Assess child safety and risk factors and initiate safety plan.
  • Participate in joint home visits with ACS, Family Team Conferences, and/or family meetings as necessary.
  • Assess and reassess families for abuse and neglect considering family's potential to harm the child, family's ability to protect child or prevent future harm, and family's capacity to care for the child
  • Deliver services consistent with family needs, including facilitating successful referrals, accessing emergency services, promoting child-parent interaction, and supporting public benefit application
  • Maintain accurate physical and electronic case records in accordance with ACS Standards and Sauti Yetu policies
  • Maintain PROMIS case detail information and CNNX or ADVPO progress notes
  • Conduct exit interview, Service Termination conference, and other closing activities when families are no longer receiving preventive services
  • Notify ACS of case developments as necessary
  • Actively participate in one hour of supervision per week
  • Comply with Sauti Yetu staff development and training plan, including all scheduled and unscheduled trainings
  • Travel to Bronx on a regular basis for program development needs
  • Attend and contribute to all Sauti Yetu staff meetings
  • Collaborate with Sauti Yetu staff, interpreters, interns, and community liaisons
  • Other duties as identified by Social Work Supervisor and other supervisory personnel
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bilingual in English and French, and preferably one or more African languages (Dioula, Bambara, Mandingo, Mooré, Fulani)
  • Bachelor's degree
  • At least 2 years documented relevant experience, preferably with preventive services
  • Willing to undergo child abuse/neglect clearance and criminal background check
  • Ability to understand concepts of preventive services and case management
  • Engagement, assessment, and service planning skills
  • Cultural sensitivity and ability to work with diverse populations
  • Self-motivated and ability to work independently
  • Excellent writing and communication skills, especially ability to accurately record observations
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States for the next 5 years with no visa restriction.
TO APPLY: Download and complete Sauti Yetu application. [Application can be accessed at http://tiny.cc/sycawapplication] Send completed application, resume, and cover letter to Sauti Yetu:
Email: info@sautiyetu.org
Fax : 718-665-2483
Mail : PO Box 3112, New York, NY 10163
Sauti Yetu is an equal opportunity employer.

How to apply

TO APPLY: Download and complete Sauti Yetu application. [Application can be accessed at http://tiny.cc/sycawapplication] Send completed application, resume, and cover letter to Sauti Yetu:
Email: info@sautiyetu.org
Fax : 718-665-2483
Mail : PO Box 3112, New York, NY 10163
Sauti Yetu is an equal opportunity employer.

Location

P.O. Box 3112, New York, New York, 10163, United States

Details

Start date
September 3, 2013
Application deadline
September 30, 2013
Education requirements
Languages needed
Level of language proficiency
Bilingual in English and French, and preferably one or more African languages
Employment type
Full time
Professional level
None specified
Job function
Owner's areas of focus

Executive Director- AfricAid Girls Education, Denver, CO

Job description

Target Start Date: Monday, October 14th, with final dates TBD

Position Location: Denver, Colorado
Application Deadline: Friday, September 6th, 2013
Description
AfricAid (www.africaid.com), a growing nonprofit organization that supports girls' education in Africa, is seeking an energetic and experienced Executive Director to lead the organization in identifying and implementing fundraising strategies, developing communications plans, managing domestic and international programs, and supervising its US staff, interns and volunteers. The organization is looking for someone who has a proven track record in and is passionate about fundraising and who deeply understands the mission and importance of supporting girls' education in Africa.
AfricAid has raised nearly $2 million over the past 12 years, and has impacted the lives of tens of thousands of young Tanzanians through providing scholarships and leadership training, installing computer labs, building classrooms, supporting a school lunch program, and funding vocational and teacher training programs.
The Executive Director will report to AfricAid's Board of Directors, will be based in Denver, Colorado, and will work closely with AfricAid's Country Director in Tanzania.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Work in partnership with AfricAid's Board of Directors and staff to implement AfricAid's long-range strategic vision, including:
  • Strategic Planning
    • Work in partnership with AfricAid's Country Director and the Board in Tanzania to jointly develop and achieve programmatic strategic plans, metrics and objectives with associated budgets for AfricAid's "Signature" programs in Tanzania
    • Work with, and supervise the efforts of, AfricAid's Country Director in managing and monitoring AfricAid's "Legacy" programs in Tanzania
    • Maintain close communication with the Tanzania office, with weekly calls required at minimum.
    • Manage donor- and grant-funded projects and comply with grantor requirements
    • Work with the Tanzania office to develop strategies related to program research, evaluation, data collection and analysis
  • Resource Development
    • Develop annual budgets for the organization in conjunction with the Country Director and the Board of Directors, and lead the organization in meeting its fundraising targets
    • Design and implement fundraising campaign strategies, in coordination with AfricAid's Development Committee
    • Maintain and build upon relationships with existing and potential key foundations, corporations and governmental agencies
    • Identify grant opportunities, and write and/or supervise the writing and submission of grant proposals
    • Manage grants, assuring that reporting requirements are met and that grant monies are being spent in accordance with grant requirements
    • Meet and cultivate relationships with existing and potential donors
    • Organize and manage fundraising events with the Board of Directors, Event Committees, and volunteers
    • Conduct presentations to diverse communities of potential supporters
  • Communications and Public Relations
    • Design, oversee and implement communications and public relations strategies with the Board of Directors and AfricAid's Communications Committee
    • Oversee and manage the distribution of all online and print communications materials and collateral
    • Identify publicity opportunities for the organization
  • Management and Administration
    • Ensure compliance with all relevant local, state, national and international laws and regulations
    • Work with Boards, Committees, and Accountant to monitor and track organizational budget
    • Directly manage and supervise the US staff and interns
    • Identify and interview prospective US staff and interns
    • Provide supervision of certain of AfricAid's Tanzania programs and projects, through AfricAid's Country Director
    • Collaborate with AfricAid's Board Chair to prepare for quarterly meetings of the Board of Directors
    • Ensure that the office is supplied with all necessary materials and that all needed equipment is maintained and in good working order
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in a relevant field
  • 3-5 years of proven success in:
    • Identifying and implementing successful fundraising strategies including proposal writing, individual donor cultivation, and event planning; and
    • Developing and managing domestic and/or international programs, as well as preparing and administering annual and multi-year budgets;
    • Supervising staff, interns and/or volunteers
  • Experience in and real passion for international development, girls' education in Africa, and/or women's empowerment issues
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills
  • Professional, organized and detail-oriented
  • Ability to take initiative and work independently with minimal supervision
  • Positive and hard-working, committed to AfricAid's mission
  • Willingness and ability to travel to Africa at least twice annually for up to three weeks at a time for project and site visits, and otherwise as needed
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experiences:
  • Master's Degree in international studies, international development, non-profit management or a related field
  • Proficiency in Swahili
  • International work/life experience in Africa or other developing countries
Compensation:
Compensation will be commensurate with experience. Please include your salary requirements in your cover letter (see below for more information).
Applying for the Position
Visit www.africaid.com to learn more about AfricAid's work.
Qualified applicants must submit a cover letter (with salary requirements), and resume to jobs@africaid.com. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

How to apply

Visit www.africaid.com to learn more about AfricAid's work.
Qualified applicants must submit a cover letter (with salary requirements), and resume to jobs@africaid.com. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Location

1031 33rd Street, Suite 174, Denver, Colorado, 80205, United States

Details

Start date
October 14, 2013
Application deadline
September 6, 2013
Education requirements
Employment type
Full time
Professional level
Executive
Salary details
Compensation will be commensurate with experience. Please include your salary requirements in your cover letter.
Job function
Owner's areas of focus

Feminist Job Board EXCLUSIVE Fall internship @ International Women's Human Rights organization, NYC



Feminist Job Board EXCLUSIVE- (You saw it here FIRST!) Fall internship. International Women's Human Rights organization is seeking a Masters student with a background in Communications and/or International Affairs for a 20 hr a week unpaid Communications internship in NYC. Must have stellar writing skills, familiarity with content management systems and web content creation, and be willing to undertake a wide range of admin tasks. Must be able to work in the US.

Please send resume and writing sample to FJB manager emilyushershrair@gmail.com.

The internship is a great opportunity to work closely with professional communications staff, develop strategic communications skills and learn about the humanitarian field.

SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES:
  • Write, edit and update copy for the website, blog and social media.
  • Write and edit copy for print materials.
  • Help organize logistics for fundraising events and presentations.
  • Source and obtain permission for photographs, video and music for use in multimedia projects.
  • Compile weekly news updates for staff.
  • Manage the organization’s general email inbox, answering inquiries as necessary.
  • Update database of media and other contacts. + list serv
  • Communicate with outside vendors as needed.
REQUIREMENTS:
  • Graduate student with communications, public relations or international affairs background or interest.
  • Excellent writing and editing skills.
  • Thorough research and analytical skills.
  • Strong communications skills.
  • Web- and social media-related experience a plus, especially Joomla.
  • Must be willing to do administrative tasks.
Timeframe: Minimum 20 hours a week.
* Please note this is an unpaid internship