NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT
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First Place for Yoth works to ensure that all foster youth have the opportunity to experience a safe, supported transition from foster care. Through a housing program, an academic enrichment program, counseling, youth community center, collaboration with other Bay Area agencies, and community education, we help youth to build self-esteem, self-reliance and forge the skills necessary to live independently and succeed on their own.
Headquarted in Oakland, CA, First Place for Youth is currently accepting applications for a Regional Executive Director to build its first expansion site in Los Angeles, CA. |
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JOB SPOTLIGHT:
Senior Director of Development
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Based on the belief that all children can excel, Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) dramatically increases the academic achievements, self-esteem and life opportunities of children living in low-income, urban communities through through the delivery of nationally recognized, high-impact after school and summer educational programs. With sites in Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, New York and Springfield, MA, BELL currently employs over 1,000 teachers and tutors to educate more than 12,000 scholars in 75 public schools.
BELL is seeking an experienced and highly entrepreneurial Senior Director of Development who will lead all national fundraising efforts while also building the structures to support a growing department meeting aggressive goals. As a key member of the senior management team, the Senior Director of Development will develop and execute against a strategic and diversified development plan including individual, corporate, foundation, and government sources, cultivating and developing important funder relationships and managing senior leaders around fundraising activities. This position provides excellent opportunities for growth within a quickly-growing and highly-effective national organization.
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A new administration committed to service, educational equity, and the role of community-based organizations combined with an unprecedented economic situation certainly leads to a variety of complicated questions. How will the economic situation impact the social sector? What role will the government play in supporting the work of the sector? Are organizations hiring and for what roles? How is the unemployment rate impacting competition and compensation levels? Of course we don't know what the future will hold, but we can say with confidence that the need for social sector programs and services will be even greater in the next 12+ months as unemployment rises and consumer spending decreases. Nonprofits will be charged with more responsibility yet given fewer resources to accomplish these goals. Therefore, if nonprofits can sustain themselves financially through the recession, there will be many opportunities for talented professionals to make an impact. We hope that the resources provided by Commongood Careers will help inform your understanding of what's happening in the sector so that you can position yourself for continued career growth.
In this month's newsletter, you will find a variety of job opportunities available at some of the nation's top socially entrepreneurial organizations, as well as an article outlining a few ways to ensure a successful nonprofit career path. In addition, recent blog postings discuss some of the opportunities and challenges currently facing the sector.
We sincerely hope that this information continues to inspire the work that you do to create positive social change.
Sincerely,
The Team at Commongood Careers |
Current Job Listings
ACCOUNTING & FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT & SALES
Partner Relations Mngr, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, New York, NY
Manager, Foundation Relations, MassINC, Boston, MA
Vice President, Development, Rare Conservation, Washington, DC
Development Manager, Root Cause, Boston, MA
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Deputy Director, DonorsChoose.org, Chicago, IL Vice President, Edwin Gould Foundation, New York, NY Regional Executive Director, First Place for Youth, Los Angeles, CA Executive Director, New York, Public Allies, New York, NY
HUMAN RESOURCES
Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development, Mastery Charter Schools, Philadelphia, PA
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Director, College Programs, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, New York, NY
Houston Program and Recruiting Manager, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, Houston, TX
Deputy Executive Director, Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, New York, NY
Program Director, Education and Learning Team, The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI
TRAINING
Director of Training, Rare Conservation, Washington, DC |
What's Happening in Social Entrepreneurship
Visit the Commongood Careers blog to read the latest news about social entreprepreneurship across the nation, including the stories behind these headlines:
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Movin' On Up: Nonprofit Career Paths
Today's nonprofit sector is growing faster than ever. In fact, Independent Sector reports that nonprofit employment doubled to nearly 10 percent of total U.S. employment in the past 25 years. The report also predicts that by 2010, the nonprofit sector will employ 15 million people. With this growth comes a demand for strong nonprofit talent, as well the opportunity to build a long-term career in the sector.
This article explores a few proven career inroads that provide opportunities for advancement.
Ways In and Up Nonprofit career options vary widely at the entry level, but the most popular inroad is program work, or positions that provide opportunities to work directly with the constituents served by an organization. Often people enter the sector on the ground-level as a tutor or community advocate. From direct service, people often transition into coordinating aspects of programs, such as managing volunteers, and then eventually managing entire programs. While this is a natural progression within the field of program management, direct service positions can also serve as a springboard to positions in different functional areas within an organization. READ THE FULL ARTICLE >> |
Event Roundup
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