Month: May 2021

Boston, MA/Philadelphia, PA | Full-Time Salaried

A wealth gap exists in our country that disproportionately impacts women and communities of color. Across the United States, financial assets remain a primary predictor of achievement, income, well-being, college access,and business ownership. Our team is working to end this.

As the Director of Development (DOD) at Compass Working Capital (“Compass”), you will help lead the direction and implementation of fundraising strategies and operations across individuals, corporations, and foundations. In partnership with the Chief Development & Communications Officer (CDCO) and other members of the Executive Team, you will contribute to expanding the organization’s revenue in line with Compass’ strategic plan to significantly increase its national scope and impact,in pursuit of its long-term goal to end asset poverty for 220,000 families with low incomes by 2030. This role will serve as an internal performance lead and external representative of Compass, engaging a broad spectrum of funders, partners, and supporters as the organization continues to grow and diversify its revenue streams.

For context, the Compass team, led by the CEO and the Chief Development & Communications Officer, is raising $4.75 million in philanthropy from foundations and corporations, and $725,000 from individuals this fiscal year. These targets will continue to rise in the coming years as the organization expands its work. As Director of Development,you will play a leading role in growing the financial support for Compass in key fundraising and development areas and execute on reaching Compass’ ambitious goals as you orchestrate major fundraising appeals, plan and launch cultivation events for current and prospective donors, and manage and grow relationships with corporations, foundations,and individuals.

The Director of Development will supervise a Development& Communications Associate. This role reports to the CDCO.

WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO:

The Director of Development will be responsible for leading the implementation and operations of Compass’ fundraising strategy. The key responsibilities of this position include:

• Individual Donor Management and Support to Leadership
• Lead planning and execution of two major fundraising appeals each year
• Manage a portfolio of individual donors and prospects
• Qualify donors and assign to DOD, CDCO, or CEO portfolio based on overall fundraising strategy
• Plan and execute regular cultivation and stewardship events for prospective and current donors, including one large annual event (Breakfast Benefit)
• Actively partner with the CEO and CDCO to coordinate and support top individual donor meetings as needed
• Lead and support one or more local Advisory Boards

Steward Relationships with Institutional/Corporate Partners:

• Manage relationships with local foundations and corporations, and some national foundations and corporations
• Support CDCO to cultivate and steward top national foundation and corporate relationships and secure philanthropic support for programmatic expansion to new geographies
• Write high-quality proposals and reports, in collaboration with the Development & Communications Associate, and ensure timely submission

Management of Team and Development Operations:

• Develop, improve, and help maintain development management systems, as needed, including team’s use of Salesforce
• Facilitate Development team meetings to support team learning and coordination of workflows to accomplish the team’s projects, activities,and goals throughout the year
• Oversee timely processing and acknowledgement of all contributions by Development & Communications Associate, including review and approval of all drafted acknowledgement letters
• Oversee online donation platform and gift processing systems

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Compass seeks solutions-focused and collaborative leaders who have demonstrated alignment with Compass’ mission, either through lived,work, or volunteer experience in communities of people with low incomes. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on development leader seeking an opportunity to help build the development function in a growing, entrepreneurial nonprofit that values equity, innovation, and impact.

We seek candidates with previous experience in and a passion for development and undraising. We’ll be most excited about your candidacy if you can demonstrate prior success delivering results in a collaborative, mission-driven environment. We do not expect candidates to meet all of the criteria listed below.Reviewing the qualifications can help you to better understand the expectations of this role.

• Commitment to Compass’ mission and values and a passion for impacting the lives of others
• Development experience in nonprofit fundraising field;experience with soliciting and closing major gifts is a priority; institutional giving, grants management, and event management (including virtual events) experience preferred
• Intellectual depth, maturity, and the ability to collaborate effectively and authentically with colleagues, senior leaders, and xternal partners
• Excellent writing skills with an ability to reflect the Compass brand in written communications, combining data and storytelling to effectively communicate through emails, proposals, reports, and so on
• Strong administrative, information management, and organizational skills, with an emphasis on time management and the ability to plan,organize, and implement numerous projects simultaneously
• Systems- and process- oriented: ability to create,follow, and improve upon department systems and processes that enable team to operate at the highest level
• Experience using data to monitor progress toward team goals, identify problems,and make decisions
• Capacity to build upon and think beyond standard industry practices to reach development goals in an equity-focused, entrepreneurial, and fast-growing organization
• Self-motivated and demonstrates initiative, patience,and resourcefulness when responding and adapting to opportunities that come with change
• Interest in and commitment to serving as an effective manager; prior management experience preferred.
• Experience handling confidential and sensitive information
• Previous CRM experience desired; Salesforce preferred

This position is currently remote, though we are expecting all employees to return to varying degrees of hybrid work as soon as we can safely return to the workplace following the COVID-19 pandemic. We seek candidates based in either Boston, MA or Philadelphia,PA, with the expectation of travel to the Boston office on occasion.

WHAT WE OFFER:

The salary range for this role is $85,000-$100,000. We’ll promote your professional growth and development by providing access to a competitive salary and benefits package and additional employee benefits that include but are not limited to:

• Healthcare: medical, dental, vision
• Retirement plan 401(k) & match
• Life insurance & disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Professional development & certification
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION:

Interested candidates are encouraged to promptly submit their application and cover letter through our online portal. All applicants will receive a response to their application within two weeks of submission. Please emailjyun@positivelypartners.org with questions or for support submitting your application.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:

Compass Working Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We’re committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs,job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family or parental status, sexual orientation,gender identity or expression, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We encourage applicants of all ages. Compass Working Capital is compliant with the American with Disabilities Act and we arec ommitted to ensuring individuals with disabilities receive the accommodations required for them to interview and/or work as a member of our team. Should you require accommodations, please contact: jyun@positivelypartners.org

Manager of Data and Learning

Read by 4^th is a citywide effort of an ever-growing network of partners working to dramatically increase the number of children reading on grade-level by the time they begin 4^th grade. Led by the Free Library of Philadelphia, the coalition of 130+ organizations works to support early learning experiences that build school-readiness and promote quality reading instruction, increase access to summer and out-of-school-time learning, and boost daily on-time attendance through asset based family engagement, neighborhood led community mobilization, and equitable policy and system change.

To advance the goals of the campaign, the Read by 4th backbone staff works to convene and support partnerships, track and report on progress, build the capacity of our partner network and the local early literacy ecosystem and support story-telling and advocacy to shift policies and systems. The Manager of Data and Learning is the staff person responsible for the Campaign’s data tracking and progress reporting as well as creating and supporting a learning agenda for the network of partner organizations.

Responsibilities include:

• Facilitating and Convening:
  • Developing cross sector data stories by convening data experts from across the city, currently organized under our Data Working Group
  • Facilitating partner learning around data, research, and the tools of the trade by facilitating a calendar of formal and informal learning opportunities for the Read by 4^th partner network including bi-monthly lunch and learns and an annual review of data
  • Supporting our monthly working groups with as needed data and evaluation products, especially focused around their annual work plans
  • Participating in education/data communities of practice where we give and receive data and evaluation support to the Philadelphia education sector

• Data collection, tracking, and evaluation
  • Ensuring the regular and timely collection of data for key campaign benchmarks, including, but not limited to community listening activities, the quarterly partner survey, and the partner experience survey.
  • Synthesizing data analysis into clear, relevant, and visually appealing materials: including maps, reports, and dashboards
  • Updating the campaign’s data dashboard with timely data; ensuring campaign processes, and impacts are measured and reported with attention to equity.
  • Managing vendor relationships with vendors who provide data, evaluation and research support to Read by 4th.

• Reporting and storytelling
  • Maintaining a monthly newsletter column with key updates, opportunities, and resources
  • Updating and maintain progress and impact collateral and webpages
  • Provide specific data (qualitative and quantitative) for grant reports and funder updates.
• Assuming other responsibilities as necessary as part of a small staff team (e.g. support new partner orientations, submit data to national pacesetter competitions and, co-author papers with university partners)

Desired Qualifications:

The right fit is an imperative for a lean operation such as Read by 4^th. Below is a list of qualities that we are looking for in the person who takes on this critical role of Data and Learning Manager. If these ring true for you, then we hope you’ll apply for this position.

• You have a Bachelor’s degree. Coursework in relevant fields is a plus.
• You have two-three years of relevant work experience handling data and evaluation assignments, can draft a logic model, theory of change, and evaluation plan if given a program description.
• You have some experience guiding others in using data to inform their work and their decision making.
• You are comfortable coordinating and managing multiple projects, building synergy between them, setting priorities, meeting deadlines, and responding quickly to requests for information and assistance.
• You are problem-solving and solution oriented.
• You value the success and capacity of those around you. You can demonstrate the ability to reach out to people outside your circle, build relationships, and collaborate.
• You are flexible, creative, and have the ability to work autonomously or collaboratively as the situation demands.
• You seek out opportunities to learn and grow, and are comfortable asking for exactly what you need.
• You have advanced proficiency with Excel (Advanced proficiency includes knowing how to transform and clean a table with power query).
• Ideal candidates may also know either ArcGIS, Python, R, Matlab, SQL, SPSS, SAS, or another technical software or software language, although candidates without are still encouraged to apply.
• Equity is a priority for you. You can demonstrate how you’ve taken an equity lens to data and evaluation work. You can also demonstrate how you’ve built cultural competence into your work.
• You are familiar with Philadelphia, its neighborhoods and communities and/or the early literacy issue space.

Specific salary offer will be commensurate with the experience of the successful candidate.

More information about the campaign is available online: www.readby4th.org.

To Apply:   Please e-mail cover letter, resume and information as to where you saw this posting with “Manager of Data and Learning” in the subject to: BogoniJ@freelibrary.org

The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Minorities and LGBTQ individuals are encouraged to apply.