Category: Executive Level

The Director of Finance & Operations at Mercy Neighborhood Ministries (MNM) is responsible for overseeing the organization’s financial health, operations and human resource functions. Reporting directly to the Executive Director and providing support to the Board of Directors, this individual will bring a strong background in accounting, budgeting, financial oversight, and strategic planning. As a key member of the executive leadership team, the Director will work collaboratively with staff, fostering an environment of communication and teamwork. The ideal candidate will demonstrate an ability to manage high-pressure situations calmly, inspire and develop team members, and lead by example, all while embodying the core values of Mercy Neighborhood Ministries: integrity, compassion, trust, and care.

At Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, we strive to foster a culture of collaboration, compassion, and integrity. We seek an individual who shares these values and is committed to advancing our mission through sound financial stewardship and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business unit leaders, senior management, and the Finance Committee to develop and manage operating budgets, performance metrics, and variance reporting across multiple business units
• Oversee and manage all accounting functions, including general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, grant accounting, financial statements, and cash management
• Report regularly to the Finance Committee on financial performance, including cash flow, financial analyses, and budget forecasts
• Compile and submit financial information for grant applications and required reports
• Represent MNM’s financial interests in contract negotiations and renewals alongside the Executive Director
• Ensure compliance with licensing requirements and contracts, including insurance coverage, inspections, and other necessary documentation
• Lead the annual financial audit in collaboration with an independent CPA, preparing year-end reports and journal entries.
• Manage operational and HR activities, including payroll, personnel records, compensation, and benefits administration
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for effective facility management
• Serve as the primary point of contact for facility-related vendors and contractors
• Oversee the organization’s IT infrastructure and services in coordination with outside vendors
• Work with the Facilities Manager to prioritize facility improvement projects and upgrades

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Provide vision and leadership for student life and engagement. Oversee and direct the areas of student activities, student organization management, leadership development, and orientation. Ensure the delivery of quality and effective programs and services to support the overall well-being and success of students in the college environment. Oversee, develop, and implement a comprehensive plan for competency-based activities and initiatives for students throughout Thomas Jefferson University Colleges and academic programs. Lead and initiate a collaborative leadership development program, including completion of baseline needs assessment and ongoing program
evaluation.

Job Description

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Lead the creation, implementation, and facilitation of opportunities for extracurricular and co-curricular student engagement
• Lead and implement equitable support and allocation of resources for students of diverse backgrounds and identities.
• Supervise the professional, administrative, and student staff, including Assistant and Associate Directors.
• Manage the development, planning, and execution of student activities programming including creating goals, programmatic models, and new initiatives each year.
• Manage the office budget, operational allocation, purchases, and other financial transactions.
• Lead strategic planning, goal setting, assessment, and evaluation efforts for the office.
• Lead collaborative communication and engagement with campus partners, vendors, students, and other staff consistent with the core values of the University.
• Lead the activities of the Student Advisory Roundtable, including recruiting members, scheduling monthly meetings, developing agendas, and managing the activities of the SAR for functions.
• Demonstrate commitment to detail, systemization of processes, and understanding of complex enterprise structure.
• Support a healthy team dynamic, by remaining agile and competent in emotional intelligence to effectively support the holistic needs of team members and staff
• Oversee a systemized approach for the collection, analysis, maintenance, and presentation of data related to student growth and development, connected to student engagement initiatives.
• Provide direction for the support, compliance, and accountability of student organizations and committees
• Direct the marketing and communication efforts for the Office of Student Life and Engagement, including the website, social media, publications, flyers and posters, email correspondence, and other modes of advertisement.
• Advocate on behalf of student needs and work to create positive change.
• Create a foundation of programs and services that actively contributes to a positive student experience.
• Develop and maintain campus and community partnerships.
• Lead department committees to enhance the entire Campus Life experience
• Utilize data to inform decisions and program planning, based upon the landscape of Higher Education, societal trends, and diverse student needs.
• Readily manage content for the Student Life and Engagement web page, in cooperation with Marketing and Public Relations.
• Lead the extension of services to satellite campus, as directed
• Participate in regional and national student affairs professional organizations.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

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Circular Philadelphia is a membership-based economic development organization founded in 2021 that works with businesses, organizations, individuals and government partners to promote a circular economy in Philadelphia. Circular Philadelphia’s mission is to cultivate a low-waste, regenerative economy by engaging and convening businesses, consumers and policymakers in greater Philadelphia to strengthen our communities. We envision a just, thriving society made up of cleaner communities built upon the principles of a circular economy.

A circular economy is one that designs out waste while generating profits leading to cleaner communities that thrive. By limiting the need for extraction and for landfills/incinerators, a circular economy progresses toward environmental justice. All of these factors are key components to achieving Philadelphia’s stated goals of being the cleanest and greenest city in the country with economic opportunity for all.

Since its founding, Circular Philadelphia has been led by a co-director team who also served as the co-founders of the organization. After three years of remarkable impact and fundraising success, Circular Philadelphia’s board and co-founders determined that a full-time executive director position was needed to fully solidify Circular Philadelphia’s position as the leading organization progressing a circular economy in Philadelphia.

Executive Director Job Summary

Circular Philadelphia is seeking an Executive Director to drive our next phase of growth as we build the organization’s capacity and impact, and expand its role as a leader in Philadelphia’s circular economy. This position reports directly to Circular Philadelphia’s Board. This position will also oversee 1 current part-time staff position with the intention to grow the organization and add more staff as needed.

Circular Philadelphia’s next leader will:

• Increase the visibility and credibility of CP’s impact in and for the city
• Increase Circular Philadelphia’s funding, solidify the funding model, and increase memberships/sponsorships,
• Ensure the circular economy serves the entire city through the creation of an environmental justice framework for our work and engagement with Black and Brown communities, and
• Grow staff capacity.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership
  • Continually refine and communicate the organization’s vision, mission, and strategic goals.
  • Create transparent and productive working relations with the board to develop policies, strategic plans, and organizational goals.
  • Provide leadership to staff, members, volunteers and partners.
  • Provide updates and reports on the organization’s progress and performance to the board, membership, funders and general public.
  • Represent the organization in the community and with stakeholders.
  • Promote the organization’s mission and build its public profile.
  • Nurture existing strategic partnerships and identify and cultivate new strategic partnerships with other organizations and partners to progress Circular Philadelphia’s mission.
  • Contribute to the national Circular Cities Network that Circular Philadelphia helped create.

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Description of Employer

The Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC) is the leading voice of equitable neighborhood revitalization in Philadelphia. As a membership association, PACDC fosters strong community development corporations and non-profit community organizations by enhancing their skills and advocating for resources and policies to create a just and inclusive Philadelphia. Our advocacy has led to more than $700 million in new local dollars for affordable homes and community economic development over the last 10 years, and our Community Development Leadership Institute has trained thousands of practitioners and residents. Together, PACDC and our members help create an equitable city where every Philadelphian lives, works, and thrives in a neighborhood that offers an excellent quality of life.

Job Summary

PACDC is seeking an experienced candidate to lead the PACDC Policy Team to advance a focused policy and advocacy agenda to expand and preserve resources for affordable homes and community development activities; improve systems and programs that enhance efforts to improve the quality of life in lower-income communities; and advance equitable development to ensure that lower-income and marginalized residents and communities benefit from neighborhood revitalization. This position reports directly to the Executive Director. While PACDC works on a hybrid schedule, a number of meetings and events require in-person attendance and may fall outside of the normal workday.

Responsibilities

Policy Advocacy & Development
• Develop and implement policy and strategies to support CDCs and promote equitable neighborhood revitalization in concert with the membership and allies.
• Expand and coordinate the involvement of PACDC’s members and allies in our advocacy and public education efforts, including staffing committees.
• Develop effective relationships with public officials and their staff, and other advocacy organizations to support PACDC’s policy and advocacy activities.
• Monitor, analyze and report on policies, programs and legislation that impact CDCs and the environment they work within.
• Conduct research, write reports, identify best practices, and develop public education materials that support PACDC’s advocacy efforts.
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The Philadelphia and Scientific Advancement Program

The Philadelphia and Scientific Advancement program houses all of Pew’s grantmaking initiatives, including three that support scientific research nationally and internationally-the Pew Biomedical Programs, Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation, and Lenfest Ocean Program-and those focused on supporting thriving communities in Pew’s hometown of Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, our grants support health and human services nonprofits, artists and arts organizations, and public spaces that make the city a better place to live for everyone. We also perform research and policy work on local issues such as housing, jobs and the economy, poverty, and demographics to help inform discussion on important issues facing the city, and, more broadly, strengthening Philadelphia’s appeal to visitors and residents alike.

Philadelphia Research and Policy Initiative

The purpose of the Philadelphia research and policy initiative (PRPI) is to enable policymakers to identify and enact policies and practices that improve city government and the well-being of the city’s residents by conducting rigorous research regarding important challenges and trends facing Philadelphia. Central to this policy work is the production of timely, well-documented reports on these issues for the benefit of policymakers, the news media, and the public at large.

Working directly with stakeholders, the initiative conducts in-depth research, looking beyond the city and region for relevant information from comparable locales. Our approach includes: (1) researching important policy topics and solutions; (2) analyzing administrative, demographic and polling data to benchmark progress; (3) holding policy-oriented convenings; (4) engaging extensively with policymakers and influential stakeholders before and after convenings to increase the impact of our work and consider promising solutions; and (5) making direct policy recommendations.

Examples of the initiative’s work are available at www.pewtrusts.org/philaresearch.

Position Overview

In consultation with the project director for policy and other senior leadership, the senior officer, Philadelphia Research and Policy Initiative, leads the development and implementation of strategies to leverage research, convening, and policy engagement tools to inform and enable Philadelphia policymakers. The senior officer brings a strong strategic focus to Pew’s policy engagement activities on fiscal policy analysis and government performance, among other topic areas, contributing the right mix of outreach, policy research, and Pew’s national expertise and resulting in actions taken by policymakers, institutional actors, and civic and advocacy groups. The senior officer leads teams of colleagues in pursuing policy engagement strategies on specific topics. The ideal candidate will also have strong writing skills with experience conceptualizing and producing various types of publications for external audiences.

Candidates from diverse backgrounds and with lived experience related to the issues PRPI works on are strongly encouraged to apply.

This position, based in Pew’s Philadelphia, PA office, will participate in Pew’s core in-office days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and will have flexibility to work from home the remainder of each week.

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Reporting to the Assistant Dean of College Access and Persistence, the Sr. Director of Community-Based Programs and External Relations will lead and manage all aspects of the Community-Based programs within the Intergenerational Center (IGC), which will be configured within CEHD’s new Center for urban education in Fall 2025. The Community-Based programs are currently Grandma’s Kids, Family Friends, Future Focus, Temple Cares, DEEL Fellowship, Jumpstart, Thread, and educator diversity initiatives. The Sr. Director will additionally have direct oversight of any future community-based programs. Currently, the direct reports number 5 and the entire team includes 8 full-time, 1 part-time and many student staff members and volunteers.

The Sr. Director independently performs highly complex work, including but not limited to, personnel management; grant award implementation and project oversight; and design and facilitation of the Center’s external relations strategy and activities.

The Sr. Director will oversee sponsored project implementation for community-based programs within IGC and will work in conjunction with the College of Education

and Human Development’s research administration, finance, and human resource teams regarding sponsored project budgeting, finance, reporting, and staffing. The Sr. Director will lead the development of grant applications and reports for the community-based programs within their portfolio.

Additionally, through Fall 2025, the Sr. Director will lead research and planning efforts for the design of the new Center which will house the College Access and Persistence unit and IGC and other additional programs that focus on equity within and access to high-quality and diverse learning and leadership opportunities in education for people across the lifespan. The Sr. Director will meet with various constituents to seek feedback on the Center’s mission, vision, and activities. The Sr. Director will manage the Center’s collaboration with faculty of the Urban Education program primarily and the other academic programs within CEHD secondarily.

Upon the Center’s launch, the Sr. Director will be responsible for directing the Center’s External Relations efforts: identifying all constituents across the Center, tracking community interactions, representing the Center at various community meetings, developing external-facing reports and materials including the design of and content for the CEHD website and social media channels, developing and facilitating programs and opportunities that showcase the Center’s efforts and projects, and identifying and leading opportunities for the Center’s collaboration with the community in events, committees, etc.

The Sr. Director serves as a member of senior leadership for the Center, directly supporting the Assistant Dean of College Access and Persistence, alongside the Sr. Director of Pre-College Programs and Internal Operations. This senior leadership will help guide the decision-making of future directions for the Center regarding grants to pursue, collaborations to initiate or maintain, personnel matters, etc. Additionally, the Sr. Director will provide professional development and coaching to all staff across the Center to ensure that all personnel and programs operate with culturally relevant and sustaining approaches and practices. The Sr. Director will ensure that all Center staff understand the Philadelphia community that we serve and engage with and respond to constituents and participants with respect, empathy, care, and collaboration.

Required Education & Experience:

• Master’s degree in education or related field and at least 6 years working directly in related experience including work experience in a senior level in the education and/or grant management fields. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Required Skills & Abilities:

•            Demonstrated analytical skills
•          Ability to work with large financial data sets.
•          Demonstrated proficiency with spreadsheet and database software programs.
•          Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office. ·
•          Demonstrated management skills, including planning, negotiation, supervisory, and communication skills.
•          Excellent interpersonal skills
•          Ability to interact with diverse constituent groups.
•          Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize tasks and work under tight deadlines.
•          Ability to travel state and nationwide occasionally.
•          Ability to work evenings and weekends as necessary.

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