Category: Executive Level

The Legacy of Life Foundation, a mission-driven organization dedicated to saving lives and strengthening families, seeks a dynamic Director of Development to serve as a key member of our leadership team. In this role, you will:

• Shape a data-driven fundraising strategy
• Build and lead a dynamic development team
• Exceed fundraising goals, making a direct impact on our mission
• Forge strong partnerships with major donors.
• Join a vibrant, mission-focused community
• The Legacy of Life Foundation offers a competitive salary, a 401K with an employer contribution, health benefits, generous PTO, and more!
• Position Requirements and Details

This is a great position for a mission-aligned development professional who has the skill set to lead a development team with passion and purpose and enjoys using data to inform strategies to achieve results! Requirements include:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline
• 3+ years of successful nonprofit fundraising
• Proven leadership in team management
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Adherence to mission and core values including faith-based, empathy, commitment, teamwork and growth.
• Ability to travel within the five counties of Southeastern Pennsylvania Valid Driver’s License and access to reliable transportation with insurance coverage.

Submit your resume and cover letter with salary requirements to: 

denis@legacyoflifefoundation.org

Healthy NewsWorks is making a difference in children’s lives. Our health-focused journalism program provides young students in under-resourced schools with skills and confidence that are critical to their
academic success and will help them develop as citizens who can strengthen communities.

Healthy NewsWorks is seeking a Chief of Staff who has strong organizational and project management skills to join a committed team that is focused on significantly expanding our program. The ideal
candidate will not only have the experience and qualifications described below but will be excited about ensuring that as many students as possible gain necessary skills to navigate and succeed in an ever more
demanding world.

The Chief of Staff will work closely with the Executive Director to attain goals articulated in Healthy NewsWorks’ 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, building upon two decades of steady, purposeful development.

The Chief of Staff will play a significant leadership role in fostering community and school partnerships, managing organizational activities, supporting the Board of Directors and Board-led activities, and
working with Healthy NewsWorks staff and consultants on program and strategic plan implementation.

This is a full-time position.

WHO YOU ARE

 Jack-of-all-trades, with wide-ranging experience and an eagerness to learn new skills.
 Strategic thinker who is analytical and action-focused in your approach to solving problems.
 Excel at building relationships and networks, with the capacity to work effectively with diverse constituencies.
 Comfortable in front of groups and behind the scenes; thrives on helping others be their best selves.
 Exceptional listening skills, a good sense of humor, flexibility, humility, and an appreciation of community service.
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About Baker Industries

Baker Industries (Baker) is one of the Philadelphia region’s most highly regarded workforce development programs serving and employing adults with barriers to employment since 1980. Each year, Baker provides paid work assignments and job readiness training in a trauma-informed setting for up to 200 individuals challenged by parole/probation, substance use disorder, disability, and homelessness. We bring talented, traditionally undervalued people off the sidelines into the workforce, working in a collaborative team environment to build skills and capabilities that prepare them for success with local companies. Dozens of individuals make the leap from Baker Industries to regular employment annually.

Unique among workforce development programs, Baker program participants perform real work for real customers for a real wage. We serve a wide range of local companies with packaging and mailing services, competing every day with for-profit entities. We believe there is no substitute for real work experience to prepare individuals for regular employment. We perform our work in two large, well- maintained warehouse operations, one in north Philadelphia (Kensington) and one in the western Philly suburbs (Malvern).

Individuals earn a paycheck from Baker Industries, along with innovative job readiness training and coaching that helps them reach their potential as effective and productive employees. Dozens progress to regular employment each year. Baker Industries strengthens communities across Philadelphia. We believe that a good job is foundational to addressing systemic poverty, recidivism, recovery and financial stability. Baker Industries says “yes” to job seekers who often only hear “no.” In doing so, Baker Industries changes lives.

The Opportunity

Baker Industries is looking for a President who can build upon a
strong foundation of tradition, while also bringing an innovative
and entrepreneurial mindset as Baker Industries looks to the
future. The President will be responsible for overseeing and
leading on strategic initiatives, trauma-informed programming,
operational efficiency, dynamic fundraising, and excellent
customer relations. Additionally, the President will continue to
foster collaborative community partnerships that forward Baker’s
mission and increase impact.

With an annual budget ranging from $2.2M – $2.4M, eight fulltime
staff, four part-time staff, and up to 70 program participants,
the President will be inheriting a strong balance sheet and team of
people to help realize its mission. The President will bring a
creative approach to revenue generation building upon a strong donor base of grants, individual giving, and business revenue from our packing services.

Reporting into the Board of Directors consisting of 21 diverse and talented professionals from across the Philadelphia business and community service sphere, the President will be a collaborative and communicative leader.

Leading with empathy and compassion, the President will be a hands-on leader, not only for the team but also the employees working within the program. Open to new ways to scale and impact, the President will bring a growth mindset ensuring that Baker Industries thrives in a dynamic landscape. The role is a unique opportunity to not only lead an organization focused on lasting impact but also support and serve a community that has been underserved.
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Overview:

North10 Philadelphia is seeking a dedicated and experienced Chief of Staff. As an organization committed to improving the quality of life in the Hunting Park-East Tioga communities of North Philadelphia, we are looking for a strategic leader with outstanding team and culture-building skills who can strengthen our team and help us drive our mission forward. This role reports to the Executive Director and manages and coordinates several departmental managers. The Chief of Staff is a new position that will be pivotal in taking daily operational management to the next level while supporting the strategic growth and development of the organization.

About North10 Philadelphia:

North10 Philadelphia works to improve the life outcomes for community members in the Hunting Park-East Tioga neighborhoods of North Philadelphia. Our holistic approach facilitates economic growth, increases housing options, enhances learning opportunities, and promotes physical and emotional wellness to enable current residents and future generations to live happy, healthy, and civically engaged lives.

North10 was formed in 2018 as the parent organization of the Lenfest Center, a  beautiful, privately operated community, recreation and learning facility that opened in  2007. The Lenfest Center provides neighborhood youth with a welcoming, safe, and enriching refuge from systemic neighborhood violence, poverty, and a myriad of other trauma-inducing challenges. The Lenfest Center facility still serves as the cornerstone of North10’s innovative and inclusive efforts to revitalize our neighborhood.  North10’s goal is for our community to be home to high-quality, cradle-to-career educational options; dignified and affordable housing; a thriving cohort of local businesses and job opportunities; and a safer, cleaner, healthier, and greener environment. Our activities include workforce development; a free-choice, no-cost community market; out-of-school time programs for youth; and affordable housing.

Candidate Profile:

We are looking for a candidate with a proven track record in non-profit management, executive-level advising, and fostering interdepartmental collaboration. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, data-driven, and sensitive to the needs of diverse communities. They will possess outstanding mentorship and team-building skills, and be able to demonstrate success at creating an organizational culture based upon mutual respect, goal-setting, collaboration, and measurement toward progress.
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The Chester County Democratic Committee seeks an Executive Director to lead and/or assist with fundraising, communications, Party, and electoral operations. Candidate should be seeking to grow with an expanding county party. This is a full-time position with varying hours depending on the time of the election cycle.

The Executive Director is to assist the Chair and Executive Committee in support of the political, fundraising, communications, and administrative operations of the Chester County Democratic Committee. This ideal candidate will have multiple cycles of leadership roles on political campaigns, a sense of professionalism around politically sensitive matters including donor calls and meetings, extensive training, and the ability to multi-task. The ideal candidate is a collaborative self-starter who is flexible in their day-to-day responsibilities while requiring little oversight. An understanding of Chester County politics, elected officials, and major local political issues is an asset.

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Role Summary

Purpose driven, senior non profit leader with experience in translating an organization’s strategic goals into specific operational objectives. Responsibilities include policies and procedures, finance and budgeting, fundraising, performance measurement and management, and enterprise risk assessment. Requires an entrepreneurial and strategic mindset and strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Working in partnership with the ED, create and refine the strategic plan and implement new processes and approaches to achieve it
• Standardize operational workflows including client relationship management reporting, billing, policies and procedures.
• Manage a dashboard of key performance indicators and create outcome metrics
• Manage a compliance and risk engagement framework
• Oversee grant management of all organizational grants and proposals
• Create the annual operations plan and budget in partnership with the ED and board of directors
• Work with third party service providers including accountants, auditors, and legal
• Lead the performance management process that measures and evaluates progress against goals for the organization
• Provide all staff a strong day-to-day leadership presence
• Oversee all current technology infrastructure and scope out the next level of information technology and financial systems that support the growth of the organization
• Manage direct reports including those that oversee HR and project management functions
• Oversee the execution and administration of events and convenings of the organization
• Assist Executive Director with special projects related to communications, fundraising, philanthropic activities, and coordination between the organization’s board and partners.

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