Foundation List Jobs (4)

Description

Overview

Do you have a unique skill set and are an excellent communicator while being technically savvy? Do you believe that attention to the little details leads to big accomplishments?

Then this is your opportunity to work with cutting edge marketing technology at a collaborative, mission driven organization.

The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA)*, the private fundraising and alumni relations organization for UW-Madison, is recruiting a Marketing Project Coordinator.

You will be accountable for planning, monitoring progress, and keeping stakeholders informed throughout the project lifecycle.

This role requires a talented, multi-faceted professional who is a highly organized and detailed-oriented self-starter and team player with an exceptional sense of accountability.

The ideal candidate will have a strong systems mindset and an enthusiasm for learning industry leading technologies like Salesforce CRM, Marketing Cloud, Adobe Workfront, and other digital marketing enablers.

This individual must thrive in a fast-moving and changing environment and have strong relationship building skills. Responsibility for coordination and implementation of marketing and communication efforts across multiple programs and campaigns will be the primary focus of this role.

Who is WFAA?

The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association is a private, nonprofit corporation that encourages individuals and organizations to make gifts to the university and to connect with the UW.

In 2014, the UW Foundation merged with the Wisconsin Alumni Association® to better serve a growing population of UW alumni and donors.

We believe that private support grows out of good relationships between campus leaders, faculty and program staff who need support, and the alumni and friends who want to invest in UW Madison.

We provide important engagement opportunities to link UW Madison alumni to each other and to their alma mater, building a strong community of Badgers.

Diversity and Inclusion :

Just as the university community benefits from differing viewpoints, perspectives, and experiences, inclusion and diversity are imperative for the success of our mission.

WFAA values people and the differences that they bring to the organization, and creates an environment in which all staff members and constituents feel respected and have opportunities to thrive.

Essential Functions

• Collaborate with the marketing coordinator / manager on mapping out tasks and tactics needed to implement the marketing strategy.
• Utilization of project management and CRM systems to establish schedules and campaigns and monitor project progress.
• Using project management software, initiate, plan, manage, monitor, and evaluate all programs and projects, by implementing accepted project management methodologies and strong communication with team members, clients, and stakeholders.

Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.

• Coordinate and communicate with internal and external parties for the flawless execution of projects.
• Flexibility to address changes to project scope as they arise.
• Ensure all projects are delivered on time within the stipulated scope and budget.
• Manage project development timelines across the organization.
• Carries out the vision of program partners and the organization on a detailed level.
• Manages communication with stakeholders, and team members.
• Debrief with stakeholders upon project completion.
• Utilizes strong communication skills to keep stakeholders apprised of project status and next steps.
• Collaborate with project managers to ensure consistency across projects and campaigns.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional work experience.
• 1 + year experience in marketing project management or related.
• Project management software experience (Adobe Workfront preferred).
• CRM software experience (Salesforce preferred).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Other Qualifications :

• Excellent project management skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proven self-management.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Ability to influence team members.

WFAA is committed to provide our employees with an environment that is inspiring, creative and respectful. We offer competitive pay and an excellent benefits program, which includes a 10% 401k contribution after 1 year of service!

The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer *The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (advanceuw.

org) is the doing business as name of the merged organization comprising the University of Wisconsin Foundation (supportuw.

org) and the Wisconsin Alumni Association (uwalumni.com). Its legal corporate name is registered as the University of Wisconsin Foundation.

Description

Would you like to have meaningful work with an employer that values work-life balance, and colleagues that are all-in, big hearted and solution focused?

If so, then SFBFS might be the employer for you!

Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services (SFBFS) welcomes people of all backgrounds and circumstances, providing a judgement-free zone for individuals and families throughout Sacramento County.

A staff of more than 80 and several thousand volunteers take our mission of fighting food insecurity one step further by offering education and support for families wanting to shape their best tomorrow.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Retail Partnerships is responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with local donors, including retail grocery stores, in support of SFBFS’ mission.

This position will educate store personnel n their program’s donation guidelines. This role is directly responsible for the development, and retention of relationships with retail donors, manufacturing and agriculture partners as well as local growers and service / supply industries representatives to maximize food procurement opportunities, researching, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding new and current food donor and vendor relationships.

He / She will attend store meetings and store training sessions; monitor and report donation progress to individual store coordinators, district coordinators and program coordinators where applicable.

The Retail Partnerships will assist with the managing of relationships with qualified partner agencies and may also maintain relationships with other local donors, including distributors, food warehouses.

The Retail Partnerships will perform the following (including but not limited to) :

• Works in partnership with the Director of Operations to support SFBFS’s coordination of practical and efficient logistics and transportation for all donated and purchased food by :
• Managing regional donor partnerships, monitoring performance, assess volume opportunities, establishing and maintaining relationships with the food industry community included but not limited to retail stores, agricultural businesses and corporations, distributors, and government entities and strengthening engagement to increase and improve donation opportunities
• Creating and implementing program compliance standards to promote efficient resource utilization and ensure safe food handling as a part of the organization’s strategic plan
• Monitor industry trends by engaging with Feeding America and peer food banks to identify opportunities and apply findings to plans and strategies
• Regularly plan, execute, and evaluate training sessions for donors, and partner’s drivers, volunteers and interns
• Other duties as assigned

SKILLS REQUIRED (including but not limited to) :

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in social science, business or related field
• Minimum of three to five years’ experience in food bank or grocery, and / or outside sales experience and 5 years of relevant experience in building and maintaining relationships with food suppliers, manufactures, retailers, producers, packers or equivalent relationship management building in similar industry
• Prior non-profit organizational experience
• Prior product handling and warehouse knowledge
• Valid California Driver’s License and auto insurance - required

POSITION DETAILS

• Full Time, non- exempt position (Monday through Friday); may include some nights, weekends and holidays as required
• Comprehensive benefits including medical / dental / vision / life / AD&D / LTD / retirement and more
• Salary : $30.00 - $40.00 per hour

Description

Freedman Consulting, LLC : Project Manager

Washington, DC or California*

Freedman Consulting, LLC, a mission-driven consulting firm, seeks a Project Manager to support client projects by directing discrete efforts that include strategic advising and planning, policy and message development, and coalition management.

The Project Manager will take on a broad portfolio of policy issues focused on innovations and impacts for the greater social good.

The Project Manager will join a growing team of research and policy professionals working at the intersection of policy, philanthropy, and politics.

Freedman Consulting, LLC, offers strategic consulting services to foundations, nonprofit organizations, and public interest coalitions, advising many of the nation’s leading philanthropic institutions.

Our work includes strategic planning and issue landscaping for major foundations, campaign advising and coordination for coalitions, public-private partnership creation and support, and policy development for a variety of advocacy and political campaigns.

The Project Manager will be expected to advance project work streams and deliverable development with minimal oversight, drawing on firm resources to manage risk and troubleshoot as needed.

The position may also assist firm principals by contributing to business planning and new business development, including responsibility for drafting proposals to potential clients, and involvement with internal firm needs and new ventures.

Project Managers work across a range of policy areas in a client-facing capacity while managing and delegating tasks to other members of the team.

They play a key role in the development of deliverables. Primary responsibilities for a Project Manager include :

• Developing and managing project strategies and work plans
• Conceptualizing, drafting, and editing a variety of client-facing material including large-scale reports, memos, and briefs
• Overseeing associate-level staff and directing tasks on individual projects
• Providing strategic guidance to clients
• Assisting in the professional development of firm staff
• Directing client interactions, including facilitating meetings, calls, and presentations

Qualifications of the Ideal Candidate :

At least 6-10 years of previous policy, legislative, consulting, communications, and / or research experience is preferred.

Applicants must possess excellent writing and analytical skills, problem solving acumen, demonstrated management capabilities, strong presentation skills, and the ability to think through complex policy issues critically and strategically.

Freedman Consulting employees based in Washington, DC follow a hybrid office policy. There are no in office requirements, in office work is encouraged and determined by team managers.

The firm’s hybrid policy values flexibility and seeks in-person collaboration when it will be most beneficial in serving client, project team, or firm needs.

For employees based in California, work is currently fully remote with occasional in-person meetings and team collaboration.

Description

Department : Administration

FLSA Status : Full-Time / Exempt

Salary : $100,000-$110,000

Location : 1824 Ellis Street, Bellingham WA 98225

Application Deadline : July 21, 2023

ABOUT BELLINGHAM FOOD BANK

Bellingham Food Bank is Whatcom County’s largest hunger relief organization. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We provide free groceries in a dignified setting to 1 in 5 Whatcom County households annually.

Bellingham Food Bank is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization.

VISION

We at Bellingham Food Bank envision a community with a thriving food system where everyone has equitable access to the food they need and want.

MISSION

We reduce hunger by :

• creating access to high quality, desirable food and other essentials.
• building a responsive regional hunger relief network.
• disrupting racism, because of its historical and structural connection to hunger and poverty.

VALUES

Quality & Choice : We offer a variety of high-quality foods, culturally relevant foods, and other essentials. We strive to create a welcoming, respectful, and dignified experience.

Justice & Equity : We believe hunger, poverty, and systemic racism are inextricably linked. Food justice is social justice.

Inclusion & Access : We actively work to remove barriers to food and essentials and to offer what is familiar and valued by our diverse community.

Responsiveness & Innovation : We are adaptive and curious. We listen, experiment, learn, and adjust as we seek ways to deepen our impact on both immediate needs and the root causes of hunger.

ABOUT THE POSITION

This position is a key leadership position for the food bank and will help guide its strategic direction, be a thought partner on large organizational decisions, and direct all aspects of the food bank’s finances and financial management.

A person in this role will use their skills in finance and administration to support our mission.

ABOUT YOU

Bellingham Food Bank values staff people who can bring deep empathy, compassion, and creativity to their work. We seek individuals who understand that food is a fundamental human right and who want to join us as we both provide food to our community and also work to undo the systems that have led to the need for food banks.

We also believe that humor, levity, and camaraderie are crucial to the work that we do!

We believe that applicable experience can be gained from many unexpected places and because we believe that there are many lived experiences that are at least as relevant to this work as a university degree or employment history.

Bellingham Food Bank’s staff is all fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and we will expect you to be fully vaccinated as well.

Fully vaccinated means a person has received all recommended doses in their primary series of COVID-19 vaccine.

We strongly support equal employment opportunity for all staff members, as articulated by federal, state, and local laws.

Alternatives to Hunger actively seeks to recruit individuals without regard to race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran status, national origin, or age.

Particularly, Alternatives to Hunger and all its staff members will comply with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) OF 1990, PUBLIC LAW 101-336, also referred to as the ADA’ 28 CFR Part 35, which provides comprehensive civil rights protection to individuals with disabilities in the areas of employment, public accommodations, state and local government services, and telecommunications.

Our equal employment opportunity philosophy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, training, promotion, transfer, job benefits, pay and dismissal.

The Finance Director is a critical leader within the Bellingham Food Bank and has a strong and influential voice with the Executive Director, key managers, and the Board of Directors.

They will help set the organization’s strategic direction, be a thought partner on large organizational decisions and will be key to the organization’s success.

The position will provide administrative and strategic support and counsel for the Executive Director on a regular and ad-hoc basis for issues related to all things administrative and operational.

This position will manage and supervise the food bank’s administrative team and oversee all accounting functions for the food bank including;

annual budgeting, supervision of QuickBooks A / P and A / R system, preparation and presentation of monthly financial statements and dashboard reports to the Board of Directors, developing and implementing financial policies and procedures, coordinating annual audit and 990 preparation with external auditors, and other business and tax reporting compliance as required.

They also serve as the organization’s grants and compliance manager, working closely with the Executive Director during the grant application process to help ensure completeness, qualification, compliance, integrity, and capacity;

they prepare all monthly or other periodic grant reports and compliance as required, working with federal, state, county, and city government staff as well as foundation and corporations to fulfill reporting obligations.

This position is also responsible for organizing and overseeing the organization’s data and data management using tools such as Salesforce, inventory management systems and will manage the systems to efficiently maintain and share data related to client services, inventory, donors, grants and other key data sets.

Specific Functions

Lead

• Lead annual budgeting process, periodic forecasting and weekly cash flow tracking
• Create programmatic budgets and work closely with staff leaders to track those budgets
• Plan, implement and document organization’s financial operations, procedures, and internal controls
• Prepare, review and analyze monthly financial reports for the Executive Director, Board Directors, and internal users of relevant financial information
• Maintain control over food bank funds to ensure compliance with requirements of funding sources
• Oversee and monitor the effectiveness of day-to-day accounting functions
• Direct cash activities to maintain appropriate and adequate cash levels and manage banking relationships to optimize service and minimize cost.

Prepare monthly bank reconciliations

• Annual financial audit and tax return preparation
• Prepare all annual state and city tax returns and information forms
• Salesforce administration, training, and support
• Financial grant reporting and compliance
• Monthly financial reviews with Board of Directors’ Finance Committee
• Regular review and reporting of organization’s monetary assets including its long term investments

Supervise and Support

• AP / AR processes, payroll, Executive Director with grant application preparation and reporting
• Human resources processes including payroll, hiring practices and employee benefits
• Administrative systems such as network hardware, computer network, and telephone

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or business, CPA preferred
• Minimum of five years of high-level financial management experience, nonprofit administration strongly preferred; demonstrated skills in application of GAAP
• Advanced computer and software skills, including Microsoft Office suite (including Excel pivot tables and / or PowerPivot), QuickBooks, Salesforce, database administration, and peer-to-peer fundraising software such as Classy
• Excellent problem-solving skills, and ability to professionally perform multiple, detail-oriented tasks with simultaneous deadlines, while managing shifting priorities in a busy office environment
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to maintain good working relationships with the administrative team, operating personnel, and other constituents who have varying levels of business acumen and financial literacy

Work Environment

Reports to and is supervised by Executive Director

A fast-paced administrative office, distribution center, and warehouse may require an employee to walk, stand, lift, and balance.

Benefits :

• Paid Sick / Vacation
• Medical / Dental / Vision
• Retirement Plan