All over the world, there are people with great business ideas. But in the poorest regions, more often than not those people don’t have the resources they need to realise them. You can change that.

Be challenged
It will be down to you to help people in developing countries to refine their business proposals so they have the best possible chance of securing the investment they need to deliver on them. And then you’ll pitch their idea to the right kind of investors. We’ll expect you to work closely with our regional and country teams to make sure their local initiatives are well supported and to develop a new funding model based on your EDP experience. In short, this is a complex project management role that offers you the scope to get all sorts of different businesses off the ground.

Be involved
With experience of working in or with small to medium businesses, you’ll know just what it takes for a business to take off. Just as importantly, we’ll be looking for a strong cultural awareness – you’ll need to get to grips with lots of different local markets. You should be a strategic and analytical thinker with the ability to bring people at all levels round to your way of thinking. Outstanding communication and project management skills are essential and you’ll be passionate about giving people in poverty the opportunity to fight their own way out of it.

Be Oxfam
A simple, inescapable truth underlines everything we do at Oxfam. There’s enough wealth in this world to go around. It’s not unfortunate that people live in poverty. It’s unjustifiable. It’s not their problem. It’s ours too. And with the right support, we can beat poverty and injustice. More than 8,000 people already commit their time and talents to our campaigning, humanitarian and long-term development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.

To find out more about this role and to apply, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs and quote ref: C&P381.
c.£36k |  Closing date: 4 August. Interview date: 7 August.

UnLtd India, an innovative foundation for early stage social entrepreneurs, is looking to hire an outstanding Associate for its incubation team. UnLtd India is an innovative foundation that exists to be a home for early-stage social entrepreneurs in India. It finds funds and supports exceptional individuals to enable them to develop as leaders, start up sustainable, high-impact initiatives, and prepare their fledgling organisations for further investment.

UnLtd India supports early-stage social entrepreneurs by providing:
•    Seed funding
•    Hands-on technical and leadership support
•    High-value connections

Roles and responsibilities
Support investees
•    Provide ongoing coaching and advisory support to investees
•    Organise workshops, networking events and residentials, peer learning groups as appropriate
•    Connect investees with peers, mentors and investors
•    Monitor the use of the finances provided within the incubation support
•    Evaluate (a) the growth of the investee, (b) the impact of their project on the community and (c) the contribution of UnLtd India’s support to their success.
Scouting for Investees
•    Devise and implementing an outreach strategy to find potential investees
•    Build relationships with organisations and institutions that can provide a pipeline of investees
•    Organise the outreach activities
Select Investees
•    Carry out initial assessment of interested applicants to check if they meet the required basic criteria
•    Collate information from potential investees for our selection committee
•    Organise selection panels including identifying panellists, compiling information packs and communicating with them

Qualifications
We are looking for the following skills, experience and qualities:
•    At least three years’ experience of working in a corporate, start-up or high quality development organisation
•    A strong grasp of at least two of the following areas – strategy setting, business and financial planning, governance, legal structures and team building
•    Excellent relationship building skills
•    An ability to thrive in an fast-growing, entrepreneurial environment
•    Passionate about social change
•    Fluent English & Hindi
•    Eligible to work in India

Please email your CV (no longer than 2 pages) and a brief cover letter explaining your motivation to work with us by 31st July 2008 to pooja.warier@unltdindia.org
For more information please visit www.unltdindia.org
Deadline: 31st July, 2008

Better World Books (www.betterworldbooks.com) … the "online bookstore with a soul"… is seeking a Vice President of Marketing to help us change the world through a new form of capitalism focused on people, planet and profit. Founded in 2002, Better World Books a for-profit social enterprise that has a proven self-sustaining business model. With three physical locations, 170 employees, an inventory of over two million books, expansion underway to the UK, $4.0M in private equity and access to multi-million dollar credit facilities, its own e-commerce site rapidly expanding, Better World Books is poised to move from its current baseline of $20+ million in annual revenues to $100M+ and deliver $30M in direct funding in support of literacy (by 2012).

We're not a traditional company with an add-on "cause" component. Social and environmental responsibility is at the core of our business. You could say it's in our DNA…a built in "cost of doing good." We seek a top-tier Marketing talent who shares our passion and dedication to helping create a better world……one book at a time.

The VP of Marketing will be a leader in the online used book market, driving integration of brand values across consumer and partner touch points, media relations, overseeing customer relationship growth, and
providing tools and support for the book acquisitions team. He/she will provide strategic leadership to enhance BWB's market leadership and social enterprise and innovation. A track record of attracting and developing high performing teams, and skill in brand development and differentiation, digital marketing, and partnership management. Must exhibit courage and conviction to test, experiment and ultimately drive new business value and customer satisfaction.

Primary Functional Areas:

• Driving increasing amounts of the right web traffic to the Better World Books web properties; generate awareness and adoption of Better World Books and the BetterWorld.com brand
• Betterworld.com – Our primary consumer e-commerce site for selling used & new books, featuring free carbon neutral shipping on millions of new and used books, as well as $2.97 per book shipping anywhere in the world.
• Betterworldbooks.com – A site to support the broader business, providing resources for libraries, campuses, and community members. Customer relationship marketing – increasing the retention and lifetime value of BetterWorld.com customers
• Acquisition of Used Books: BWB acquires used books via : Libraries; College campuses; Community book drives; Thrift stores; and Corporate partnerships. We need to establish new partnerships and expand existing relationships. Additional opportunities are our 1,000+ libraris and their patrons, and campuses via students donating books.

Primary Job Responsibilities:
Directing brand development and communications strategy across all consumer and partner touch points
Leading strategic customer lifetime value, leveraging CRM and the customer database
Overseeing strategic alliances and positioning within acquisitions channels
Developing and executing an annual strategic marketing plan andmeasuring quarterly success against plan; reporting to the Board quarterly
Owning the entire Customer Experience on BetterWorld.com.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in a related field; advanced degree or certification in a related field could be a plus
Eight or more years of increasing responsibility in a marketing-related function
Strong online product and marketing knowledge including experience in driving growth in an online consumer business
Strong knowledge of, and experience in, ecommerce; the ability to build a meaningful ecommerce brand
A passion for the mission of Better World Books

Other Personal Characteristics:
A track record of success and leading an organization in new and innovative areas
Strategic but willing to dig in and get hands dirty; able to think and act decisively and quickly; enjoys working in a fast-paced environment
Proven ability to lead the organization in a manner that inspires with vision, executes to meet goals, and addresses the day-to-day needs of a young and growing business

Compensation
Better World Books offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits, including stock options. Benefits include health, dental, a 401K match, generous PTO and the potential to experience first-hand the impact we make with our partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America and across the U.S. A relocation package available. Non-monetary
compensation includes being part of an innovative, meaningful, fun, and rapidly growing organization that is changing the world through its support and promotion of literacy and education.

Application Procedure
Please send a cover letter and resume by email with "VP Marketing" in the subject line to EXECMGMT@BETTERWORLDBOOKS.COM.

Do you consider yourself a social networking guru? Do you have more friends on Facebook than anyone you know? Are you LinkedIn? Do you know that these questions only scratch the surface of Web 2.0? ifPeople is seeking a tech savvy Web 2.0 Communications Specialist with working knowledge and experience using a wide range of new media platforms and tools.

The specialist will be responsible for leading our non-profit clients in new media aspects of outreach, branding, engagement, and communication projects. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker who is entrenched in the new media realm and has the ability use Web 2.0 tools to create and implement effective and comprehensive online strategies that both inform and activate targeted audiences.
Candidates should desire to work for non-profit clients in an enterprise led by a fast-moving social entrepreneur in a work environment that fosters learning, leadership, and collaboration. Our team includes a distributed network of 20 people, with many located in South America that are part of FairSource (fair trade software development).

Responsibilities:
* Conduct client Web 2.0 needs assessment
* Identify the most useful Web 2.0 tools for integration with client communication projects
* Design and implement comprehensive online strategic communication plans
* Collaborate with team to launch and maintain new media campaigns and longer-term initiatives
* Provide ongoing client support and consultation
* Collect feedback from client and conduct ongoing evaluation of project success

Requirements:
* Expert-level understanding of Web 2.0 concepts and capabilities
* At least 2 years of experience in a New Media or closely related communications role
* Ability to analyze and apply Web 2.0 best practices to optimize results for clients
* Experience with front-end programming and interface tools
* Comfort working with a variety of new media formats
* Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
* Web design ability with proficiency in HTML
Preferred:
* Experience managing web design projects for clients
* Commitment to working with mission-driven organizations
* Willingness to contribute to the broader community by participating in forums, blogging, or writing white papers
* Desire to contribute to a fun work environment

Nature of engagement:
ifPeople headquarters is in Atlanta. We prefer you be a part of our local team.
This is a contract position, renewable on an as-needed project-by-project basis
If a full-time Web 2.0 Communications Specialist or related position should become available in the future, the successful contract specialist will receive priority consideration.

To Apply:
Please send a cover letter that discusses your fit with ifPeople and your most meaningful Web 2.0 project experience, along with your resume/CV, a list of three references, and links to your relevant online profiles (LinkedIn, etc.), to jobs@ifpeople.net. References will not be contacted without prior notification. Applications not providing all the information will not be considered.
ifPeople is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse workplace.

ifPeople delivers Custom Software, Web Sites, and Consulting to mission-driven enterprises leading the transition to a more just, sustainable world. We are passionate about our role in contributing to effective online collaboration and communication that adds value to your work. ifPeople also strives towards sustainability in our business model, from climate responsibility to FairSource (fair trade software fostering responsible entrepreneurship).Please see our Web site, www.ifpeople.net, for more information about our company.

ifPeople is seeking a contract CRM Consultant, experienced in implementing Salesforce.com, to partner with us on upcoming client projects. The company will have ongoing needs for a CRM Consultant on a project-by-project basis, so we are looking to establish a long-term working relationship with a qualified, reliable consultant resource. Candidates should desire to work for non-profit clients in an enterprise led by a fast-moving social entrepreneur in a work environment that fosters learning, leadership, and collaboration. Our team includes a distributed network of 20 people, with many located in South America that are part of FairSource (fair trade software development).

The CRM Consultant is responsible for partnering with clients on constituent relationship management (CRM) implementations, using the Salesforce.com platform in a manner that is collaborative and professional. The CRM Consultant serves as an analyst, advisor, designer, and project manager for database migration assignments. A successful candidate will have a proven track-record of successfully maintaining productive relationships with external clients in a consulting capacity.

Responsibilities:
* Conduct constituent relationship management (CRM) needs assessments with clients
* Research, analyze, and document client business processes
* Partner with project managers to determine scope of client projects and identify resource needs
* Design and implement customized CRM databases using Salesforce.com
* Plan and execute migration of client’s existing databases
* Train clients on how to utilize the system, build reports, and access data
* Provide ongoing support for maintaining data quality, new integrations, and other needs as they arise
* Serve as internal support for ifPeople’s CRM needs for managing client relationships

Requirements:
* Experience in database administration
* Previously served in a consultant role, working with external clients
* Working knowledge of integrating data management and business needs
* Experience with Salesforce.com, Javascript, Apex and MS Access, Filemaker, eTapestry, etc. is preferred
* Strong presentation and written communication skills
* Professionalism and courtesy in team and client interaction
* Resourcefulness, flexibility, and creative energy
Preferred:
* Commitment to working with mission-driven organizations
* Willingness to contribute to the broader community by participating in forums, blogging, or writing white papers
* Desire to contribute to a fun work environment
Nature of engagement:
* ifPeople headquarters is based in Atlanta. We prefer you be a part of our local team.
* This is a contract position, renewable on an as-needed project-by-project basis
* If a full-time CRM Consultant position should become available in the future, the successful contract consultant will receive priority consideration.

To Apply:
* Please send a cover letter that discusses your fit with ifPeople and your most meaningful project management experience, along with your resume/CV, and list of three references to jobs@ifpeople.net.
* References will not be contacted without prior notification. Applications not providing all the information will not be considered.
ifPeople is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse workplace.

ifPeople delivers Custom Software, Web Sites, and Consulting to mission-driven enterprises leading the transition to a more just, sustainable world. We are passionate about our role in contributing to effective online collaboration and communication that adds value to your work. ifPeople also strives towards sustainability in our business model, from climate responsibility to FairSource (fair trade software fostering responsible entrepreneurship).Please see our Web site, www.ifpeople.net, for more information about our company.

Acumen Fund is a global non-profit venture capital fund, focused on supporting the delivery of critical services – water, health, housing, energy – at affordable prices to the four billion people earning less than four dollars a day in India, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa.  Over the past six years Acumen Fund has invested in 25 enterprises that have helped create nearly 20,000 jobs, protected more than 7 million East Africans from malaria, provided 3.5 million Indians with access to information, education and health services, delivered medical care to hundreds of thousands of Kenyans, and given 150,000 people in more than 60 Indian villages access to safe drinking water. Through our investments we address problems of poverty using market based approaches, demonstrating that there is a role for patient capital, intensive management assistance, and knowledge sharing at the base of the pyramid. www.acumenfund.org
 
Acumen Fund’s Business Development team is responsible for all Partner (donor) relationships (individual, foundation, corporate) at Acumen Fund, as well as relationships with Advisors, Board Members and our broader community. Increasingly, the role of the Business Development team is to build and empower this network of Acumen Fund supporters to broaden the impact of our work.

The Business Development Analyst is an evolving role that will focus most specifically on database management and database administration for the Business Development team. Depending on the profile of the eventual hire, the role could grow to encompass broader responsibilities for IT systems within Acumen Fund. The core functions are data entry for contacts of Acumen Fund, donation acknowledgements, tracking and reconciling all donations to Acumen Fund, and managing of all contacts and data pulls for Acumen Fund. Note that Acumen Fund does not send direct mail.  Acumen Fund currently uses the Raiser’s Edge database, but we are considering migration to another platform. Depending on the skills and timing of the new hire, this individual could play a central role in the migration, as well as ongoing customization of the new database software to meet our business needs.

More detailed responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Updating of fundraising database with accurate tracking of donations received (checks / online /wire / stock)
• Creation of gift acknowledgement and reminder letters for donations
• Keeping accurate relationship information for key Acumen Fund contacts (relationship manager, segment, cultivation step, etc.) to allow for segmentation of outreach and relationship management
• Ensuring data accuracy (contact information) and data integrity (data cleanup) for full fundraising database
• Creation of customized reporting and dashboards using the new database software, to allow for clear views into data
• Creation of standard import/exports between fundraising software and database platform
• Management and manipulation of data in Excel / Google spreadsheets
• Maintain constituent and donor segmentation lists for appeals, special events, progress reports, and mailing lists for special events such as our annual celebration.
• Customize fundraising database to Acumen Fund business needs
• Develop and deploy business rule for effective relationship management for all Acumen Fund constituents and donors
• Train Acumen Fund New York staff, country staff, and Senior Management on use of fundraising software
• Ensure overall gift accuracy and consistency, together with Finance team, both for monthly reconciliations and annual audit
• Design and create reports according to Business Development, Finance, and Senior Management needs
• Weekly and monthly processing of fundraising information for report to Senior Management
• Overall metrics tracking for the Business Development team – to be reported to Acumen Fund Senior Management and Board of Directors
• Depending on the candidate, the responsibilities could grow to include broader IT functions / consultation within Acumen Fund

Qualifications
Candidates for the Business Development Associate role should have a passionate commitment to Acumen Fund’s mission of solving the toughest problems of poverty, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and excellent ability to execute. We are looking for people with smarts, excellent verbal and written communications skills, good judgment, and the ability to manage and deliver projects independently and proactively in a fast-paced environment. Strong candidates will have a blend of private sector and non-profit experience. They will also have the entrepreneurial drive to take an idea and turn it into a high-quality finished product.
Additionally they will have the following attributes:
* Undergraduate degree with 3-5 years of work experience – international experience a plus
* Facility with software tools and an ability and interest in learning on the job
* Diligence, maturity, poise, excellent interpersonal skills
* An ability to communicate effectively with senior management
* Commitment to accuracy, attention to detail and follow-through
* Enthusiasm for Acumen Fund’s mission and business model, and respect for the organization’s core values: equity, fairness, diversity, voice, participation, knowledge, creativity, humility and respect
* Someone who combines a serious work ethic with a sense of humor is a big plus

Compensation: Acumen Fund offers a competitive compensation package, commensurate with experience.
Location: New York, NY

To Apply: Send a cover letter and resume to fkapadia@acumenfund.org. Please include the job title “Business
Development Database Associate” in the subject line.

Civic Ventures, an innovative and influential national nonprofit working to engage millions of experienced workers as a vital force for social change, seeks an exceptional individual with superb managerial and technical Web-based skills to head up a three-person Web department responsible for the organization's multiple public and internal Web sites.

Civic Ventures is launching a multi-year campaign to establish encore careers as the biggest change in the American workforce since the women's movement. The organization is creating new opportunities for the growing movement of people who want to combine continued income with the personal fulfillment of giving back. Civic Ventures staff members of all ages are using skills honed in the nonprofit world, social media, journalism and other fields to build new social networks that translate the desire for encore careers into action. The organization's strategic plan calls for strong branding, interactive online campaigns, thought leadership, policy advocacy and the creation of new pathways that make encore careers possible.

The Director of Web Services builds and leads a high-performance Web team that integrates existing and emerging technologies and best practices to create a vibrant and compelling online presence. The director coordinates feature and function launches and upgrades, as well as periodic overhauls and redesigns, for the organization's Web sites, compelling user experience and high-quality presentation.

The successful candidate has solid experience in user-centered design (UCD) process and familiarity with emerging Web technologies including social media optimization. He/she has hands-on technical and creative leadership, and can demonstrate participation in all aspects of the design and development process.

Civic Ventures maintains business offices in San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C.  This position is full time and based in San Francisco.

A complete job description can be found at:
http://www.civicventures.org/jobs/2008_06_18_DirWebServices.cfm

• Proven track record of providing financial leadership in a high growth, rapidly scaling enterprise accessing multiple sources of capital along the way; SBA/early senior debt type of facilities; more traditional bank financing; mezzanine capital; bridge financing; private equity/early venture capital; later stage venture capital; Liquidation Event.
• Ultimately ensure that the Company has timely access to the lowest-cost capital required for Better World Books to successfully implement its key strategic imperatives as well as achieve its long term vision.
• Be tech-savvy and comfortable with Tech/Ops/Logistics/Data Mining/Business Intelligence/Pricing Teams to figure out and deliver on optimal ways to define, deliver and present complex and often overwhelming amounts of data to multiple user groups. The CFO must be able to make this information easy to understand and access, and present in a context that ensures better short-term and long term decision making at all levels of the Company. The CFO will also work closely with these teams to expand gross and operating margins by using information to optimize sales price, inventory collection and strategic inventory turns, helping direct both the acquisition and the sale of books through specific channels.
• Build for speed and accuracy of critical operating and financial information (i.e., meaningful, real-time access reporting; daily, weekly, monthly aggregation and presentation; closing of monthly financials within 7 business days of month end; etc.).
• Provide accurate and more sophisticated cash flow reporting capabilities (daily, weekly, monthly) that will be critical in a rapid growth and scale environment.
• Manage the creation and implementation of a financial budgeting and forecasting process to ensure alignment with and achievement of organizational strategies and priorities.
• Develop, report on and recommend for approval, the annual Financial Plan to the Executive Team and the Board of Directors.
• Own the Balance Sheet and continuously strengthen and improve it; oversee all general ledger entries including Cash, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Strategic Inventory Management, all levels of debt/equity capital.
• Responsible for maintaining excellent relationships with all current sources of external capital (senior lender; mezzanine lender; Good Capital Team and all individual private equity investors), developing new relationships and potential sources of new debt/equity capital to help finance the Company’s rapid growth and expansion, and collaborate with outside legal counsel to manage the organization’ legal and compliance needs to proactively identify and resolve potential legal issues while minimizing counsel’s fees.
• Own and direct the annual external audit process and direct all risk management functions for the Company.
• In conjunction with the CEO (and in accordance with policies/procedures defined by the Board), responsible for the investment of Better World Books’ cash balances and investment portfolio; create cash investment policies and procedures to ensure maximum return while maintaining liquidity, minimizing risk, and providing reserves for long-term liabilities.  Continuously….and constructively…..challenge the Executive Team to ensure a rich and thorough debate of critical market, customer, book source/acquisitions, technology, operations, sales and marketing assumptions used in the development of strategies, tactics and critical financial bets the Company wants to make.

The Outlet Program is currently seeking a coordinator for our HIV Prevention program for gay, bisexual, transgender and queer young men, ages 15-22. Outlet’s HIV Prevention program is the only program in the local community helping gay and bisexual young men successfully overcome intense feelings of isolation, combat daily onslaughts of homophobia, manage or eliminate drug and alcohol use, understand healthy relationships, and normalize safer sex. And, it is the only program currently operating on the Peninsula with a dedicated component for Latino and/or Spanish-speaking young men. The Spanish-language component includes a discussion group, outreach, school-based workshops, and social activities for native Spanish-speakers. Working with other Outlet staff and a core group of volunteers, the project is designed to educate local youth about the many different aspects of HIV prevention, as well as to build community. As a result of participation in the program, members have reported feeling more capable of making healthy sexual decisions and preventing HIV. The Outlet Program supports and empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning teens on the Peninsula.

Citizen Schools is a leading national education initiative that uniquely mobilizes thousands of adult volunteers to help improve student achievement by teaching skill-building apprenticeships after school. Our programs blend these real-world learning projects with rigorous academic and leadership development activities, preparing students in the middle grades for success in high school, college, the workforce, and civic life. Launched in Boston in 1995, Citizen Schools currently serves 3,000 students and engages 2,200 volunteers in 15 cities nationwide. Over the next five years, the organization will grow to serve 7,700 students in 8-10 states while growing its budget from $15M today to $34M in 2012.

• Design and implement systems to facilitate the budgeting, tracking and reporting of grants and related expenditures across Citizen Schools in conjunction with the Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance
  
• Roll out grants management systems to development and regional staff
• Create the necessary projects in the timesheet, payroll and General Ledger to enable expenditure tracking as required by grant agreements

• Assist development department in creating budgets for grant proposals and amendments
• Prepare all financial reports to donors of restricted funds, as required by grant agreements
• Manage the release of grant restrictions on a monthly basis Prepare all invoices/bills and supporting documentation as required by grant agreements

• Directly manage payroll specialist and oversee preparation of hourly and salaried payroll 
• Oversee updates/modifications to the hourly and salaried timesheet system

Directing Advocacy Programs for Faithful Security, the National Religious Partnership on the Nuclear Weapons Danger and acting as the public face for the Faithful Security Partnership. This position will share the day-to-day staff leadership of Faithful Security with the Policy Director. While the Advocacy Director will have some development and communications responsibilities, the bulk of these will be handled by part-time staff members.