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GlobalGiving

Performance Analytics Manager, Washington DC

GlobalGiving is seeking a manager with a passion for data quality who understands the power of data-driven analysis and reporting. GlobalGiving is a global marketplace for international development and philanthropy, and works with several hundred development organizations in over 60 countries all over the world, and with more than 500 projects.

We therefore have data on organizational capacity, project characteristics and market performance. This data, in combination with a deep understanding of the incentives, capacity, and context in which the organizations operate, needs to be translated into actionable market information. While continually lowering the marketplace barriers to entry, well formulated performance analytics will ensure the quality of our offerings while granting access to those organizations able to change the world with thousands of little earth changing ideas. The Performance Analytics manager therefore leverages the data to better understand the marketplace's strengths, weaknesses and opportunities and to inform strategic decision making.

Scope of Work
  • Establish a framework for and implement analysis of organizational and project related data to identify performance trends, identify new performance metrics and indicators of high performing projects
  • Design and implement the right parameters of entry and exit from the marketplace for project organizations
  • Identify and develop appropriate ways to impart market information to participants in the marketplace
  • Pilot new ways of assessing and monitoring projects, such as site visits, third party references, and improved self-reporting strategies.
  • Monitor projects through project updates and reports, reviewing, assessing and sharing information with donors
  • Oversee and improve GlobalGiving yearly evaluation program.

Position Requirements
Combined expertise in international development and analytics: desirable degrees (bachelors or graduate level) include Economics, Engineering, Management Sciences, Operations Management, Statistics, Computer Science, and Public Policy
Experience with international development, field work desirable,
Knowledge of latest thinking and literature regarding impact and effectiveness measurement
Passion for data quality, analysis, and presentation
Experience with regression analysis, advanced statistical techniques, etc.

Interested Applicants should see the full job description and send their resume and a cover letter to jobs@globalgiving.com as soon as possible. Please indicate “Performance Analytics Manager” in the subject line. No phone calls, please. We look forward to hearing from you!

GlobalGiving

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Community Marketing Manager, Washington DC

GlobalGiving seeks a great communicator, skill builder and motivator to maximize performance of social entrepreneurs on GlobalGiving. The successful candidate will be tasked with building and developing a dynamic "on-ramp" system that takes social entrepreneurs from all over the world on a learning journey about online marketing, fundraising, and communications. This will involve tracking best practices, role models, and challenges, but most of all it will require passionate attention to the effectiveness of our communications across cultures, distances, and contexts, and taking every advantage offered by technological advances. The Community Marketing Manager is both a resource for project leaders, as their insights will allow us to build tools that will help them in their day-to-day needs. It will involve building trust through direct, transparent communication. It will be about listening, acknowledging, and responding - serving our social entrepreneur audience. The successful Community Marketing Manager will involve the project leaders with our product teams as they are an integral part of growing GlobalGiving.

The GlobalGiving marketplace includes more than 500 projects from 60+ countries. GlobalGiving seeks to attract, retain and provide maximum value to our project leaders while ensuring their legitimacy and quality of results. We are pioneers in the field of online philanthropic marketplaces, poised to set the standard in opportunities for donors to find, assess and amplify the work of strong, innovative and high performing grassroots organizations. The Community Marketing Manager is a key member of the project team, developing and implementing project leader communications and skill building initiatives, as well as designing and overseeing campaigns with project leaders to increase donation volume. This position is cross departmental in nature, ensuring that maximum value is derived from the integration of activities related to social entrepreneurs with business development, marketing, and technology development, including product development and relationships with projects.

Primary Responsibilities
  • Manage the project leader experience on GlobalGiving, from project design to online marketing.
  • Develop resource tools, communications and partnerships to enhance performance of project leaders on the GlobalGiving platform.
  • Organize and communicate campaigns and other programs to increase donations.
  • Develop and steward partnerships and trust with project and sponsor organizations, building out GlobalGiving's nominating network
  • Position GlobalGiving as a top-of-mind resource for social entrepreneurs

Position Requirements
  • Strong communications skills, particularly cross-cultural and web-based
  • Familiarity with online marketing strategies
  • Strong international development experience, field based work in developing country preferred
  • Strong understanding of what works in communication; what people hear, what people listen to, why they listen, and why they act on what they hear
  • Proven track record in community marketing and/or stewardship online highly desirable
  • 5-10 years of experience and masters degree (or equivalent work experience) required

Interested Applicants should send their resume and a cover letter to jobs@globalgiving.com as soon as possible. Please indicate “Community Marketing Manager” in the subject line. No phone calls, please. We look forward to hearing from you!

Citizens for Economic Opportunity (CEO)

Director, Farmington, CT

Citizens for Economic Opportunity (CEO) is a nonprofit Connecticut based coalition of labor and community groups working on corporate responsibility and health care reform. Since 1995, CEO has been challenging corporations to meet the highest standards of honest and equitable treatment of their employees, communities, and consumers.

The Director of CEO is a full time position and is responsible for developing and implementing the coalition’s annual policy and program agenda, developing and implementing short and long term goals and objectives, supervising its staff and interns, maintaining its financial stability and overall administration. CEO’s Director will work closely with the Board of Directors and coalition members. Also works with organizing staff coordinating coalition work and regional outreach efforts. Individual should also have knowledge of healthcare and corporate responsibility issues and a commitment to social justice.

Primary Responsibilities include:
  • Lobbying for all coalition policy agenda items;
  • Writing grants and identifying new grantors;
  • Developing and implementing at least 1 coalition fundraiser per year;
  • Garnering membership dues from CEO members and other ally groups;
  • Collaborating with other labor unions and community groups to further CEO’s agenda;
  • Board of Directors development and growth;
  • Overseeing and managing all administrative, financial and budgetary areas of coalition development;
Salary: Commensurate with experience and based on candidate qualifications.
This position is partially grant funded and the position will be supervised by the Board of Directors President. Employees of CEO are members of UAW Local 376.

Send resume to CEO at 111 South Rd. Farmington, CT 06032 or send via email to ccarter@c-e-o.net. For other questions please contact Phil Wheeler at 860-480-2683 or philwheeler@sbcglobal.net or Cari Carter at ccarter@c-e-o.net or 860-674-0143 x. 110.

Verité

Supplier Programs Director, Amherst, MA

Verité’s mission is to ensure that people worldwide work under safe, fair and legal conditions. Verité is a pioneer in monitoring and improving labor conditions globally. Our expertise reaches 65 countries in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Our approach is to work in partnership with multinational corporations, their suppliers, the NGO community, trade unions and governments to improve working conditions. Our work increasingly focuses on advocacy and communications to mobilize the public and key institutions. We were recognized as a winner of the 2007 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

Verité seeks an experienced professional to manage all aspects of our supplier programs, including delivery of our state-of-the-art social audits, impact-oriented remediation and facility-level consulting. The Director is in regular contact with Verité Regional Offices and partner organizations worldwide. The Director plays a significant role supporting client understanding of audit outcomes, and more generally of the role that Verité programs play in improving working conditions.

Key tasks
  • Supervise the process by which audits and other supplier programs are planned and coordinated, in conjunction with other program staff (including two supervisees) in Amherst.
  • Ensure the successful delivery of audits and remediation programs, through staff and partners in dozens of countries worldwide.
  • Serve as prime contact with clients related to supplier-level program delivery.
  • Develop and manage implementation of audit tools, reporting protocols and management systems frameworks.
  • Ensure Verité remains at the cutting edge of supplier programs delivery.
Qualifications
  • Four-plus years of experience managing the delivery of corporate social responsibility programs.
  • Demonstrated experience managing collaborative international partnerships.
  • Superb organizational skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Exceptional team leadership abilities.
  • Creativity, flexibility, and the ability to multi-task.
  • Proven ability to work independently, set and meet goals and deadlines, organize time and priorities, and to collaborate with others in the delivery of complex programs.
  • A passion for social justice and good work.
  • Chinese or Spanish language skills are preferred, in addition to excellent English.

To Apply:    Please see full job description and do not hesitate to contact me for more information or to appreviate the description if necessary.  Please send a letter outlining your credentials with reference to the above list of qualifications, together with a resume, by email to: verite@verite.org.  Please put SUPPLIER PROGRAMS in the subject line of your email. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Grassroots Development Laboratory

Managing Director, Bagar, Rajasthan, India

Interested in finding innovative solutions to India's development challenges?
Based in Bagar, Rajasthan, the Grassroots Development Laboratory (GDL), is designed to challenge the most talented people from around the world in solving some of India's pressing problems. The Piramal Foundation recruits dedicated persons and intends to engage a local team in various development experiments in the areas of livelihoods, health services delivery, education, and technology utilization. The Managing Director is responsible for executing GDL strategy on-the-ground, managing the entire GDL team and overseeing GDL’s administrative matters.

Responsibility Overview
•    Mobilize GDL team around collective vision and goals
•    Manage the overall direction of each work stream at GDL
•    Ensure performance in delivery of objectives across GDL projects
•    Oversee and manage the GDL team, including volunteer and staff
•    Determine staff needs and recruit candidates locally
•    Oversee the training and professional development of the GDL team
•    Report regularly to the Piramal Foundation on progress
•    Implement the Foundation's strategy through the GDL team
•    Manage relationships with partner organizations and local grantees

Requirements:
•    Lived and worked for at least two years in rural India
•    Has at least one year of management experience
•    Has at least two years of grassroots experience
•    Fluent in English and Hindi
Salary commensurate with experience.

If interested:
Please send in your resume and three references (Two supervisors and one subordinate) to radhika.batra@gmail.com by May 17th.

Grassroots Development Laboratory

Entrepreneurship Manager, Bagar, Rajasthan, India

Interested in finding innovative solutions to India's development challenges?
Based in Bagar, Rajasthan, the Grassroots Development Laboratory (GDL), is designed to challenge the most talented people from around the world in solving some of India's pressing problems. The Piramal Foundation recruits dedicated persons and intends to engage a local team in various development experiments in the areas of livelihoods, health services delivery, education, and technology utilization. The Entrepreneurship Manager is responsible for identifying local entrepreneurs and leading projects that build the capacity of budding entrepreneurs. In particular, he or she will identify, train and assist five to six local entrepreneurs in starting and growing small-scale businesses in the area.

Responsibility Overview
•    Identify potential entrepreneurs
•    Facilitate potential entrepreneurs in starting up their own businesses
•    Build the capacity of existing businesses
•    Ensure performance in delivery of objectives across entrepreneurship projects
Requirements:
•    Lived and worked for at least two years in rural India
•    Has at least one year of management experience
•    Has at least two years of grassroots experience
•    Has started a business (preferably successfully)
•    Proficient in Hindi and English
Salary commensurate with experience.

If interested:
Please send in your resume and three references (Two supervisors and one subordinate) to radhika.batra@gmail.com by May 17th.

Grassroots Development Laboratory

Community Leadership Manager, Bagar, Rajasthan, India

Interested in finding innovative solutions to India's development challenges?
Based in Bagar, Rajasthan, the Grassroots Development Laboratory (GDL), is designed to challenge the most talented people from around the world in solving some of India's pressing problems. The Piramal Foundation recruits dedicated persons and intends to engage a local team in various development experiments in the areas of livelihoods, health services delivery, education, and technology utilization. The Community Leadership Manager will be responsible for driving the Future Leaders Course which aims to develop the leadership abilities of young people and to enable youth to bring about positive social change within the Bagar community. The Community Leadership Manager will also be managing the Community Fund which will equip local residents with the resources and funding to realize their ideas for change in the community. Lastly, he or she will be responsible for forging and maintaining community ties and building community awareness around GDL activities.

Responsibility Overview
•    Mobilize team around community leadership vision and goals
•    Manage existing community leadership-oriented programs
•    Ensure performance in delivery of objectives across community leadership projects
•    Identify key project opportunities around community issues
•    Understand long-term community needs
•    Navigate complex political landscapes
•    Forge and maintain relationships well
•    Create community awareness of GDL brand
•    Increase community involvement in GDL activities
•    Develop local capacities

Requirements:
•    Lived and worked for at least two years in rural India
•    Has at least one year of management experience
•    Has at least two years of grassroots experience
•    Proficient in Hindi and English
Salary commensurate with experience.

If interested:
Please send in your resume and three references (Two supervisors and one subordinate) to radhika.batra@gmail.com by May 17th.

Global Footprint Network

Executive Assistant, Oakland, CA

Global Footprint Network is a growing, international non-profit organization that promotes a sustainable economy by advancing the Ecological Footprint, a tool that makes sustainability measurable. The Ecological Footprint has become one of the most widely used sustainability metric worldwide. It is the only tool that comprehensively measures human demand on the planet against what the planet can supply, and it is therefore critical to the success of sustainable development.

The central purpose of this full-time position is to provide skilled support for the Executive Director on a variety of strategically important special projects related to communications, fundraising, contact management, special events, and administration.
The ideal person for this position will possess a high-level of confidentiality, professionalism and administrative skill. In addition, they will be a capable self-starter who requires little supervision, and an outgoing team player with a positive and flexible attitude, and an easy sense of humor.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific responsibilities include:
•    Primarily responsible to support the Executive Director in all internal and external activities, communications, scheduling, and correspondence
•    Maintaining the calendar and timelines of proposal submissions, meetings and reports
•    Preparing materials and taking minutes for various meetings
•    Complete contact and task management
•    Liaison to internal and external constituents
•    Create and maintain various filing systems
•    Expense reporting and timesheets
•    Support for organizational development efforts

QUALIFICATIONS
•    Experience supporting executives of a small or start-up organization
•    Excellent writing skills and ease in routine e-mail and high-level written and verbal correspondence
•    Proven understanding and passion for sustainability
•    Ability to convene and facilitate internal and external meetings, develop timelines and follow through on commitments.
•    Must be a high energy person with a positive, outgoing and highly professional attitude; someone who thrives in a growing, changing, entrepreneurial environment.
•    Multi-lingual preferred (European languages)
•    Conversant with standard PC platform office software, especially Word, Outlook, and Excel
•    Both non-profit and business background welcome

To apply: See full job description and send resume with cover letter and minimum salary requirements to jobs@footprintnetwork.org; subject line MUST include the term “Executive Assistant Position”. Applications received without all of the above will not be considered.

Fund For Global Education

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Founding Executive Director, East Coast or West Coast USA

The Fund for Global Education's vision is to give promising leaders from around the world the opportunity to participate in international educational programming, regardless of income.  Our mission is to identify outstanding leaders, connect them with international educational training programs, and help obtain funding to make this training possible.

We know that global exposure is critical to creating leaders able to compete in the global economy; yet, just one percent (1%) of all U.S. students study abroad. Statistics for minority and low-income students who study abroad are equally as appalling. Statistics for people from emerging markets barely exist.

The Fund is dedicated to bridging the information gap between our scholars and international educational training programs. In order to achieve our mission in the most efficient manner, we partner with organizations that have already identified high-need / high-potential students and organizations that offer top-quality international education and training programs. For more information, visit www.fundforglobaleducation.org

The Founding Executive Director (“ED”) will report directly to the Board of Directors of the Fund for Global Education (“the Fund”). The ED will lead the establishment of the Fund in all aspects, including fundraising, securing its legal status as a tax-exempt 501c3 organization, building a network of volunteers, building the reputation of the Fund, building relationships with strategic partners, and in all other steps required to establish the Fund as a major force in international education.

In summary, the ED will be responsible for:
  • Raising the annual budget of the Fund (expected to range between $1-2 million/annum by the 3rd year of operation). The ED will be responsible for all relationship building, and recruitment and management of volunteers required to facilitate fund-raising (60 % of ED’s time)
  • Accepting and reviewing applications for funding requests, in conjunction with the Fund’s board (20% of ED’s time)
  • Professionally managing the Fund, including securing and maintaining 501c3 status, preparing the budget, financial statements, donor reports, and IRS filings (20% of ED’s time)

Profile of the ideal candidate
• You have three to five years experience in the field of development with a proven track record of successful fundraising over $500K per year
• You are extremely entrepreneurial, and excited by the prospect of launching and building a foundation from the ground up
• You have experience in the field of international education or international training
• You are a consummate net-worker, who is excellent at building relationships with potential supporters, and with people from various cultures and backgrounds

To be considered for this position, please see full job description and submit a cover letter and resume to info@fundforglobaleducation.org.

NESTA

Social Finance Development Manager, London, UK

NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - a unique body with a mission to make the UK more innovative. We invest in early-stage companies, inform and shape policy, and deliver practical programmes that inspire others to solve the big challenges of the future.

The core purpose of this role is to lead the implementation of NESTA’s social finance strategy which is designed to help social enterprises access new forms of risk capital.
This will include:

  • establishing a portfolio of practical demonstration projects, designed to help bring new supplies of risk finance into the market and explore how best to structure that finance.
  • cultivating the demand for risk capital amongst social enterprises, supporting its take up through a combination of investment readiness activities engagement with the wider investment community and efforts to improve the regulatory conditions.

To apply:  Please send a covering letter and CV detailing your ability to meet the requirements of the role to Tanya Holland.
If you have any queries please contact Tanya on 020 7438 2585.

Download Candidate Brief (PDF)

Download Role Profile (PDF)

Salary: £45-55k+ plus excellent benefits
Closing date:  5 pm, 28 May 2008

NESTA

Programme Director – Future Innovators, London, UK

NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - a unique body with a mission to make the UK more innovative. We invest in early-stage companies, inform and shape policy, and deliver practical programmes that inspire others to solve the big challenges of the future.

We are now seeking an outstanding individual to lead our Future Innovators Programme which is focused on equipping young people with the confidence, skills and abilities needed in our rapidly changing world. You will be responsible for leading a portfolio of high-impact, experimental projects which pioneer new approaches to nurturing the skills for innovation and promote youth-led innovation. You will use the evidence base from these projects to influence educationalists, policy makers, employers and young people to create a systematic approach to fostering innovative capacities.

To apply:  Please send a covering letter and CV detailing your ability to meet the requirements of the role to Tanya Holland.
If you have any queries please contact Tanya on 020 7438 2585.

Download Candidate Brief & Role Profile (PDF)
Salary: £65-75,000 plus excellent benefits (FTE)
Closing date:  5 pm, 19 May 2008

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Senior Program Officer, Vulnerable Populations Portfolio, Health Group, Princeton, NJ

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, located in Princeton, NJ, is the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. For more than 35 years the Foundation has brought its experience, commitment and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of all Americans. We work with a dedicated group of diverse individuals and organizations to support programs that have measurable impact and create meaningful and timely change.

The Foundation is seeking a Senior Program Officer to work with the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio. This team– which oversees some of the Foundation's most exciting and inspiring work– seeks new ideas and partners from outside the health sector to affect immediate and lasting improvements in the health of our society's most vulnerable people. This Portfolio addresses how complex social factors– poverty, education, and housing– affect people's health, and develops solutions within that context. This approach allows us to address long-standing problems using unconventional approaches that start at the individual and community level, but have potential for national impact. More information about the Portfolio may be found at http://www.rwjf.org/programareas/programarea.jsp?pid=1144.

The Senior Program Officer should be a creative thinker who understands how philanthropic investments can be used strategically to change systems of care in ways that will improve outcomes for vulnerable populations. They should provide organizational leadership in designing new initiatives, evaluating proposals, monitoring programs and grants, learning from program investments and activities, and creating impact. This Senior Program Officer will report to the Vulnerable Populations Team Leader regarding team goals and initiatives and to the Senior Vice President for Health for overall Foundation and non-team work. Examples of the types of programming found in the Vulnerable Populations portfolio includes, but are not limited to:
• The development and promotion of supportive housing as a solution for addressing chronic homelessness and now potentially as an alternative to jail for seriously mentally ill individuals.
• The incubation and growth of the Green House model of nursing care as a community based care alternative to the traditional institutional nursing home.
• The piloting and now multi-site testing of a model for early diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia in adolescents as a promising approach to better manage and even prevent the disease.
• The replication and national expansion of a school-based model to promote play as a critical element for healthy child development.

As with staff at all levels of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Senior Program Officers are expected to demonstrate a passionate commitment to the Foundation's mission of improving health and health care for all Americans and to the guiding principles that undergird that mission.

Essential Duties:
• Contribute to the design and implementation of new Group initiatives. Serve as a partner with other Group members to the team leader and the senior vice president in identifying the strategic objectives and program direction.
• Work with other program professionals, administrative staff, the senior vice president, grantees, consultants, evaluators and other funders to plan, develop and respond to requests for funding. Screen and assess prospective project proposals, work with applicants to refine plans and project budgets, draft preliminary summaries of the project and develop recommendations for program management teams (PMT), program staff, Foundation management and Board approval.
• Attend meetings, conduct site visits, and review grantee submissions as part of overall responsibility for developing and managing existing grants and programs. Prepare oral and written summaries of grant activities.

Experience and Qualifications:
• Completion of an advanced degree (e.g. MA, MPH, PhD JD, MSW) and extensive experience of at least 7-10 years plus proven leadership and recognized in the field for specific area of knowledge in one or more of the Foundation's interest areas.
• Knowledge of the US health system and/or philanthropy is desirable.
• Experience showing an ability to manage programs as well as positions including increasing responsibility.
• Personally motivated to support the Foundation's mission and goals; creative, flexible; able to work both independently and in teams to think imaginatively about opportunities; to respond to novel and innovative approaches to addressing an issue; to inspire others to work towards achieving team goals.

To apply, please see FULL job description, mail, fax, or e-mail your cover letter, resume, and salary expectations, by May 30, 2008 to: Human Resources Center, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, P.O. Box 2316, Princeton, NJ 08543-2316; Fax: 609-514-5455; or E-mail: ResumeHG@rwjf.org . For more information, please visit www.rwjf.org/employment. RWJF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Reference Code: 9133450

Rare

Director of Training, Arlington, VA

Rare, a U.S.-based conservation organization, works globally to equip people in the world’s most threatened natural areas with the tools and motivation they need to care for their natural resources. For the last 30 years, at more than 90 sites and in more than 40 nations, Rare has focused as much on people as on science—addressing the underlying social and economic factors that create environmental threats. Rare’s approach has been to develop a suite of social marketing and business development tools that motivate local communities to protect their natural surroundings. Rare has been recognized by Monitor Consulting and Fast Company magazine as one of the “Top 25 Social Capitalists” in America for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, the only environmental group with this distinction. Its conservation toolkit has been embraced by many large environmental organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the National Audubon Society.

Rare’s signature Pride campaign builds grassroots support for environmental protection by training local conservation leaders in the use of commercial marketing tactics to build awareness, influence attitudes, and enable meaningful change. Pride campaigns produce a groundswell of support that leads to tangible conservation successes, such as new national parks, reform legislation, or reduction of threats from forest fires or over-fishing. Rare has more than twenty years of experience in building local Pride for biodiversity conservation and has trained over sixty locally-based conservationists trained in our innovative methods of community-based social marketing. Over the next 5 years, Rare plans to ramp up its Pride program to more than triple in size and reach.

Rare is currently seeking a Director of Training to play a lead role in the continual improvement of our conservation programs and staff development initiatives. A new position created to support significant organizational growth, with a focus on scaling the Pride program, the Director of Training will support the complete re-design of Pride training programs to ensure best-in-class content and pedagogy and will have responsibility for leading internal staff development and new hire orientation and onboarding, including developing resources and referrals for ongoing training opportunities.

Responsibilities
  • Review and advise on Rare’s Pride curriculum, including format, content, delivery, and evaluation to help build an exemplary vocational curriculum; identify areas of internal expertise and seek out complementary external resources as needed
  • Coordinate the training of all Rare Course Managers to deliver the revised curriculum to Campaign Managers
  • Continually review Rare’s overall staff training needs, determine and facilitate the most effective and cost-efficient ways of delivering relevant training to staff on an individual, team-based and/or organization-wide basis; develop resources and continually provide ideas on additional trainings, conferences, and other skill-building opportunities available to Rare’s staff and partners
  • Advise in the revision and implementation of the training and onboarding program for all new hires
  • Help evaluate the adoption of new skills and competences gained over time by Rare staff and partners, including developing metrics and measures and carrying out periodic evaluations

To Apply: See full job description. Please email a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity, both in Word format, to Paul Butler at Rare@cgcareers.org, subject line “Director of Training.” Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

About Commongood Careers: Rare has partnered with Commongood Careers to conduct the search for a Director of Training. Commongood Careers (www.cgcareers.org/) is a nonprofit search service that connects talented individuals to organizations that are dedicated to creating positive social change. Founded and staffed by nonprofit professionals, Commongood Careers offers personalized, engaged services to jobseekers and organizations throughout the hiring process, as well as access to a wealth of knowledge about nonprofit careers.

Rare

Senior Director, Human Resources, Arlington, VA

Rare, a U.S.-based conservation organization, works globally to equip people in the world’s most threatened natural areas with the tools and motivation they need to care for their natural resources. For the last 30 years, at more than 90 sites and in more than 40 nations, Rare has addressed the underlying social and economic factors that create environmental threats. Rare’s approach has been to develop marketing and business development tools that motivate local communities to protect their natural surroundings. Rare has been recognized by Monitor Consulting and Fast Company magazine as one of the “Top 25 Social Capitalists” in America for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Its conservation toolkit has been embraced by many large environmental organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the National Audubon Society.

Rare’s signature Pride campaign builds grassroots support for environmental protection by training local conservation leaders in the use of commercial marketing tactics to build awareness, influence attitudes, and enable meaningful change. Rare has more than twenty years of experience in building local Pride for biodiversity conservation and has trained over 120 locally-based conservationists. Over the next 5 years, Rare plans to triple in size, resulting in exponentially greater impact.

Based in Arlington, VA, the Senior Director, Human Resources will be responsible for all aspects of Human Resources (HR) at Rare. A new position created due to organizational growth, Rare is looking to hire a dynamic senior HR leader who will bring the expertise required to mold and manage Rare’s culture as we grow, spearhead recruitment and retention initiatives, and manage human resource functions for Rare’s 40+ employees around the world.

Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic leadership to a growing human resources function, building upon Rare’s organizational culture to ensure that Rare meets its growth and impact objectives
  • Create a distinctive recruiting program to attract the most qualified and appropriate people to Rare, and ensure an environment exists in which all staff can meet their full potential
  • Expand upon organizational knowledge and implement new initiatives relating to regulations, trends, and best practices in global human resources management
  • Continue building and improving Rare’s HR systems and policies in all areas comprising employee experience: recruitment; on boarding, compensation and benefits; performance management; training and development; exit processes, etc.
  • Supervise one HR Manager

Qualifications
The ideal candidate for the Senior Director, Human Resource will have at least 7 years of generalist corporate HR experience across a range of competencies, with strong managerial experience. S/he will have achieved sufficient seniority to have been a key player in strategic discussions as well as experience in creating and directing HR policies and issues. Previous work in a global setting is strongly preferred as is experience in designing training and staff development programs.  Written and spoken fluency in English required; proficiency in other languages preferred, especially Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, or Bahasa Indonesian

To Apply: Please email a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity, both in Word format, to Rare@cgcareers.org, subject line “Senior Director, Human Resources.”

About Commongood Careers: Rare has partnered with Commongood Careers to conduct the search for a Senior Director, Human Resources. Commongood Careers (www.cgcareers.org/) is a nonprofit search service that connects talented individuals to organizations that are dedicated to creating positive social change. Founded and staffed by nonprofit professionals, Commongood Careers offers personalized, engaged services to jobseekers and organizations throughout the hiring process, as well as access to a wealth of knowledge about nonprofit careers.

Rare

Vice President for Latin America and Caribbean, Arlington, Virginia or Guadalajara, Mexico

Rare, a U.S.-based conservation organization, works globally to equip people in the world’s most threatened natural areas with the tools and motivation they need to care for their natural resources. For the last 30 years, at more than 90 sites, and in more than 40 nations, Rare has focused as much on people as on science—addressing the underlying social and economic factors that create environmental threats. Rare’s approach has been to develop a suite of social marketing and business development tools that motivate local communities to protect their natural surroundings. Rare’s signature Pride campaign builds grassroots support for environmental protection by training local conservation leaders in the use of commercial marketing tactics to build awareness, influence attitudes, and enable meaningful change. Pride campaigns produce a groundswell of support that leads to tangible conservation successes, such as new national parks, reform legislation, or reduction of threats from forest fires or over-fishing.  Rare has been recognized by Monitor Consulting and Fast Company magazine as one of the “Top 25 Social Capitalists” in America for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, the  only environmental group with this distinction. Its conservation toolkit has been embraced by many large environmental organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the National Audubon Society.

Rare has an annual operating budget of $ 7.5 million and has 45 professional staff.  A 15-person Board of Directors serves to guide Rare’s policy, programmatic and fundraising operations.  Rare’s Board recently adopted a new five year strategic plan that entails tripling in size and impact by or the organization 2011.  The hallmarks of the new five year plan include:

  • Expand Rare’s conservation impact globally
  • Enhance and continuously improve Rare’s strategies and tools
  • Unlock burgeoning potential of an alumni network
  • Use Rare’s track record and a challenge grant facility to leverage new sources of funding

Rare has embarked on a rapid growth plan because of the demand from larger environmental groups and foreign governments for its creative methods and business-style marketing strategies. Instead of marketing a product, though, Rare organizers market conservation—using the power of local pride.

Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean

The Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean will report to Brett Jenks, President and CEO, Rare and serve on the senior management team. The Vice President should possess a proven ability to think strategically, and have a demonstrated record of success working with a diverse constituency of partners and stakeholders. The Vice President must also possess an outcome based orientation to goal setting and thrive in a workplace environment filled with the exploration of new ideas to solve complex problems.  In this role, this individual will serve as a catalyst and convener – bringing together grassroots, environmental and other public and private sector leaders to move Rare’s approach to biodiversity conservation forward.  In line with Rare’s new strategic plan, this position will require a person of entrepreneurial spirit and character, a commitment to innovative outreach techniques to inspire a new generation of conservation grassroots conservation leaders and a capacity to manage a growing regional enterprise.

To Apply:
Please see full job description and qualifications and if interested please send a cover letter and resume in confidence to:
Daniel A. Sherman, President, Explore Company
E-Mail: resumes@explorecompany.com


Other open job opportunities at Rare include:

Director, Kent
This key senior leader will manage the operations and outputs of our Kent Pride training center, while working to create new regional partnerships and build support for the Global Conservation Network.

Director, Pride Latin America
The Director, Pride Latin America is responsible for Rare’s programmatic, operational, and financial outputs in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries.

Director, Global Conservation Network
Communication is the key to any successful social movement, and Rare is seeking a cutting-edge communications expert to craft and implement the vision for Rare’s new conservation social networking platform.

Director, Social Marketing
Rare is seeking a social marketing and communications leader to direct program evaluations, training methods and strategy efforts for our signature "Pride" campaigns.

BarrierBreak Technologies

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Research & Data Analysis, Delhi, Mumbai, South India

BarrierBreak Technologies is an accessibility consultancy firm. We provide accessibility training, accessibility testing and accessibility consulting services.

We invite applicants who would like to do research and analyze data for an interesting project on USE of TECHNOLOGY for COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

Excellent job opportuinity for candidates interested in Research work and who possess the following skills:
1. Good Communication skills
2. Ready to travel in and around Delhi / Mumbai / South India (Please mention preferred job location)
3. Have the ability to collect data and analyse the same.

Educational Qualification: 0-4 years experience MSW, BSW, Post Graduate in Marketing

If you have these qualities contact Ms. Ramya (09323154315) for fixing up a telephonic interview and / or walk in for an interview at the below mentioned address:
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Mumbai-400063
Tel No-26858004 / 26853357 Extn:117
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