CEF is hiring for a new Co-Director to join our team, working alongside Co-Directors Janet Xiao and Jon Young as Maggie West steps down from her position on the team. Learn more about this leadership transition process at CEF here.
2018 Co-Director Search Profile
Co-Director Position Responsibilities
Note from the Hiring Committee: As we continue to work to refine CEF’s leadership structure, we have updated this position description to clarify roles and responsibilities, and to offer a more competitive range of compensation.
This position’s primary responsibilities are to steward CEF’s resource development and support the Chapel Hill team. The position is one of three Co-Directors who work both cooperatively and independently to steward the organization as a whole, and in the Chapel Hill and Durham offices. Each of the Co-Directors leads specific areas of work, and as a team are responsible for fundraising, financial management, organizational development, internal operations, and communications for the organization. Additionally, the Co-Directors serve as connectors with the broader community. Read more about our Co-Director leadership model and organizational structure here.
Lead development and fundraising activities with a relational approach
- Steward strong relationships with funders, donors, governmental partners, and other allies (see CEF’s 2017 revenues/expenses breakdowns).
- Create and lead achievement of annual and multi-year development plans in close collaboration with Co-Directors.
- Draft and submit grant applications, letters of inquiry, proposals, and reports in coordination with Co-Directors and staff.
- Coordinate team efforts towards and engage actively in individual donor development, including ongoing communication and gift acknowledgments.
- Identify and cultivate new funder prospects and maintain CEF’s donor database.
- Manage CEF staff, volunteers, and board members engaged in development, including supervision of part-time development contractor.
Steward CEF’s operations, programs & community in Orange County
- Coach, supervise, and support the staff team in CEF’s Chapel Hill office.
- Develop and maintain impactful and collaborative working relationships with partners and stakeholders.
- Hold long-term vision for the Chapel Hill office’s programs and growth in the context of emergent local needs and opportunities.
- Work regularly with Members as an Advocate (expected of all CEF staff).
- Actively lead community-driven advocacy for local systems change.
Facilitate creative organizational vision & growth strategy
- Guide annual budget development and support ongoing financial management needs of the organization.
- Support program design to improve CEF’s outcomes, impact, and methodologies.
- Support staff development and hiring processes.
- Support the activities and ongoing development of the Board of Directors.
Position Qualifications
- Previous experience in non-profit leadership, including demonstrated success in fundraising and managing budgets of a similar size
- Demonstrated commitment to racial equity, social justice, and trauma-informed care
- Experience with or commitment to a team-based organizational culture and shared leadership practices
- Exceptional organizational abilities and attention to detail, with attentive follow-through on simultaneous projects
An ideal candidate will have:
- A commitment to shared leadership, embodying CEF’s values and guiding principles.
- Affirming, empowering, and listening-based leadership style, with a strong sense of self-direction and accountability to the community
- Compelling, authentic, and clear verbal and written communication
- Experience and comfort working with people across abilities and neurological differences, and from diverse racial, socioeconomic, educational, cultural, religious, gender, and ethnic backgrounds and identities
- Facility with technology, including a willingness to learn new technologies
Salary and Benefits
Compensation is commensurate with experience and education, with a starting annual range of $40,000-$47,000, and an additional $3,330 annually as a health care stipend that allows staff to choose their own insurance plan. A detailed description of Employee Benefits can be viewed here.
To Apply
CEF is an equal opportunity employer, and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ applicants.
Please send a resume and cover letter to hiring@communityef.org to apply. Your cover letter should be 1-2 pages and speak to your interest in working with CEF, and your experience and skills in community-based leadership and fundraising. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the position is open until filled. Please contact hiring@communityef.org with any questions.
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About Community Empowerment Fund
CEF works with people experiencing homelessness or financial insecurity in Durham and Orange Counties to gain employment, secure housing, and build financial well-being. CEF trains volunteer “Advocates,” many of whom are undergraduate students, to work one-on-one with “Members” with a holistic approach that meets people where they are. We are passionate about sustaining transitions out of homelessness, and combine flexible relationship-based support with innovative matched savings accounts to help Members achieve long-term dreams. Since launching our savings program in 2010, Members have saved over $900,000 to secure stable housing, build emergency funds, purchase vehicles, and even buy their own homes. Our unique, evidence-based model has gained national attention.
CEF is committed to a team-based organizational structure, in which responsibilities and decision-making are shared among staff. We are a growing organization, with 13 staff, 244 volunteer Advocates, and over 1,000 Members. CEF’s FY2018 operating budget is approximately $500,000, with highly diversified financial resources, and a relationship-based fundraising model consistent with our organizational mission. Learn more at www.communityef.org
These guiding principles were collectively discerned by a group of members, advocates, staff and board members in the Spring of 2015. They are a statement of our values as an organization and serve as a compass to guide us in our work.
CEF’S Guiding Principles
People-Centered Relationships: We appreciate and value our differences and are committed to working through relationships built on mutual respect and trust. In doing so, we foster a non-judgmental, welcoming and safe environment focused on relationships that empower individuals.
Active Reflection and Co-Learning: We cultivate an environment where advocates, members, and staff learn from each other. We create organizational space to critically reflect on our work.
Participatory Ownership: We — members, advocates, staff, and board — share ownership of CEF and achieve our organization’s goals through collaborative decision-making.
Financial Independence: We work together towards sustainable financial security for our community.
Community in Power: We contextualize our efforts within systems of power and through member and advocate experiences. We are committed to social justice and pursue local community-level change.
Welcoming Connectors: We are committed to cultivating an open network of people and organizations to holistically serve members’ goals.
Quality and Accountability: CEF strives to be an interconnected and transparent organization that gives and receives feedback for mutual accountability, to ensure quality in all that it does.
