Applications accepted on a rolling basis, open until filled.

Position Overview

Working closely with CEF’s executive and board leadership as well as support staff, the Development & Communications Manager will lead development and communication efforts as CEF continually grows its reach in the community. The Development & Communications Manager will be responsible for sustaining CEF’s development strategy through grants and contracts management, funder relationships, communications stewardship, and donor campaigns and events; creating and posting content to CEF’s social media platforms; creating a monthly newsletter; producing CEF’s Annual Report; and managing all communications and grant processes and documentation. Although most responsibilities may be carried out remotely, some on-site work should be expected, especially for events. The Development & Communications Manager will report to the Executive Director and may supervise volunteer Advocates and Summer Interns. They are a key member of the Senior Leadership Team.

Position Responsibilities

Developing and implementing development strategy to achieve fundraising goals: 

• Create, lead, and implement annual and multi-year development plans, in close collaboration with CEF leadership team (includes ED and Board Development Committee), including a long-term sustainability strategy
• Identify, cultivate, and steward strong relationships with funders, donors, governmental partners, and other allies–including direct solicitations 
• Identify and cultivate new funding prospects, including major donors and foundations 
• Lead and coordinate CEF staff, volunteers, and board members engaged in development, including supervision of volunteer Advocate leaders and working with Board Development Committee 
• Manage development systems and processes, including maintaining donor database (Salesforce) and managing the creation of the Annual Report
• Participate in organizational strategic planning alongside the leadership team 

Manage application and reporting processes for CEF grants and contracts:

• Create and manage an annual grants/contract calendar in order to monitor and meet grant application and reporting deadlines
• Develop materials for grant applications, letters of inquiry, proposals, invoices, and grant and contract reports 
• Identify and cultivate new funding prospects 
• Manage contract cultivation, relationships, and reporting 
• Work with program staff to ensure that necessary outcomes are being tracked

Individual donors – major gifts, events, mailing campaigns: 

• Lead and implement annual fundraising events and house parties 
• Manage and implement individual donor campaigns (2x/year) 
• Coordinate team efforts and engage actively in individual donor development, including ongoing communication, gift acknowledgments, and relational connections 
• Plan & organize “friend-raising” events including the annual Share the Love: Art Show and Alumni Advocate reunions
• Plan CEF’s annual event, The Piggy Bank Bash, including cultivating sponsors, finding a venue, outreach, ticket sales, etc.

Develop and manage CEF’s external communications strategy:

• Create and manage a communications calendar for external communications (including to wider CEF network and donors)
• Develop written content for all external ephemera including donor-facing communications, monthly e-newsletters, and the Annual Report
• Work with program staff and volunteer Advocates to produce regular social media and blog posts (3-4/wk) highlighting relevant local stories and programs, Member stories, staff stories, updates to CEF programs, and fundraising campaigns
• Work with program staff and volunteer Advocates to create and use Member-interview protocols to share stories both externally and internally
• Maintain CEF’s website

Administrative Tasks:

• Maintain necessary files and records (both electronic and paper) for all grants, contracts, and donations
• Manage the monthly thank-you process–matching donations in Salesforce, including generating donor list, completing mail merge, and writing messages to each donor. Also responsible for mailing
• Work with Finance & Operations Manager to provide the necessary documentation to CEF’s auditor 

CEF Team Member

• Attend and participate in all regularly scheduled team meetings, caucuses, retreats, supervision, and other activities in Durham and Chapel Hill (remote and in-person)
• Work collaboratively with team members when necessary
• Engage actively in program design and project management efforts to improve CEF’s outcomes, impact, and methodologies
• Embody CEF values and guiding principles, participate meaningfully in meetings, work collaboratively with coworkers, and engage in CEF in ways that are informed by social justice frameworks including, but not limited to relationship-based support, trauma-informed care, harm-reduction, and motivational interviewing
• Follow CEF financial procedures, including timely reporting of expenses, clear communication around debit card needs, and participation in budget creation

Position Qualifications (Required unless indicated as “preferred”) 

• 3-5 years of experience leading fundraising, and development work–including demonstrated success in securing funds from foundations and major donors, preferably for organizations $1M-$2M in size
• Experience with a range of development/fundraising duties, including individual donor cultivation/campaigns, grant/contract management, and major donor communications
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills 
• Experience leading fundraising events planning, including sponsorship cultivation
• Experience with project management and coordinating a team, including volunteers
• Experience with donor database management (Customer Relationship Management database software, ex. Salesforce) and outcomes reporting (database tracking software, ex. Tableau)
• Strong aptitude with spreadsheets required, including proficiency in G Suite (Google Sheets and Docs) and Microsoft Office Suite (Word and Excel)
• Self-motivated, with exceptional organizational abilities and attention to detail, with ability to follow through on many simultaneous projects
• Clear analysis and understanding of racial equity, structural racism, socioeconomic inequity, and white supremacy culture, particularly in relation to communications and nonprofit organizational structure
• Experience leading narrative storytelling through a racial equity lens and creating communications that work to dismantle white supremacist systems within CEF’s internal functions
• Experience maintaining a WordPress website, preferred
• Experience working with Canva, preferred
• Willingness and ability to learn new technologies and programs quickly
• Commitment to CEF’s mission 

An ideal candidate will have

• A commitment to shared leadership, embodying CEF’s values and guiding principles
• Affirming, empowering, collaborative, 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
• Ability to take initiative and complete duties independently 
• 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
• Experience with work management software (ex. Asana, Slack)

Salary and Benefits

This is a full-time, salaried position. The Development & Communications Manager is expected to work an average of 40 hours per week and will be paid $55,000 annually. This position is also eligible for 100% employer-paid health insurance; 100% employer-paid term life insurance; a 401(k) plan with 4% employer match; optional employee-paid dental and vision; paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave; and a professional development stipend. See an outline of CEF’s benefits here. All CEF staff are expected to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit weekly negative test results. This position is open immediately.

To Apply 

Please submit a cover letter outlining why you are a great fit for this position, resume, 2 writing samples, and 3 professional references to hiring@communityempowermentfund.org with the subject “Development & Communications Manager.” Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

CEF is an equal opportunity employer, and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, LGBTQI identified people, and people with lived experience with homelessness or poverty. 

Applications accepted on a rolling basis – priority deadline 8/25/23

Member Services Coordinator – Chapel Hill, NC office (Full-time, 40 hrs/wk)

Start Date: Nov 17, 2023

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

About the Community Empowerment Fund:

CEF is a non-profit organization operating in Durham and Orange Counties that is working to end the racial wealth gap by supporting people experiencing homelessness or financial insecurity. We work alongside approximately 250 volunteers and 3,000 Members in their pursuit of employment, secure housing, and financial stability. We are valued by Members and partners for our ability to meet people where they are and walk alongside each individual to achieve personal goals, as well as our collaborative approach to address systemic racism and oppression which causes gaps in our local communities. We are passionate about sustaining transitions out of homelessness, and combine flexible relationship-based support with innovative matched savings accounts, referral networks, resource databases, and programs to support Members in achieving their long-term dreams. Learn more at www.communityef.org.

To discourage practices of negotiating that have historically reinforced larger systems of inequality, CEF posts the amount we are able to offer for each position. All employees have the opportunity to earn raises based on increased competencies in their positions and all employees will receive a 2% annual cost of living increase. Please do not apply to a position if the compensation listed does not meet your requirements.

Position Summary: The Member Services Coordinator (MSC) position is a part of the core program staff of the Chapel Hill office. The MSC stewards all services provided to CEF’s Members in the Chapel Hill office and works collaboratively with the MSC  of CEF’s Durham program to ensure consistent and equitable services across our two geographies. The MSC also maintains CEF Chapel Hill’s relationships with a wide variety of local service providers, and represents CEF in collaborative spaces within Orange County’s human services systems, and will manage special projects specific to the Chapel Hill geography. This position works closely with the Chapel Hill staff team to support office operations, including providing in-person support in the office several days a week, facilitating and supporting teams of volunteers, supervising staff and interns, and participating in and co-facilitating regular staff team meetings. Some of the MSC’s work may be completed remotely,  but most require an in-person presence. When working in the office the MSC is expected to model and hold volunteers and staff accountable to all CEF’s safety procedures associated with COVID-19.

 

Position Responsibilities: 

Partnerships and Special Projects (30%)

• Represent CEF at Orange County service collaborations and partnerships including HOME List coordination and attendance, Coordinated Entry meetings, Local Reentry quarterly meetings and HorizonsWorks advisory yearly meeting
• Steward CEF’s housing voucher referral, coordination process,case management  and communication with the Housing Helpline around referrals to CEF and around housing issues
• Manage the Orange County Community Hub in CEF’s Chapel Hill office-establish partnerships that would be beneficial for members, design systems to facilitate coordination and collaboration of partners and a calendar to be distributed freely for members to know who is there and when
• Establish new and maintain existing partnerships with nonprofit, government, and community organizations to cultivate two-way referral pathways and service integrations and manage CEF’s referral materials, as well as communicate consistently with partners to ensure effective transmission of necessary information.

 

Steward Member Services Policies and Practices (25%)

• Participate in collective cross-geography policy and practice-building processes for Member Services (confidentiality, grievances, conflict resolution, etc).
• Participate in cross-training among team to fill in at either office.
• Uphold confidentiality and safety standards.
• Steward an effective case-conferencing system for staff and Advocates to check in, collaborate, and troubleshoot challenges in order to better serve CEF Members.
• Provide technical assistance, along with Advocate Program Coordinator, to CEF’s volunteer leaders and Advocates in providing services to Members and achieving program outcomes.
• Coordinate logistics of language access for Members requiring services in languages other than English.
• Provide program-specific data and anecdotes for use in grant writing and individual donor solicitation.

Team Support and Supervision (20%)

• Provide in-office staff support (minimum of 10 hours) per week ensuring delivery quality of member services, and support the Advocate team in responding to complex or crisis situations that arise.
• Co-facilitate weekly staff meetings for Chapel Hill  team alongside the Advocate Program Coordinator.
• Co-facilitate weekly case conferencing at the MAC team meetings alongside Advocate Program Coordinator to provide resources and support when navigating complex or crisis situations.
• Supervise and lead Chapel Hill’s orientation and intake process for new CEF Members.
• Supervise the following teams (these are all volunteer positions):
  • Member Intake Specialists
  • Housing Team

 

Resource and Financial Coaching Development and Database Management (15%)

• Create and update listings based on community feedback.
• Train and supervise volunteers to verify the accuracy of information in existing resource database listings.
• Write and design content for Financial Coaching modules to be built into CEF’s interactive Connect database with relevant, accurate, and up-to-date information, functionality, and user interface design to support CEF’s person-centered support model.
• Represent the Chapel Hill office on the Resource and Financial Coaching team.
• Participate in developing evaluation measures for CEF services including processes for tracking Member outcomes.
• Assist with program data collection for funder reporting and dissemination of outcomes for any other requests.
• Lead the Chapel Hill team in implementation of CEF data standards and supports data quality in all programs and operations.
• Update and improve the resource database to ensure maximum access for a diverse community of users.
• Manage Orange County content in CEF’s OCConnect.info resource database.

CEF Team Member (10%)

• Actively participate in CEF staff meetings, caucuses, retreats, board meetings, and organizational decision-making.
• Participate in Member Services Leadership Team Meetings.
• Work collaboratively with team members when necessary.
• Engage actively in efforts to improve CEF’s outcomes, impact, and methodologies.
• Embody CEF values and guiding principles, participate meaningfully in meetings, work collaboratively with coworkers, and engage in CEF in ways that are informed by social justice frameworks including, but not limited to relationship-based support, trauma-informed care, harm-reduction, and motivational interviewing.
• Follow CEF financial procedures, including timely reporting of expenses, clear communication around debit card needs, and participation in budget creation.

Position Qualifications (Required unless indicated as “preferred”): 

• Minimum of 3-5 years direct service with people experiencing homelessness or other crisis work preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills – ability to work effectively in varied professional, socioeconomic, and cultural contexts with people across abilities and neurological differences, and from diverse racial, socioeconomic, educational, cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Whole person and healing-centered approach to Member Services.
• Strong understanding of at least two of the following and willingness to learn the others and apply them in organizational, program, and policy design and implementation:
  • Racial Equity
  • Trauma Informed Care/Healing Focused Engagement
  • Transformative Justice
  • Housing First
  • Harm Reduction
• Ability to design and implement systems that build towards efficient, collaborative, and effective cross-sector partnerships.
• Strong group project management, team facilitation, training and individual and group supervision skills including an understanding of complex group dynamics, preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite, preference for experience with client file maintenance in a social service setting.
• Comfortable with and/or willing to learn new communications technology and database systems (i.e., Slack, Asana, Salesforce).
• Works well independently, satisfies deadlines, prioritizes diverse workload effectively and maintains own motivation on multiple long-term and short-term projects.
• Shared commitment to CEF’s mission.
• Degree in Social Work, preferred.

 

An ideal candidate will :

• Holds self accountable
• Have case management experience
• Have critical thinking skills
• Have curiosity to learn more
• Have the ability to communicate clearly about needs and boundaries
• Have exceptional listening skills
• Have strong project management and organizational skills
• Have the ability to build supportive and authentic relationships with people of diverse backgrounds and abilities

Salary and Benefits:

This is a full-time, salaried position. The Member Services Coordinator is expected to work an average of 40 hours per week and will be paid $44,000 in annual salary. This position is also eligible for 100% employer-paid health insurance; a 401(k) plan with 4% employer match; optional employee-paid dental and vision; paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave; life insurance; and a professional development stipend. See an outline of CEF’s benefits here. All CEF staff are expected to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit weekly negative test results. This position will start as soon as possible.

To Apply:

Please submit a cover letter outlining why you are a great fit for this position, resume, and 3 professional references to hiring@communityempowermentfund.org with the subject “Member Services Coordinator.” Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and will remain open until filled.

CEF is an equal opportunity employer, and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, LGBTQI-identified people, and people with lived experience with homelessness or poverty.