fantastic chance to change the world...

PEP needs your help to recruit new executive leadership for our team! We are hiring managers for our growing programs and are looking nation-wide for outstanding candidates to fill the following Houston-based positions:

1. Chief Operating Officer
2. Chief Development Officer
3. Manager, Prison Initiatives



(Catherine Rohr with Class IX graduates )

PEP offers great benefits and competitive salaries, not to mention the opportunity to work for a mission-driven organization. These opportunities and expanded job descriptions may also be viewed here.

You can help us by reviewing the job descriptions for your own interest or by forwarding this email and job descriptions to anyone you believe might be a qualified candidate for one of the roles and a great fit for our organization.

For more information about our hiring needs, please check out www.pep.org and please direct any HR questions to our recruiting team at recruiting@pep.org.

Thank you!
Catherine F. Rohr
Founder and CEO

Joboodles.com promises "revolutionary employment listing and matching environment"

My friend Amir Tabei just sent me this intro to his new venture, http://www.joboodles.com/

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I would like to introduce to you my new innovative employment site www.JobOodles.com.

JobOodles is a revolutionary online career matching service that will change the way job seekers and employers come together. JobOodles.com will match the candidates to the company’s culture and more before the application process takes place therefore, saving time and money for both parties. As you know, landing a great job is not just about getting an offer and earning a paycheck. Loving your job is about finding the right company culture for you. On the site, we calculate many factors to help obtain a cohesive, effective workplace.

There are no-fees for setting up a candidate profile and submitting a resume. I believe that JobOodles content and services can complement your employment goals and save you time and money during your job or employee searches. Visit JobOodles.com to post your resume and set up your profile. The service is complimentary for job seekers. A few minutes today can possibly equal a fulfilling career tomorrow. If you are an employer, you will find our job posting rates to be very competitive.

I'll be happy to hear from you and answer any question or comment you may have. Feel free to forward this message to others who you think might benefit from this service.

More here:
http://www.joboodles.com/

First Tee of Dallas - Development Director Job Opportunity

First Tee of Dallas seeks Development Director

I just had the great pleasure to meet Chuck Walker of First Tee - Dallas. He would be a wonderful partner for any development officer... which is fortunate for you, since he is hiring a Development Director. Check it out:

The First Tee of Dallas is seeking a Development Director. The successful candidate will have proven experience in individual and corporate relations, campaign and event management, grant writing, marketing, public relations, and administration. As a key member of a small, dynamic staff, the successful candidate must be outgoing, self-starting, flexible, and inventive. The position requires a bachelor’s degree and experience in fundraising. Compensation plus bonus and benefits commensurate with experience. For a full description CLICK HERE. 

To apply, send cover letter and resume to cwalker@thefirstteedallas.org.

See full description here:

http://www.thefirstteedallas.org/club/scripts/section/section.asp?NS=GVI

[where: 75223]

Job Opening: AmeriCorps VISTA with Big Brothers Big Sisters

I received the following from my friend Charles Senteio passed this on to me, so I pass it on to you...

"Big Brothers Big Sisters, a premier non-profit agency whose mission is providing one-to-one mentoring relationships has an opportunity for a Community Recruitment Coordinator/Events Coordinator in Collin County, Texas.

"Big Brothers Big Sisters is looking for a skilled, self-motivated person to serve as an AmeriCorps*VISTA member for one year. Make a difference in your community by helping kids who need a positive adult role model in their lives. Become an AmeriCorps Vista member and help Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) recruit more volunteers, promote BBBS and make a big difference in our community. Develop leadership, marketing, networking, and outreach skills. This is a full-time, 12-month position beginning in Summer 2008.

"AmeriCorps*VISTA member will receive an annual living allowance of approximately $800-900 monthly, vacation & sick leave, along with extensive training, basic individual health insurance, and student loan deferment, as well as a post-service education award of $4725 to help pay for student loans or future college courses. Work week is 32 hours with a flexible schedule.

"Candidates must be self-starters, at least 18 years of age and have their own reliable transportation. They must love working with people, be highly organized and have good leadership, writing and computer skills. Some college preferred with experience with marketing, PR, or human services helpful. Americorps VISTA members cannot be current college students. Hiring decisions will be made in May, if interested, promptly submit a resume tbristow@bbbstx.org or call 1-888-887-BIGS
for more information."

Job Opening: Director of Development for CCCS

Todd Mark, the new Vice President of Education for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Dallas, recently emailed me to let me know that they are hiring a development director. Here is the basic info. You can email him here if you want more info or care to apply. The office number is 214-540-6810.

Job Description
Title: Director of Development

Department: Education

Reports To: Vice President of Education

FLSA Status: Exempt

Purpose:
The Director of Development for meeting agency fundraising goals by working with national, regional and local corporate, government and private foundation partners. Working with the V.P. of Education and the President, the Director of Development manages and implements fundraising campaign, supervises special events and is responsible for reporting progress to the Board of Directors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

A. Corporate, Foundation, Government, Individual Development 45%  Develop and lead annual national and Dallas region campaigns to raise funding to support mission.(In 2008, the goal is $3 million)
 Assist in the creation and implementation of development strategies for each target audience
 Research and build list of new funding prospects.
 Builds and manages cultivation strategy for all donors and creditor contributors
 Manages the contributor cultivation events, fundraising event(s) and annual fund campaign
 Ensure regular reports are sent to contributors on the use and impact of their gift
 Assists regional presidents in developing regional development plans

B. Proposal Writing 30% Develops the agency’s written approach and/or response to partnership opportunities.
 Oversees strategy for grant writing initiatives.
 Supervises other writers to ensure completeness and quality of all grant proposals.
 Meets with potential contributors to review funding interests and priorities.

C.Internal and External Communications 20% With assistance from Marketing, send regular communications to build CCCS relevance within each market
 Ensure all contributions and meetings with contributors are acknowledged in a timely manner
 Prepares all development reports for internal distribution
 Ensures website accurately reflects CCCS development strategy and provides recognition of contributors
 Supervise implementation of comprehensive donor database

D. Management Support 5%
 Assists VP of Education with organizational strategy implementation, including regional development strategy
 Provides coaching and regular reviews to assigned team members
 Work with Quality Assurance department to provide opportunities for development team members to expand their expertise and grow their job-related skills
 Recommend CCCS improvements that increase value and/or decrease costs
 Recommend Development department improvements that will increase results and/or decrease costs

Supervisory:
This position manages all development efforts, including the work of people not on the development team.In addition, this position interacts frequently with the board of directors and community leaders on behalf of the agency.

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:
 BA or Masters from four-year college or university
 Excellent computer skills, including familiarity working with databases and with Microsoft Word. Experience working with donor databases preferred.
 Strong verbal and writing skills required.
 Ten to fifteen years work experience in development with a proven track record of raising money.
 Some management experience required.
 Must have satisfactory credit

Physical demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

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Job Opening: Financial Analyst with Criterion Ventures

Company: Criterion Ventures
Job Title: Financial Analyst
Location: Connecticut, New York, or Massachusetts

Summary
Criterion Ventures, a unique consulting firm focusing on launching social enterprises, is seeking applications for a new Financial Analyst.

Criterion Ventures (Criterion) works with entrepreneurs foundations, and not-for-profits on developing, growing and scaling social change entities. Dramatic growth in the social change space, evidenced by the emergence of countless new non profits, hybrid models and alliances created in the last five years, has created incredible opportunities for forming and building new entities. Criterion works with individuals and organizations that have a bold vision for what is possible for the world and partners with them to translate that vision into sustainable ventures.

With a full time staff of nine, and an impressive network of 9,000 people developed through years of conversations and convenings, Criterion is enabling social change by weaving together sophisticated strategy, vast networks and thoughtful partnerships. The Financial Analyst (FA) will assume a leadership role in analyzing financial systems of Criterion Venture’s clients and informing the development of new ventures both within the company and with client entities.

About the Financial Analyst Position
With expertise in financial modeling and risk and credit analysis, the FA will be nimble and skilled at knowing what financial data to gather and how to quickly and effectively analyze it to inform business decisions. S/he will have amassed experience informing business decisions and be comfortable in an extremely fast-paced environment in which data must be quickly gathered and evaluated. Financial fluency in myriad financial modeling structures will equip the FA to shed light on credit risks for both Criterion and its clients. To the same end, the FA will have the management acumen to analyze cash flows and capital needs including assessing the credit worthiness of pools of investors. In addition s/he will be able to thoughtfully assist in analyzing, dreaming up and improving business models on both large and small scales. By working closely with the senior management, the FA will inform the evaluation of growth opportunities for Criterion and for its clients and be in a unique position to influence the development of social change entities. His/her commitment, therefore, to social change must run deep.

Application Instructions To apply, please submit your resume, a cover letter outlining your specific interest in this opportunity, your draw to the mission of Criterion along with your salary history and where you learned of this opportunity to: fa@criterionventures.com with only your name written in the subject line. Resumes will be reviewed as received. Due to the pace of this search, applicants are encouraged to apply immediately.

A comprehensive position description can be found at:
http://www.criterionventures.com/documents/CriterionVenturesFinancialAnalystDescriptionJuly2008.pdf

Job Opening at CDM: Major Gifts Officer

The hiring and management of this position will be handled by the Pursuant Group.

Central Dallas Ministries (CDM) is one of the largest, most effective faith-based organizations in North Texas and is celebrating its 20th year of service to the community. CDM operates a network of hunger relief, healthcare, housing, legal service, employment training and educational programs serving more than 30,000 unduplicated people throughout the Greater Dallas area.

The Major Gifts Officer will manage relationships and fundraising efforts with the almost 200 major donors and prospects in North Texas. Responsibilities will also include the identification, evaluation, cultivation, solicitation and management of individuals capable of contributing major gifts of at least $5k annually, with a focus on individuals capable of gifts of $25k and over. The individual will also be responsible for developing various church partnerships toward this end.

Ideal candidates will have:

• Strong initiative and self-motivation
  
• Three to five years demonstrated successful experience and effectiveness in major gifts fundraising with a focus on prospect identification, relationship building, and solicitation
  
• Experience in solicitation of large gifts
  
• Outstanding interpersonal skills; excellent research skills; superior written and oral communication skills; and relevant computer skills
  
• Ability to work both entrepreneurially and collaboratively, and to function both as a leader and a partner within a team framework
  
• Bachelor's degree
  
• Interest in and working knowledge of community development, faith-based initiatives, and social service highly desirable.

This position will split time working from home and out of our development agency’s office in Plano, Texas.

Interested candidates should submit a current resume and cover letter to kelly@pursuantgroup.com. Please include "Development Officer, Major Gifts" in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

[where: 75246]

Lists for Nonprofit Jobs in Texas

I recently came across this nice resource from the good folks at Texas Nonprofits: a free and searchable database of non-profit jobs throughout the Lone Star State.

Better yet, they can email new openings two you twice a week. More here:


http://www.txnp.org/jobs/jobsearch.asp

As always, another good site is the Center for Nonprofit Management's "Opportunity 501" site. Slightly more focused on the North Texas region than the site above, it is located here:


www.opportunity501.org

Urban Christian Jobs Directory

The Urban Christian Jobs Directory provides a free directory of jobs in urban ministries and churches. It also allows churches and non-profits to post jobs for free.

More here:
http://www.urbanchristianjobs.org/


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Job Opening: Exec Dir for NTBHA

The North Texas Behavioral Health Authority (NTBHA) is accepting applications for its Executive Director (ED). NTHBA is the local authority for public mental health and substance abuse treatment services in the seven county NorthSTAR service delivery area. The ED position requires a master’s degree or equivalent work experience. Applicants must be able to demonstrate positive work experience that includes: managing an office staff, developing and monitoring budgets, working with a public board, producing complex work within deadlines, and public speaking/presentation skills. The salary is commensurate with education and experience. A resume and cover letter that lists salary requirements can be submitted electronically to Alice Watson, NTBHA executive assistant, at awatson@ntbha.org. No telephone inquires please.



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Job Opening to work with Foster Care youth

Central Dallas Ministries has an immediate opening for the Site Coordinator for TRAC, the regional transition center for teens aging out of foster care. The successful candidate will supervise case management services, program implementation & reporting, and will coordinate the continuum of TRAC services that move former foster youth to independent living. TRAC uses a comprehensive case planning approach, maintaining a high degree of external contact with community resources. Qualified candidates will have at least 3 years experience in or in close collaboration with CPS, other child-placing agency and/or juvenile services; at least 5 years of exemplary organizational management experience; broad knowledge of mental/behavioral health, educational, and clinical theory. MSW preferred; entrepreneurial and creative energy required. Please send inquiries and a list of professional references to smccomb@centraldallasministries.org

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