We’re Hiring!

See below for available positions to join our team at Propeller:

• Development & Fundraising (Multiple Levels)
• Communications Coordinator
• Senior Director, Impact and Advocacy
• Incubator Events and Facilities Contractor
• Data and Evaluation Associate VISTA
• Development Associate VISTA
• Propeller Incubator Host, Work Trade
• Education Program Associate VISTA
• Intern

Propeller is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Women and candidates of color are encouraged to submit applications.

Development & Fundraising (Multiple Levels)

Position Overview
Propeller is seeking two driven professionals to support our growing development and fundraising efforts. These two staff members will join the development department to support and execute on the annual development strategy and achieve Propeller’s fundraising goals. We are seeking entry-level to senior-level candidates to fill these positions.

The core focus for these staff members will be to continue to effectively steward our existing and prospective funders. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing and results-driven organization. The entry- to mid-level incumbent will gain invaluable experience in independent project management and implementation within donor cultivation, grant-writing, and non-profit development. The senior-level incumbent will play a crucial role in developing and driving the long-term visioning, conceptualization, and implementation of Propeller’s development strategy.

Major Responsibilities & Outcomes

Though the specific duties of each role will be based on the incumbents’ skill set, expertise, and experience level, both roles have similar broad functional areas:

Donor Cultivation

• Develops positive relationships with current and prospective donors, with donors reporting an excellent philanthropic experience.
• Informs the organization’s overall development plan and executes organizational priorities.
• Ensures Propeller meets its fundraising goals.

• Drafts and proofreads compelling, quality, data-driven proposals.
• Researches, identifies and responds to grant opportunities relevant to Propeller.

• Helps sustain a culture of philanthropy within Propeller and with its partners.
• Ensures all deadlines are met in a timely manner.
• Coordinates with staff as necessary to drive revenue and organize fundraising materials.

Critical Competencies

• Written and verbal familiarity in the history of structural racism in the US and its current manifestations in New Orleans and nationally. Fluency in this area is highly desired.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Sensitive to donor and stakeholder needs and can develop warm and trusting relationships.
• Self-motivated, innovative, and can work with considerable independence within the context of an overall strategy and collaborative team.
• Commitment to Propeller’s mission, vision, and values.
• (Preferred) Proven and consistent track record of identifying, cultivating, and stewarding institutional funders.
• (Preferred) Proven and consistent track record developing compelling, data-driven proposals resulting in funding.
• Entry-level candidates: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent knowledge) and 0-2 years’ experience.
• Mid-level candidates: Bachelor’s (or equivalent knowledge) and 3+ years’ experience, or Master’s (or equivalent knowledge) and 2+ years’ experience.
• Senior-level candidates: Bachelor’s (or equivalent knowledge) and 5+ years’ experience, or Master’s (or equivalent knowledge) and 3+ years’ experience. 2+ years’ supervisory experience.

Travel with some evening and weekend work required. This is a salaried and exempt position.

Compensation: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.

• Entry-level candidates: Salary begins at $37,000+ annually.
• Senior-level candidates: Salary begins at $62,000+ annually.
• Propeller also offers a competitive benefits package including health, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, parental leave, and professional development.

Start Date: Summer 2018

To Apply
Application Directions: Apply here by presenting your resume and responses to the questions below:

• Why are you passionate about racial justice, nonprofit development, and cultivating institutional relationships?
• What do you think will be your greatest strength in this role? In what way do you think you will need to grow the most to be successful in this role?
• What do you find gives you the most energy in your current work?
• What drains your energy the most in your current work?
• What are your salary requirements?

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Incubator Events and Facilities Contractor

Position Overview

The Events and Facilities Contractor will provide on-site event management, event bookings and recruitment, and administrative and facilities support to the Propeller Incubator Manager. The Contractor is responsible for all onsite events management and coordination of facilities activities to ensure clean, efficient, and safe operations of the Propeller Incubator. This is a part-time contract position that will report to the Incubator Manager.

Start Date: As soon as possible
Hours: Maximum of 25 hours per week
Hourly Rate: $15/hour

Major Responsibilities & Outcomes

• Providing on-site coordination (A/V setup, room setup, etc.) of event rentals during the week, weekends, and evenings.
• Responding to requests for various facilities/administrative activities, such as conference room set-up, site event planning, IT/telecommunications, and other building related projects.
• Ensuring building supplies are maintained at an adequate level.
• Performing general repair tasks; including but not limited to painting, basic carpentry, and general facility repairs.
• Complementing the overnight janitorial team by removing trash, maintaining floors, handling spills, etc.
• Scheduling and/or performing preventative maintenance.

Critical Competencies

Required:

• Knowledge of event and facility management or ability to manage events and facility tasks.
• Patience
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and ability to work under specific time constraints.
• Very strong listening and communication skills.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends when requested and respond to facility emergencies in off hours.
• Ability to work at various times of the day (mornings, afternoons, and evenings).

• 2-3 years of experience working in facilities, custodial, and/or carpentry.
• Event management experience.
• Access to reliable, timely transportation with ability to transport facility and event supplies.

To Apply
Application Deadline: July 13, 2018 at 11:59 PM. We recommend early applications and may fill the position before the deadline.

Application Directions: Apply here by presenting your resume, three professional references, and responses to the questions below:

• Why are you passionate about Event and Facility Management?
• What would be your approach to effective and successful Event and Facility Management?
• Do you have access to reliable and timely transportation with the ability to transport facility and event supplies?

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Senior Director, Impact and Advocacy

Position Overview
This position is accountable for the development and implementation of Propeller’s overall programmatic and policy strategy. The Senior Director, Impact and Advocacy assumes responsibility for these functions in the Executive Director’s absence. The person in this role will provide consistent monitoring of the health, functionality, efficiency, and efficacy of the programmatic and policy portfolio, as well as the internal and external factors that affect them. They will use quantifiable metrics to adjust strategy and plans in a timely manner. This person will directly supervise the Director of Programs and provide dotted line supervision to the five managers overseeing education, water, food, health, and inclusive entrepreneurship portfolios. The Senior Director, Impact and Advocacy, will lead a team of eight to twelve team members.

Quality Control and Process Development

• Builds out, codifies, monitors, and adjusts full set of quality control benchmarks and goals corresponding to grant deliverables, organizational priorities, client satisfaction, programmatic reputation, and organizational logic models. Roots decisions in organizational needs, internal/external factors, and forecasts. Ensures strategic goals and quality control targets are achieved on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

• Ensures all prioritized programmatic processes are 100% clear with one person assigned as accountable to each process. Activities may include codifying processes and troubleshooting bottlenecks in order to ensure clear and efficient processes leading to “drama-free” execution in all programmatic work.

• Reporting and analysis on customer feedback is as accurate and frequent as financial data. Ongoing employee input is gathered regularly to identify obstacles and opportunities in mission-related work.

• Ensures that policy work and entrepreneurship assistance strategies have clear mission and logic model alignment for each target “system of interest.”

Social Venture Fund

• Supervises contractor(s) leading and implementing the Social Venture Fund. Ensures achievement of outcomes required by investors, donors, organizational logic model, and investment committee members. Outcomes include full deployment of Fund 1 by Q2 2019 and the exploration of a Fund II in partnership with the development team.

• (potential) Serves as Investment Committee member.

Emerging Work

• Spearheads emerging areas of work in line with funder interests – feasibility studies, project planning, initial execution before hand off. Some potential areas of emerging work could include:
  - Race and equity initiatives – develop and oversee strategy and partnerships needed to advance race and equity initiatives.
  - Development of additional Propeller incubator site(s).

Management

• Ensures 100% “A Players” on the team, including AmeriCorps members, who are passionate about the mission and day-to-day work and achieves all scorecard results.
• Ensures positive and productive team culture where all team members achieve individual scorecard goals, have clear career trajectories within the organization, and emphasizes organizational values of passion, equity, vulnerability, and team empowerment for results through individual coaching, professional development, and performance management.
• Directly supervises the Director of Programs and provides dotted line supervision and coaching to the five managers overseeing education, water, food, health, and inclusive entrepreneurship policy/advocacy portfolios; oversees a team of seven full-time employees and six AmeriCorps VISTAs.
• Maintains network of high-level influencers to support team outcome achievement. Participates in meetings and strategy decisions as needed.

Key requirements:

• Proven track record in policy/advocacy strategy.
• Deep understanding of the history of structural racism in the US and how it manifests currently.
• Proven track record cultivating close and trusting relationships with high-level influencers and policymakers for clear outcomes.
• Proven track record building a positive and productive team culture, managing and coaching a large team according to Propeller’s values of vulnerability, passion, empowerment, focus on results, and equity.
• Excellent project manager, creating systems and processes to streamline workflows. Track record of creating effective and efficient systems and processes.
• Strong business acumen.
• Quick learner – can get up to speed quickly on new sectors and policies, and can synthesize to make informed decisions.
• Compelling public speaker – in presentation or one-on-one settings.
• (preferred) Working knowledge of the financial world – lending, equity investment, budgeting, creating pro formas, etc.
• (preferred) Track record of developing new programs.
• (preferred) Experience in the nonprofit world, donor world, program development.
• Bachelor’s (or equivalent knowledge) and 7+ years’ experience, or routinely Master’s (or equivalent knowledge) and 5+ years’ experience. 5-7 years’ supervisory experience of professional- and senior-level employees.

Travel with some evening and weekend work required. This is a salaried and exempt position.

Compensation: $90,000+ annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications. Propeller also offers a competitive benefits package including relocation assistance, health, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, and professional development.
Start Date: Summer 2018

To Apply
Application Directions: Apply here by presenting your resumé and responses to the questions below:

• Why are you passionate about racial justice, marketing, and communications?
• What do you think will be your greatest strength in this role? In what way do you think you will need to grow the most to be successful in this role?
• What do you find gives you the most energy in your current work?
• What drains your energy the most in your current work?

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Communications Coordinator

Position Overview
The Communications Coordinator is responsible for supporting the Senior Marketing & Communications Manager to oversee Propeller’s communications logistics, processes, timelines, and events. The mission of this role is to maximize Propeller’s brand reputation and reach. This includes maintenance of website content; creation of marketing collateral; management of social media, digital advertising, and email marketing; coordination of public relations; and smooth execution of special events.

Key Responsibilities

Website Maintenance

• Manage requests from all departments to make timely, accurate updates to website content.
• Draft and review all new content; continually monitor site for improvements and updates.
• Generate monthly analytics reports to measure and improve SEO.

Social Media & Digital Marketing

• Create content, coordinate engagement, and execute integrated strategies across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts.
• Manage budget and content for Facebook ads, Google ads, and other digital marketing campaigns.
• Develop monthly analytics reports to measure and improve performance across all platforms.

Email Marketing

• Draft and coordinate content for multiple ongoing newsletters across departments.
• Maintain up-to-date, segmented lists; create strategy to increase signups and ensure all Propeller audiences are integrated.

Press Relations

• Execute strategies for major organizational announcements and events, including drafting and distributing press releases to local and national publications.
• Help maintain up-to-date local and national press lists; research new high-quality leads.
• Accurately and promptly answer and direct external requests for Propeller to participate in media, speaking engagements, and meetings.
• Research and help draft opinion pieces and content for submission to relevant local and national publications.
• Monitor and report on quarterly media coverage.

Marketing Collateral

• Manage requests for updates to and creation of external marketing collateral for all departments, including one-pagers, posters, postcards, and programs.
• Help gather and create content for Propeller annual report.
• Regularly update branded templates, materials and talking points for Propeller staff external presentations and high-level meetings.
• Preferred: experience with Adobe Creative Suite.

Special Events

• Provide planning and logistics support for large-scale events, including annual fundraiser Propeller Pop and annual social entrepreneurship summit.
• Coordinate outreach with event contacts, including entertainment, food/beverage, lighting, donors, etc.
• Manage day-of marketing and communications, including live coverage, press, and event photography.

Critical Competencies

• Written and verbal fluency in the history of structural racism in the US and its current manifestations in New Orleans and nationally. Ability to convey compelling racial justice analysis to external stakeholders.
• Exceptional attention to detail. Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
• Excellent creative and analytical writer who can express complex principles in clear, simple and compelling language to a variety of audiences.
• Highly developed proofreading skills to ensure all materials are 100% accurate and grammatically correct.
• Experience expressing brand voice and maintaining brand consistency across a variety of platforms.
• Strong project management and administrative skills with demonstrated ability to set concrete goals, organize, and prioritize.
• Reliable. Follows through on commitments, and lives up to verbal and written agreements.
• Strong communicator within and across departments. Always prioritizes ensuring the right people have the appropriate amount of input on a given project before moving forward.
• Proactive. Must be able to anticipate project needs, discern work priorities, and meet deadlines with little supervision.
• Work ethic. Possesses a strong willingness to work hard to get the job done.
• Vulnerable. Often solicits feedback and reacts calmly to criticism or negative feedback. Admits to mistakes.
• (preferred) Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Facebook advertising, and/or Google Ads.
• (preferred) Access to reliable, timely transportation with ability to transport event and marketing materials.

Some evening and weekend work required. This is a salaried and exempt position.

Compensation: $37,000+ annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications. Propeller also offers a competitive benefits package including health, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, and professional development.
Start Date: Summer 2018

To Apply
Application Directions: Apply here by presenting your resumé and responses to the questions below:

• Why are you passionate about racial equity, building systems and processes, and policy?
• What do you think will be your greatest strength in this role? In what way do you think you will need to grow the most to be successful in this role?
• What do you find gives you the most energy in your current work?
• What drains your energy the most in your current work?

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Data and Evaluation Associate VISTA

Position Overview
The Data and Evaluation Associate will be responsible for designing and implementing systems and materials to enable Propeller to evaluate and improve its programs, while demonstrating our impact to funders and policymakers in order to increase investment to support our work in five sectors: educational equity, food security, health, water, and inclusive entrepreneurship.

Start Date: September 12th, 2018
Term: 12 months (*There may be an option to serve for an additional year)
Salary: Volunteer Stipend of $12,277 annually
Benefits:

• Up to $550 relocation assistance (if moving more than 50 miles from previous home location)
• Mileage reimbursement for move (if moving more than 50 miles from previous home location) $1,800 end of service stipend (if $5,920 Education Award is not needed)
• $5,920 Education Award
• Major Medical Health Insurance
• Student Loan Forbearance or Deferment
• Personal and Professional Development Training and Networking
• Child Care Assistance if child is under the age of 13
• Possible GRE (Graduate Record Examination) Fee Reduction
• Education Award Match at participating Colleges and Universities
• Non- competitive eligibility status for Federal Government Employment
• Transportation reimbursement for work-related travel
• $250 Professional Development
• $500 Rent Stipend

• 10 Annual Days
• 10 Sick Days
• 11 Propeller Holidays

Position Outcomes
Build capacity in Propeller’s evaluation efforts by supporting the development of systems and processes to track and analyze the impact of the services provided to businesses serving disadvantaged populations and pressing social issues.

• Research and implement best practices in data collection, analysis, visualization, and reporting.
• Research and implement best practices in stakeholder engagement in program evaluation.
• Develop and improve systems for planning and evaluating policy advocacy.
• Conduct analysis and reporting of program data to assist in program management and improvement.
• Develop plans for adoption and better usage of information in Salesforce database by staff across all departments.

To expand and deepen the impact and evaluation we provide to funders and the wider community, critical to the success of both fundraising and the accelerators.

• Research and implement best practices for using impact data and stories in funder cultivation and stewardship.
• Refine and manage story bank of ventures’ impact and experience with the program.
• Refine systems for tracking and drafting reports to institutional funders, using entrepreneurs’ stories and impact to cultivate donors.
• Develop regular progress reports and related materials for funder communications.

Critical Competencies
Required:

• Exceptional attention to detail – Possesses strong proofreading and organizational skills.
• Strong writer – Must be able to communicate in clear, simple and compelling language to a variety of audiences.
• Follow-through on commitments – Lives up to verbal and written agreements, motivated to meet deadlines.
• Work ethic – Possesses a strong willingness to work hard to get the job done.
• Openness to criticism and ideas – Often solicits feedback and reacts calmly to criticism or negative feedback. Admits to mistakes.
• Basic to intermediate skill with Microsoft Excel.

Preferred:

• Strong project management and administrative skills with demonstrated ability to set concrete goals, organize, and prioritize.
• Experience and aptitude for visual and digital communications.
• Experience using a database (e.g. Salesforce) is a plus.
• We strive to be highly effective in serving all aspects of the New Orleans community. To do so requires expertise and deep knowledge. Preference will be given to candidates with experience working with low-income or underserved communities (African-American, Latino American, Native American or Vietnamese American) in New Orleans.

To Apply
Application Deadline
July 15th, 2018; we recommend early applications and may fill the position before the deadline.

Application Directions: Apply here by presenting your resume and responses to the questions below:

• Why are you passionate about measuring impact and developing systems?
• What do you think will be your greatest strength in this role? In what way do you think you will need to grow the most to be successful in this role?
• What do you find gives you the most energy in your current work? What drains your energy the most in your current work?

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Development Associate VISTA

Position Overview
Design and implement systems and materials that will expand the funding of Propeller, growing the number of enterprises served which impact the systemic issues of New Orleans in the areas of educational equity, food security, healthcare, and water. All VISTAs who join the Propeller team will be an integral part of improving Propeller’s systems for programming, interdepartmental effectiveness, and operations.

Start Date: July 2018
Term: 1 Year *There may be an option to renew for an additional year.
Salary: Living Allowance of $12,277
Benefits:

• Up to $550 relocation assistance (if moving more than 50 miles from previous home location)
• Mileage reimbursement for move (if moving more than 50 miles from previous home location) $1,800 end of service stipend (if $5,920 Education Award is not needed)
• $5,920 Education Award
• Major Medical Health Insurance
• Student Loan Forbearance or Deferment
• Personal and Professional Development Training and Networking
• Child Care Assistance if child is under the age of 13
• Possible GRE (Graduate Record Examination) Fee Reduction
• Education Award Match at participating Colleges and Universities
• Non- competitive eligibility status for Federal Government Employment

Holidays:

• 10 Annual Days
• 10 Sick Days
• 11 Propeller Holidays

• Codification and training of staff prospect research process and storage.
• Solidify and develop standard operating procedures for grant calendar management.
• Finalize process for revising and storing community statistics.
• Codify system for tracking grant pipeline, including applications, rejections, and feedback.
• Assist to compile budgets, including cost research and cost analysis as necessary.
• Develop boilerplate and apply for grants to support the services provided in the accelerator programs, connecting social entrepreneurs with the resources they need to improve the health and services students need in school, improve access and quality of healthcare services, expand the local food economy and accessibility of healthy foods in impoverished neighborhoods, and improve water management in areas most vulnerable to disaster.

To deepen the capacity, efficiency, and productivity of the development department, improving the ratio of dollars against cost and improving the messaging and reach of Propeller’s marketing in order to leverage the funds raised to effectively improve the services provided to businesses serving disadvantaged populations and pressing social issues.

• Finalize standard marketing collateral for fundraising events, proposals, and campaigns, with a focus on our end of the year ask.
• Support the iteration and finalization of migrating donor information into Salesforce, including calendars, contact details, workflow, etc. Develop manuals for their use and maintenance.
• Plan and execute build out of Salesforce dashboards to integrate fundraising systems into
  Salesforce.
• Research and suggestion implementation of best practices in development and donor
  stewardship.

Critical Competencies

• Exceptional creative and analytical writer who can express complex principles in clear, simple and compelling language to a variety of audiences.
• Highly developed proofreading skills to ensure all written materials are 100% accurate and
  grammatically correct.
• Strong project management and administrative skills with demonstrated ability to set concrete goals, organize, and prioritize.
• Familiarity with Salesforce best practices and functionality a bonus.
• Attention to detail – Precision and quality focused, methodical, with great patience and attention to detail. Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
• Organization and planning – Able to meet deadlines and handle and prioritize multiple
  simultaneous requests. A documented history of successfully and efficiently driving projects to completion. Strong time management skills and ability to communicate production timelines on multiple projects. Plans, organizes, schedules, and budgets time in an efficient, productive manner.
• Follow-through on commitments – Lives up to verbal and written agreements, regardless of
  personal cost. Reliable. Motivated by meeting deadlines.
• Proactive – Must be able to anticipate project needs, discern work priorities, and meet deadlines with little supervision.
• Work ethic – Possesses a strong willingness to work hard to get the job done. Has a track record of working hard.
• Ego in Check/Openness to criticism and ideas – Often solicits feedback and reacts calmly to criticism or negative feedback. Admits to mistakes.
• (preferred) We strive to be highly effective in serving all aspects of the New Orleans community. To do so requires expertise and deep knowledge. Preference will be given to candidates with experience working with low-income communities and/or communities of color (African- American, Latino American, Native American or Vietnamese American communities) in New Orleans.

To Apply
Application Deadline: May 31 st , 2018
Application Directions: Apply here by presenting your resume and responses to the questions below:

• Why are you passionate about building capacity for nonprofits and/or fundraising?
• What do you think will be your greatest strength in this role? In what way do you think you will need to grow the most to be successful in this role?
• What do you find gives you the most energy in your current work? What drains your energy the most in your current work?

Propeller Incubator Host, Work Trade

Your Role

As a host, you will be the first point of contact for our members, guests, and curious community members who come into the space. Your job is to orient all stakeholders to make sure that everyone is getting the most out of Propeller Incubator, our community and resources.

Host Responsibilities

• Front Desk: We ask that host greet visitors, answer co-workers’ questions, collect and distribute mail, answer the telephone, provide tours of the incubator, and process payments for Day Passes, Punch Cards, and Events. Hosts will also be expected to assist with opening, closing, and daily operations tasks.

• Propeller Project: We ask that hosts develop and implement a community project during their time here. Examples of community projects include organizing yoga classes, working on an Incubator member spotlight blog, pop-up breakfasts, round table discussions, happy hours, etc.

• Event Hosting; Propeller Incubator hosts off-hour and weekend events. Hosts are able to serve as building hosts for these events to maintain the security of Propeller Incubator facilities, assist with janitorial needs, support event registration, building opening and closings. Event staffing needs will be communicated at least one week before the event.

• Greet everyone who comes through the door, including members and guests. Direct everyone to appropriate locations throughout the building. Give tours to potential new members and curious folks who wander in.

• Keeping Propeller clean and well stocked. Propeller has biweekly janitorial service, but we rely on our members and staff to clean up after themselves in between. This means you will be expected to occasionally take out the trash, empty the dishwasher, clean up spills, make coffee, restock the bathrooms and kitchen, clear off conference tables, etc. as needed.

• Administrative and tech support for members; including receiving and distributing mail, installing printer drivers and troubleshooting printing issues, assisting with projectors and event set-up, etc.

• Answering the Propeller Incubator office phone and getting calls and messages to the appropriate staff members.

• Answering questions from members and guests about the building, neighborhood, Propeller services, other organizations, etc.

• Building community through member introductions and your special project. Interacting with members in the common areas and facilitating connections between members.

• Understanding members’ businesses and needs and finding potential resources for them within the network.

• You are welcome to bring other projects to work on while you are at Propeller, however we ask you prioritize your propeller host duties while you are on shift.

• Commitment to Excellence: Propeller Incubator Host Program is a reflection of our commitment to excellence. We ask that hosts call within 24 hours of shift to cancel, reschedule monthly hours when needed, and be punctual for their shifts.

• Hosts who do not fulfill expected duties and hours, or act outside of Propeller Incubator’s standards of conduct will be asked to forfeit their 24 hour access card to the Incubator Manager.

Time Commitment

As a host we ask you to commit to working 15 hours per month for a 2 – 6 month time frame.

Compensation

During 2- 6 months of your hosting, you will receive a co-working membership with 24/7 access, introductions and mentoring from Propeller staff when requested, references from Propeller team members, and access to meeting and event spaces for your own activities if needed.

To Apply:

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Education Program Associate VISTA

Position Overview
The Education Programs Associate will be responsible for designing and implementing systems and materials that will expand the outreach and marketing of Propeller, which will grow our funding and the number of social enterprises served impacting the social, environmental, and economic problems of New Orleans in the areas of educational equity, food security, health, and water. All VISTAs who join the Propeller team will be an integral part of improving Propeller’s systems for programming, interdepartmental effectiveness, and operations.

Start Date: September 2018
Term: 1 Year *There may be an option to serve for an additional year.
Salary: Living Allowance of $12,277
Benefits:

• Up to $550 relocation assistance (if moving more than 50 miles from previous home location)
• Mileage reimbursement for move (if moving more than 50 miles from previous home location) $1,800 end of service stipend (if $5,920 Education Award is not needed)
• $5,920 Education Award
• Major Medical Health Insurance
• Student Loan Forbearance or Deferment
• Personal and Professional Development Training and Networking
• Child Care Assistance if child is under the age of 13
• Possible GRE (Graduate Record Examination) Fee Reduction
• Education Award Match at participating Colleges and Universities
• Non- competitive eligibility status for Federal Government Employment

Vacation:

• 10 Annual Days
• 10 Sick Days
• 11 Propeller Holidays

Position Outcomes
Responsible for codifying processes and procedures necessary to plan and implement the Propeller Education Strategy and successful accelerator programming.

• Support in the planning/implementation of education accelerator and convenings.
• Support Education systems research and policy.
• Support the growth of Propeller’s Education network.
• Codification and maintenance of a comprehensive database of community Education organizations and their programming/best practice.
• Develop documents on Propeller Education activities including reports, case studies, and fact sheets.
• Codification and maintenance of a database for resources and funding opportunities for the Education sector.

Critical Competencies

• Exceptional attention to detail, organized, efficient, and desire to get things right. Does not let important details slip through the cracks.
• Exceptional creative and analytical writer who can express complex principles in clear, simple and compelling language to a variety of audiences.
• Highly developed proofreading skills to ensure all written materials are 100% accurate and grammatically correct.
• Strong project management and administrative skills with demonstrated ability to set concrete goals, organize, and prioritize.
• Organization and planning – Able to meet deadlines and handle and prioritize multiple simultaneous requests. A documented history of successfully and efficiently driving projects to completion. Strong time management skills and ability to communicate production timelines on multiple projects. Plans, organizes, schedules, and budgets time in an efficient, productive manner.
• Follow-through on commitments – Lives up to verbal and written agreements, regardless of personal cost.
• Proactive – Must be able to anticipate project needs, discern work priorities, and meet deadlines with little supervision.
• Work ethic – Possesses a strong willingness to work hard to get the job done. Has a track record of working hard.
• Ego in Check/Openness to criticism and ideas – Often solicits feedback and reacts calmly to criticism or negative feedback. Admits to mistakes.
• (preferred) We strive to be highly effective in serving all aspects of the New Orleans community. To do so requires expertise and deep knowledge. Preference will be given to candidates with experience working with low-income or underrepresented minority (African-American, Latino American, Native American or Vietnamese American) communities in New Orleans.

To Apply
Application Deadline: July 6th, 2018
Application Directions: Apply here by presenting your resume and responses to the questions below:

• Why are you passionate about Education, Programming, and Social Entrepreneurship?
• What do you think will be your greatest strength in this role? In what way do you think you will need to grow the most to be successful in this role?
• What do you find gives you the most energy in your current work? What drains your energy the most in your current work?

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Intern

Your Role

Propeller hires and works with unpaid interns in order to provide growth and learning opportunities to students in high schools, universities, colleges, and trade schools and/or to provide volunteer experience to non-students.
We accept applications for internships year-round. Selection is based on the applicant’s interest and Propeller’s need. We accept applications for internships in all departments: programs, fundraising and development, marketing, business and operations, and incubator management.
We ask that our interns commit at least 5 hours per week for 5 weeks in order to gain the most meaningful experience.

APPLY HERE

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