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Employment
- Development and Grantwriting Contractor
- Special Projects Contractor
- Development Associate AmeriCorps VISTA
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Development and Grantwriting Contractor
Contract Deliverables Overview
Propeller is seeking a development and grant writing contractor to support on the execution of Propeller development activities, including but not limited to developing and writing grant proposals (government and foundations), creation and review of corporate sponsorship proposals, creation of presentation materials for board and external audiences, donor communications, donor meeting preparation, and grant reporting (government, corporate, and foundations).
Contract Deliverables
- Developing and writing grant proposals (government and foundations)
- Creation and review of corporate sponsorship proposals
- Creation of presentation materials for board and external audiences
- Donor communications
- Donor meeting preparation
- Grant reporting (government, corporate, and foundations).
Critical Competencies
- Prior experience and track record of success with writing compelling and accurate grants.
- Prior experience and track record of success with donor communications.
- Organization, planning, and attention to detail – 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. 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.
Hourly Rate: $40/hour. Up to $4,000 total contract amount.
Start Date: November 13, 2019
End Date: January 31, 2020
To Apply
Apply here by presenting your resume, cover letter, and three professional references relevant to the competencies requested. In your cover letter, please state your qualifications in the position.
- What is your experience with nonprofit grant writing and donor communications?
- A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is an important Propeller value. Please include how you have demonstrated this commitment in professional or personal endeavors.
Special Projects Contractor
Contract Deliverables Overview
Propeller is seeking a special projects contractor to support on the execution of Propeller special projects, including but not limited to the facilitation of the LaFourche Incubator strategic planning and facilitation process and the project management of special projects.
Contract Deliverables
- LaFourche Incubator strategic planning and facilitation:
- Project management of deadlines, tasks, and deliverables for the development and formation of the LaFourche Incubator.
- Creation of job descriptions and recommendations for hiring an Executive Director.
- Development of a 3-year strategic plan with budget and impact metrics in partnership with LaFourche Incubator Board
- Facilitation of LaFourche Incubator board meetings
- Support with the execution of senior leadership team strategic initiatives, including but not limited to the editing of organization-wide documents.
- Other special projects.
Critical Competencies
- Prior experience and track record of success with nonprofit strategic planning, budget development, and nonprofit leadership.
- Prior experience and track record of success with strategic planning meeting facilitation.
- Prior experience and track record of success creating presentation materials for nonprofit boards.
- Organization, planning, and attention to detail – 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. 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.
Hourly Rate: $40/hour. Up to $4,000 total contract amount.
Start Date: November 13, 2019
End Date: January 31, 2020
To Apply
Apply here by presenting your resume, cover letter, and three professional references relevant to the competencies requested. In your cover letter, please state your qualifications in the position.
- What is your experience with nonprofit strategic planning and budget development?
- What is your experience with meeting facilitation?
- A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is an important Propeller value. Please include how you have demonstrated this commitment in professional or personal endeavors.
Development Associate AmeriCorps VISTA
Position Overview
The Development Associate VISTA will play a key role in Propeller’s success by building our capacity to solicit, track, and analyze our fundraising and donor engagement activities, resulting in the expansion and diversification of Propeller’s funding sources. Their goal will be to refine, test, and pilot new systems and materials that will expand the funding of Propeller, thereby growing the number of served enterprises that are impacting the systemic issues of New Orleans in Propeller’s five areas of focus: community economic development, food, water, health, and education.
Major Responsibilities & Outcomes
Expand Propeller’s capacity to identify and cultivate new funding opportunities by identifying and applying for non-federal sources of funds to improve the services provided to businesses.
- Pilot and test codified prospect research protocol and research for grants to support the services provided in the accelerator programs, resulting in the identification of 25-30 new prospects. At least 30% of identified prospects have the potential to be recurring or multi-year donors.
- Apply for grants to support the services provided in the accelerator programs, resulting in the award of 3-5 new grants.
- Research and develop a database of relevant data and poverty statistics for grant proposals, resulting in a rich bank of information across all five of Propeller’s focus areas, all current within three years of present.
Optimize, pilot, and refine Propeller’s tracking and stewardship system with a lens of increasing donor cultivation and retention. Member activities will result in deepened partnerships and relationships and increased engagement from current and new donors.
- Work with Development staff to develop a more robust annual grant calendar with data that is 85-95% up-to-date and accurate, and migrate the majority of prospects (75+) into Salesforce by Q3 2020.
- Research best practices and work with Development staff to develop a more robust donor appreciation calendar with at least four appreciation and stewardship events occurring monthly, semi-annually, annually, and/or periodically and transition work plan into Salesforce.
- Transition system for receipt and thank you letter generation into website donation platform and Salesforce, resulting in 200+ thank you’s sent out by Q4 2020.
- Develop comprehensive donor profiles within Salesforce for ten or more high-level donors.
- Develop training manual for use of optimized systems through Salesforce and new donation platform.
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.
- Work with Development staff to transition to and optimize new online donation platform by Q2 2020.
- Develop and distribute marketing collateral for 1+ fundraising events and 10+proposals or campaigns. Test fundraising calendar for the revision of these marketing materials for thoroughness and completion.
- Work with Development and Communications staff to develop and implement web-based and social media campaigns for donor and general public engagement.
- Work with impact team to refine system for using impact data and stories in funder cultivation and stewardship, resulting in an accessible venture “story bank” of 10 or more stories.
- Develop 5-10 supplementary pieces of collateral for communication with the general public and stakeholder audiences, showcasing impact data and collected venture testimonials.
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 to get the job done.
- Openness and compassion – Often solicits feedback and reacts calmly to criticism or negative feedback. Admits to mistakes. Able to tune into others’ feelings, thoughts, and motivations and earn trust by consistently demonstrating integrity, authenticity, and professional competence.
- 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.
Salary: Living Allowance of $11,490 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)
- $6,000 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
- Learn more about the benefits of becoming a VISTA member
Start Date: January 2020
Term: 1 Year *There may be an option to renew for an additional year.
Holidays:
- 10 Annual Days
- 10 Sick Days
- 11 Propeller Holidays
To Apply
Application Deadline: December 1, 2019
Apply here by presenting your resume, a writing sample, 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:
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.
To Apply