About Urban Teachers
Urban Teachers is a nationally recognized, non-profit, teacher development program that specifically prepares and supports novice teachers to meet the needs of public school students in urban settings, currently operating in Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Dallas. Unlike most teacher preparation programs and professional development providers, Urban Teachers is uniquely focused on delivering a thorough, rigorous, and cohesive experience to future teachers, ensuring that they are prepared through clinically-based coursework and classroom experiences, placed in teaching positions within schools that will foster their growth, and then supported to remain in the classroom long term as highly effective teachers. Urban Teachers does this by recruiting outstanding candidates dedicated to serving urban populations, and then deeply investing in their development by providing an immersive 14-month residency that includes 80+ hours of one-on-one coaching; participants in the program receive a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins, as well as dual-teaching certification (including Special Education).
Since 2009, they have developed over 1,200 highly effective educators impacting over 134,000 students. Over the last decade, Urban Teachers has had an intentional focus on attracting and retaining teachers of color to better reflect the students and communities they serve. In 2019, building upon their beliefs and consistently ensuring that their aspiring-teacher cohorts include 50%+ people of color, they launched the Black Educator Initiative, with the goal of preparing and placing 1,000 new black teachers in classrooms by 2023.
Learn more about Urban Teachers’ program and their impact here .
About the Opportunity
With a 10-year history and a program that has been recognized for best-in-class quality, Urban Teachers is looking to significantly grow - with a specific emphasis on growing the number of aspiring Black and Latinx teachers in the program - and increase their reach and impact over the next decade. To accomplish that, the VP of Recruitment & Admissions will be responsible for the full life cycle of identification, outreach, recruitment, selection, and enrollment of Urban Teachers’ annual cohort of aspiring teachers. The VP will report directly to the CEO and serve on the executive team, collaboratively leading the design and implementation of the organization’s strategy for growth, impact, financial sustainability, brand awareness, and public policy influence.
How You’ll be Measured:
Executive Leadership: As a leader at Urban Teachers, collaborate with other leaders in the organization to drive and implement strategies to grow the footprint of Urban Teachers and improve operational efficiency.
Strategic Thinking, Implementation, and Program Growth: Develop and execute a vision and strategy to significantly grow annual enrollment, with a minimum goal of doubling annual enrollment in the next five years and a specific focus on increasing the numbers of Black and Latinx candidates.
Budget Management: Manage and tactically allocate a budget of over $2M and drive towards efficiencies in terms of dollar and yield.
Team Leadership: Build, manage, develop, and coach the recruitment and admissions team to meet and exceed goals; set goals to drive team performance, maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the team; build management capacity of team members.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Model, embody, and lead Urban Teachers’ value of being an anti-racist organization, threading this value through all of your team’s work and the work of the organization.
Continuous Improvement: Keep a pulse on best-in-practice recruitment strategies with the desire and ability to learn from other organizations (within industry, adjacent to industry, and outside of industry); monitor long-term applicant and teacher performance trends and use findings to refine strategic operations.
External Partnership Management: Identify, build, and manage external partnerships with feeder organizations like City Year and the Breakthrough Collaborative, as well as Teach For America and Johns Hopkins.
External Representation: Represent the organization externally (as needed), serving as a brand ambassador and expert in your field.
Feb 26, 2020
Full time
About Urban Teachers
Urban Teachers is a nationally recognized, non-profit, teacher development program that specifically prepares and supports novice teachers to meet the needs of public school students in urban settings, currently operating in Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Dallas. Unlike most teacher preparation programs and professional development providers, Urban Teachers is uniquely focused on delivering a thorough, rigorous, and cohesive experience to future teachers, ensuring that they are prepared through clinically-based coursework and classroom experiences, placed in teaching positions within schools that will foster their growth, and then supported to remain in the classroom long term as highly effective teachers. Urban Teachers does this by recruiting outstanding candidates dedicated to serving urban populations, and then deeply investing in their development by providing an immersive 14-month residency that includes 80+ hours of one-on-one coaching; participants in the program receive a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins, as well as dual-teaching certification (including Special Education).
Since 2009, they have developed over 1,200 highly effective educators impacting over 134,000 students. Over the last decade, Urban Teachers has had an intentional focus on attracting and retaining teachers of color to better reflect the students and communities they serve. In 2019, building upon their beliefs and consistently ensuring that their aspiring-teacher cohorts include 50%+ people of color, they launched the Black Educator Initiative, with the goal of preparing and placing 1,000 new black teachers in classrooms by 2023.
Learn more about Urban Teachers’ program and their impact here .
About the Opportunity
With a 10-year history and a program that has been recognized for best-in-class quality, Urban Teachers is looking to significantly grow - with a specific emphasis on growing the number of aspiring Black and Latinx teachers in the program - and increase their reach and impact over the next decade. To accomplish that, the VP of Recruitment & Admissions will be responsible for the full life cycle of identification, outreach, recruitment, selection, and enrollment of Urban Teachers’ annual cohort of aspiring teachers. The VP will report directly to the CEO and serve on the executive team, collaboratively leading the design and implementation of the organization’s strategy for growth, impact, financial sustainability, brand awareness, and public policy influence.
How You’ll be Measured:
Executive Leadership: As a leader at Urban Teachers, collaborate with other leaders in the organization to drive and implement strategies to grow the footprint of Urban Teachers and improve operational efficiency.
Strategic Thinking, Implementation, and Program Growth: Develop and execute a vision and strategy to significantly grow annual enrollment, with a minimum goal of doubling annual enrollment in the next five years and a specific focus on increasing the numbers of Black and Latinx candidates.
Budget Management: Manage and tactically allocate a budget of over $2M and drive towards efficiencies in terms of dollar and yield.
Team Leadership: Build, manage, develop, and coach the recruitment and admissions team to meet and exceed goals; set goals to drive team performance, maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the team; build management capacity of team members.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Model, embody, and lead Urban Teachers’ value of being an anti-racist organization, threading this value through all of your team’s work and the work of the organization.
Continuous Improvement: Keep a pulse on best-in-practice recruitment strategies with the desire and ability to learn from other organizations (within industry, adjacent to industry, and outside of industry); monitor long-term applicant and teacher performance trends and use findings to refine strategic operations.
External Partnership Management: Identify, build, and manage external partnerships with feeder organizations like City Year and the Breakthrough Collaborative, as well as Teach For America and Johns Hopkins.
External Representation: Represent the organization externally (as needed), serving as a brand ambassador and expert in your field.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Washington, DC, USA
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is seeking an experienced, strategic and collaborative grassroots leader to support and empower our 130+ member grassroots coalition. The successful candidate will be deeply committed to serving the sustainable agriculture movement and its federal policy work, skilled in grassroots campaign strategies and collaborative long-term power building approaches, an exemplary manager, and have demonstrated experience centering equity and justice in their work.
THE ORGANIZATION
NSAC is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities. For over 30 years, we have organized and advocated together for federal policies that foster a better food & farm system. Whether that looks like creating new federal programs that invest in critical research and infrastructure or reforming policies
that have inequitable impacts, we do the long-term work to identify issues, develop solutions, and campaign to win. By bringing grassroots perspectives to DC tables normally dominated by big business, NSAC gives voice to sustainable and organic farmers and community change makers, building the power and success of the broader movement. Racial justice – an understanding and acknowledgment of historical and ongoing racial inequities and a commitment to actions challenging those inequities – is a tenet we seek to embed in our structure, analysis, policy development, and advocacy.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Grassroots Director plans and implements winning campaigns to: build grassroots power, achieve NSAC’s policy goals, and advance racial equity in agriculture and food systems. They also support capacity building efforts for coalition members, collaborate on communications and messaging, staff the Grassroots Council, and manage the grassroots team. The Grassroots Director shares in the leadership of the organization with the Coalition Director, to whom the Grassroots Director reports, along with the Policy Director. The Grassroots Director is a full-time, salaried position based in our Washington, DC office.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Grassroots Strategy, Campaigns, and Communications
Develop and direct grassroots campaigns and strategy to advance federal policy goals and build grassroots power in close collaboration with policy and grassroots staff along with coalition membership
Collaborate with the grassroots team and coalition membership to identify and implement effective grassroots campaign tactics and actions, including fly-ins, action alerts, story banking, digital campaigns, field organizing, and more
Implement campaign planning, execution, and evaluation processes using shared decision-making and distributed campaign management approaches
Lead development of effective, inclusive message framing for grassroots materials and campaigns in collaboration with policy staff and communications staff
Develop and distribute relevant, accessible grassroots campaign materials, resources, and tools to coalition members
Coalition Building
Help build NSAC members’ knowledge of and confidence in the legislative process, grassroots strategy and advocacy, and bringing a racial equity lens to sustainable agriculture policy goals and campaigns
Foster and build accountable partnerships with peer organizations and partners at the national and local level, including prospective members
Staff Management and Organizational Development
Supervise, manage, evaluate and support grassroots team staff, including maintaining a climate that fosters ongoing learning
Assist with fundraising with respect to grassroots advocacy and communications work and joint fundraising with member organizations
SALARY AND BENEFITS
NSAC offers competitive non-profit salary and benefits. Salary will be dependent on qualifications and experience, $75,000+. This is a full time exempt position that offers excellent benefits (as per the employee handbook), including generous vacation and other time off policy, health, dental, and long-term disability insurance, contributions after two years in a retirement plan, and financial support for professional and personal development.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications will be accepted through April 3, 2020. All persons interested in being considered for the position must submit a resume, a recent writing sample, a cover letter highlighting their experience and skills relevant to the listed qualifications, and up to 3 references (whom we will not contact until after a final interview). If you match 75% percent of the listed qualifications, we encourage you to apply.
Please use this form to complete and submit application materials. If you are unable to utilize the Google Form linked above to apply or have any technical difficulties, please contact grassrootsdirector@sustainableagriculture.net for assistance.
NSAC is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from groups that have been historically under-represented, including but not limited to women and people of color. Please also see NSAC’s Statement on Racial Equity . NSAC makes hiring decisions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
More information about NSAC can be accessed by visiting our website at http://sustainableagriculture.net .
Mar 06, 2020
Full time
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is seeking an experienced, strategic and collaborative grassroots leader to support and empower our 130+ member grassroots coalition. The successful candidate will be deeply committed to serving the sustainable agriculture movement and its federal policy work, skilled in grassroots campaign strategies and collaborative long-term power building approaches, an exemplary manager, and have demonstrated experience centering equity and justice in their work.
THE ORGANIZATION
NSAC is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities. For over 30 years, we have organized and advocated together for federal policies that foster a better food & farm system. Whether that looks like creating new federal programs that invest in critical research and infrastructure or reforming policies
that have inequitable impacts, we do the long-term work to identify issues, develop solutions, and campaign to win. By bringing grassroots perspectives to DC tables normally dominated by big business, NSAC gives voice to sustainable and organic farmers and community change makers, building the power and success of the broader movement. Racial justice – an understanding and acknowledgment of historical and ongoing racial inequities and a commitment to actions challenging those inequities – is a tenet we seek to embed in our structure, analysis, policy development, and advocacy.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Grassroots Director plans and implements winning campaigns to: build grassroots power, achieve NSAC’s policy goals, and advance racial equity in agriculture and food systems. They also support capacity building efforts for coalition members, collaborate on communications and messaging, staff the Grassroots Council, and manage the grassroots team. The Grassroots Director shares in the leadership of the organization with the Coalition Director, to whom the Grassroots Director reports, along with the Policy Director. The Grassroots Director is a full-time, salaried position based in our Washington, DC office.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Grassroots Strategy, Campaigns, and Communications
Develop and direct grassroots campaigns and strategy to advance federal policy goals and build grassroots power in close collaboration with policy and grassroots staff along with coalition membership
Collaborate with the grassroots team and coalition membership to identify and implement effective grassroots campaign tactics and actions, including fly-ins, action alerts, story banking, digital campaigns, field organizing, and more
Implement campaign planning, execution, and evaluation processes using shared decision-making and distributed campaign management approaches
Lead development of effective, inclusive message framing for grassroots materials and campaigns in collaboration with policy staff and communications staff
Develop and distribute relevant, accessible grassroots campaign materials, resources, and tools to coalition members
Coalition Building
Help build NSAC members’ knowledge of and confidence in the legislative process, grassroots strategy and advocacy, and bringing a racial equity lens to sustainable agriculture policy goals and campaigns
Foster and build accountable partnerships with peer organizations and partners at the national and local level, including prospective members
Staff Management and Organizational Development
Supervise, manage, evaluate and support grassroots team staff, including maintaining a climate that fosters ongoing learning
Assist with fundraising with respect to grassroots advocacy and communications work and joint fundraising with member organizations
SALARY AND BENEFITS
NSAC offers competitive non-profit salary and benefits. Salary will be dependent on qualifications and experience, $75,000+. This is a full time exempt position that offers excellent benefits (as per the employee handbook), including generous vacation and other time off policy, health, dental, and long-term disability insurance, contributions after two years in a retirement plan, and financial support for professional and personal development.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications will be accepted through April 3, 2020. All persons interested in being considered for the position must submit a resume, a recent writing sample, a cover letter highlighting their experience and skills relevant to the listed qualifications, and up to 3 references (whom we will not contact until after a final interview). If you match 75% percent of the listed qualifications, we encourage you to apply.
Please use this form to complete and submit application materials. If you are unable to utilize the Google Form linked above to apply or have any technical difficulties, please contact grassrootsdirector@sustainableagriculture.net for assistance.
NSAC is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from groups that have been historically under-represented, including but not limited to women and people of color. Please also see NSAC’s Statement on Racial Equity . NSAC makes hiring decisions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
More information about NSAC can be accessed by visiting our website at http://sustainableagriculture.net .
Fisher Investments
Portland, Dallas, San Francisco
Our Enterprise Risk Management team is looking for an ERM professional to support us in maturing our risk management practices. We are expanding the ERM group to provide an enterprise-wide risk framework and centralized oversight and governance to drive greater transparency and inform risk-based decision-making across the firm. You’ll contribute to a strong ERM program that supports us in navigating the wide range of risks many companies face and help us better understand and manage our risk posture. The Opportunity:
In this role, you will work closely with the ERM Group Vice President to expand, refine and mature the firm’s risk management framework, operating model and capabilities. You will have the opportunity to work with senior leadership in a development, advisory and ongoing risk management role. You will partner with the business to help oversee the identification, mitigation and management of risk, and act as a subject matter expert to provide guidance and advice on risk topics. This role will require strong critical thinking and communication skills, the ability to learn and absorb new content quickly, and the ability to navigate ambiguity as we enhance the firm’s risk management framework to help us meet our goals. The Day-to-Day:
Work closely with the business to socialize risk concepts and promote the organizations’ risk culture, including education and training
Build positive and collaborative working relationships with business leaders
Engage appropriate stakeholders in enhancing internal processes and capabilities and championing continuous improvement relative to managing enterprise risks
Help develop various capabilities and documentation together with the ERM team and other business units
Oversee the identification, mitigation and management of risk across areas of focus, including an assessment of the organization’s risk exposure
Prepare and provide well-reasoned analyses while recommending solutions, identifying control gaps, and working through potential issues
Track, report, and provide analytical insights on program effectiveness
Why Fisher Investments:
Fisher Investments is a different kind of investment firm. We don’t come from Wall Street, nor do we believe we fit in with most of the finance industry, and we’re proud of that. We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. From unmatched service to innovative perspectives on investing, it’s the people that make the Fisher purpose possible. After all, it’s our people that enable us to offer the level of service that we do. And we invest in them accordingly, offering exceptional benefits like:
100% coverage of premiums for health, vision and dental insurance
A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
20 days of PTO*, plus 9 paid holidays
8 week paid Primary Caregiver Parental Leave
And much, much more
We also provide a cumulative, continuous learning and development framework customized for every employee. This emphasis on personal and professional growth has yielded an award-winning work environment; we’re Great Place to Work Certified, and The Oregonian named us as a Top Workplace.
But in the end, it’s not the perks that keep people here. They stay because they believe in our mission of service—our employees want to make a difference in an industry that can do better.
* California employees accrue up to 17 days of PTO and 3 days of sick time per year.
FISHER INVESTMENTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Feb 19, 2020
Full time
Our Enterprise Risk Management team is looking for an ERM professional to support us in maturing our risk management practices. We are expanding the ERM group to provide an enterprise-wide risk framework and centralized oversight and governance to drive greater transparency and inform risk-based decision-making across the firm. You’ll contribute to a strong ERM program that supports us in navigating the wide range of risks many companies face and help us better understand and manage our risk posture. The Opportunity:
In this role, you will work closely with the ERM Group Vice President to expand, refine and mature the firm’s risk management framework, operating model and capabilities. You will have the opportunity to work with senior leadership in a development, advisory and ongoing risk management role. You will partner with the business to help oversee the identification, mitigation and management of risk, and act as a subject matter expert to provide guidance and advice on risk topics. This role will require strong critical thinking and communication skills, the ability to learn and absorb new content quickly, and the ability to navigate ambiguity as we enhance the firm’s risk management framework to help us meet our goals. The Day-to-Day:
Work closely with the business to socialize risk concepts and promote the organizations’ risk culture, including education and training
Build positive and collaborative working relationships with business leaders
Engage appropriate stakeholders in enhancing internal processes and capabilities and championing continuous improvement relative to managing enterprise risks
Help develop various capabilities and documentation together with the ERM team and other business units
Oversee the identification, mitigation and management of risk across areas of focus, including an assessment of the organization’s risk exposure
Prepare and provide well-reasoned analyses while recommending solutions, identifying control gaps, and working through potential issues
Track, report, and provide analytical insights on program effectiveness
Why Fisher Investments:
Fisher Investments is a different kind of investment firm. We don’t come from Wall Street, nor do we believe we fit in with most of the finance industry, and we’re proud of that. We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. From unmatched service to innovative perspectives on investing, it’s the people that make the Fisher purpose possible. After all, it’s our people that enable us to offer the level of service that we do. And we invest in them accordingly, offering exceptional benefits like:
100% coverage of premiums for health, vision and dental insurance
A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
20 days of PTO*, plus 9 paid holidays
8 week paid Primary Caregiver Parental Leave
And much, much more
We also provide a cumulative, continuous learning and development framework customized for every employee. This emphasis on personal and professional growth has yielded an award-winning work environment; we’re Great Place to Work Certified, and The Oregonian named us as a Top Workplace.
But in the end, it’s not the perks that keep people here. They stay because they believe in our mission of service—our employees want to make a difference in an industry that can do better.
* California employees accrue up to 17 days of PTO and 3 days of sick time per year.
FISHER INVESTMENTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
