Program Associate, GreenLight Dallas

Program Associate, GreenLight Fund Dallas

Organization Overview

GreenLight Fund is a national nonprofit with a local focus that partners with communities to create opportunities for inclusive prosperity. We facilitate a community-driven process that matches the local needs of individuals and families not met by existing programs, to organizations with track records of success elsewhere. Working with communities, we identify, invite in and launch proven organizations, providing collaborative support so they can quickly take root and deliver change. Everything we do is designed to remove barriers to inclusive prosperity all too often rooted in racial inequities. Our impact increases exponentially as we address one specific, community-identified need each year, in each GreenLight site. To date, we have brought 55 evidence-based portfolio organizations across 13 sites, invested $39M, and attracted an additional $320M from other funding sources, reaching nearly 750,000 individuals and families this past year alone.

To learn more about the GreenLight Fund, please visit www.greenlightfund.org.

Position Overview

We seek an independent, highly organized, and community-focused Program Associate with a passion for equity and serving children and families in Dallas. This position will report to the Executive Director of GreenLight Fund Dallas, and work collaboratively with a local team as well as a national network of sites. The ideal candidate can research and organize multiple forms of data, work across diverse groups of stakeholders, communicate clearly, lead with integrity, and highly values opportunity for all.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Research current, relevant local social issues and priorities facing historically underserved children, youth and families with barriers to social and economic mobility.
• Update landscape analysis including qualitative and quantitative market research, data evaluation and attend meetings with key stakeholders and relevant local leaders with the Executive Director.
• Review financials, documentation, and conduct site visits as part of our due diligence process for prospective portfolio organizations.
• Produce reports and briefs to inform decision making and grant selection and produce and archive meeting minutes..
• Write grant proposals, requests, reports.
• Send individual donor payment reminders and donation acknowledgement letters
• Establish local office and related operations, including tracking of site expenses and project management systems.
• Build relationships across national sites to identify effective internal practices to replicate and implement locally.
• Support Dallas Executive Director with annual reviews and data collection processes for grant recipients, notating bright spots to include in external communications.
• Create supporting materials for meetings, including agendas, focus area briefs, research and diligence findings, and follow-up surveys and communication as needed.
• Maintain internal management, data and reporting systems (experience with Salesforce, Apricot and Box is a plus, but not required) related to marketing and communications and investor relations.
• Lead planning and execution of local events and meetings.
• Lead creation and execution of annual communications plan including ongoing maintenance of GreenLight Fund Dallas social media, and e-newsletters via Mailchimp, GreenLight Fund Dallas website pages and contribute to blog postings.
• Support execution of GreenLight Dallas annual donor stewardship/investor relations plan, including investor outreach, cultivation, engagement and stewardship
• Other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of related experience.
• This role may require occasional travel for staff events and site visits, estimated at 5–10% of the time. All travel will be planned in advance and fully covered by GreenLight Fund.

Location

This position is based in GreenLight Fund Dallas. Applicants who do not meet location requirements will not be considered.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary for this position is $75,000.

GreenLight Fund offers a generous benefits package that includes:

• Health Insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield (80% covered)
• Dental and Vision Insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield (80% covered)
• Full coverage of all mental health visit copays through Blue Cross Blue Shield (100% covered)
• Safe Harbor (Match 100% of the first 3% of salary and 50% of the next 2%)
• Short and Long-Term Disability through The Hartford (100% covered)
• Basic Life insurance and AD&D through The Hartford (100% covered)
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Critical Illness, and Accident Insurance through The Hartford
• 10 company-wide holiday closings and 3 floating holidays
• The week between Christmas Day and New Year's Day off
• Up to 12 sick days (prorated for new hires)
• Up to 2 personal days (prorated for new hires)
• COVID-19 Benefits
• Vacation Days: Up to 15 days in years 1-3, 20 days in years 4-5, and 25 days in year 6 and beyond
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for birth parents, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth parents
• Up to $175 monthly cell phone and WiFi stipend
• Up to $1,500 per year for professional development
• Access to Holisticly (40 Holisticly Credits per Month)

GreenLight Fund is committed to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion at every level of the organization. GreenLight Fund recognizes and appreciates the value of building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive work environment. GreenLight Fund takes pride in being an equal opportunity employer regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental ability, race, region, sexual orientation or veteran status. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, contact us at peopleops@greenlightfund.org.

GreenLight Fund participates in E-Verify to verify employment eligibility for all new employees.

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