Be COLAGE's next National Program Coordinator

Type of position: Regular, full time, exempt

Hours: 35 hours/week

Location: to be determined

Salary: $45,000- $50,000 per year plus generous benefits

Supervisor: Barbara Green, Interim Executive Director

About COLAGE: Founded in 1990, COLAGE is a national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer parent(s). We build community and work toward social justice through youth empowerment, leadership development, education and advocacy.

The Program Coordinator serves an essential role in providing leadership, strategic direction, management, coordination, development, execution and evaluation of the organization?s programs and chapters. ?This position also builds and maintains collaborative relationships and partnerships with other local, statewide, and national organizations, with the goal of enabling as many people with LGBTQ parents as possible to connect with each other and advocate for what matters most to people with LGBTQ parents.

The Program Coordinator reports directly to the Executive Director and supervises volunteers and interns. ?This position includes some travel and is a full-time (35 hours per week) exempt position. One of the primary tasks for this position in the first year will be to develop and implement a plan to more effectively support chapter development.

• Contribute to ongoing strategic planning and organization development, continuously striving to implement best practices in program delivery and organizational systems, messaging, and positioning.
• Manage and monitor departmental planning & budgeting; manage volunteers, interns and fellows as they are brought into the organization; and contribute to fundraising strategies
• Increase the number of chapters and provide ongoing support to chapter leaders
• Develop and ensure the continued functioning and improvement of evaluation tools and instruments that measure the impact of COLAGE programs on constituents.
• Oversee planning and implementation of Family Week inProvincetown,MA
• Serve as a primary media contact and representative, provide leadership in organizational messaging about people with LGBTQ parents, train and prepare spokespeople for interviews
• Grow membership and leadership of COLAGErs of color and other historically oppressed groups and underrepresented constituents;

• Supervise production of print and electronic program materials and advertising.
• Cultivate strategic partnerships and relationships with relevant agencies and ally organizations by participating in national, state, and regional coalitions that are directly related to COLAGE?s mission (Ex. National Safe Schools Roundtable)
• Represent the organization at national or regional conferences, events, forums. Develop and present COLAGE workshops for a diverse array of audiences
• Other duties as assigned

Skills & Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for COLAGE?s mission and programs with demonstrated commitment to social, racial and economic justice issues;
• Significant knowledge, passion and/or experience with people with LGBTQ parents and/or LGBTQ families;
• At least 5 years experience with program development, management, and evaluation;
• At least 3 years experience and comfort with direct supervision of? volunteers including hiring, training and evaluation;
• Experience planning and implementing complex, multi-faceted events
• Experience organizing grassroots advocacy campaigns
• Demonstrated experience working with chapter or affiliate systems and/or other volunteer-run initiatives;
• Experience pitching stories and earning media; comfort working with media outlets and acting as a media spokesperson;
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated success cultivating relationships with a variety of people; must have commitment to and experience working with diverse communities as well as diversifying organizations and building anti-racist and multicultural alliances;
• Group leadership skills and proven expertise in facilitation of activities and trainings for youth;
• Excellent oral, writing, research, listening, and organizational skills;
• Demonstrated ability to juggle numerous details and multiple tasks;
• Excellent computer literacy in word processing, wordpress, data entry & manipulation (Sales Force), mail merges and desktop publishing;
• Ability to work independently and from home.

Compensation

$40,00-$45,000 DOE plus benefits including holiday, sick and vacation pay and health insurance.

To Apply: submit resume and cover letter to colage@colage.org by Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.

Source: http://www.colage.org/uncategorized/national-program-director-job-coordinator/

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