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With nearly 2 million people incarcerated in the United States, we live in an age of mass control where patriarchy, racism, and punitive criminal justice policies are devastating women’s health, resources, and civic engagement. This is especially true for women who are low-income, women of color, queer and trans women, and all women whose loved ones are incarcerated and criminalized. Through the development of thoughtful organizing models including our Healing to Advocacy program, Essie is organizing and developing the leadership of the 1 in 4 women, and 1 in 2 Black women, with incarcerated loved ones to lead local and statewide campaigns to bring our loved ones home and who have the people-power potential to drive real change.
Position Title: Administrative/Policy Assistant
Location: Work from Home/Downtown Sacramento, CA
Employment Status: Full-Time – 40 hours/week
Reports to: Executive Director
Compensation: $55,000 – $65,000 and Competitive Benefits Package (includes CalPERS)
Submission Deadline: Open until filled
For more than 20 years, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) has been advancing economic and racial justice by building an inclusive economy in the East Bay based on good jobs and healthy communities. EBASE addresses the root causes of injustice, including white supremacy and corporate control, by developing strategic alliances among residents, workers, and people of faith to build power and win systemic change. EBASE develops leadership and capacity of Black and Brown communities, low-wage workers, and tenants through our campaigns. EBASE comprises a team of committed and seasoned staff, and an engaged board committed to a bold vision of economic and racial justice and a transformational approach to organizing that creates strong solidarity among people of color, women, immigrants, and queer folks. EBASE is a founding member of the PowerSwitch Action national network.
Job Description
Reporting directly to the President & Chief Executive Officer and to the Managing Director, the Executive Coordinator will have both internal and external facing responsibilities, ranging from project management, scheduling, administrative, and technical support. The CEO is responsible for overall performance evaluation.
The Executive Coordinator is responsible for providing daily critical administrative support and extending the capacity and efficiency of the Asset Funders Network’s senior executive team, Board of Directors and Board Committees. This role will efficiently manage the Asset Funders Network executive office operations by helping to manage priorities, post communications, take and finalize minutes, maintain corporate records, document the scope of 3rd party contracts using AFN templates, schedule meetings, support expense reimbursement documentation, and edit or help update documents as well as providing other logistics coordination as needed.
This is a remote position and must be able to support efforts across the 4 time zones of continental US. AFN requires evidence of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment and will request proof prior to an extension of the offer. Travel to meetings consistent with the position will be required.
Compensation: $72,000 – $96,000, plus a generous benefits & PTO package. As a worker self-directed nonprofit, all full-time NEC employees are paid at the same base rate, with adjustments for cost of living, dependents, and past experience.
Time Commitment: Full-time Salaried Position (32 hours per week).
Application Deadline: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2023
Start Date: Ideal start date is April 2023.
NEC is seeking a full-time (32 hours / week) Donor Engagement Director to join its Resource Mobilization circle. The ideal candidate will have a deep commitment to racial, economic, and environmental justice, and will have skill sets at the intersections of individual giving, major donor giving, campaign management, and communications.
The role’s main objective is to grow a cross-class, multi-racial network of people moving resources towards the solidarity economy movement.
The Coordinator, Equity (AANHPI SAP) will serve as a member of the FoundationCCC Equity department and provide support to the AANNHPI SAP team. Under the direction of the Director, Equity (AANHPI SAP) and/or Project Manager, Equity (AANHPI SAP) and in line with the Foundation’s strategic plan. The Coordinator’s primary role is to support the overall project and coordinate specific components of the AANHPI SAP. This position assists with program development and implementation, monitoring outcomes, stakeholder engagement, and other activities.
Keeping in mind the Foundation’s unique status as the official auxiliary to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCO) and Board of Governors, you will have a thorough knowledge of all Foundation equity programs and initiatives, with an emphasis on the AANNHPI SAP. This position requires tact, judgement, professionalism, and diplomacy as well as ability to coordinate with other departments and external partners to achieve a common goal.
The Specialist, Equity (AANHPI SAP) will serve as a member of the FoundationCCC Equity department and be a pivotal internal expert with responsibility of components of the AANNHPI SAP. Under the direction of the Director, Equity (AANHPI SAP) and/or Project Manager, Equity (AANHPI SAP) and in line with the Foundation’s strategic plan, the Specialist’s primary role is to provide expertise and oversight of specific components of the AANHPI SAP. This position helps to guide program development and implementation, monitoring outcomes, stakeholder engagement, and other activities.
Keeping in mind the Foundation’s unique status as the official auxiliary to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCO) and Board of Governors, you will have a thorough knowledge of all Foundation equity programs and initiatives, with an emphasis on the AANNHPI SAP. This position requires tact, judgement, professionalism, and diplomacy as well as ability to coordinate with other departments and external partners to achieve a common goal.
The Project Manager, Equity (AANHPI SAP) will serve as a member of the FoundationCCC Equity department leadership team, driving strategies to support a work environment of excellence and shared leadership, to support FoundationCCC’s overarching goal in promoting student success. Under the direction of the Director, Equity (AANHPI SAP) and in line with the Foundation’s strategic plan, the primary role of the Project Manager, Equity (AANHPI SAP) is to work closely with the Director to lead, by operational hands-on example, all components of the Foundation’s AANHPI SAP. The Project Manager, Equity (AANHPI SAP) will be a pivotal internal expert and consultant while helping to lead a team dedicated to program development and implementation, monitoring outcomes, stakeholder engagement, and other activities. This position requires tact, judgement, professionalism, and diplomacy as well as the ability to balance the needs of the organization, the needs of employees and legal considerations.
The Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Student Achievement Program (SAP) offers an exciting, new opportunity to develop integrated culturally responsive student support services and curriculum to promote wellness and academic success of underserved AANHPI and other historically marginalized student populations.
The Foundation for California Community Colleges (FoundationCCC) is supporting the AANHPI Student Achievement Program by developing a Central Office to implement the program’s strategic vision and provide technical assistance and support to participating colleges and the system more broadly. By integrating the program within the Social Determinants of Educational Success framework, the Central Office will aim to have an ongoing impact both within and beyond this program by encouraging innovative practices, utilizing an ongoing evaluation to determine their efficacy, and collaborating with system partners to ensure that promising practices can inform this and other student service programs.
The Associate Initiative Officer (AIO) of Great Communities Collaborative will work closely with the GCC Senior Initiative Officer (SIO) to administer various key elements of the GCC initiative to further goals in housing, transportation, land use, and climate resilience. The AIO will lead and help co-design and manage GCC’s initiative plan focused on advocacy, regional collaboration, local innovation, and multi-sector collaborative projects across the Bay Area. The AIO will organize and mobilize nonprofit area expert partners in these areas to help identify opportunities and strategies for impact on local and regional public policy.
The mission of the San Francisco Foundation’s Multicultural Fellowship Program is to equip emerging leaders of color with the experience, knowledge, and network to increase racial and economic equity in the Bay Area. For more than 30 years, the Multicultural Fellowship has been a career accelerator for leaders who are motivated, creative agents of change.
Each Multicultural Fellowship cohort consists of four Fellows. Each Fellow is placed within a specific program focus area at the foundation: People, Power, Place, or Strategic Learning and Evaluation. Fellows work within their focus areas to increase team capacity, provide a fresh perspective, and contribute to the team’s work towards advancing equity in the Bay Area.
Crankstart is seeking an equity-centered strategic leader to serve as a Senior Program Officer (SPO) leading Crankstart’s work focused on democracy (voting engagement, voting rights, criminal justice and immigration) and climate (greenhouse gas emissions and environmentrelated problems disproportionately affecting local low-income communities). The SPO will function as a high-level individual contributor and people manager.
Labor Notes is a media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. Labor Notes’ reach is growing, and we are uniquely placed to encourage and shape a reviving, militant, bottom-up labor movement.
Following a period of exciting and unprecedented growth, JFF is strategically organizing both to scale its impact and to support the wellbeing of our staff. As a result, we’ve recently created several new positions and departments to build a solid foundation for growth in support of our mission to drive equitable economic advancement for all. The Vice President, Center for Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning sits in a newly created Solutions Group, reporting to the Chief Solutions Officer (to be hired from a national search early in 2023). The VP oversees JFF’s longest standing Center and serves on JFF’s Executive Leadership Council.
The Foundation is seeking a senior-level professional to contribute to strategy development for the Employment, Education and Training (EET) portfolio aimed at building scalable practice models, field-building strategies and policy and system solutions that promote labor market opportunities and outcomes – particularly for youth and young adults of color.
GCIR envisions a society in which everyone thrives no matter where they were born. To make that vision a reality, we galvanize philanthropy to advance immigrant and refugee justice and belonging. As the nation’s only immigrant-focused philanthropy-mobilizing organization, we work with our more than 140 member institutions, the 1,200 individual grantmakers in our network, our partners in the field, and other philanthropic affinity groups to move money and power for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
Open opportunities include: Administrative and Membership Assistant, Finance Manager, and expert consultants.
The California Budget & Policy Center (Budget Center) seeks to hire a Director of Communications to oversee the organization’s efforts to connect with key audiences and stakeholders through digital/online tools, media relations, the strategic release of Budget Center reports and analyses, and other activities. As a member of the organization’s senior leadership team, the Director of Communications plays a key role in positioning the Budget Center for maximum reach and impact and in helping to advance public policy choices that can broaden prosperity in our state.
Coordinated by the UC Berkeley Labor Center and sponsored by the San Francisco Labor Council, Labor Summer is a full-time, PAID, intensive eight-week internship program designed to train the next generation of labor and community leaders.
You will learn from and work with labor and community organizations in California, applying your skills in real-world settings on issues vital to the state’s working people. You’ll also gain the skills and networks to explore and prepare for labor-related jobs after graduation.
We anticipate offering an in-person Labor Summer experience in 2023, with the most updated health and safety protocols in place.
The National Fund is seeking a Chief Administrative Officer who will lead all aspects of the organization’s financial, administrative, operational, and human resources strategy, systems, and protocols. The CAO is a member of the Executive Team and — along with the Chief Program Officer — works with the Chief Executive Officer to promote the sustainability, effectiveness, and impact of the organization. This leader will drive the organization towards operational excellence in service of the National Fund’s strategic goals and racial equity and inclusion values.
The Chief Executive Officer reports to the Board of Directors and has six direct reports. The CEO is the chief advocate and fundraiser for Samaritan House, a credible, authentic relationship builder and communicator, and holds the big picture strategy that sets the tone and culture for staff to do their best work and to fulfill its mission. The CEO has a strong understanding of inequities in our society and the challenges hardworking people have in making ends meet.
For more information, please click here Chief Executive Officer.
Alternatively, please contact:
Lisa Grossman (650) 323-3565 or lisag@moppenheim.com
Kevin Redick (415)762-2646 or kevinr@moppenheim.com
The Program Officer (PO), Human Rights Program is a strategic and collaborative individual who has demonstrated experience in and a passion for working at the intersection of the immigration and the criminal legal systems (crim-imm) and related power building ecosystems. The PO’s portfolio will cover crim-imm nationally and in California and Texas as well as some related criminal justice grantmaking.
Koya Partners, the executive search firm that specializes in mission-driven search, has been exclusively retained for this engagement. Molly Brennan and Sarah Avendaño of Koya Partners have been exclusively retained for this search. To express interest in this role please submit your materials here. All inquiries and discussions will be considered strictly confidential.
Koya Partners is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals living with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual living with a disability and need assistance expressing interest online, please email NonprofitSearchOps@divsearch.com. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process.
JustFund was created by funders and organizers of color to remove traditional barriers in philanthropy and to simplify the grants application process for organizations working at the forefront of social change. Built to center equity in grantmaking, and designed as a tool that brings the principles of trust-based philanthropy to life, we are resetting how grantmaking works for those seeking and distributing funding.
EBASE seeks a collaborative and strategically inclined Contra Costa Campaign Coordinator to support deepening our organizational and individual bases of support for EBASE’s campaigns for housing justice, racial justice, immigrant rights and worker rights. This includes coordinating aspects of EBASE’s coalition-based campaigns, developing and implementing campaign strategies and actions; supporting basebuilding activities; and and representing EBASE at County-wide coalitions and identifying opportunities for intersectional collaboration. EBASE’s current campaigns primarily focus on winning tenant protections in Concord, in key cities and Countywide as a way of stabilizing housing for low wage workers. This role also involves working to build more inclusive democracy in the County and working to build the political power of working-class BIPOC communities.
EBASE seeks a collaborative and strategically inclined Oakland Campaign Coordinator, to support deepening our organizational and individual bases of support for EBASE’s Oakland campaigns for equitable development, racial justice, worker rights and progressive budgets. This includes coordinating aspects of EBASE’s coalition-based campaigns, developing and implementing campaign strategies and actions; supporting partners’ basebuilding activities; and representing EBASE at coalitions and identifying opportunities for intersectional collaboration. The Coordinator will help develop and implement various campaign strategies, with a focus on engaging and activating ally organizations, community groups, and labor unions; developing digital organizing strategies; and coordinating actions and events.
Goodwill of the San Francisco Bay is a diverse, mission-driven nonprofit that equips low-income individuals and those facing employment barriers with the skills required to succeed in the 21st century job market.
The Director of Workforce Development is responsible for creating and scaling Goodwill’s workforce development programs.
The mission of the ACCE Institute is to improve the lives of California’s traditionally underserved residents, including communities of color, low-income and working families, and the undocumented population, by carrying out work that fosters deep, indigenous leadership development, policy creation, robust civic participation, and broad community empowerment.
Job opportunities include work in the Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Southern CA.
Under the general direction of the Deputy Chief of Staff, the Higher Education Policy Specialist to the Lieutenant Governor is responsible for assisting with the strategic development, coordination and implementation of the LG’s higher education engagements, initiatives, and priorities. This includes drafting reports, preparing briefings, talking points and memorandums of conversation, making policy recommendations to the LG and serving as the LG’s representative and liaison to constituent and advocacy groups.
Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to Aleksandra Reetz, Deputy Chief of Staff at Aleksandra.reetz@ltg.ca.com.
Please send a brief cover letter and resume detailing your qualifications to hr@rocunited.org. Please place the title of the position in the subject line of your email. Please be advised that Restaurant Opportunities Centers United is an Equal Employment Opportunities Employer and hence we do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. Women, immigrants, people of color, people with disabilities, Trans*, genderqueer/expansive, LGBTQI, and returning citizens are strongly encouraged to apply.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a regional catalyst, connector and collaborator. Open positions include: Program Officer for the California Black Freedom Fund and Grants Associate, and more. Apply directly
Rubicon is transforming East Bay communities by equipping people to break the cycle of poverty. Apply directly.
The Center for Popular Democracy is recruiting experienced and qualified candidates who are passionate about helping to build organizing power to transform the local and state policy landscape through strong partnerships with community-based organizing groups nationwide. Several openings are available.
Rising Sun builds career pathways for economic equity and climate resilience. There are several job opportunities to join their team.
This position is open until filled. Send resume, cover letter in Spanish or Tagalog and English and three references to info@cadomesticworkers.org. Note job title in the email subject line. No phone calls please!
The Greenlining Institute works toward a future when communities of color can build wealth, live in healthy places filled with economic opportunity, and are ready to meet the challenges posed by climate change. To achieve this vision, Greenlining is committed to building a just economy by acting as an incubator of new policy ideas, a bridge builder between diverse partners, and an advocate to build momentum for transformative change. Visit Greenlining’s website for more information.
With competitive benefits, a collaborative working environment, and an array of cross-cutting issues areas, New America brings together top thinkers, researchers, and agents of change. Several positions are listed.
Founded in 1999, PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity by Lifting Up What Works®. Equity means just and fair inclusion into a society in which all can participate, prosper, and achieve their full potential. Several openings are listed.
Canal Alliance offers immigration legal services, education and career programs, and social services to help Latino immigrants and their families overcome the barriers to success. Several job opportunities are open to join the Canal Alliance team.
JobTrain transforms lives and communities in Silicon Valley. They help the Valley’s most in need reclaim their lives from poverty and unemployment by preparing them for successful, sustainable careers in high-demand and emerging fields.
Several open positions for different office locations, including Career Center staff roles, Administrative support, grant writing, and child development.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is committed to ensuring all children, families and communities – regardless of race or income – have opportunities to reach their full potential. Several open positions are listed to join the team.
Code for America is made up of people-centered problem solvers: technologists, advocates, storytellers, and organizers from many different backgrounds and communities around the country. There are several opportunities to join the team.
The Safe Return Project is dedicated to creating an equitable and healthy environment for Contra Costa County resident’s young and old returning home to their communities from incarceration. Safe Return Project members engage the community through research and community organizing.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the positions are filled. Open positions include Organizing and Training Director, Development Director, and Communications Manager.