Causewave Community Partners Seeks: Senior Program Manager

ORGANIZATION: Causewave Community Partners

TITLE: Senior Program Manager

REPORTS TO: VP of Nonprofit Capacity Building

This is a full-time, year-round position.

We’re excited you’re interested in learning more.

Here’s what Causewave can offer you:

● Competitive pay and benefits package, including 100% coverage of single health and dental

insurance

● Flexible work environment, including the option for a hybrid work schedule

● Paid time off, including vacation, sick, and 13 holidays per year (includes 2 floating holidays)

● Flexible employer contributions after one full year of employment for retirement, student loan

repayment or other needs

● Awesome colleagues and a culture where everyone’s ideas matter

● Exciting, meaningful work: You’ll have a front row seat to our region’s changemakers and know

every day that you’re making a difference!

Here’s what we’re looking for in a Senior Program Manager:

The Senior Program Manager is a community change agent and plays a critical role on our diverse team, leading projects that foster positive change within nonprofit organizations and the community.

The Senior Program Manager will work to build capacity in nonprofit organizations, serving as the team

leader on assigned projects for our nonprofit partners. The Senior Program Manager should have experience with and ability to:

▪ Provide strategic counsel to nonprofit partners in marketing, fundraising, and strategic planning

across diverse projects and missions.

▪ Lead development of strategic, marketing and fundraising plans, oversee implementation, and

measure results.

▪ Be accountable for all aspects of projects, including developing a work plan, communicating with

nonprofit partners, managing timelines and budgets, adapting processes to meet partners’ needs, and

ensuring quality deliverables.

▪ Coordinate internal and external partner contributions to projects.

▪ Utilize key concepts of nonprofit management, for example: communications, fundraising, strategic

planning, board development, and workforce development.

▪ Facilitate meetings and processes to successfully bring diverse stakeholders to consensus.

▪ Accurately diagnose organizational challenges and recommend appropriate solutions–be they via

Causewave programs or other resources–to nonprofit partners.

▪ Develop appropriate proposals/scopes of work.

▪ Provide mentorship to interns and staff as appropriate.

▪ Play an active role in building and managing Causewave’s important partnerships by participating in

donor and client events and community presentations.

▪ Leverage, engage and manage relationships with volunteers and external providers to improve project

outcomes and timelines.

▪ Manage budgets and timelines to ensure quality outcomes within project scope.

▪ Perform other duties as assigned in support of Causewave’s mission.

Here are some other things to consider when evaluating if this role is right for you:

▪ Fresh thinking: We are almost always taking a shoestring budget and using it to address thorny,

difficult, important issues. We’ll be looking to you to find creative, strategic solutions.

▪ Interpersonal skills: In this role, you will be working with all kinds of people. It will be important to

build strong relationships so that people will value your input and also feel valued.

▪ Team attitude: We are all on the same team, and when one of us succeeds, we all do. That means

you’ll look for opportunities to pitch in on things that may not be in your job description–both big

and small.

▪ Organization: You will balance multiple projects and priorities, so will need to be great at planning,

prioritization, process and: Getting. Stuff. Done.

Preferred experience

● Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience required, specifically in roles related to organizational

strategy, marketing or fundraising

● High energy

● Thrive when thinking strategically

● Strong desire to make the world a better place

● Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

We’re committed to diversity. Causewave recognizes the importance of a culture that embraces diversity

and appreciates and values individual differences. We are actively working to: increase the diversity of our staff, board and vendors; create an inclusive, respectful and equitable environment; serve our diverse customers with culturally sensitive programs and services; and continually improve Causewave’s policies and practices through learning and leadership. We’re eager for new team members to bring their unique experiences and perspectives to the table to improve our work, inside & out.

Our vision for the future. Causewave Community Partners’ long-term vision is this: ours will be a

community known for addressing big challenges through collaboration, and our organization will be one of the primary justifications for that reputation. We’ll be a magnet for passionate people looking to do good and the place where ideas, causes and organizations come to build momentum around their mission.

DON’T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

We still encourage you to apply! Studies show that women, non-binary applicants, and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. However, at Causewave, our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, identities, and talents help us thrive.

Are you our next team member? Application info:

We're excited for the future and the addition of another amazing team member to help us fulfill our vision. If you’re excited too, apply at: info@causewave.org.

Submissions must include a resume AND either a cover letter or video submission (1-minute max).

The salary range for this role is $ 61,000 to 68,000. Actual offers will be within this range and

commensurate with experience and qualifications.