Project Director - Pride of the Glens

SUPERVISES: Community ambassadors, volunteers, additional staff as hired

GENERAL: Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC) dba Pride of the Glens is dedicated to fostering a healthy and vibrant nonprofit sector in Colorado by enhancing the effective and efficient use of community resources. Our values of partnership, respect, accountability, innovation, and learning guide our work. We provide comprehensive fiscal sponsor services to emerging and transitioning charitable groups (“Project”) serving their communities in areas as varied as education, arts, human services, and public health.  

The Pride of the Glens is a resident-led coalition improving the quality of life in Dacono and surrounding areas. We work to build a sense of community, increase neighborhood leadership capacity, and spur collective action through advocacy and projects that improve the quality of life for residents in the Glens of Dacono. We are guided by the values of community, communication, fun, inclusivity, service, peace and commitment. 

The Pride of the Glens Community Center offers community resources and navigation services, adult and youth education, and enrichment and wellness programming for all ages, Pride of the Glens also supports resident leaders to do projects and advocacy that beautify the neighborhood, build community relationships, and improve the neighborhood. Projects include improving parks and gathering spaces, neighborhood clean-ups, transportation and walkability, and youth and family clubs, youth volunteer events and youth soccer programming.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The Project Director works with the Pride of the Glens leadership team to successfully implement the organization’s mission, rooted in building the power of the community to advocate for improvements to benefit marginalized and under-served residents, and supporting the development of an inclusive, diverse organization representative of the neighborhood. The Project Director oversees the recruitment and ongoing duties of the organization’s majority resident leadership team, manages the organization’s operations including serving as liaison with the fiscal sponsor, fundraising and budget, and supports and builds the capacity of the community to plan and implement projects and advocacy. 

The position is part-time and may increase to full-time contingent on funding.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Governance
  • Serves as liaison with fiscal sponsor, Colorado Nonprofit Development Association
  • Recruits leadership team members to ensure a strong leadership team that reflects the neighborhood’s diversity
  • Convenes and facilitates monthly leadership team meetings for organizational decision-making
  • Adheres to and helps support the application of organizational bylaws by leaders and members
• Grant management
  • Develops annual budgets and tracks expenditures
  • Implements an annual fundraising plan that includes writing grants, seeking donations and organizing fundraising events
  • Tracks and complies with donor requirements for all donations
  • Fulfills all grant and donor obligations in a timely way, including grant reporting and activities
• Leadership Development 
  • Develops and hosts community leadership trainings
  • Identifies and partners with other organizations to increase leadership development opportunities for Dacono residents
  • Tracks leadership development goals and opportunities for organizational volunteers and members
• Communications
  • Provides updates to the organizational leaders, volunteers and at-large community through public meetings, town halls, social media, email, phone calls and newsletters
• Partnership development
  • Identifies organizations and develops partnerships with organizations and individuals who have shared values and activities to improve quality of life in Dacono
• Program management
  • Develops annual plan with input from community
  • Supports community leaders to plan and achieve their work plans and goals as needed (Provides expertise, financial resources, equipment, training, materials and supplies and networking opportunities)
  • Manage community space including opening, closing, calendars, and maintaining a clean, organized and welcoming environment with the support of volunteers.
• Community Outreach and Recruitment
  • Conducts community listening through meetings, one-to-one meetings and other methods to understand community priorities
  • Maintains a database of community members’ priorities, skills and capacities, and connects people to organizational activities
  • Recruits community residents to lead and participate in organizational projects and committees
  • Engages community members in annual planning to identify organizational activities
  • Develops a corps of community leaders and volunteers to implement the work of Pride of the Glens

OTHER DUTIES REQUIRED OF ALL STAFF:

Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

We are looking for someone who is/has:

• 1 year of experience conducting community engagement to recruit and retain community participants in activities and as volunteers
• 1 year of financial experience developing and tracking budgets
• Familiarity with organizational operations and governance including budgets, hiring, organizational policy, leadership team/ board meetings, etc.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings to ensure equitable audience participation and achieving meeting goals
• Clear and effective oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience utilizing Microsoft Office and Google Drive successfully
• Bilingual Spanish and English preferred
• Can work some evenings and weekends
• Strong listening and interviewing skills with the ability to see the potential in all people
• Commitment to social justice and equity
• Experience working in communities of color with sensitivity of distinct needs of diverse community members including Latinos, elderly, youth.
• Ability to build relationships with diverse audiences
• Detail oriented and able to take clear notes of conversations
• Passionate and motivated to improve health and quality of life in Dacono
• Creates positive relationships with diverse audience, a relationship builder
• Enthusiasm, as a ‘salesperson’ for the organization who helps others become leaders
• Ability to be very organized with agendas, paperwork, and materials
• Professional behavior even during times of stress
• Flexibility to changing circumstances of the community
• Valid Colorado Driver’s License and a good driving record.
• Clean background check / Background check will be conducted.
• Ability to work legally in the United States

Helpful but not required:

• Working knowledge of the Carbon Valley area

Salary: 

$20-23 / hour, 20 hours per week

POSITION TYPE/WORK SCHEDULE: 

Pride of the Glens is a project of the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC) and all employees are CNDC employees. CNDC is dedicated to equal employment opportunities in any term, condition, or privilege of employment. CNDC prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, sex, age 40 and over, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, gender expression or any other characteristic protected by state or local law. This policy applies to all employees.  

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