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Assistant Director job description
Pittsburgh, PA Start Date — January 2017 |
About CCChampions: We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps children better survive the cancer journey, developmentally and socially, through the power of long-term inspirational role models. Whatever our kids want to be when they grow up - clothing designers, police officers, bookstore owners, nurses, video game designers, teachers, rodeo cowgirls, astrophysicists, etc. - we find someone inspirational who does just that, and can be there through all the transitions of the disease.
Since 2012, our passionate staff of three has grown from helping 2 kids annually to 100 (75% of newly diagnosed kids in Pittsburgh). We’ve been featured in the Harvard Business Review & Forbes, been highlighted on ROOT Sports, and raised $250,000. We launched a historic partnership with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC as we drive our research-based, outcomes-driven programming to innovatively help child cancer patients in Pittsburgh & beyond!
Since 2012, our passionate staff of three has grown from helping 2 kids annually to 100 (75% of newly diagnosed kids in Pittsburgh). We’ve been featured in the Harvard Business Review & Forbes, been highlighted on ROOT Sports, and raised $250,000. We launched a historic partnership with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC as we drive our research-based, outcomes-driven programming to innovatively help child cancer patients in Pittsburgh & beyond!
Job Description:
The Assistant Director is a rising leader -- the backbone of CCChampions -- assisting in all layers of the organization. Through hands-on mentorship from our Executive Director, this exceptional team member will be positioned to be a key player in our national expansion. Candidates should be excited to assist in all things CCChampions, to eventually take over day-to-day operations, and to grow into a national leadership role.
Primary tasks of the Assistant Director include (1) Storytelling, (2) Role Model Volunteer Management, (3) Event Planning, (4) Administrative Tasks, and (5) Being a role model for a kid in CCChampions -- all explained more in the next section.
At any given moment in time, the Assistant Director will be driving a masterfully organized & creativity-driven workplace for our team, all the while regularly managing a cornucopia of tasks & projects. Each week the Assistant Director will find ways to grow the CCChampions brand, manage our volunteer role models, join the Executive Director in strategic meetings, work with the Friendship Champions to better understand our kids & their needs, build layers for the upcoming fundraising event, make scrapbooks for donors, manage social media, and assist in key administrative tasks. As we expand in 2018, the Assistant Director is expected to travel to other chapters with the Executive Director, as well as be ready to confidently fill in for the Executive Director while he is in another city.
The Assistant Director is a rising leader -- the backbone of CCChampions -- assisting in all layers of the organization. Through hands-on mentorship from our Executive Director, this exceptional team member will be positioned to be a key player in our national expansion. Candidates should be excited to assist in all things CCChampions, to eventually take over day-to-day operations, and to grow into a national leadership role.
Primary tasks of the Assistant Director include (1) Storytelling, (2) Role Model Volunteer Management, (3) Event Planning, (4) Administrative Tasks, and (5) Being a role model for a kid in CCChampions -- all explained more in the next section.
At any given moment in time, the Assistant Director will be driving a masterfully organized & creativity-driven workplace for our team, all the while regularly managing a cornucopia of tasks & projects. Each week the Assistant Director will find ways to grow the CCChampions brand, manage our volunteer role models, join the Executive Director in strategic meetings, work with the Friendship Champions to better understand our kids & their needs, build layers for the upcoming fundraising event, make scrapbooks for donors, manage social media, and assist in key administrative tasks. As we expand in 2018, the Assistant Director is expected to travel to other chapters with the Executive Director, as well as be ready to confidently fill in for the Executive Director while he is in another city.
Responsibilities:
- Hours -- M-F 10am to 6pm + approx. 2 weeknights/month and occasional weekend half-day events with the kids
- Pay -- salary will be based upon applicant's strength of qualifications
- Storytelling -- assisting with grantwriting; creating content for our social media, press releases, website, blogging; scrapbooking for our donors; designing annual reports; etc.
- Role Model Volunteer Management -- recruiting, interviewing, matching, training, & supporting our role models
- Event Planning -- running our two annual fundraisers, the March to Friendship and the Night of Inspiration
- Administrative Tasks -- assisting the Executive Director with the day-to-day tasks that help the organization run, such as providing very organized & efficient systems, designing creative documents, buying supplies for the kids, helping with payroll/banking/taxes, assisting the Executive Director with scheduling/emails, and serving as a liaison to student groups
- Being a role model for a kid in CCChampions -- every employee in CCChampions serves as a role model for at least one newly diagnosed kid in CCChampions, sharing friendship moments with the kid on a weekly to monthly basis
- Location -- Primarily in our Pittsburgh office (with infrequent optional work-from-home hours) and travel to new chapters (beginning in late-2017)
- Reporting -- Report regularly to the Executive Director; Regularly support Friendship Champions
- Misc. -- Assist with other activities non-specific to the position (program development, attending key meetings, strategic planning, etc.)
Requirements:
- 2-5 years work experience
- Minimum Bachelor's degree
- Organization guru
- Excellent writer
- Strong at pivoting from task to task throughout the day
- Ready to succeed in a dynamic work environment
- Confident networker
- Great “people person” - fun, creative, patient, personable, and a good listener
- Comfortable public speaker
- Smiles all the time
- Background succeeding both independently & in teams
- Experience with event planning (formal or informal)
- Able to travel between chapters with the Executive Director
- Social Media savvy
- Digitally creative
- Able to pass a background check