Job Title: Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative (CSNI) Project Director

Reports To: Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative Executive Director

FLSA Status: Full time, Non-exempt

Prepared Date: November 3, 2014

GENERAL ROLE DESCRIPTION: The Project Director provides project management, data management and general management support to the CSNI effort, assuring that assigned projects, reports, data (collection, analysis, and reporting) and fiscal development documentation is completed for the Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative. The Project Director reports to the Executive Director.

MAJOR DUTIES:

General Administration

• Administers and ensures implementation of Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative’s policies and procedures.

Planning

• Assists in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the ongoing updates and edits to the Clarke Square Quality of Life Plan
• Facilitates small and large group dialogue for the purpose of collection and meaning-making of qualitative and quantitative data

Program Administration

• Facilitates design (including the evaluation and implementation plans) of new initiatives and programs for CSNI
• Serves as CSNI’s Impact Evaluation “Champion.” Ensures implementation of evaluation systems to measure initiative effectiveness, efficiency and impact in compliance with CSNI Quality of Life strategies and goals
• Serves as CSNI’s Atrium “Champion.” Accountable for knowledge upload and organization, creating meeting agendas, providing meeting minutes and updating Atrium user base.
• Responsible for creating and managing reports by required deadlines

Development

• Conducts research on potential funding sources and assures that program design is compatible with the CSNI Quality of Life Plan goals.
• Assists in the preparation of proposals to government, foundation, and corporate sources. Conducts data collection, analysis, and reporting efforts accordingly.
• Maintains grant record keeping and reporting files

Financial Management

• Assures that all programmatic and administrative activity within his/her own responsibility complies with CSNI and fiscal sponsor policies and procedures.

LICENSES: Valid Wisconsin Driver’s License and insurance required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred and/or five years’ experience in non-profit management and/or community development field
• Minimum four years project and budget management experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Successful experience in moderating group (small and large) dialogue in order to gather qualitative and quantitative data
• Familiarity with Milwaukee and comfortable working in diverse socio-economic community
• Preferably Bilingual, Spanish-English or Hmong-English

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee frequently is required to sit.  The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The work environment characteristics include working in office space, classrooms, gymnasiums, community agencies and outdoors.

JOURNEY HOUSE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

DRUG FREE WORKPLACE

Note: This position is being posted by Journey House, Inc. as the fiscal sponsor for the Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative. www.journeyhouse.org

Apply by clicking on this link to Indeed.com and following the instructions.

Application materials are due by noon on December 1, 2014.