Job Opportunity @ Project HIP-HOP

We just finished the job description. As we aim to tae the organization to higher levels, we need someone with a real presence and vision to join us as we strategically impact the lives of the youth we serve. You know the drill, yo.

Deputy Director, Project HIP-HOP

Job Category: Administrative
Job Types: Permanent
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Roxbury, MA

The Deputy Director must be a highly motivated professional who understands the challenges of building a grassroots organization. He/she will be responsible for playing a significant role in fundraising, with a focus on grant writing and event planning. A successful candidate will be highly dependable and organized, a great advocate for our mission and programs, have the heart of a community organizer, comfortable working with people from diverse backgrounds, and meticulous at managing events. This position reports directly to the Executive Director.

Job Responsibilities

Fundraising (approx 30% of time)
• Work closely with the Executive Director (ED) and the Board Fundraising Committee to establish overall development strategy.
• Research, prepare, and write grant proposals to secure increased funding from private foundations for annual operating funds and project-specific grants
• Manage fundraising events for Project HIP-HOP
• Manage the Development database and oversee data entry. Improve usage of existing software and tracking systems
• Serve as a resource to young people when they plan their own fundraising events and get young people involved in the fundraising process
• Manage all requests for in-kind donations.

Board and Organizational Development (approx. 10% of time)
• Manage the logistics of board meetings – setting dates, sending out reminders, taking notes and following up with board members on their tasks
• Assist the Executive Director, Board President and Organizational Development consultant in executing strategic planning and organizational development work
• Work with the ED to support the young people who serve on the board

Volunteer Management (approx 10% of time)
• Recruit volunteers to assist with all aspects of Project HIP-HOP’s work
• Monitor overall volunteer relations to ensure that volunteers are followed up with, screened, trained and connected to a particular role in a professional and timely manor.

Overseeing Programming (approx 50% of time)
Currently, the ED supervises all programming. The new Deputy Director will need to supervise programming in either two of the following areas: Girls Support Work, Boys Support Work, Hip Hop Arts & Culture, Community Engagement, the Summer Leadership Training or the Lower Roxbury Youth Collaborative. The Hiring Committee and the Executive Director will work with potential candidates to figure out which area they are most qualified to lead.
• Supervise staff within programming area
• Manage the setting of yearly outcomes and quarterly program workplans
• Ensure that programming is moving in line with the overall vision of Project HIP-HOP
• Maintain program reports that will be used to update other staff and the board
• Participate in weekly programming activities particularly in the first year of employment

Qualifications and Application Requirements

Skills & Qualifications:

Requisite Values
- Belief that in order for communities to transform, the people who live there must be at the forefront of decision-making and they must be able to set their own path for success
- Ongoing commitment to working with low-income Black and Latino communities
- Recognize that relationship building is the key foundation on which all other service and organizing work is built
- See the people that you are working with not as “clients” but as your personal “community” and in some cases your “family”
- Able to balance the need to really support people with the need to hold people to high standards

Background Experience
- At least two years of experience in youth development work
- Strong background in social justice issues
- Ability to work with young people who have educational or criminal justice challenges
- Background in development and implementation of programs

Desired Skills
- Good interpersonal skills specifically as related to working closely w/ teenagers
- Ability to see an idea through completion w/ teamwork , but without close supervision
- Creativity around working with students with different needs (esp. educational needs)
- Strong Facilitation Skills – Can manage a meeting of 30 people, keep them on track, and move through an ambitious agenda
- Driver’s license preferable

To Apply:
Resumes and cover letters can be sent by e-mail, fax or snail mail by December 17, 2008 to the following:

jobs @ projecthiphop.org
617-427-7955 (fax)
Project HIP-HOP, 2181 Washington Street, Suite 315, Roxbury, MA 02119

Please go to our website for more information about Project HIP-HOP. If you have any questions contact Mariama White-Hammond at 617-427-7950. 
NOTE – Cover letter required. We will not respond to generic cover letters