Senior Program Manager

Job Description

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