Founded in 2009, Green City Force’s (GCF) mission is to break the cycle of poverty, preparing urban young adults to succeed in their chosen careers by engaging them in service, training and work experiences related to the clean energy economy. GCF simultaneously addresses three imperatives –unemployment and the lack of prospects for family-supporting careers among low-income youth; changes to the urban environment that must be made to mitigate climate change; and stimulation of the green economy through awareness-raising and individual behavior change.

GCF has garnered awards including the NYC Mayor (Most Innovative Nonprofit), the NYC City Council, the White House (Champions of Change), Environmental Advocates of NY, The Corps Network’s Project of the Year 2016, NY Housing Conference Community Builders First prize 2016,. This is an opportunity to join an organization with a proven track record, strong growth potential, and a positive organizational culture for personal growth and collective impact as part of a dynamic team.

Green City Force seeks a passionate, detail-oriented development professional with a minimum of two years of nonprofit development experience.

This role reports to the Chief Development Officer (CDO) and will be an integral part of a small, passionate, fun, and hardworking team. The right candidate will be focused on raising awareness of GCF’s programs among current supporters, growing the network of future supporters, and helping GCF meet our fundraising goals, which include raising over $4 million each year from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government sources.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Source: institutional grant prospect management (Government, Foundation, Corporate)
• Writing: draft letters of inquiry, grant proposals, and grant reports
• Manage: grant applications, submissions and reports
• Monitor: grant contract review and processing
• Strategy: Support strategic planning for organizational growth with Leadership team

Relationship Management

• Contracts: coordinate contracts with major funders, including city agencies
• Donor support: serve as lead on mid-range corporate and foundation grants
• Volunteers: manage all aspects of volunteer program, as part of corporate and individual donor cultivation

Salesforce

• Maintain: accurate grant records and internal database for grant reporting
• Relationships: Serve as primary point of contact for technical consultants supporting Salesforce CRM

Communications

• Strategy: in partnership with the Development and Communications Team, execute a communications and PR strategy that increases awareness of and support for GCF
• Writing: draft content for website, blog, and other public postings to promote GCF activities, impact and brand
• Manage: all digital content, including social media
• Serve as primary contact for all external media inquiries

QUALIFICATIONS 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• A passion for social justice, and GCF’s mission
• Bachelor’s degree
• 2-4 years of experience in nonprofit communications or fundraising  
• Excellent writing and communication skills, and attention to detail
• Experience with CRM systems, especially salesforce
• Excellent ability to consistently meet deadlines, work collaboratively with other departments, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and turn around assignments quickly without compromising quality
• Willingness to work in a small, lean team of self-starters, and work through the weeds when crunch-time hits
• Experience with creating project plans, setting goals and deadlines, and keeping a team on schedule to meet deadlines
• Motivated self-learner with exceptional organizational and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Excellent computer and research skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office, social media platforms, Google office products
• Must be able to work a few evenings and weekends as necessary

DESIRED:

• Experience with WordPress, the Adobe creative quite, HTML and CSS
• A strong interest in national service, sustainability, youth development, public housing and low income communities

You also demonstrate:

• Alignment with Green City Force’s mission, vision and values of service, training and academics, sustainability, and justice
• Previous, demonstrated experience initiating and managing projects through to completion with results
• A minimum of two years nonprofit development experience and a passion for excelling in this field
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Experience with data management and administrative work
• Ability to work under pressure and juggle tasks and deadlines high level of cultural competency

Green City Force is an equal opportunity employer and encourages candidates of all racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds to apply. Personnel are chosen on the basis of ability without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, marital status or sexual orientation, in accordance with federal and state law.

Green City Force is an Employer of National Service. We recognize the unique skills of national service and alumni are encouraged to apply.