Deloitte - Princeton, NJ (Greater New York City Area)
3. Library Relations Manager. ARTstor - New York, NY (Greater New York City Area)
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY
The Reading Partners Outreach Manager leads and supports a team of 2-3 Outreach Coordinators in developing strategies and coordinating volunteer outreach efforts to ensure that all efforts are well executed and that volunteer recruitment goals are met. These Outreach Coordinators are based in our Dallas Region, and the Outreach Manager may be called on to support Outreach Coordinators in other parts of the country as well. Outreach Coordinators are each directly responsible for day-to-day volunteer outreach and recruitment for a one-on-one tutoring program in local elementary schools.
The Outreach Manager directly cultivates and manages a portfolio of volunteer partners, including overseeing multi-year partnerships with higher education institutions, local corporations and other community organizations. S/he will work in partnership with a team of Outreach Coordinators who are AmeriCorps (AC) members committed to one year of service. AC members typically have limited backgrounds in volunteer outreach, recruitment and management, and customer service, and the Outreach Manager plays a crucial role in coaching these staff members to develop necessary skills to conduct effective outreach.
Additionally, this position supports external relations activities for our Dallas Region. S/he will be responsible for drafting communications, cultivating corporate partners and supporting the Regional Executive Director in meeting the local fundraising goals. S/he will need to think creatively and be able to represent Reading Partners in diverse settings. S/he will work in partnership with local and national staff members to ensure department goals are met.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
- The Outreach Manager reports to the Regional Executive Director in Dallas. S/he will also communicate regularly with the National Outreach Team.
- The Reading Partners Outreach Manager leads and supports a team of 2-3 Outreach Coordinators
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Outreach Manager is ultimately responsible for ensuring their regions meet their volunteer recruitment goals. They work directly with and manage Outreach Coordinators to meet this goal. Primary Responsibilities:
Develop and Execute Regional Volunteer Staffing Plans
- Provide oversight of Reading Partner’s volunteer recruitment and management system, including assurance that student enrollment goals for all regions are met by effectively recruiting sufficient volunteers.
- Work with Outreach Coordinators to develop individualized recruitment plans for each region and site, and ensure plans are effectively executed.
- Work with National Director of Volunteer Recruitment to ensure regional alignment with the National vision.
- Share an understanding of volunteers’ backgrounds and needs to support Outreach Coordinators and site staff in creating a positive experience for every volunteer.
- Steward and support the development of city/region-wide partnerships with nonprofits, corporations and civic organizations interested in volunteering.
- Act as quality assurance officer for all volunteer records in Salesforce database.
Staff Management and Volunteer Retention
- Execute onboarding, training, and orientation process for Outreach Coordinators. Training consists of 2 weeks before recruitment starts and ongoing semi-monthly trainings during the year.
- Ensure volunteers satisfaction and retention
- Work with the AmeriCorps Manager and Regional Program Directors to develop year-round calendar of volunteer involvement offering volunteers new and consistent ways to engage with Reading Partners
- Work collaboratively with all departments of Reading Partners to maximize the benefit of volunteer involvement with all functional areas.
- Assist in developing, scheduling, and conducting volunteer orientations and trainings.
Manage Community Relations and Partnerships
- Develop partnership strategy, in partnership with Regional Executive Director and National Outreach Team, related to Reading Partner’s focus area
- Lead targeted research efforts and develop strategies and relationship-building activities required to engage new community partners
- Plan and execute a variety of public events to increase Reading Partners’ local presence
- Arrange and attend events, conferences and meetings to generate new leads.
- Participate in regular meetings and collaborate with regional department heads.
- Ensure all internal and external communications are clear, high quality, timely, consistent and appreciative.
- Other duties as assigned.
Desired Skills & Experience
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Fundamental belief that all children can achieve excellence in school and in life, and reading is an integral component to that success.
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of professional experience
- Significant experience in volunteer recruitment and management
- Experience in managing professional staff and in cross-departmental collaboration
- Ability to provide strategic coaching and support to develop skills within others
- Proven success in preemptively and proactively identifying and addressing problems
- Excellent computer skills, including MS Office Applications as well as background in database management
- Excellent writing and oral communication skills and comfort with public speaking
- Flexibility and adaptability in work schedule, including some nights and weekends
- Strong team orientation, interpersonal skills, judgment and ability to work effective in collaboration with diverse groups of people
- Energy, creativity, initiative, sense of humor and enthusiasm.
- Well organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow through
- US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Interest in and commitment to the field of education and literacy
- Ability to fit into a working environment that is both collegial and highly disciplined, and one that is committed to producing excellent results.
- Knowledge of the Dallas area and experience in community outreach in Dallas
- Background in independent event planning
- Experience coaching staff in time management, volunteer cultivation and prioritizing competing projects
PERSONAL CHARACHTERISTICS
The ideal candidate has a strong background in external relations, marketing or communications, volunteer recruitment, management, retention and engagement. S/he possesses strong managerial skills and must be able to provide ongoing coaching to staff members who may have limited experience but who are committed to developing a high-quality volunteer program. S/he must be able to multi-task and juggle multiple priorities and activities simultaneously. S/he should have firm experience working in customer service and must be able to independently identify and troubleshoot operational challenges. S/he must be able to develop action plans, understanding that they will be held accountable for recruitment results.
Most importantly, s/he must be able to model and internalize Reading Partner’s core values, and be committed to providing excellent educational opportunities for all students while working enthusiastically toward achieving this goal.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
Willingness and ability to travel to community events and partners through out the Dallas area, as well as possible travel to the Oakland Headquarters.
TYPICAL PHYSICAL & MENTAL DEMANDS
Requires prolonged sitting with some bending, stooping and stretching, eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator and other office equipment. Requires normal range of hearing and eyesight to communicate with volunteers as well as maintain Reading Center records. Also requires flexibility to readily adapt to a changing environment.
Company Description
Reading Partners is a national education nonprofit that works with elementary schools to support students who are reading six months to two and a half years below grade-level.
We recruit and train community volunteers to work one-on-one with students by following a structured, research-based curriculum. In the 2011-12 school year Reading Partners volunteers gave over 100,000 hours to support our students nationwide.
GOING TO SCALE
• In the 2011-12 school year we increased the number of students served nation-wide by 50%
• We are on track to serve more than
8,000 students by 2015.
NATIONAL SERVICE
Reading Partners is a proud partner with the Corporation for National and Community Service. Our Reading Centers are powered by dedicated AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers. This school year we will work with more than 120 National Community Service AmeriCorps and AmeriCrops VISTA volunteers.
RECORD OF SUCCESS
Reading Partners is focused on data and results. We are dedicated to ensuring that every investment made in the success of our students leads to a measurable increase in reading skills. During the 2011-12 school year:
• 89% of students accelerated their progress in reading.
• 73% of students ended the year closer to grade level than when they started school.
• 78% of students who began the year with low self-confidence demonstrated increased confidence by year’s end.
• 97% of principals noted school-wide progress
in reading.
Additional Information
- Posted:
- February 6, 2013
- Type:
- Full-time
- Experience:
- Mid-Senior level
- Functions:
- Management, Marketing, Public Relations
- Industries:
- Nonprofit Organization Management
- Compensation:
- Competitive with comprehensive benefits
- Job ID:
- 4811354
Veteran Commitment
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Job Description
Deloitte is one of the leading professional services organizations in the United States, specializing in audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services with clients in more than 20 industries. We provide powerful business solutions to some of the world's most well-known and respected companies, including more than 75 percent of the Fortune 100.
The Deloitte Audit technology group is currently seeking a Functional Tester whose key strengths are in the areas of testing web applications to play a critical role in the ongoing delivery and support of the firm's Technical Library (TL) enabling global audit business transformation by providing a new generation User Experience on a multitude of browsers and mobile devices. This transformational technology is key to equip audit practitioners with the tools and capabilities to perform a truly world-class engagement. The successful candidate will have a passion for quality and experience testing global web 2.0 and search solutions deployed on multiple browsers and devices. As part of the testing team, this individual will need to operate in a fast-paced dynamic environment testing the next generation solution. S/he will work with stakeholders such as the end-users, developers, and testers to ensure the solution meets the necessary quality expectations.
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Responsible for functional and regression testing Technical Library for highly complex web-based system using both manual testing and automated testing approaches.
- Analyze requirements and design documents, develop test strategy, plans, test-cases and other supporting materials
- Execute tests cases, create data, and report results to ensure the solution meets the agreed upon requirements and designs.
- Leverage past experience and strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with all stakeholders
- Collaborate with other team members in an agile development approach with rapid development and testing cycles
- Ensure timely and quality client service/support is provided to Deloitte's member firms
- Function independently on assignments with minimal supervision while remaining highly collaborative in a matrixed environment
- Create and clearly articulate optimal decisions to meet the business objectives
- Operate effectively in global development model
- Ensure tight collaboration for problem resolution across the various development and testing functions
- Solicit constructive input from and build consensus among groups and constituencies with differing priorities and perspectives
- Minimize schedule and risk by foreseeing and addressing obstacles proactively and aggressively
People Skills
- Mentor and influence various individuals and teams on best practices and experiences.
- Effectively cultivate a culture of teamwork and innovation
Desired Skills & Experience
Education:Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information system or related field. Master's in information systems or business preferred.
Technical Skills
- Experience testing Web 2.0 applications (experience testing search features is preferred)
- Experience testing for multiple-languages, multiple browsers & devices (IPad and mobile device experience is a plus)
- Ability to perform business/system requirements analysis and review to ensure testable requirements and prepare the test strategy for each of the testing types identified
- Experience in working in Global delivery model with team spread in different geographic locations and time zones.
- Write comprehensive test plans for functional, regression, acceptance and stress testing
- Experience in SDLC test LOE estimation process.
- Perform Functional and regression test execution
- Design and develop automated test scripts for Regression testing
- Should be proficient in developing test strategy, test plan and test cases
- Detail oriented, capable of working under limited direction toward predefined objectives
- Candidate must possess sharp analytical and excellent communication skills.
- Strong consistency and attention to detail
- Ability to work with business user stakeholders to explore and refine requirements
- Ability to work with other development teams in a large-scale, fast-paced project environment
- Understanding of testing methods preferred (e.g. pair-wise testing, edge-testing, orthogonal array testing, equivalence classes, path testing, data flow analysis)
- Experience in automation tools like IBM Rational Function Tester is an added advantage.
- Experience with Search applications preferred
Other Qualifications
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
Company Description
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Additional Information
- Posted:
- February 27, 2013
- Type:
- Full-time
- Experience:
- Mid-Senior level
- Functions:
- Information Technology
- Industries:
- Information Technology and Services
- Job ID:
- 4870502
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- 3. Library Relations Manager. ARTstor - New York, NY (Greater New York City Area)
- http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=4962996&trk=rj_em&ut=0yvkFgb_hluRE1
Job Description
The Library Relations Manager will share responsibility for expanding the ARTstor Digital Library participation within the educational community. The ARTstor community of potential participants consists of nonprofit institutions in the United States and other countries. This position will require some travel (approx. 20%), and will demand a self-motivated, flexible, organized team player who thrives in an environment of constant change. The LR Manager will report directly to the Director for Library Relations and will manage a team of Library Relations Associates.
ARTstor (artstor.org) is a nonprofit organization that makes available a digital library of more than 1.5 million images designed to enhance education and scholarship in the arts, architecture, the humanities, and sciences. The ARTstor Digital Library currently serves more than 1,400 educational institutions and museums worldwide. ARTstor also makes available Shared Shelf (sharedshelf.org), a Web-based cataloging and image management software service that allows institutions to catalog, edit, store, and share local collections.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Partners with the Director for Library Relations to set, meet and exceed participation and revenue goals on an annual basis; the LR Manager will have input in setting goals, including researching and analyzing data.
- Communicates ARTstor’s mission, messages, and Digital Library participation fee rationale to potential participants and ensures a consistent message is related across the community.
- Identifies and manages new participation opportunities in the academic community.
- Facilitates participation in ARTstor Digital Library at the institutional level by demonstrating ARTstor’s services and tools, and by providing librarians and faculty members with useful information and strategies for promoting ARTstor as a campus-wide resource and platform.
- Leads potential participants through the sales pipeline; provides guidance and direction on the sales process to Associates.
- Represents ARTstor at conferences and other events.
- Works closely with the Director and other Library Relations team members on research projects, including market research.
- Assists with updating and maintaining the Talisma customer relationship management tool.
- Creates and distributes internal reports.
- Participates in all Library Relations and ARTstor staff meetings and represents the team in the absence of the Director.
- Keeps up-to-date on various ARTstor initiatives and developments and communicates these initiatives to potential participants.
- Additional special projects as assigned by the Director and other senior staff members.
Desired Skills & Experience
- 3-4 years of experience in library marketing or sales.
- Excellent communication skills in a variety of settings.
- Attention to detail and accuracy and exceptional organizational skills.
- Ability to work well as a team member.
- Strong technology skills, including familiarity with workflow solutions, metadata structures, and trends and web development, as well as project management experience.
- Ability to perform independently, be self-motivated, adapt to constant change, and be able to juggle multiple tasks with a positive attitude.
- Strong commitment and interest in the use of images in an educational setting.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
Desirable:
- Familiarity with the ARTstor Digital Library.
- Art, art history, or architectural background.
- Business development, marketing, and/or academic library experience.
- Current librarian and consortia-level contacts.
- Working knowledge of image management software and database technology.
- Experience with customer relationship management software (Talisma, Sales Force or other).
- Master’s Degree.
ARTstor is an equal opportunity employer. ARTstor offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits. Applicants should submit a cover letter with salary requirements along with their resume to: [log in to unmask].
Company Description
ARTstor (artstor.org) is a nonprofit organization that makes available a Digital Library of more than 1.4 million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences, as well as software tools for viewing, presenting, and sharing digital collections. ARTstor collaborates with museums, artists, artists’ estates, photo archives, libraries, photographers, and scholars to share images for non-commercial educational and scholarly use. The Digital Library reaches over 1,300 subscribing universities, colleges, community colleges, K-12 schools, and museums in 42 countries.
ARTstor also offers Shared Shelf (sharedshelf.org), image management software that enables institutions to manage, store, use, and publish their institutional and faculty image collections within their institution or publicly on the Web. Shared Shelf is being developed in collaboration with Harvard, Yale, and six other institutions.Additional Information
- Posted:
- February 25, 2013
- Type:
- Full-time
- Experience:
- Mid-Senior level
- Functions:
- Sales
- Industries:
- E-Learning
- Job ID:
- 4962996
Veteran Commitment
ARTstor commits to hiring returning veterans.