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United Way of Greater New Haven has 3 brand new open positions we would like to fill.

Please click on these links to learn more about these open positions and apply!

Community Impact Education Manager

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/1933201

Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) Coordinator (PT)

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/1932966

Community Impact Operations Manager

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/1923156

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Job Opportunity at United Way!

FINANCE AND DATABASE ASSOCIATE

Your perspective fuels our mission-driven work at United Way of Greater New Haven. We are committed to building a team that is inclusive across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and lived experience. As an organization, we are committed to addressing systemic racism and injustice in our community, our partnerships, and our practices.

Who Are We Looking For?

Are you a goal-oriented problem solver who enjoys working with data and numbers? Do you have outstanding attention to detail and organizational skills?  Do you want your work to help create positive change in our community?

United Way of Greater New Haven (UWGNH) is seeking a Finance & Database Associate who is comfortable with deadlines, numbers and databases to support the Finance and Fundraising Teams.  You will provide general finance support, record gifts in the donor database and participate in database maintenance projects.  This is a full-time hourly position that includes benefits with a salary range of $20-$23/hour.

What You'll Do

  • Provide general support to our Finance Team, assisting with monitoring grant expense, providing data entry support into accounting software for vendor payments, responding to inquiries from vendors, donors and partners, filing finance documents and assisting with the annual audit.
  • Record gifts in the database in a timely and accurate manner that conforms with United Way's accounting standards and donor stewardship best practices. This includes responsibility for cash receipt functions such as depositing incoming checks, preparing cash deposits, recording bank EFT receipts, processing credit card statements, and supporting the month end receipts and revenue reconciliation process utilizing reporting from the CRM database.
  • Work closely with the Database and Operations Manager to support ongoing data maintenance that is critical to stewarding donors and monitoring fundraising efforts. 
  • Generate reports from the CRM database (Salesforce) and financial systems to ensure accurate recording of gifts as well as perform periodic vetting of non-profit agencies who receive funds through United Way’s Donor Choice program.

Requirements

  • Associates Degree in Business, Finance or Accounting preferred
  • Good numerical ability
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 Applications
  • Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
  • Ability to multi-task and ability to prioritize, plan and coordinate responsibilities
  • Demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Familiarity with databases - Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms and experience with Salesforce is a plus
  • Experience or willingness to work in cross-functional settings to support multiple people or departments

 

In accordance with organizational policies, this position requires a criminal background check as a condition of employment.

 

About United Way

United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and Financial Stability grounded in racial and social justice. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone. We operate according to these organizational values.

This position will work in our New Haven office and staff currently work in a hybrid environment with expectation to be in the office a minimum of 3 days/week.

United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

To apply:  www.uwgnh.org/careers

 

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Position Summary:  The New Haven Early Childhood Council (Council) is a citywide group of community members committed to ensuring that all New Haven children from birth to age eight have the opportunities, supports, and experiences they need to reach their full potential.  The Council includes parents, educators, government officials, health and social service agencies and other representatives from the community invested in the well-being of young children. 

The Council seeks a passionate and entrepreneurial Director to lead the Council’s work to expand access to and the quality of early care and education in New Haven.  The ideal candidate will have knowledge of the early care and education landscape in Connecticut and understand and embrace systems change work. The Director should have experience working on complex community change efforts, embrace work rooted in partnerships, and be a consummate communicator comfortable with varied audiences. The Director will drive the Council’s internal and external functions, including strategy development and implementation, communications, community engagement, fund development, and data collection and analysis. 

This is a 15-month grant-funded position, with the possibility of renewal dependent on funding.  The position will be housed at United Way of Greater New Haven. 

The Director will report to the Council Co-Chairs and Executive Committee. 

This position can be 30-40 hours/week and is benefit eligible. The salary range for this position is $100,000 - $110,000 for full-time, depending on experience.

Responsibilities include:

Strategy Development and Implementation

  • Provide leadership and support to the Council in its identification of strategic priorities and avenues for implementation.
  • Research and promote best practices related to early care and education through advocacy, partnerships, and influence.
  • Develop and implement the Council’s advocacy priorities and coordinate supporting activities of partners.
  • Create an annual scope and sequence of Council agendas that align with the mission and strategic goals of the Council.
  • Collaborate with the School Readiness Liaison and School Readiness fiduciary to ensure program viability and success.

Capacity-building

  • Organize and sustain an inclusive, collaborative network of constituents focused on systemic efforts to improve outcomes for young children.
  • Build capacity of Council leadership by recruiting and orienting new Council members and helping to bring newer members along in leadership roles.
  • Support the Council by attending Council and committee meetings, working with Chairs to continually build trust and pay attention to group dynamics to ensure work is progressing.
  • Coordinate all Council meetings and communications and ensure adherence to public meeting requirements for noticing and recording meetings.
  • Supervise additional Council staff/interns/consultants.

Communications and Community Engagement

  • Conduct marketing and outreach to engage constituents in the Council’s work.
  • Develop content for the Council website and social media to ensure beneficiaries are engaged.
  • Represent the Council at statewide meetings and forums.
  • Manage relationships with partners.

Financial Management & Fund Development

  • Create an annual Council budget under the direction of the Council and maintain, manage, and report budget income and expenses related to the Council monthly.
  • Identify potential funding sources to support the Council’s goals and priorities and work to secure those funds.

Data Collection and Analysis

  • Work with the Council and its committees to develop outcome measures and collect, analyze and report data to determine progress.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree preferred or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • Minimum 5 years work-related experience in leadership roles
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • In-depth knowledge of early childhood development and education
  • Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively
  • Demonstrated experience working in urban areas and working with government agencies and officials
  • Strong background in data collection and utilization
  • Proficient technology skills
  • Proven leadership and management skills
  • Excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask
  • Experience in fundraising, grant writing, and fiscal management
  • Ability to work flexible hours
  • Spanish language fluency helpful
  • Proficient with MS Office365 and demonstrated comfort in learning new software/ online tools as needed.
  • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of the Council. 
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation required.

About United Way

United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and Financial Stability grounded in racial and social justice. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone. We operate according to these organizational values.

In accordance with organizational policies, this position requires a criminal background check as a condition of employment. 

United Way staff are currently working hybrid, with at least two days per week in our office in New Haven. 

United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Don’t check off every box in the requirements listed above? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that marginalized communities - such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. United Way of Greater New Haven is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging – so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings!

 

 

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Job Opening!

DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

 

We Love What Makes You Unique

Your perspective fuels our mission-driven work at United Way of Greater New Haven. We are committed to building a team that is inclusive across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and lived experience. As an organization, we are committed to addressing systemic racism and injustice in our community, our partnerships, and our practices. 

 

Who Are We Looking For?

Are you a goal-oriented problem solver who enjoys working with data? Do you want your work to help create positive change in our community?

United Way of Greater New Haven (UWGNH) is seeking a Development Operations Coordinator who is comfortable with deadlines and data management to support the administrative components of our fundraising and donor stewardship activities. This person will be a critical part of helping UWGNH reach its annual fundraising goals.

This is a full-time salaried position that includes benefits with a salary range of $40,000-$44,000.

 

What You'll Do

Process revenue

  • United Way is privileged to have the support of thousands of individuals and companies in our community. It will be your responsibility to record gifts from various donation streams (including mail, online giving platforms, stock gifts and third-party vendors) in the database in a timely and accurate manner that conforms with United Way's accounting standards.

Provide exceptional customer service

  • You will play an integral role in building and maintaining the trust of our donors through exceptional customer service. You will work closely with fundraising staff to troubleshoot donor data issues and make sure that donations and donor inquiries are handled in a professional manner and are resolved quickly.

Become a database expert

  • You will become an expert on larger-scale data entry, data management and reporting. With training and support, you will be able to anticipate how fundraising strategies will impact data entry, reporting and analysis.

 

Support the fundraising and finance teams

  • You will work cross-functionally to support the operational components of fundraising activities including mailings, events and donor stewardship, and work with the finance team to reconcile gifts recorded in CRM with accounting systems and bank records. You will also support administrative projects that further our organization’s mission.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience with data entry and working with strict deadlines
  • Proficiency with Microsoft products including Word, Excel, and other Office 365 applications
  • Knowledge of Excel lookup and database formulas, pivot charts, Power Query
  • Experience working in cross-functional settings and/or meeting the needs of multiple people or departments.
  • Familiarity with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms or other databases; Salesforce or fundraising platforms preferred
  • Ability to make use of available resources to solve problems on the fly
  • Comfort in summarizing and transforming data
  • Willingness and ability to learn new workflows and an openness to change

In accordance with organizational policies, this position requires a criminal background check as a condition of employment.

 

About United Way

United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and Financial Stability grounded in racial and social justice. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone. We operate according to these organizational values.

 

This position will work in our New Haven office and staff currently work in a hybrid environment.

United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

To apply:  United Way Of Greater New Haven Inc - DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS COORDINATOR (paylocity.com)

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Job Opening:  Coordinated Access Network (CAN) Housing Coordinator


We Love What Makes You Unique
Your perspective fuels our mission-driven work at United Way of Greater New Haven. We are
committed to building a team that is inclusive across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and
lived experience. As a team, we are also committed to addressing systemic racism and injustice
in our community, our partnerships, and our practices.


Who We Are Looking For
Do you enjoy managing data, organizing information, and facilitating effective communications
between community organizations? Are you the type of person who takes pride in getting the
details right and is excited to support a team to reach the goal of ending homelessness in
greater New Haven? Are you passionate about using your organizational talents as a force for
good in our community?
United Way is seeking a CAN Housing Coordinator who is passionate and organized to
coordinate the exit side of the system to end homelessness in our region. This person will
facilitate critical meetings, maintain data, and collaborate with multiple partner organizations in
the Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network system, to ensure that progress is
continually made towards meeting system goals.


What You Will Do
● Collect and analyze data to monitor system performance and drive improvement.
If that statement gets you excited, keep reading. If not, this may not be for you. This
position will maintain accurate lists for households seeking housing support. They will
also compile, monitor, and report on data and trends for the CAN, including monitoring
data quality. The right candidate will be comfortable with viewing and analyzing data to
provide suggestions for constant system improvement.
● Review, revise, and approve documentation for housing entry. Federally funded
housing programs require specific documentation. When a homeless household is
matched to a housing program you would be responsible for maintaining the threshold of
documentation needed. The CAN Housing Coordinator will be responsible for reviewing
documentation in a timely manner, maintaining high quality documentation, and
collaborating with CAN partners for revision, as necessary.
● Facilitation and coordination of housing meetings among partners. The CAN
Housing Coordinator will be responsible for the preparation and facilitation of housing
meetings. These meetings are comprised of multiple CAN partners. You will create and
distribute the agenda as well as be the neutral facilitator pushing the work forward. You
will ensure that CAN policies and procedures are being followed during housing
matching.
● You will work as part of a team. You will report to the CAN Senior Manager and meet
regularly with the CAN team. You will collaborate with our Marketing team to tell the
story of United Way to ensure that our community understands the work and impact of
ending homelessness in our community. You will also maintain good working
relationships with community, nonprofit and business leaders in the community. And of
course, there will be other duties as assigned.


What You Need
• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred with at least one year of relevant experience
OR the equivalent of lived experience in a related field.
• Knowledge of the challenges and barriers that people who experience homelessness
face, is preferred.
• Technology Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially
managing and analyzing data in Excel is required. Experience working with various
types of databases and content management systems is preferred. Knowledge of CT
HMIS is preferred. Ability to develop visual presentations of data/metrics is preferred.
• Communication Skills: Strong communication skills; able to interface with all
departments internally and ability to represent United Way in a variety of settings.
Demonstrated ability to synthesize material, both verbally and in written form for a
broad audience. Able to present information at meetings.
• Partnership Skills: Positive customer-service orientation to both external partners as
well as our internal United Way team. Skills to establish and maintain high quality
relationships with a variety of stakeholders Ability to be diplomatic when working with
staff from other agencies and clients in crisis.
• Planning Skills: Excellent organization skills and a sharp attention to detail. Flexible
thinker who can balance systems thinking and on-the-ground implementation. Ability
to proactively see what actions are needed, take initiative, and implement projects.
Ability to work independently, adjusting to changing priorities is required.
• Facilitation Skills: Ability to facilitate meetings efficiently and effectively is required.
Ability to facilitate meetings effectively while balancing multiple points of view.
• Relationship skills: Community minded with high-level active listening skills and the
ability to connect with people of different economic and ethnic backgrounds. Ability to
balance a variety of perspectives representing all areas of diversity including race,
ethnicity, gender, ability, age, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs/faith practices.
• Project Management Skills: Ability to take initiative and implement projects. Ability to
analyze and exercise sound judgment. Highly motivated and creative out-of-the-box
problem solver.
• Local and statewide travel is required; Out of state travel as needed.


Compensation and Benefits
Compensation includes generous paid time-off, health and dental insurance, and a 403(b)-
retirement plan with employer matched contributions. Starting salary will be between $40,000 -
$43,000 commensurate with demonstrated skills, experience, and background.


About United Way
United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions
to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and
Financial Stability, grounded in racial and social justice. United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


How to Apply
Submit your resume and cover letter, telling us about why we should bring you in for an
interview to employment@uwgnh.org. No phone calls, please, but we encourage you to explore
uwgnh.org to learn more about what we do. The position will remain open until filled.

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We Love What Makes You Unique

Your perspective fuels our mission-driven work at United Way of Greater New Haven. We are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience.

 

Who We Are Looking For?

Are you passionate about using your organizational talents as a force for good in our community? Are you the type of person who has an attention to detail and can support a team to reach their goals such as ending homelessness in greater New Haven?

 

United Way is seeking a CAN Coordinator that is passionate and organized to serve as the glue the that keeps our other CAN staff and community partners operating at their highest potential to end homelessness in our region.  This person will provide critical administrative and data management support to the Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network system, to ensure that progress is continually made towards meeting system goals.

 

What You Will Do:

  • Provide support to monitor system performance and drive improvement. If that statement gets you excited, keep reading. If not, this may not be for you. This position will compile, monitor and report on data and trends for the CAN, including monitoring data quality. This person will also provide technical support to our Entry and Exit Managers to maintain accurate lists for households seeking housing support. The right candidate will be comfortable with viewing and analyzing data in order to provide suggestions for improvement.

 

  • Support collaborative activities for the CAN. Coordination and collaboration are key ingredients to the CAN and ending homelessness. As part of the United Way team, the CAN Coordinator will assist in setting up committee meetings, work with co-chairs to develop, circulate and distribute meeting materials. This position will also ensure transparency of the CAN by maintaining and updating CAN policies and procedures and other CAN documents.

 

  • You will work as part of a team. You will work closely with every department at United Way. You will report to the CAN Exit Manager and meet regularly with the entire CAN team. You’ll collaborate with our marketing team to tell the story of United Way to ensure that our community understands the work and impact of ending homelessness in our community. You will also maintain good working relationships with community, nonprofit and business leaders in the community. And of course, there will be other duties as assigned.

 

 

What You Need:

  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to manage and analyze data in Excel is required.
  • Experience working with various types of databases and content management systems is preferred.
  • Knowledge of CT HMIS is preferred.
  • Ability to develop visual presentations of data/metrics is preferred.
  • Excellent organization skills and attention to detail is required.
  • Strong communication skills, including basic business writing skills and positive phone personality with active listening skills.
  • Ability to work independently, adjusting to changing priorities is required.
  • Ability to work with groups and balance multiple points of view is required.
  • Ability to take initiative and implement projects.
  • Ability to establish and maintain high quality relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
  • Ability to speak and write clearly and concisely for a broad audience.
  • Ability to analyze and exercise sound judgment.
  • Highly motivated and creative problem solver
  • Attention to detail and strong organizational skills required.
  • Ability to relate to people of different economic and ethnic backgrounds.
  • Ability to be diplomatic when working with staff from other agencies and clients in crisis.
  • Knowledge of the challenges and barriers that homeless people face is preferred.
  • Local and statewide travel is required; Out of state travel as needed.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred with at least one year of similar experience; equivalent life experience may be substituted for education.

 

About United Way

United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and Financial Stability.  We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone. United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

How to Apply

Submit your resume and cover letter, telling us about why we should bring you in for an interview to careers@uwgnh.org. No phone calls, please, but we encourage you to explore uwgnh.org to learn more about what we do. The position will remain open until filled.

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It is hard to make good decisions without good data. From the scale of nationwide efforts to improve education and healthcare to the day-to-day decisions faced by boards and staff of the smallest nonprofit organization, access to data that can be trusted to be true is critical. We trust those who collect our history and data—organize it and make it available—to do their jobs with integrity and a commitment to guarding its accuracy and completeness. We trust them to protect it from those who may have a reason to twist, hide, or destroy facts and stories they do not like...

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/the-national-archives-in-one-more-case-of-whitewashing-the-historical-record/

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From our friends at DataHaven (a great website, by the way):Do you have opinions about your neighborhood’s convenience, safety or appearance, skills you can contribute, or suggestions for improving the community? Do you want to help your neighborhood become an even better place to live and work?We’re excited to announce the first-ever New Haven Neighborhood Quality of Life Survey!This citywide survey is part of a grassroots effort to encourage more residents to participate in their local neighborhood associations and Community Management Teams. Many of these groups have agreed to formally participate in this inaugural year. They have agreed to distribute this email (and paper copies, available upon request) in order to give everyone an opportunity to share their perspective. Developed with the help of successful national examples, the survey represents many months of work and feedback from these associations and other local residents.DataHaven, a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)3 organization that compiles and shares high-quality public information, will ensure accuracy of reporting and maintain the anonymity of all information collected.Immediately following the collection of surveys, DataHaven will make neighborhood-level results available at its website. Results will also be shared at informal Neighborhood Workshops, to be organized by CMTs, neighborhood groups and at a citywide level. The results may be used by anyone to help their neighborhood develop action plans to address quality of life concerns.Please help our neighborhoods by distributing this email to your mailing lists and inviting your neighbors to participate at the link below. Any resident, employee, student or visitor to your neighborhood may take the survey.The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. We need you to help make this survey and this city the best it can be!Survey Linkhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/neighborhoodsurveynewhavenIf you have any questions about this survey, or if you would like to request coded paper-based surveys for distribution (for those without computer access/comfort), please contact Mark Abraham (matissepicasso@gmail.com) or Doug Hausladen (douglas.hausladen@gmail.com).
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