Job Listing: Program Manager, Women’s Shelter, Crossroads Rhode Island

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Job Description: 

To oversee the day to day functions of the women’s shelter program including staff supervision and support, shelter resident relations, physical condition, and programmatic compliance relating to funders and owners. Ensures that the environment for clients is welcoming, respectful, supportive and trauma informed.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Advocates for the mission of the organization and upholds the agency’s values. 
  • Ensure the delivery of quality services through clear program procedures and guidelines. 
  • Develop and make recommendations on policies and procedures appropriate to the operation of the program. 
  • Ensure that such policies are consistent with our mission of treating shelter clients with respect and dignity, understood by all staff and volunteers, and implemented fairly and consistently. 
  • Ensure that policies and practices create an environment for clients that are based on trauma informed practices. 
  • Ensure that funder and regulatory policies are being complied with and all necessary documentation is complete. 
  • Ensure the facility meets quality standards by conducting regular physical inspections, with the Director of Facilities and individually. 
  • Ensure the program and facility operates in a safe manner at all times though regular contact with the Director of Safety. 
  • Participate in budget planning, track expenses, evaluate costs, and consider ways to conserve on costs. 
  • Identify projects for grant requests and collaborate with development staff on budget for projects. 
  • Provide clinical oversight and coordination for case management services for all women’s shelter guests with Director of Social Services, women’s shelter staff, and case advocates to ensure all shelter residents have an active case plan and assist shelter staff with supporting the clients as they work towards their goals. 
  • Provide clinical supervision, oversight and guidance to staff on those shelter guests with severe mental illness, chronic substance abuse and other complex needs.
  • Plan, develop, and maintain collaborations with social service, medical, and mental health providers that are helpful to our guests and workable for our staff and site.
  • Complete reports and other program administrative duties in a timely manner. 
  • Work with Data Evaluation to ensure that HMIS is being utilized in accordance with program requirements, and to formulate effective program measurements and outcomes. 
  • Conduct regular supervision with program staff. 
  • Recruit BSW/MSW/LMHC student interns to be placed at the women’s shelter and provide clinical supervision. 
  • Conduct job performance evaluations in a timely manner providing staff with feedback and opportunities for growth and development. Ensure appropriate staff coverage of all shifts. 
  • Actively participate in/facilitate staff meetings and training opportunities. 
  • Actively participate in the Management team through regularly scheduled meetings and day-to-day activities. 
  • Ensure that the programs are at all times in compliance with state and federal laws including in particular, fair housing. 
  • Be available and on call for emergencies at program sites. 
  • Other duties as assigned.

How To Apply:  If you are interested in applying, download our application for employment (PDF, 42.5KB) and email it with your resume to careers@crossroadsri.org or fax it to 401-521-1894.  If you’re interested, please read the description of Crossroads Rhode Island benefits program.  We maintain applications for up to one year and will contact you should your skills and qualifications meet our requirements. We apologize for being unable to contact or respond to all applicants. We value your interest in our mission and we look forward to hearing from you

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Job Listing: Part-Time Fundraising Assistant, The Women’s Center

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Organization Information: Founded in 1971 and the oldest community center for women in the country, the Women’s Center is a multicultural community resource created by and for women to provide mutual support and healing opportunities, and to foster empowerment and social justice. Most of the women who use the Women’s Center are low-income, and are survivors of domestic violence and/or child sexual abuse. Many are homeless. The Women’s Center has been to be supported by contributions from individuals, grants from foundations and corporations, and proceeds from events. The Center currently operates with one paid full-time staff position, Women’s Center Coordinator, and over 100 volunteers.

Job Description: 

The fundraising assistant will support fundraising through multiple channels including direct mail appeals, grant applications, social media vehicles, and periodic events. The fundraising assistant would help generate income to cover the annual budget (approximately $100,000), and possibly another $5,000-$12,000 to cover capital improvements. She would assist in preparing and submitting 28-35 funding requests to foundations and corporations per year (grant applications, concept papers, and letters of inquiry), along with all required attachments (cover letters, budgets, lists of received and anticipated funding, grant usage reports, etc.) In addition, she would assist in preparing and mailing appeal letters to individuals. She would do extensive record-keeping, write thank you letters, and research possible funding sources. On occasion she would help organize a fundraising event.

 

Responsibilities Include:

  • Maintain electronic and paper records of all grants and donations. Maintain files on foundations and corporations, including contact information and application requirements and deadlines
  • Create schedule for grant application submissions.
  • Help prepare grant applications, including writing, editing, proof-reading, preparing required attachments, and compiling materials. Manage online applications.
  • Maintain information and materials related to individual donors and other supporters
  • Assist with writing and sending appeal letters to individuals
  • Process all grants and donations and keep records of received and denied funding
  • Acknowledge grants and donations and write thank you letters
  • Research and cultivate new sources of funds that seem to have potential
  • Develop a clear understanding of the Women’s Center’s programs and goals
  • Assist in using social networking as a fundraising vehicle
  • Be sure needed office supplies are on hand for fundraising activities
  • Help prepare fundraising reports for the Board 2-3 times a year


Required Qualifications: 

We are looking for someone who cares deeply about supporting women and women’s empowerment. Are you: very detail-oriented and conscientious, with excellent computer and organizational skills; a good writer and communicator; and able to work effectively and collaboratively with others? This could be an exceptional opportunity for you to take the next step in a career in fundraising as there is a very strong potential for advancement. An undergraduate degree and fundraising experience is preferred.

How To Apply: Please email your letter of interest and resume to: board@cambridgewomenscenter.org or send a letter of interest and resume to:

Board of Trustees

The Women’s Center

46 Pleasant Street, Cambridge MA 02139-3838

Deadline for applications: Friday, October 19, 2012

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Feminism Unbound: Imagining a Feminist Future

Each week the CSPH highlights an upcoming workshop, conference, and other continuing education opportunity pertaining to sexuality, gender, or reproductive justice issues. This week we are featuring Feminism Unbound: Imagining a Feminist Future!

Who: National Women’s Studies Association

What: Feminism Unbound: Imagining a Feminist Future

Where: Oakland Mariott City Center, Oakland, CA

When: November 8th-11th, 2012

Why:The only event in the US exclusively dedicated to showcasing the latest feminist scholarship. This event is the best way to reach a rising number of women’s and gender studies researchers, educators, students, and community/cultural activists. Attendees will be able to reach over 1,500 established and emerging feminist scholars.

Event at the CSPH! Sexuality later in life!

NOTE: This workshop is only for people who identify as women.

Taught by: Anita P. Hoffer, PhD, EdD

In this workshop, you will discover the secrets most women over 50 need to know to have a satisfying sex life; the surprising statistic about the number of older women who enjoy sex; unique and little- understood features of female anatomy and how this knowledge can enhance pleasure; and much more….

A common misconception in our youth-obsessed culture is that as women age, they lose interest in or cannot enjoy intimate physical relationships, and are more or less sexually “dead.” Women who have had little or no sex education may be inclined to believe this fiction. Cultural taboos on talking openly about sex, combined with lack of sex education, may have left them ignorant of the sexual behaviors of their peers as well as self-conscious and often even ashamed of their own sexual needs and concerns. Not only were they taught that “nice girls don’t,” they were also taught that “nice girls don’t even talk about it.”

This informal workshop will focus on learning for women who are approaching menopause or older, in a supportive and strictly confidential environment. We will explore the themes of sexuality and new opportunities for celebrating it as we age, as well as the many benefits of maintaining sexual health in mid- and later life.

For more details, check out the event post here!