Senior Associate, Black Male Achievement Fellowship
OVERVIEWEchoing Green seeks a passionate and detail-oriented project manager and relationship builder with 7+ years of relevant experience and a demonstrated passion for supporting black men and boys in the United States.  The Senior Associate, BMA Fellowship, will serve on the team that manages the search, selection, and support of an incredible group of promising social entrepreneurs.  ABOUT THE POSITION Every year, Echoing Green identifies approximately 40 incredible, ambitious, exciting potential leaders and then offers them two years of funding and support.  Several Senior Associates are the direct liaisons to a portfolio of Echoing Green Fellows.  Each Senior Associate also helps lead on team-wide priorities including our annual application process, regular conferences, etc.  The team is supported by two Program Assistants.  In 2011, Echoing Green and the Open Society Foundations launched an innovative new fellowship program to support game-changing social entrepreneurs in the field of Black Male Achievement.  BMA Fellows live and work in their home region, working to launch their innovative new organization.  They receive a $70,000 stipend to support their work, as well as an intensive 18-months of professional development conferences and access to the broader Echoing Green and Open Society Foundations communities.  (See: #URL_27ba29f8078342ac18b6954d11312f93035ab0f7bedb37e2ca2892aa948f4b5f#)  The ideal candidate, then, is eager to operate and execute, and also impassioned about generating new ideas to align fellow programs with Echoing Green’s broader social change agenda.  RESPONSIBILITIES Direct Fellow SupportLiaise with an extremely diverse portfolio of current BMA Fellows – writing their Individual Fellow Plans, monitoring their progress, and helping to identify resources and develop tools that support their successDirectly manage support programs for fellows, including advisory service projects, where fellows are paired with outside experts who provide short-term consulting help to the fellow External Relationship ManagementManage a senior-level group of BMA Advisors, including our donor partners at the Open Society Foundations, who provide general strategic support, as well as direct guidance to FellowsWork productively with volunteers, corporate partners, and other constituents in the Echoing Green community.Identify and develop organizational partnerships (such as with universities, professional service firms, or other nonprofits) that would be of benefit to fellows Project ManagementCollaborate with the team and provide program support to various gatherings including our Interview Week, New Fellows Retreats, and All Fellows Conferences.Support the highly-detailed process of gathering applications and monitoring the judging/review process using our online application system
Title: Senior Associate, Black Male Achievement Fellowship
Salary: None
Description: OVERVIEWEchoing Green seeks a passionate and detail-oriented project manager and relationship builder with 7+ years of relevant experience and a demonstrated passion for supporting black men and boys in the United States.  The Senior Associate, BMA Fellowship, will serve on the team that manages the search, selection, and support of an incredible group of promising social entrepreneurs.  ABOUT THE POSITION Every year, Echoing Green identifies approximately 40 incredible, ambitious, exciting potential leaders and then offers them two years of funding and support.  Several Senior Associates are the direct liaisons to a portfolio of Echoing Green Fellows.  Each Senior Associate also helps lead on team-wide priorities including our annual application process, regular conferences, etc.  The team is supported by two Program Assistants.  In 2011, Echoing Green and the Open Society Foundations launched an innovative new fellowship program to support game-changing social entrepreneurs in the field of Black Male Achievement.  BMA Fellows live and work in their home region, working to launch their innovative new organization.  They receive a $70,000 stipend to support their work, as well as an intensive 18-months of professional development conferences and access to the broader Echoing Green and Open Society Foundations communities.  (See: #URL_27ba29f8078342ac18b6954d11312f93035ab0f7bedb37e2ca2892aa948f4b5f#)  The ideal candidate, then, is eager to operate and execute, and also impassioned about generating new ideas to align fellow programs with Echoing Green’s broader social change agenda.  RESPONSIBILITIES Direct Fellow SupportLiaise with an extremely diverse portfolio of current BMA Fellows – writing their Individual Fellow Plans, monitoring their progress, and helping to identify resources and develop tools that support their successDirectly manage support programs for fellows, including advisory service projects, where fellows are paired with outside experts who provide short-term consulting help to the fellow External Relationship ManagementManage a senior-level group of BMA Advisors, including our donor partners at the Open Society Foundations, who provide general strategic support, as well as direct guidance to FellowsWork productively with volunteers, corporate partners, and other constituents in the Echoing Green community.Identify and develop organizational partnerships (such as with universities, professional service firms, or other nonprofits) that would be of benefit to fellows Project ManagementCollaborate with the team and provide program support to various gatherings including our Interview Week, New Fellows Retreats, and All Fellows Conferences.Support the highly-detailed process of gathering applications and monitoring the judging/review process using our online application system
Requirements: Mid-Senior level experience, Bachelor's Degree education
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