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About the Bill of Rights Institute:
The mission of the Bill of Rights Institute is to educate young people about the words and ideas of America’s Founders, the liberties guaranteed in our Founding documents, and how our founding principles continue to affect and shape a free society. It is the goal of the Institute to help the next generation understand the freedom and opportunity the Constitution offers.
The Institute is always looking for talented individuals that have a passion for educating young people about the Constitution to join our team. We have internship opportunities available throughout the year. Please refer back to our website for updates on opportunities with the Institute.
We currently have three positions open. We are looking for a Director of Development and a Technology Manager.
Current Openings:
Director of Development
Job Description:
The Bill of Rights Institute seeks a Director of Development. This role includes responsibility for achieving fundraising goals and engaging sponsors in ongoing involvement, as well as management responsibilities within the development team. The client mission focuses on educating youth on the constitution and offers a variety of educational programs and instructional materials for educators.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Develop and grow the individual donor base.
- Manage the annual giving campaign.
- Manage the implementation of the internal database system and oversee staff responsible for data entry and gift processing.
- Create and execute a strategy for a large, sustained base of annual individual donors.
- Develop and maintain key long-term relationships with donors and prospects and cultivate major gifts.
- Work with the management team to identify funds needed, preferred funding targets, and approaches.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and 5-10 years of experience in donor relations and development, relevant connections within the field is preferred
- Experience working with senior level executives in a corporate or non-profit environment
- Strong partnership-building and event planning skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment while integrating a high degree of attention to detail, organization, and initiative
- High energy, positive, “can-do” attitude
- Computer savvy and knowledge of database programs
EOE/M/F/D/V
Technology Manager
Job Description:
The Bill of Rights Institute seeks a Technology Manager. The primary responsibility of this role is to provide technology support to the organization. In addition, the manager will oversee web based applications. The client mission focuses on educating youth on the constitution and offers a variety of educational programs and instructional materials for educators.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Manage online teacher resource center built on a customized WordPress platform, provide support, training, and troubleshooting solutions for end-users.
- Make recommendations for web development improvements to WordPress platform focused at enhancing end-user experience.
- Provide IT support for the organization, respond to staff requests, investigate appropriate areas of potential problems, and determine resolutions.
- Serve as the liaison between technology vendors to achieve business objectives and maintain current vendor relationships.
- Keep informed of industry best practices, conduct research for new alternative technologies, and make recommendations to senior management.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited University and/or 2-5 years of experience with managing online education platforms is preferred
- Previous experience writing and managing request for proposal’s (RFP’s), documenting technological components, and interpreting responses from vendors
- Possess a working knowledge of IT database management systems and WordPress
- Previous web-based course development experience, along with experience managing web-based applications
- Familiarity of voice-over-IP, network operations, and servers
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, while integrating a high degree of attention to detail and organization
- Excellent customer service skills with the ability to build and maintain rapport with vendors and clients
EOE/M/F/D/V