Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Strategic Initiatives Associate!

Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Strategic Initiatives Associate!

by | May 23, 2023 | General, Join the Team

Are you looking for a position that will allow you to flex your coalition management and coordination skills?

This position is for you!

Under the guidance of the Strategic Initiatives Manager, the Strategic Initiatives Associate is responsible for managing logistics and coordinating tasks for coalitions and other collaborative spaces, with an emphasis on primary prevention of child maltreatment.

The Strategic Initaitives Associate will:

    • Provide meeting coordination and support for various collaborative spaces associated with the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) grant and the Infant Safe Sleep Partnership and other Strategic Initiative efforts as needed.
    • Implement the Communications Plan for the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems grant.
    • Support statewide stakeholder outreach and orientation to the ECCS grant project. Stakeholders include state agencies, community partners, and families. 
    • Coordinate event planning and logistics for related meetings, summits, learning sessions, or other events.

Click Here for the Full Job Description

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

  • One to three years of coordination or administrative experience, including communications support experience.
  • Experience working with coalitions and/or community organizing experience.
  • Experience coordinating research projects.
  • Strong attention to detail, superior task management and organizational skills.
  • Passion for supporting collaborative processes. 
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills. 
  • Commitment to advancing social and racial equity through collective action.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain highly collaborative working relationships with individuals of diverse professional backgrounds, technical expertise, and lived experience. 
  • Ability to balance multiple projects with shared deadlines while being responsive to emergent needs. 
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel) and G Suite. 

Desirable: 

    • Experience and/or knowledge related to child maltreatment prevention, Strengthening Families protective factors, and/or maternal child health.
    • Experience working with a broad range of populations, particularly in a coalition capacity. 

Compensation and Schedule:

This is a full-time position eligible for benefits. Starting salary is negotiable and commensurate with skills and experience in the range of $40,000 – $50,000. 

Illuminate Colorado offers health and dental benefits as well as participation in a 401K, EAP, and Life Insurance benefits. In addition, Illuminate Colorado has an unlimited paid time off policy and offers both flexible scheduling and remote work. Residency in Colorado, or anticipated relocation to Colorado in the near future (at your own expense), is a condition of employment with Illuminate.

Click Here to View the Complete Job Posting!

To Apply:

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and three references via email with “Strategic Initiatives Associate” in the subject line to hiring@illuminatecolorado.org.

Application Deadline:

5pm on June 7, 2023

 

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, 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 apply anyway. 

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Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Home Visitation Programs Manager!

Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Home Visitation Programs Manager!

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New Illuminate Colorado Staff Expand Strategic Initiatives and Strengthen Fundraising Capacity

New Illuminate Colorado Staff Expand Strategic Initiatives and Strengthen Fundraising Capacity

by | Apr 7, 2023 | General

The Illuminate Colorado team has recently grown by two members! Cristina Bejarano joined us as our Director of Strategic Initiatives and Mike Robbins as our Grants & Development Manager. Get to know them and how they are adding to Illuminate’s capacity to support families and prevent child maltreatment across Colorado!

Meet Cristina Bejarano, MPH

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Cristina Bejarano (she/her/ella) joined the Illuminate team in February as the Director of Strategic Initiatives! In her role, Cristina oversees the strategic planning, facilitation, and ongoing coordination of multiple coalitions and community-based efforts working to positively impact children and families across Colorado. The addition of Cristina to the team will increase Illuminate’s ability to build, strengthen, and support networks, coalitions, and other strategic initiatives that serve and support Colorado families. 

As a public health professional working to increase health equity, Cristina has worked with local communities, philanthropy, federal and state governments, and international organizations to build collaborative relationships for collective impact.

Cristina’s lifelong passion is working with systemic structures to increase the communities’ capacity for wellbeing, and she is thrilled to be working in a role that allows her to contribute to brighter futures for kids and families. 

Outside of work, you can find Cristina running around with her two kids and partner and supporting community efforts. Her favorite part about living in Colorado is the four seasons that allow for fun outside activities all year long!

Meet Mike Robbins

Grants & Development Manager

Mike Robbins (he/him/his) joined the Illuminate team in March as the Grants & Development Manager! In his role, Mike is responsible for shepherding Illuminate’s fundraising efforts through individual giving, grants, events, and sponsorships. The addition of Mike to the team will increase Illuminate’s ability to build donor relationships, increase grant involvement, and strengthen fundraising efforts upon which the organization can grow and thrive. 

Before joining Illuminate, Mike studied at The Institute for Leaders in Development at Denver University, and worked in nonprofit communications, resource development, grant writing, donor stewardship, event planning, and volunteer management.

Mike is passionate about the health and wellbeing of children, youth and families, and loves that he is able to use his experience in mission-driven storytelling and development to grow Illuminate’s community of donors and grant funders.

In his free time, Mike enjoys hiking, yardwork, cheering on the Nuggets and Kansas State Wildcats, plus checking out great restaurants with friends. His favorite part about living in Colorado is the generosity, grit, and tenacity of Coloradans!

Interested in joining the Illuminate Colorado team? Check out our open positions! 

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Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Strategic Initiatives Associate!

Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Home Visitation Programs Manager!

by | Apr 6, 2023 | General, Join the Team

Are you interested in the implementation and quality improvement of home visitation programs?  

This position is for you!

Under the guidance of the Director of Home Visitation, the Home Visiting Programs Manager will lead and support the State Intermediary functions related to planning, implementing, and monitoring the Family Connects model and Healthy Families America (HFA) in Colorado.

The Home Visitation Programs Manager will:

    • Support Family Connects and Healthy Families America State Intermediary Functions to plan, implement, monitor, and scale the Family Connects and Healthy Families America models in Colorado.
    • Partner with local implementing entities, state agency partners, and model purveyors (Family Connects International and Healthy Families America) to facilitate planning, implementation, certification, and technical assistance processes. 
    • Support implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of Illuminate’s overarching home visitation plan. 

Click Here for the Full Job Description

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

  • At least 2-3 years experience with an evidence-based program. 
  • Training and/or practical experience with project management, community engagement, and facilitation. 
  • Proficient with database administration (Salesforce proficiency is highly desired but not required), including managing data entry workflows, dashboards, and reporting features of the system.
  • Understanding of community health systems and commonly used Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. 
  • Experience in data monitoring and reporting, including developing data collection processes, reviewing data and report submissions, and supporting data mobilization, learning, and improvement. 
  • Commitment to advancing social and racial equity through collective action
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills. 
  • Demonstrated ability to manage collaborative projects, including balancing deadlines with community processes. 
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain highly collaborative working relationships with individuals of diverse professional backgrounds, technical expertise, and lived experience. 
  • Comfort with ambiguity, shifting environments, and shared decision making.
  • Ability to balance multiple projects with shared deadlines while being responsive to emergent needs.
  • Experience working with Microsoft Office, Google Workplace, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom.
  • Experience with Tableau, Alchemer (or other enhanced survey platform), Mailchimp, Canva, and/or Smartsheet is a plus.

Compensation and Schedule:

Full-time, salaried, exempt position eligible for benefits. Starting salary is negotiable and commensurate with skills and experience in the range of $50,000 – $60,000.

Illuminate Colorado offers health and dental benefits as well as participation in a 401K, EAP, and Life Insurance benefits. In addition, Illuminate Colorado has an unlimited paid time off policy and offers both flexible scheduling and remote work. Residency in Colorado, or anticipated relocation to Colorado in the near future (at your own expense), is a condition of employment with Illuminate. 

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, 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 apply anyway.

Click Here to View the Complete Job Posting!

To Apply:

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and three references via email with “Home Visitation Programs Manager” in the subject line to hiring@illuminatecolorado.org.

Application Deadline:

5pm on April 28, 2023

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Increasing Capacity through Growth and Reorganization

Increasing Capacity through Growth and Reorganization

by | Feb 21, 2023 | General

2023 has taken off full speed for us here at Illuminate Colorado!

The beginning of a new year often provides an opportunity to reflect on past accomplishments and gain the foresight to move forward with intentionality.

As you may have noticed, over the last several years, Illuminate has increased in our capacity and program offerings to more effectively and efficiently meet our mission to strengthen families, organizations and communities to prevent child maltreatment. In reflecting upon our current abilities and future vision, we embarked upon an internal reorganization to allow for continued strategic and intentional growth of our programs, initiatives, and operations to expand our reach and our impact.

The first step in broadening our capacity was to create two new Deputy Director positions:

      •  Jillian Fabricius, former Director of Strategic Initiatives, was promoted to Deputy Director overseeing Cross Organizational Connectivity. In this role, Jillian will oversee Illuminate’s systems changes strategies, respond to shifting conditions, and support organizational and program sustainability. This Deputy Director position directly supervises Communications, Evaluation, Grants & Development, Policy, and Strategic Initiatives.

    Jillian Fabricius

    Deputy Director

        • Anne Auld, former Director of Education, was promoted to Deputy Director overseeing Cross Program Connectivity.  In this role, Anne will lead development and implementation of Illuminate’s program growth, including but not limited to program scaling, addition of new curricula, and leverageable opportunities. This Deputy Director directly supervises Family Support Programs, Home Visitation Programs, and Education Programs.

      Anne Auld

      Deputy Director

      Ideally, these positions will allow Executive Director Jade Woodard to provide increased strategic leadership, guidance, and direction to the organization and engage more fully in pivotal state and national conversations on building family wellbeing and systems transformation.

      In addition to the creation of Deputy Director positions, additional shifts were made to improve organizational efficiency and enable future success:

      • Ryan Kistler was promoted to Director of Communications, bringing a wealth of expertise into his new role. 
      • Angelica Fox transitioned to Director of Home Visitation to ensure collaboration among both of Illuminate’s home visitation models – Family Connects and Healthy Families America.
      • Jason Read and Missy Berglund moved into Senior Education Manager positions with increased responsibility for staff and programming.

      “Illuminate has such a strong and dedicated staff, and it was exciting to be able to promote heavily from within the organization.” 

      Anne Auld

      Deputy Director

      • Eric Chervenak moved into the Child Care Operations Manager position, a new role dedicated to the maintenance and licensing of the mobile child care classrooms – Acorn, Honey, & Caramel. 
      • Jessica Keys moved into the Senior Circle of Parents Associate position to meet the increasing capacity demands of the Circle of Parents program. 
      • Finally, Hayley Geiselman moved into the newly created Evaluation & Strategic Learning Manager position to continue to support Illuminate’s dedication to evaluation and data driven decision making.
      Meet the entire Illuminate team!

      Several additional positions are in the process of being filled, or will be shortly, including: Director of Strategic Initiatives, Community Initiatives Associate, Grants & Development Manager, Education Program Manager, Home Visitation Program Manager, and an additional Early Childhood Teacher. 

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      “I so value how Illuminate lives our values—including growth. This new structure will allow the organization to continue to scale and grow our efforts and offer additional pathways for staff advancement.”

      Jillian Fabricius

      Deputy Director

      The staff and board of Illuminate Colorado are excited about the new prospects for 2023, and we look forward to continued intentionality in decision making, promoting connections, expanding sustainability, and growing our relationships internally and externally.

      Thank you for your continued support!

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      New Illuminate Staff Expand Policy Work and Access to Child Care

      New Illuminate Staff Expand Policy Work and Access to Child Care

      by | Feb 8, 2023 | General

      The Illuminate Colorado team grew by two members in January! Lex Loutzenhiser joined us as our Policy Manager and Jordan Davis as an Early Childhood Teacher. Get to know them and how they are adding to Illuminate’s capacity to support families and prevent child maltreatment across Colorado!

      Meet Lex Loutzenhiser, MLS

      Policy Manager

      As Illuminate’s Policy Manager, Lex (she/they) supports organizational policy activities, including conducting policy research and analysis, engaging stakeholders, and advocating for policies that support Illuminate’s mission and the communities we serve. Lex works under the guidance of Deputy Director Jillian Fabricius to ensure that Illuminate’s policy priorities are well-researched and policy developments are well-monitored. They will also support the Executive Leadership team and coalitions supported by Illuminate with any needed policy research and monitoring. The addition of Lex to the team will greatly increase Illuminate’s ability to advocate for policies that support and serve children and families in Colorado!

      Lex came to Illuminate with a background in social work, providing direct services to individuals who use substances and people living with HIV in rural Colorado. She also has experience conducting public health outreach and education, with a focus on youth and adult behavioral health, access to low barrier health services, and harm reduction.

      Lex is passionate about this work because, through personal and work experience, they have witnessed the ways in which community supports can strengthen families and empower people to thrive. She enjoys engaging in innovative, evidence-informed, community-driven policy work that creates happier, healthier communities. Lex says: “As Congresswoman Ayanna Presley put it, ‘Policy is my love language.’”

      Lex lives in Northern Colorado with their two cats and loves to cook, hike, and explore nature photography in her free time. Their favorite part of living in Colorado is the access to nature and the outdoors!

      Meet Jordan Davis

      Early Childhood Teacher

      As an Early Childhood Teacher, Jordan Davis (she/her) works with Illuminating Child Care team members Patsy and Eric on the mobile child care units, providing child care to families while caregivers work to address complex issues impacting their family, such as mental health concerns, substance use disorders, or employment challenges. Jordan plans, organizes, implements, and delivers an infant and toddler program curriculum to meet enrolled children’s educational, intellectual, physical, social, and emotional needs. The addition of Jordan to the team will allow Illuminate to increase access to child care for all caregivers, so children, families, and communities can thrive.

      After earning a degree in Sociology and Psychology, Jordan gained experience working with at-risk youth in a residential facility setting. Kids are always bringing excitement to Jordan’s life, and she loves working with children because of how unique each child is and the joy they bring to her life every day.

      Jordan is a big fan of spending time with friends, listening to and talking about music, and learning to cook! Jordan says: “When I grow up I want to be like Julia Child and be able to cook more than pizza rolls.” 

      Her favorite part of living in Colorado are the beautiful summers and enjoying time outside. 

      Interested in joining the Illuminate Colorado team? Check out our open positions! 

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      Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Strategic Initiatives Associate!

      Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Community Initiatives Associate!

      by | Jan 25, 2023 | General, Join the Team

      Looking for a job that allows you to flex your project coordination, stakeholder outreach, and logistics management skills?  

      This position is for you!

      Under the guidance of the Senior Community Initiatives Manager, the Community Initiatives Associate is responsible for managing logistics and coordinating tasks for coalitions and other collaborative spaces, with an emphasis on primary prevention of child maltreatment.

      The Community Initiatives Associate will:

        • Manage meeting scheduling and logistics, including creation of virtual meeting links, creation and maintenance of calendar invitations, and support of in-meeting technology needs
        • Document accurate and timely meeting notes and track attendance
        • Support collection and maintenance of participants’ demographic information
        • Maintain the organization of meeting notes, deliverables, and shared documents
        • Support the Senior Community Initiatives Manager with deliverable completion, including reporting
        • In coordination with the Finance team, lead Community Initiatives family voice compensation process across multiple projects
        • Implement the Communications Plan for the Colorado Partnership for Thriving Families

      Click Here for the Full Job Description

      Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

        • One to three years of coordination or administrative experience, including communications support experience
        • Experience working with coalitions and/or community organizing experience
        • Experience coordinating research projects or story sharing projects
        • Strong attention to detail, superior task management and organizational skills
        • Passion for supporting collaborative processes
        • Excellent oral and written communication skills
        • Commitment to advancing social and racial equity through collective action.
        • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain highly collaborative working relationships with individuals of diverse professional backgrounds, technical expertise, and lived experience.
        • Ability to balance multiple projects with shared deadlines while being responsive to emergent needs.
        • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel) and Gsuite

      Desirable:

        • Experience and/or knowledge related to child maltreatment prevention, Strengthening Families protective factors, and/or maternal child health
        • Experience working with a broad range of populations, particularly in a coalition capacity
        • Proficiency in using MailChimp, Apricot, Smartsheet, Alchemer, and or similar systems
        • Fluency in Spanish

       

      Compensation and Schedule:

      This is a full-time position eligible for benefits. Starting salary is negotiable and commensurate with skills and experience in the range of $40,000 – $50,000
      Illuminate Colorado offers health and dental benefits as well as participation in a 401K,  EAP, and Life Insurance benefits. In addition, Illuminate Colorado has an unlimited paid time off policy and offers both flexible scheduling and remote work. Residency in Colorado, or anticipated relocation to Colorado in the near future (at your own expense), is a condition of employment with Illuminate.

      We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, 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 apply anyways.

       

      Click Here to View the Complete Job Posting!

      To Apply:

      Please submit a cover letter, resume, and three references via email with “Community Initiatives Associate” in the subject line to hiring@illuminatecolorado.org.

      Application Deadline:

      Noon on February 9, 2023

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