Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Strategic Initiatives Associate – Behavioral Health Part-Time! (POSITION FILLED)

Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Strategic Initiatives Associate – Behavioral Health Part-Time! (POSITION FILLED)

Are you looking for a role where you can flex your logistics management and task 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 behavioral health efforts that strengthen families.

The Grants & Events Manager will:

    • Manage meeting scheduling and logistics, including the creation of virtual meeting links, creation and maintenance of calendar invitations, and support of in-meeting technology needs
    • Document accurate and timely meeting notes, attendance tracking, support collection and maintenance of participants’ demographic information and shared documents
    • 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
    • Strong attention to detail, superior task management and organizational skills
    • Passion for supporting collaborative processes
    • Excellent 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 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and Google Workspace

    Desireable: 

    • 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 part-time salaried position (20-24 hours/week). Starting salary is negotiable and commensurate with skills and experience in the range of $20,000 – $25,000. 

    This position may be eligible for an increase to full time in the future. 

    Illuminate Colorado offers health and dental benefits as well as participation in a 401K and Life Insurance benefits. This position will be eligible for benefits at a prorated amount. 

    In addition, Illuminate Colorado provides part-time employees paid time off benefits equating to 3 weeks of their regularly scheduled work week 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.

    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:

    August 6, 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 An Early Childhood Teacher!

    Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring An Early Childhood Teacher!

    Are you looking for a role that will allow you to plan, organize, implement, and deliver an early childhood program curriculum to enrolled children’s individual and group educational, intellectual, physical, social, and emotional needs?

    This position is for you!

    Under the guidance of the Child Care Operations Manager, the Early Childhood Teacher will be hired to plan, organize, implement, and deliver an early childhood program curriculum to enrolled children’s individual and group educational, intellectual, physical, social, and emotional needs. This position will manage a mobile child care classroom for children whose parents are working to address complex issues impacting their family, such as mental health concerns, substance use disorders, or employment challenges; and ensure that the mobile classroom remains in compliance with the State of Colorado Child Care Licensing standards. This position will also work closely with community partners to recruit and enroll families into the program.

    Early Childhood Teacher duties include:

      • Classroom management
      • Administrative duties
      • On-site childcare classroom duties

    Click Here for the Full Job Description

    Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

      • Enthusiastic leader and team member with a positive attitude.
      • Exceptional oral and written communication skills – ability to understand intermediate written materials and compose information/instruction in written form. 
      • Effective organizational, time management, and multitasking skills.
      • Excellent judgment as well as problem solving/decision making abilities.
      • Remain calm and calm others in an emergency, stressful and/or confrontational situation. 
      • Identify conflict and take the steps necessary to resolve the issues or involve others to resolve the issues.
      • Work well with other people, taking into consideration, among the dynamics, their needs, their personal style, and the requirements of their jobs.
      • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suite applications.
      • Effective interpersonal skills to support ongoing interaction with other employees, the general public, and children and parents within the community.
      • Professional Development Information System (PDIS) Level 2 Early Childhood Teacher. 
      • Must meet or be willing to work towards obtaining the Colorado Child Care Infant Nursery Supervisor requirements (ECE 111 and ECE 112; Expanding Quality. 
      • Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred. 
      • Valid Driver’s License required. 
        • Must pass background check, post-employment medical examination.

        • Experience working in Head Start or Early Head Start program preferred.

          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 $40,000- $50,000. 

          A retention stipend of $1500 is available for this position. The successful candidate will receive a partial stipend at 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days of employment upon the successful completion of all trainings, including but not limited to RV Driver Training, RV Equipment Training, all required PDIS trainings, and CPR/First Aid. 

          This position will be required to travel to service locations in the Pueblo and Canon City areas. Mileage will be reimbursed. A cell phone will be needed to complete necessary duties regarding this position. Flexibility to work a pre-set alternating schedule that will include opening and closing center hours with possibility of occasional evenings and weekends. The start and ending hours can range from 7:30am to 9:00pm. 

          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.

          To Apply:

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

          Application Deadline:

          Open until filled.

           

          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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          New Illuminate Staff Expand Coalition Capacity and Access to Child Care

          New Illuminate Staff Expand Coalition Capacity and Access to Child Care

          The Illuminate Colorado team grew by two members in April! Karci Lockwood joined us as our Strategic Initiatives Associate and Sreena Karki 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 Karci Lockwood

          Strategic Initiatives Associate

          Karci Lockwood (she/her/hers) joined the Illuminate Colorado team in April of 2023 as the Community Initiatives Associate. In her role, Karci provides administrative support to the Colorado Partnership for Thriving Families.

          Before joining Illuminate, Karci worked as the Program Director for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Mesa County, training and supporting volunteers to be the voice for children with open child abuse and neglect cases. 

          Karci has always gravitated towards prevention work. Through her experience working with children who have been victims of child abuse, she always wondered: “how do we get up stream and keep this from ever happening?” As a new parent herself, Karci knows how important it is to feel supported and connected. 

          In her free time, Karci enjoys rafting, mountain biking, and camping with her family. Her favorite part about living in Colorado is how outdoor adventures wait right outside her backdoor!

          Meet Sreena Karki

          Early Childhood Teacher

          Sreena (she/her/hers) joined the Illuminate Colorado team in April of 2023 as an Early Childhood Teacher. Sreena is a member of the Illuminating Child Care team, working on on-site child care classroom Honey to provide child care for families while caregivers receive treatment and support. In her role, Sreena reads to infants, assists them in recognizing images and sounds, and helps kids to form positive relationships with their peers. 

           

          After graduating as a first generation scholar from the University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in Communications, Sreena continued her work with school-age children in child care, providing the support and resources that kids and families need to thrive. Ever since she was young, Sreena has dreamt of becoming a teacher. She finds joy in the opportunity to both teach and learn from tomorrow’s leaders every day. 

          In her free time, Sreena likes to play board games with friends, cook at home, hike with her dog, and listen to audiobooks. Her favorite part about living in Colorado is enjoying the beautiful mountains!

          Meet the rest of the Illuminate Colorado team!  

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          Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Grants & Events Manager! (POSITION FILLED)

          Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Grants & Events Manager! (POSITION FILLED)

          Are you looking for a role where you can flex your resource development skills?

          This position is for you!

          Under the guidance of a Deputy Director, the Grants & Events Manager is a new position which will play a critical role in managing Illuminate Colorado’s resource development plan through grants and supporter cultivation efforts. Working collaboratively with relevant staff throughout the organization, the Grants & Events Manager will lead grant prospecting efforts, will facilitate grant writing for prospective and ongoing grants, and will ensure timely completion of grant reporting. Additionally, the Grants & Events Manager will manage fundraising and volunteer events.

          The Grants & Events Manager will:

            • Manage Grant Research, Development, and Reporting, and
            • Lead Fundraising and Volunteer Event Planning and Execution

          Click Here for the Full Job Description

          Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

            • Three to five years of experience, with a proven aptitude for grant prospecting, submission, and reporting as well as management of small and large events. Equivalent combinations of experience/education will be considered.
            • Experience with donor database management.
            • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
            • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain highly collaborative working relationships with individuals of diverse professional backgrounds, technical expertise, and lived experience.
            • Demonstrated ability to manage collaborative projects and timelines, including balancing deadlines with input.
            • Comfort with ambiguity, shifting environments, and shared decision making.
            • Ability to balance multiple projects with shared deadlines while being responsive to emergent needs.
            • Ability to work independently, set priorities and complete work timely and accurately.
            • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel) and Google Suite.

            Desireable: 

            • Knowledge related to child maltreatment prevention, Strengthening Families protective factors, maternal child health, substance use disorders, child sexual abuse prevention, and/or infant safe sleep
            • Experience with family strengthening programming or systems

            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. 

            To Apply:

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

            Application Deadline:

            Open until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

             

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            Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Finance Manager! (POSITION FILLED)

            Illuminate Colorado Is Hiring A Finance Manager! (POSITION FILLED)

            Are you looking for a role where you can flex your knowledge of administrative and financial processes and procedures?

            This position is for you!

            Under the guidance of the Director of Finance & Human Resources, this position will support the finance and administrative responsibilities of the organization. The Finance Manager will contribute to accounts payable and accounts receivable processes, as well as assist with monthly and ongoing administrative and financial processes and procedures. The individual should possess strong detail-orientation, flexibility, and customer service skills, with a proactive and process oriented work style.

            The Finance Manager will:

              • Implement financial processes and procedures, and
              • Manage administrative functions

            Click Here for the Full Job Description

            Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

              • Three to five years of related experience with financial management (accounts payable, accounts receivable), preferably with a nonprofit organization. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
              • Intermediate knowledge of Quickbooks
              • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications, Google Suite, Donor Databases and Donation Systems, Customer Relationship Management Systems, Docusign, and Adobe Acrobat
              • Ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations
              • Strong customer service communication capabilities
              • Ability to prioritize multiple work assignment
              • Ability to work independently on projects and meet deadlines
              • Impeccable work ethic, personal integrity, and transparency
              • Superior adaptability and flexibility

              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. 

              To Apply:

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

              Application Deadline:

              5pm on July 5, 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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