Employment
As Net Impact enters our 20th year, we’re kicking off a ten-year strategic plan that means big growth, big ideas, and even bigger impact. And we’re looking for some committed, collaborative talent to join our team of fun-loving but hard-working leaders to make it happen. Are you up for the challenge?
Full-time Positions
MBA Intern, Career Development
As an MBA Intern, you’ll get hands-on experience and access to a dedicated network of professionals, which will help you:
- Develop critical business and communication skills you can’t learn in school
- Launch a career in socially responsible/sustainable business, nonprofit management, or social entrepreneurship
- Build a network of contacts and colleagues in a range of sectors and industries
The MBA Intern, Career Development will play a key role in scaling Net Impact’s new career initiative designed to enable the next generation of leaders to find jobs with impact. The MBA Intern, Career Development will be responsible for refining and rolling out campus-based programming for impact job seekers. After a pilot in spring 2012, this program will launch on 50 campuses in the fall, helping hundreds of students navigate their impact job searches.
Reporting to the Associate Director, Career Development, the MBA Intern, Career Development is a terrific opportunity to develop and scale a key program, utilizing expertise in curriculum design, program development, and project management. This position will be an integral part of the Career Development team whose members are entrepreneurial, action- and results-oriented and work collaboratively.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Map the needs of student impact job seekers throughout the year
- Build on existing pilot materials to develop a year-long curriculum plan and program guide designed to meet needs of student impact job seekers
- Identify appropriate external parties to partner with for program content; conduct outreach and secure content partnerships
- Develop a rollout plan to launch the program across 50 campuses by Fall 2012
- Define key metrics and measurement tools for program evaluation
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- BA/BS degree required, current graduate degree candidate preferred
- Demonstrated experience in developing curriculum and/or student-based programming (experience taking programming to scale a plus)
- Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills
- Entrepreneurial drive and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment
- High standards for excellence and exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and juggle multiple deadlines; outstanding project management skills
- Flexibility and a sense of humor
- Enthusiastic commitment to Net Impact’s mission
TO APPLY
Please email the following application materials to Jaime Hiraishi at jhiraishi@netimpact.org. Please write your name and the title for this position (“Your name – MBA Intern, Career Development”) in the subject line of your email.
- Thoughtful cover letter explaining your interest in the position and Net Impact, your qualifications, and your availability. Please also state whether your school provides supplemental funding for nonprofit internships.
- Resume including GPA
- 2-3 page writing sample
Hours: Full-time
Compensation: Stipend
Duration: 10-12 weeks, starting June 2012
Location: Downtown San Francisco, CA, USA
MANAGER, Up To Us Campaign
The Manager, Up to Us Campaign (a fiscal responsibility campaign), will play a pivotal role in developing, launching and managing an exciting new initiative around the issue of our rising national debt and its effect on the nation’s economic future. This challenge is positioned at the critical intersection of the business and public sectors and a timely topic to convene around during a presidential election year. The Manager will report to the Senior Manager, Corporate and Donor Projects and will work directly with students at up to 12 colleges and universities to create campaigns that educate and spur action among students and their peers on our national debt and related economic issues. This person will be responsible for building, launching, executing and evaluating a high profile year-long campaign focused on developing meaningful engagement opportunities with students on campuses, and is perfect for someone who is passionate about working with the millennial generation and creating lasting societal impact.
Responsibilities
- Program development for an ambitious new initiative including strategic planning, detailed communications and work plans, evaluation and reporting processes
- Developing and executing a recruiting and selection process for campaign schools
- Building and maintaining close relationships with students, faculty and administrators at campaign schools
- Managing teams of students on campus including developing training, creating a calendar of educational engagement opportunities, fielding questions, site visits, and liaising with faculty and administrator contacts
- Developing a training workshop at the 2012 Net Impact conference
- Planning and developing communications including clear and compelling web and print collateral
- Designing and executing an innovative plan for keeping student teams engaged and informed via social media and online collaboration tools
- Working closely with Net Impact and funders’ marketing and communications team on press, supporting high-profile speaking engagements and announcements, and branding
- Managing a campaign judging process including working closely with a panel of high-profile individuals serving as judges
- Supporting evaluation of campaigns using metrics to track campaigns’ success in consultation with sponsoring organizations
- Managing project budget. Work with campaign participants to develop individual campaign’s budgets, supervise the disbursement of funds, and develop accountability structure for reporting purposes.
- Maintaining flawless communications with funding partner, including regular reporting
Qualifications
- BA/BS required, graduate degree preferred
- At least 5-10 years communications or education experience
- Familiarity with or interest in fiscal policy and issues preferred
- Experience in campaign development or higher education a plus
- Exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills
- Ability to meet intense deadlines while juggling multiple projects
- Razor sharp attention to detail
- Outstanding interpersonal communication skills
- Outgoing, proactive attitude and a sense of humor
- Demonstrated research skills
- Computer-proficiency, particularly MS Office (Adobe Creative Suite a plus)
- Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to roll sleeves up
- Commitment to Net Impact’s mission
To Apply
Please email the following application materials to Sarah Coleman at careers@netimpact.org. Please write your name and the title for this position (“Your name – Manager, Up to Us Campaign”) in the subject line of your email.
- Thoughtful cover letter explaining your interest in Net Impact, and this position in particular
- Resume, including salary requirement
Hours: Full-time
Location: Downtown San Francisco, CA, USA
Compensation: Competitive compensation and benefits package
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