Girls Rock! Chicago: Rock Camp for Girls 8-16

Girls Rock! Chicago is hiring a full-time Operations Manager to facilitate and supervise the year-round activities of the organization. The Operations Manager will focus specifically on preparing for and facilitating our two week-long day camps for girls aged 8-16 and one three-day camp for women, as well as the year-round operations of the organization. This position reports directly to the Girls Rock! Chicago Board.

Full details, including Responsibilities, Qualifications and Salary follow:

Primary Responsibilities of the Operations Manager:

• Supervise the Girls Rock! Chicago staff and committee work, including outreach, volunteer recruitment/management, communications/social media, and fundraising/events
• Facilitate projects to ensure committees and coordinators can accomplish organizational goals; ensure all projects receive necessary resources and support
• Coordinate and manage the camp application cycle, including publicity, application intake and processing, camper communications and confirmations and camp assignments
• Organize and approve the final camp schedule and volunteer assignments, in collaboration with curriculum, workshop and volunteer coordinators
• Hire and manage staff and interns (including performance review process)
• Manage Girls Rock! Chicago budget; present quarterly reports to board and staff
• Complete the day-to-day office operations including answering or delegating all correspondences, maintaining online accounts (PayPal, JustGive, etc), ordering office supplies and coordinating production & stock of Girls Rock! publicity items (buttons, pamphlets, brochures, business cards, etc).
• Coordinate production of annual camper CDs from recording and mastering to duplication, packaging and mailing.
• Build and maintain partnerships with complimentary organizations
• Participate in fundraising initiatives including, but not limited to, end-of-year ask, sponsor/donor research and cultivation, and events
• Run Girls Rock! Staff meetings
• Provide and present monthly reports on operations at Girls Rock! Board meetings

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience working with or at a non-profit organization
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Ability to work independently

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with children or in education
• Experience with music (broadly defined)
• Supervisory experience
• Experience managing or working with volunteers

Salary
$26,000 per year, plus health insurance

To apply:
Please send resume, cover letter and three references (a minimum of two must be professional) to Emily Easton, emily@girlsrockchicago.org, by Monday, November 21, 2011.

Minority and female candidates strongly encouraged to apply. Girls Rock! Chicago is an EOE.