Looking for Operations Director for HOPEWORKS

Posted by on January 20, 2006

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, HOPEWORKS

The Organization

Hopeworks (<a href="http://www.hopeworks.org">http://www.hopeworks.org</a>) is a youth development organization situated in North Camden, New Jersey?a city where 2 out of 3 youth never make it through high school and half of the young people live in poverty. The mission of Hopeworks is two-fold: to reduce the high school dropout rate for African-American and Hispanic youth in Camden and to create hope for the future, good-paying jobs, business development and educational opportunities for Camden’s young people. Hopeworks targets primarily African-American and Hispanic youth between the ages of 17 and 25 who have dropped out of school. There are 8,000 such young people in Camden.

The Mission

The central task of Hopeworks is to empower youth with the skills and confidence necessary to build their future. Hopeworks accomplishes this mission through a multi – part program:

An advanced technology-training program with two tracks?web site design and geographic information services (GIS)

Two non-profit businesses that generate revenue and provide trainees with opportunities to work on real client projects as part of their training:

A web site design business

A geographic information systems services (GIS) business

A comprehensive and trainee-centered literacy program designed to help youth overcome previous inhibitions to academic success and equip them with the skills and knowledge needed to finish high school or pass the GED and then move on to college.

The Position

Reporting directly to the Founder/Executive Director of Hopeworks, this position is responsible for all day-to-day operations of the organization. The ideal candidate will provide leadership for employees and students through effective communications, coaching, training and development. He/she will manage the material requirements of the organization ? bookkeeping, purchasing, schedules, client relations, accounting, systems, cost control, facility management, budgets, marketing plans, grant programming.

The Ideal Candidate

Will have a passion for youth development and the organizational skills to manage a varied and complex set of responsibilities. This remarkable individual may be looking for a second career, after having attained stature in their first career. He or she will share and endorse Hopeworks? mission and will take a leadership role in executing it. The selected candidate will maintain and update existing policies and policy manuals to assure compliance with applicable laws, will monitor and report on Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, billing, marketing plans, operational expenses, and the physical facility. He or she will interview and hire staff, and will manage the performance and development of a direct staff of 5. He or she will monitor and assess ongoing youth development programs, create an annual operational schedule and coordinate the day-to-day schedule.

This person will be computer literate, know Quickbooks, MS Word, Excel and Access.

The position requires an undergraduate degree plus 5 or more years experience managing a small business, a non-profit organization, or similar activities.

Please send resume to our recruiter, Fred Stuart at:
fstuart@stuartrecruiting.com