The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is accepting proposals for the conservation and restoration of wildlife habitat and water quality in the Delaware River watershed.

Through its Delaware River Program, NFWF will award matching grants of up to $500,000 to projects that preserve and restore water quality and wildlife habitat on both public and private lands in the watershed, as well as projects that benefit Delaware River communities.

The foundation has identified two distinct grant opportunities under this program.

Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund Conservation Action Grants — Awards will be given to collaborative projects that sustain and enhance wildlife and fish habitat; improve and maintain water quality to support fish, wildlife, and people; sustain and enhance water management to the benefit of fish and wildlife; and/or improve ecologically-friendly public access and outdoor recreational opportunities.

Delaware River Restoration Fund Targeted Implementation and Cornerstone Grants — Awards will be given to projects dedicated to improving water quality through conservation efforts on working lands such as farms and forests; restoring streams, floodplains, and wetlands; and/or improving green stormwater infrastructure in urban/suburban landscapes within one or more of seven Delaware River watershed restoration or hybrid “clusters,” including: the Poconos and Kittatinny, Kirkwood-Cohansey, New Jersey Highlands, Middle Schuylkill, Schuylkill Highlands, Brandywine-Christina, and Upstream Suburban Philadelphia. A number of cornerstone grants also will be awarded to projects that address multiple DRRF priorities, exhibit exceptional strategic planning, and include collaborative opportunities to deliver a large project (or suite of projects) within one of the seven hybrid clusters.

Eligible candidates include organizations that are tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, local and municipal governments, Native American tribes, and educational institutions. Federal, state, and interstate governments also are eligible. Although organizations located outside the Delaware River watershed may apply, projects must be implemented entirely within the boundaries of the watershed.

See the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

Deadline: April 11, 2019

https://www.nfwf.org/delaware/Pages/2019rfp.aspx

JRA is seeking a Volunteer Program Manager to perform the critical role of creating and managing an outstanding volunteer experience. We are seeking someone who is an excellent communicator, creative, energetic, and tech-savvy.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Manage a high volume of communication with individuals and groups interested in volunteering via volunteer registration, phone calls, and emails, confirming participation in a timely fashion
• Develop and implement strategies for volunteer recruitment and outreach
• Perform data entry related to volunteers reserving monthly food delivery routes
• Manage the pre-distribution process, including preparing the delivery routes, organizing the volunteers’ materials and early, late, and express pick-up schedules
• Manage the Route Owner Program and maintain communication with participants leading up to a distribution to acquire RSVPs
• Build and nurture relationships with community organizations and attract new groups to food distributions
• Schedule and manage weekday volunteers for deliveries and birthday card program
• Coordinate the deliveries of special items (Cradles to Crayons bundles, backpacks, holiday gifts, etc.) for JRA recipient families
• Provide a fun, safe, and educational volunteer experience, which may include facilitating a brief information session or orientation
• Oversee the Birthday Card Program including responding to inquiries about participation, coordinating the decoration of cards by individuals and group volunteers, and organizing the mailing
• Plan and facilitate volunteer recognition for Yellow Cappers and general volunteers
• Represent JRA at community events to promote volunteer opportunities
• Facilitate and serve on the Volunteer Engagement Committee and Leadership Academy Committee to successfully plan programs and services with JRA Board members and volunteers
• Manage, develop, and implement the B’nai Mitzvah and Junior Yellow Capper programs
• Coordinate with multiple day programs to provide volunteer opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities
• Measure and analyze programs, recommend changes for improvement
• Regularly track and run reports about volunteer participation
• Other duties as assigned

Warehouse Responsibilities

• Approximately four days a month, including the monthly Food Distribution Sunday, work remotely at JRA’s warehouse in Northeast Philadelphia
• Act as the lead staff member during weekdays at the warehouse to ensure smooth check-in and delivery processes of delivery routes
• Work with multiple partner organizations serving adults with intellectual disabilities to achieve successful volunteer activities. This includes helping the volunteers and their aides understand and correctly execute the packing and delivering of food boxes
• Assist with preparing the warehouse for distribution which includes packing boxes and setting up the food assembly lines
• Deliver food boxes when needed

QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent at establishing positive working relationships with volunteers, groups, board, and professional staff
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to problem solve and make recommendations to resolve the issue at hand
• Friendly, self-starter, who is flexible, and has a sense of humor
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and work collaboratively
• Knowledge and understanding of non-profit organizations
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Excellent ability to manage both small and large groups of individuals
• Superior skills using MS Excel, MS Office/365, and Google Drive
• Knowledge of the Jewish community, traditions, and practices
• Bachelor’s degree required
• 2-4 years’ professional experience
• Must be able to lift 25 pounds
• Must have access to a car and a valid driver’s license

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Generous package for time away from work, including vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Great professional development and skill building opportunities

If you think you are the right person for this role, please send the following to jobs@jewishrelief.org:

• Your resume
• A brief statement of interest

We are seeking an Enrollment and Admissions Recruiter.

Job Description
The Enrollment and Admissions Counselor will work with the College 4 America team, a Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) Program Manager, and other community-based referral partners to craft a recruitment strategy, build and manage relationships, and drive recruitment efforts to successfully enroll students in the College for America (CfA) degree programs through the JEVS-SNHU Community Partnership.

Job Duties:

• Assist with developing and executing a unique and comprehensive community engagement, recruitment, and enrollment strategy ensuring 50-100 inquiries monthly and growing to 125-150 monthly inquiries in the next year.
• Engage with each student to understand their motivation for enrolling in CfA and seeking a degree and/ or a credential.Conduct intake of each prospective student to accurately facilitate placement and program fit.
• Attend recruitment events to connect with potential students. Work directly with students on outreach and enrollment.
• Cultivate relationships with current partners while also Identifying and establishing new partnerships to ensure a robust recruitment pipeline. Building and maintaining relationships with local high schools, community-based organizations and other area referral networks

Learn more and apply: https://recruit.hirebridge.com/v3/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?cid=7536&jid=325007&bid=1&m=0#.XH3iJYhKjIU

We are seeking a Director of Postsecondary Opportunity to lead this initiative.

Job Description

• Directs Southern New Hampshire University(SNHU) College for America community program operated by JEVS Human Services.
• Oversee the hiring, training and ongoing professional development of all staff for assigned programs.
• Identify and establish new partnerships to ensure a robust recruitment pipeline by building and maintaining relationships with local high schools, community-based organizations and other area referral networks.
• Builds awareness of the College for America program within JEVS, with recruitment and program partners and in the region.
• Ensures student success by creating and implementing onboarding and retention strategies.
• Identifies strategic opportunities and builds relationships with other higher educational institutions and organizations serving disadvantaged and non-traditional students in the region.
• Work to preserve a high support, high expectation, high service model in a time sensitive environment positioning for regional growth
• Contribute to the overall growth strategy of JEVS Youth and Gateway Programs, with a goal of sustaining and growing programming directly aligned with post-secondary education attainment

Learn more and apply here: https://recruit.hirebridge.com/v3/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?cid=7536&jid=325826&bid=1&m=0#.XH3hjohKjIU

Register: https://apps.chamberphl.com/event/5652/defining-innovation-presents-guy-kawasaki

Event Details

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration + Networking
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Program

The Philadelphia Film Center
1412 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Ticket: $45.00
Ticket + Book: $65.00
These ticket holders will receive a copy of Kawasaki’s latest book “Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life”.

The Interview

Stephen Klasko
President & CEO
Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

Klasko has been re-imagining health care and higher education at one of the nation’s fastest growing academic health institutions since 2013. In 2017, he introduced the first design-thinking curriculum in a medical school and in 2018 Klasko was named #2 on Modern Healthcare’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.

Location: Municipal Services Building, 1401 JFK Blvd., Phila., PA

The Civic Engagement Academy 2.0 is a daylong event that is for residents who care about Philadelphia and want to take meaningful action. The Civic Engagement Academy 2.0 is an advanced training to help community members build their civic engagement and leadership skills.  Join this FREE event to learn more about how to:

• Manage volunteers
• Run a community meeting
• Build coalitions
• Use data to show the impact of your work
• Advance your goals through press and social media

Ready to take the next step as an organizer, neighborhood leader, block captain, or volunteer? Register today!

Date and Time: Thursday, March 7, 2019, 7:45 – 10:00 am

Wednesday, March 6, 2019
3:00 p.m. EST

Please join our upcoming webinar, “Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers: Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders to Confront Racism,” on Wednesday, March 6, at 3:00 p.m. (EST).

An increasing aversion to difference and the growing number of racial incidents have left colleges and universities with the challenge of how to affect change and to heal from the legacies and harms of racism. This webinar will discuss the efforts of the first ten Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers in addressing the historical and contemporary effects of racism to bring about transformative and sustainable change for our students, in our communities, and across our country.

Representatives from the TRHT Campus Centers at Austin Community College, Hamline University, Rutgers University–Newark, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will share how they are implementing specific strategies to achieve the goals of the TRHT effort on their campuses and in their local communities through authentic partnerships, understanding the narrative on race at their respective campuses, racial healing circles, and professional development.

AAC&U is hosting the second TRHT Campus Centers Summer Institute at Villanova University from June 25 to 28 for campus teams interested in learning about the TRHT Framework and the process for hosting a TRHT Campus Center. The deadline for teams to apply for the institute is March 14, 2019.

AAC&U’s goal is to partner with at least 150 higher education institutions to host TRHT Campus Centers that seek to prepare the next generation of strategic leaders and thinkers to dismantle the belief in the hierarchy of human value that has fueled systemic and structural racism. We cannot ignore our history. We must learn from it to transform our future.

There will be time for Q&A during the webinar, and we encourage participants to send questions in advance to webinars@aacu.org.

Webinar Details

Date: March 6, 2019
Time: 3:00–4:00 p.m. EST
Cost: Free for AAC&U members; $200 for nonmembers
Check your institution’s membership status here: https://secure.aacu.org/iMIS/AACUR/Membership/MemberListAACU.aspx

Register: https://secure.aacu.org/iMIS/AACUR/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=WEB190306

This class will enable you to focus on your website strategy, so you know how to approach its design from the user’s perspective. You’ll get valuable information on website architecture; increasing visibility through SEO and SEM; learning about users through analytics and UX (user experience) and CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization).

Register now >>
https://www.lasallenonprofitcenter.org/courses/fundraising-2/maximizing-your-websites-impact-on-engagement-donations-marketing-branding/

When & Where: March 21, 2019, 9 am to 4 pm, Ballard Spahr, 1735 Market Street, Phila.

Wed, March 27, 2019
5:30 PM – 8:15 PM EDT

Location
Free Library Of Philadelphia – Business Resource and Innovation Center
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

“Breaking Barriers” turns the “Job Seeker” event upside down! Instead of employers exhibiting their organizations, this event will empower women to break down the business practices that are creating inequities for women job seekers and to speak about their strengths as potential employees. This event will feature a roundtable of women who will discuss barriers they’ve faced to achieving sustainable employment and will propose strategies and potential solutions for those barriers. Employers are encouraged to participate who are seeking to create practices that minimize barriers to employment and/or those who are searching for new talent for their organizations. Learn more and register.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breaking-barriers-sustainable-employment-for-women-event-tickets-54975065902

What does a grant reviewer do?
If selected as a reviewer, you will help to evaluate grant applications for the 2019 AmeriCorps State Grant Competition. You will read, score, and evaluate applications and discuss their findings with PennSERVE via a grant scoring document.

What qualifications should reviewers have?
PennSERVE is looking for a diverse group of reviewers that have grant writing and/or reviewing experience and also have experience with national service and/or community-based programs. Past reviewers have been community service practitioners, educators, national service alumni, people working in foundations, or individuals working on public policy issues.

Reviewers must be comfortable reading a large volume of material in a short period of time and providing analysis to PennSERVE staff. Reviewers must be available for a training via webinar on April 26 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm; and must be able to complete application reviews by May 22, 2019.

Can members currently serving in AmeriCorps or any other streams of service serve as reviewers?
No. You must have completed your AmeriCorps service before being selected as a reviewer. AmeriCorps Alumni are strongly encouraged to apply to serve as reviewers.

Can people who work for a Corporation for National and Community Service-funded program serve as a reviewer?
Yes. People who work for organizations affiliated with AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, or other national service programs may serve as reviewers. However, you may not serve as a reviewer if you work for an organization that is being considered for funding in this competition.

What is the time commitment?
You can expect to spend 8 – 15 hours preparing for the review and completing the reviews, as follows:

• April 11 – April 25: Read the PennSERVE Request For Applications (one – two hours).
• April 26 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm: Participate in a training session via webinar.
• April 30 – May 22: Review and assess two – three applications. Each application review takes three – four hours.

What are the benefits to reviewers?
The grant review experience is an excellent opportunity to 1) find out about programming and trends in national service and federal grant opportunities; 2) develop a deeper understanding of the grant-writing and grant-making processes; 3) and contribute experience to the selection of high-quality programs for the Commonwealth. This is a volunteer opportunity.

How does one apply to become a reviewer?
To apply, please email your resume to pennserve@pa.gov no later than 5:00 pm on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

What are the next steps after submitting a resume?
PennSERVE will review resumes and contact qualified applicants. We will check for conflicts of interest and confirm availability at that time.

The Summer Intensive is composed of interactive workshops, lunches in disciplinary clusters and with senior community-engaged scholarship, field trips and dialogue with community partners, one-on-one consultations, with time to develop or refine your own community engagement plan for your return to your own campus. This is the perfect opportunity to develop something new or revise and refresh existing community engagement efforts.

The Summer Intensive welcomes faculty, academic staff, and advanced graduate students who are committed to teaching or research in partnership with communities, nonprofit organizations, industry, or government partners that makes a positive impact on those communities and in their disciplinary fields. Participants should also be interested in learning from and contributing to a community of learners throughout the Summer Intensive.

We only accept 40 participants to keep the learning environment interactive and learner-focused.  Applications are due: Apr 5, 2019.

For more information about the application and nomination process, preliminary schedule, travel and lodging, and registration, please visit: https://engage.msu.edu/learn/learning/summer-intensive-on-community-engaged-scholarship.

Any questions can be directed to: Diane M. Doberneck, Ph.D., connordm@msu.edu.

We are a national, nonpartisan, non-profit project that works with colleges and universities to leverage their institutional resources and networks to help their students register to vote, educate themselves on candidates and issues, volunteer in campaigns of their choosing, and show up at the polls. In 2018 we provided materials and resources to 439 college campuses with a total enrollment of 4.7 million students, nearly 25 percent of all college students in the country.

The Development Manager will help us raise the funds to make our 2019-2020 efforts as robust as possible, from reaching out to engage new and existing donors and setting up conversations with myself and senior staff, to helping manage our fundraising database and helping draft attractive and engaging newsletters for our growing network of supporters. So if someone you know might fit the bill, please check out the description.

If you have questions or would like more information, please contact EESW Chair Monica Kowal (kowal1@unm.edu), University of New Mexico.

• Learn more about this year’s workshop
• View previous years’ workshops
• Call for Applications (Flyer)

Deadline to apply is April 15, 2019.

Here are just a few of the workshops that will be offered. Review the workshop guide for full descriptions.

• Active Citizenship 101: Prioritizing Community as a College Student
• How to Start a 501(c)(3) in Less Than an Hour
• Social Action through the Decades
• From Bias to Collaboration: How Our Stories Influence the Way We Think, Talk, and Vote
• Fully Engaged: Living a More Intentional Life
• Stirring the Pot: Building Community Through Food

Register by March 13.

Community Colleges for Democracy is a network within the network dedicated to preparing community college students to be informed, active, and mobilized leaders in our democracy in addition to preparing them for the workforce, careers, and continued education. Community Colleges for Democracy will advance the combined work of The Democracy Commitment (TDC) and Campus Compact’s community college engagement. The network is led by Verdis L. Robinson, Director, Community College Engagement.

Deadline to apply is April 1, 2019: https://www.aashe.org/calendar/curriculum-workshop-dickinson-college-2019/

Dickinson College is one of the regional AASHE Centers for Sustainability Across the Curriculum. Centers host workshops and other professional development opportunities throughout the year. If you aren’t able to attend this event, please consider attending one of the other upcoming events organized by a Center

Description of Duties for the WorkReady Program Liaison: The WorkReady Program Liaison will support the program coordinator and collaborate with worksite staff to ensure a successful program. Duties consist of supporting the day-to-day operation of the WorkReady Program at sites including: securing worksites, scheduling, educational enrichment, activity planning, safety and discipline. Act as a first point of contact for all assigned worksites and participants. The liaison will visit each worksite and all participants on a weekly basis to insure the overall success of the program. High school diploma or equivalent required.

The employer for this program is Educators 4 Education (E4E) for which you will be a contracted employee once hired. As an E4E contracted employee, you will be required to attend a mandatory orientation. Preference is given to candidates who have prior experience working with PYN funded programs.

If you are interested in any of the positions listed above, please submit a letter of interest and resume to hr@educators4education.org

All E4E EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS MUST BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A PA CHILD ABUSE CLEARANCE, PA CRIMINAL CLEARANCE AND AN FBI FINGERPRINT CLEARANCE.

E4E is an equal opportunity employer.