For consideration, please attach your cover letter and resume to the online application.

Summary of Principal Responsibilities

The Media Relations Director promotes AFSC as a bold, trustworthy voice on key global peace and justice issues. Using traditional and social media skills, the Media Relations Director will promote awareness of AFSC and promote the effectiveness of nonviolence. The Director will coordinate trainings and procedures that help experts throughout AFSC better attain media coverage. The Director will manage crisis communications, media pitching, op-ed placement, and media-friendly events to amplify visibility for our overall work (both U.S. and international), with a personal portfolio more focused on international peacebuilding work.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Media Relations Director include the following:

• Develop, direct, and execute strategic communications plans and procedures for national and international media across all editorial platforms.
• Serve as a spokesperson and a primary media contact for the Service Committee in English and Spanish language media.
• Build and maintain strong, productive relationships with the news media.
• Serve as a confidential advisor to AFSC management and Board members and a representative for AFSC’s management to the media and public.
• Secure regular placements in online, broadcast, and traditional news media for AFSC leadership and staff experts.
• Supervise the Media Relations Manager and their work on U.S. peace and justice issues.
• Coordinate our internal talking points process to ensure we have a common messaging platform on key issues.
• Oversee media monitoring and work with the Director of Research and Analysis on media research and reporting.
• Edit and approve press releases, op-eds, social media content to promote AFSC’s visibility in the news media. Write and ghost-write blog posts, op-eds, social media news responses, and other material to promote AFSC’s campaigns and programs.
• Train and mentor staff leadership and program staff in locations around the world to be effective media spokespeople.
• With the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer and Managing Director of Communications, coordinate rapid response to breaking news.
• Support AFSC experts in public presentations and speeches. Support the Advancement Unit, General Secretary, and others in preparing speeches and serve as an occasional speaker at meetings and gatherings.
• Maintain strong relationships with media relations counterparts in allied organizations.
• Manage any media consultants and manage the contracts for media services, such as our monitoring and distribution tool.
• Contribute to social media and content marketing plans.
• As part of the Communications Department, do occasional editing and writing on other projects, such as Quaker Action magazine or blog posts.

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For consideration, please attach your cover letter and resume to the online application.

Summary of Principal Responsibilities

As part of the Operations team, the Development Associate’s primary responsibility is to implement and manage a comprehensive stewardship program designed to foster and nurture long-term, meaningful relationships between AFSC and its donors. The Development Associate will collaborate effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders including program staff, donors, development officers, and others, in reporting back to donors on the activity supported by their campaign, planned, major, and annual gifts.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Development Associate include the following:

• In collaboration with Development leadership, Communications staff, consultants, and vendors develop and maintain effective stewardship letters, forms, receipts, and reports for both online and offline platforms.
• Process all in-house donor receipts and acknowledgements in a timely and efficient manner.
• Write personal acknowledgment and stewardship letters for signature by Senior Leadership staff.
• Manage the donor acknowledgement phone program.
• Develop and maintain a stewardship resource center on Star Café.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of stewardship though the ongoing reporting of stewardship activity.
• Develop, maintain, and update a Development Stewardship Procedures Manual. Make reports and recommendations for improvements or adjustments to procedures. Collaborate with the Fundraising Analyst to improve receipt and acknowledgement processing so that sound donor relations are maintained or when possible improved.
• Interact with donors as a responder to the ASFC toll free phone line: answering questions, accepting gifts, directing to appropriate sources of information.
• Act as a backup for the Development Associate charged with receiving and depositing income.
• Support the Operations Unit with duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in experience.

Experience:

• Two or more years work experience with a stewardship program in the non-profit fundraising field.
• Keen understanding of the philanthropic sector and familiarity with donor centered fundraising practices.
• Proven writing skills and experience writing and editing professional fundraising documents.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to successfully interact with a variety of people on different levels, and comfort with speaking and presenting in a group setting.
• Solid organizational skills and the ability to work productively in a fast-paced environment, and the ability to prioritize a multi-faceted workload under strict deadlines, sometimes with limited guidance.
• Flexibility, patience, and the ability to work productively in a team environment and independently, and the willingness to meet unexpected demands with a positive attitude.
• Attentiveness to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to act with sensitivity and discretion while working with confidential information.
• Excellent computer skills with fundraising software preferably Raiser’s Edge and MS Office (Word, Outlook and Excel, in particular).

Other Required Skills and Abilities:

• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.

Compensation: Salary range starts at $50,922 – Exempt – Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.

The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.

AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.

The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace.

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Background

Founded in 1917, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds, AFSC nurtures the seeds of change and respect for human life that transforms social relations and systems.

AFSC is re-energized as it enters its second century of promoting peace and justice around the globe. This, coupled with the increasing demand for our work, the organization is entering a period of re-visioning and renewal. With a new General Secretary, the organization is embarking on a strategic planning process that aligns our work for maximum impact, gives voice to diverse ways of working toward the same goals, and motivates the AFSC community with renewed energy and hope.

The Associate General Secretary for Advancement (AGSA) will play a crucial role in the re-visioning process and provide strategic leadership for the institutional advancement of AFSC. Through the fusion of the development and communications departments, the AGSA will create harmony and shared objectives for the team. The post holder will lead centrally and regionally- based innovative, digital-strong and effective strategies. The organization has loyal donors and recently completed a successful capital campaign. With the AGSA’s leadership, new outreach and fundraising plans to diversify our supporter base and attract new people to join with us as activists, donors, and volunteers will be developed.

Summary of Principal Responsibilities

AFSC seeks a dynamic Associate General Secretary for Advancement to:

• Advance the mission and vision and support organizational priorities by increasing the visibility of AFSC, increasing donors and supporters, and enhancing internal communications;
• Weave together AFSC’s strands of work in collaboration with program units and regional offices so that “the total is greater than the sum of the parts”;
• Build visibility and branding for AFSC to advance public recognition of AFSC relevance;
• Lead the development and communication teams with a goal of raising $30 to $40 million annually;
• Build on strong major donor and planned giving programs, and a strong communications team, work to increase funding from domestic and foreign foundations, governments and individuals, with a focus on sustainable income growth.

The AGSA will have an extensive network in the field of philanthropy and mastery of a broad range of fundraising approaches. In addition, the AGSA will be ready to manage both department’s present multi-million-dollar budgets and 40 staff members located in Philadelphia and several remote locations, inspiring them to work professionally, imaginatively and collaboratively to meet and exceed their goals. The AGSA will be able to develop and lead the strategic planning and growth progressions of the department and will be passionate about raising money to promote AFSC’s mission and programs and should be eager to embrace innovations and experiments in fundraising, online, person-to-person, in the mail, on the phones, and in other formats. The AGSA will serve as a visible spokesperson for AFSC to the donor community and other external constituencies. The AGSA will report to the General Secretary.

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For 100 years, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has worked for peace with justice in the United States and around the world. Founded in response to World War I, AFSC provided food, shelter and medical care to all sides in that and subsequent wars, and worked ceaselessly in the U.S. and at the UN to address the roots of militarism. Over the past century, the AFSC has often been at the forefront of social change movements, carrying out work that many considered experimental and sometimes taking unpopular stands on controversial issues. We’ve joined with communities around the world in struggling with oppression and in working for a world that respects the value and dignity of every person.

As we begin our second century of work, AFSC is launching a re-visioning process. While honoring the achievements of the past, we wish now to look honestly and faithfully at the challenges and needs of this 21st century and to re-examine our place in the world. We envision a strategic planning process which reaches out broadly to partners and constituencies around the globe, to staff and to governance members, to Quakers and other faith and non-faith partners, in order to answer the question:

What are we called to do, at this moment in history, to build the world we long to see?

The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to invite prospective bidders to submit a proposal to facilitate this process, and to work closely with us to develop and disseminate a new strategic plan for 2020-2030.

The strategic planning process will be under the direction of the AFSC General Secretary, as approved by AFSC Board of Directors in January 2018. Consultations and information gathering will be done in conjunction with key staff members in the AFSC Central Office in Philadelphia and in offices around the world. A draft timeline for the process is attached.

Please visit https://www.afsc.org/strategicplan to view the complete proposal.

*All proposals must be received by 5:00 pm EST on March 6, 2018. Proposals received after this deadline will not be given primary consideration. A transmittal letter and proposal should be sent to pdeboer@afsc.org as an Adobe PDF. Other formats will not be accepted. Proposals will be accepted from both firms and individual consultants Consultants selected for further consideration must be available for a telephone interview on March 13, 2018

American Friends Service Committee

APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 10, 2016

Summary of Principal Responsibilities
The Director of Grants is responsible for the management of a comprehensive program of institutional fundraising. The Director develops an annual strategic plan for raising grant funds for AFSC’s worldwide programs. She/he leads the grant officers in carrying out this plan, ensuring that all staff in the unit works cohesively and in partnership with administrative and program staff. The Director will help to advance AFSC’s interests by providing oversight of prospect research, proactively seeking opportunities to generate new proposals, and keeping abreast of trends and opportunities in grant making. The Director serves as liaison with other departments and units concerning grants development and stewardship. She/heoversees the grants solicitation pipeline and ensures good tracking and coordination of efforts. In coordination with the Grant Process Team, she/he ensures grants are managed according to funders’requirements. She/he oversees the unit’s budget and supervises grants officers and support staff, currently 4.5 FT Employees.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Director of Grants include the following:

• Develop an annual grant resource development plan with revenue goals, in consultation with grant officers, the Associate General Secretaries for Program(s), and the Director of Development.
• Oversee that unit goals are met.
• Manage the cultivation and solicitation for a small portfolio of major grants as needed.
• Assign funders to grant officers.
• Oversee the grant unit’s interpretation and promotion of AFSC programs.
• Supervise Grant Officers and support staff. Manage a cohesive team and work to ensure that systems are in place to maximize the unit’s ability to raise funds.
• In coordination with Support, Planning and Evaluation, help to translate institutional fundraising requirements for quantifiable objectives, indicators, etc. in program planning processes.
• Steward process for identifying and fostering grant readiness.
• Oversee grant prospect research.
• Ensure systems are in place to acknowledge gifts and maintain and manage all grant records.
• Assure that grants meet AFSC budget and program needs and funders’ requirements.
• Provide or arrange for training for program and administrative partners in research, proposal writing and grants management.
• Oversee grants unit budget.
• Provide analyses that show organization-based trends in revenue, areas of strength, challenges, and opportunities for further grant development.
• Provide analyses that show trends in grant making by foundations, governments, bi- and –multilateral institutions, and corporations.
• Keep abreast of AFSC programs and the issues they seek to address.
• Other duties as required.

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Summary of Principal Responsibilities

The Planned Giving Associate will work with the Planned Giving Officer and the Director of Planned Giving to ensure the smooth processing administration and stewardship of planned gifts, including bequests. With oversight from the Planned Giving Director, will oversee the processing of planned gifts within AFSC guidelines, IRS regulations, and state laws. Responsible for ensuring high quality, accurate, and timely gift and bequest administration, including coordinating gift acknowledgement and tracking gifts in the donor database. As needed, takes initiative with problem solving and coordinate information among donors, Planned Giving and Finance Office staff, and the AFSC custodian bank.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Planned Giving Associate include the following:

• Bequest Administration: Respond with appropriate correspondence when notice is received that AFSC is the beneficiary of an estate or trust including to donor’s family. Comply with AFSC bequest administration procedures.
• Prospect and Donor Relations. Staff PG inquiry line, replies to prospects directly or by forwarding requests to team members. Complete process for recording inquiries and next steps to be done. Follow current systems and maintain procedures for gift processing, return of agreements, and distribution of documents.
• PG Administration: Conducts estate donor stewardship with donor family members by acknowledging estate gifts, in coordination with donor services unit.
• PG Marketing: Participate in marketing initiatives and donor communications undertaken by the Planned Giving Unit, including handling the production of annual direct mail appeal letters and related social media to planned giving donors. Track responses from planned giving marketing initiatives.
• Donor Stewardship: In coordination with the Directors of Planned Giving, Fundraising Event Coordinator and Associate Director, maintain a Donor Loyalty program to cultivate and steward Friends For the Future and other long term donors through telephone stewardship, events and direct mail.

Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education/training.

Experience:

• Two years’ experience in development or customer service business required.
• Computer database experience required.

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The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization, which includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.

TITLE: Grant Officer, International Programs

DEPARTMENT: Development

Job Category: Exempt

STATUS: Full Time

SUPERVISOR: Director of Grant Unit

REGION/UNIT: Central Office

LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA

Overview of Grant Unit

The Grant Unit is part of the AFSC Development Department, which raises general and restricted funds for AFSC through annual giving appeals, major and planned gifts, and grant requests. The Grant Unit is currently responsible for a portfolio of approximately 100 domestic and international grants annually, amounting to approximately $4 million. The Unit’s purpose is to raise grant funds to support AFSC programs from institutional funders including foundations, corporations, and governments. The Unit collaborates with program staff, Regional Directors, and staff from other support units to submit grant requests and reports on grant-funded programs.

Summary of Principal Responsibilities

The Grant Officer, International Programs is responsible for initiating and maintaining relationships and soliciting funds from a portfolio of 40-60 institutional donors on behalf of assigned AFSC international programs. The position involves some travel to visit programs and meet with current and potential funders. The Grant Officer’s primary focus is on grants of $25,000 and more. The portfolio includes foundations, corporations, religious organizations, governments and other grant-making organizations. He/she relates to funders who require the most deftly carried out cultivation leading to solicitation of major grants. He/she coordinates the involvement of other development, program or administrative staff, and volunteers in the cultivation process so that priorities are kept in view, deadlines are met, and duplication or action at cross purposes is avoided.

In collaboration with program colleagues, the Grant Officer writes, edits, and submits grant requests. The Grant Officer works with program staff and staff from other support units to ensure that narrative and financial reports are completed and comply with the donor’s requirements. The Grant Officer researches and qualifies funding prospects and maintains up-to-date records of his/her work in AFSC’s fundraising database and document management system. The Grant Officer also provides support to programs to help them become grant-ready. The Grant Officer is a member of the Grant Process Team and is responsible for attending regular meetings and reporting to other team members on the status of grant seeking activities for assigned programs.

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AFSC is a Quaker organization devoted to service, development and peace programs throughout the world. Our work is based on the belief in the worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.

Summary of Principal Responsibilities: Under the supervision of the Director of Human Resources, the Human Resources Generalist will design and carry-out and assist with the implementation of an organization wide employment and career development program. Also perform a variety of confidential and administrative duties based on organizational procedures.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Human Resources Generalist include the following:

• Provide in-depth support for all areas of the employment process, including creating and maintaining specialized recruitment databases and electronic search files. Respond to general employment inquires. Responsible for posting all AFSC job openings and job descriptions.
• Assists in hiring process by coordinating telephone interviews and work with external vendor to perform reference checks. Respond to general employment inquires.
• Track all recruitments and timelines, in collaboration with the position supervisor Human Resources Director for all open positions.
• Support the Human Resources Department in the preparation and finalization of job descriptions. Maintain and ensure the accuracy of the official electronic job description database.
• Ensure that recruitment process is in adherence with Human Resources policies, and conducts searches. Provide advice and guidance to hiring supervisors and search committees in regional offices, as requested.
• Work with the Director of Human Resources to determine if open positions should be targeted, in accordance with Affirmative Action policies and procedures.
• Work in collaboration with the Director of Human Resources and immigration attorney on visa matters related to applicants and staff.
• Advise regions, and Central Office regarding the appropriate AFSC human resources procedures.
• Provide administrative support to the Position Evaluation Committee (PEC), as needed.
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining the official personnel files in accordance with the Nationwide Policy on Personnel Records.
• In collaboration and cooperation of both central and regional staff, oversee an ongoing new staff orientation program.
• Maintain and update the performance evaluation system database, including production and distribution of mid-point, end-of-probation, and annual performance evaluation materials. Produce monthly status reports and other periodic status reports, as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Human Resources Director.
• Conduct data analysis and produce periodic statistical and narrative reports as requested by the Director of Human Resources and Inclusion.
• Work in collaboration with the HRIS Associate in troubleshooting computer problems and questions within the unit. Create additional computer applications and reports, as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Human Resources and Inclusion, Assist with special projects and backing-up other staff in the Human Resources Department.
• Conduct exit interviews in the Central Office.

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Title: Media Research Analyst

Department: Communications

Status: Full-Time

Supervisor: Director of Communications

Region/Unit: Central Office

Location: Philadelphia

Date Approved: May 2014

Summary of Principal Responsibilities

The Media Research Analyst will be responsible for news content analysis and public opinion research projects that support AFSC’s effective messaging on peace and justice issues. The analyst will design and conduct studies on trends in news coverage and effective messaging, supervise those helping implement the studies, and share findings widely with AFSC staff, partners, journalists, academics, and others. H/She will also help advice on effective messaging and methods of communications monitoring and evaluation for advocacy and public education communications.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Media Research Analyst include the following:

• With Director of Communications, develop a multi-year plan for media and public opinion research projects.
• Review news coverage to assess narrative frames that support or hinder the advancement of AFSC’s mission. Topics will involve militarism, the prison industry, immigration, and corporate accountability.
• Select appropriate methods for original messaging research with varying communities. Design and use qualitative and quantitative research tools such as surveys, focus groups, interviews.
• Take the lead in promoting and disseminating research findings using a range of media (e.g. AFSC’s magazine, web site, social media, journals, conference presentations, etc.). Develop materials that help share our messages with AFSC’s staff, constituents, partners, and others. Manage production of reports and presentation materials.
• Supervise the public opinion research fellow.
• Consult on communications strategies, giving advice on topics such as effective messaging for relevant audiences and measurable metrics.
• Network with others in the media analysis and public opinion community.
• Contribute to the overall productivity of the unit; collaborate with other Communications staff in meeting the goals of the unit, and perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: B.A. in communications and or public relations with strong research experience or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience.

Experience: Minimum 3-5 years’ of experience working in public relations, marketing, or academic research on news analysis and or public opinion. Previous work in a nonprofit setting is preferred.

Posted on: July 1, 2014

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AFSC is a Quaker organization devoted to service, development, and peace programs throughout the world. Our work is based on the belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.

TITLE: Human Migration and Mobility Director

JOB CATEGORY: Exempt

STATUS: Full Time, Specific Term (12-18 months)

SUPERVISOR: Associate General Secretary for US Programs

REGION/UNIT: US Programs

LOCATION: Any U.S. Regional, Program or Unit Office

Responsibilities:

Summary of Principal Responsibilities

The purpose of hiring a Human Migration & Mobility Director is to increase the effectiveness and visibility of AFSC’s immigration work by facilitating the development and implementation of a shared framework for US Human Migration and Mobility programming at the level of Social Justice for Immigrants Writ Large, including development of problem statement, analysis, shared outcomes, and broad strategic approaches. The HMM Director will also work closely with Integration and Impact Staff to facilitate ongoing coordination of US programs working on related themes and shared campaigns.

This process for developing a shared HMM framework will draw on key partners, AFSC staff and others to establish a foundation for the development of local, regional, and national HMM programs beginning in FY16. During the development of the framework, the Board Program Committee and Executive Committees will also be consulted and informed.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Human Migration and Mobility (HMM) Director include the following:

• Maintain comprehensive, in-depth understanding of core issues in the field of Human Migration and Mobility, including the global context, social and political trends, in the US and internationally.
• Conduct a process that will include development of a problem statement and analysis, shared outcomes, and coordinated strategic approaches that AFSC can undertake over the next 3-5 years, to yield improved conditions for immigrant communities in the U.S.
• Seek out the perspectives of individuals and organizations outside of the AFSC, including immigrant community stakeholders, program committee members, policymakers and others, to better inform the AFSC perspective.
• Identify target audiences and allies to broaden the base of support for immigrant rights and link the immigrant rights movement to other struggles.
• Make the analysis of trends accessible to staff and committees, and lead HMM program discussions about strategies and approaches.
• Provide regular updates to and consult with 1) HMM Advisory Committee; 2) US regional directors and the director of the Office of Public Policy and Advocacy; 3) the Board Program Committee and U.S. Regional Executive Committees.
• Identify, nurture and track opportunities for cross-linkages among and across regional programs and other AFSC units.
• Be alert to those points at which AFSC may be in a position to articulate freshly and usefully its principles and perspectives on a broad range of immigration policy issues.
• Identify neglected areas, such as gender specific issues, and provide for their inclusion in the HMM shared framework.
• Seek opportunities for AFSC staff to demonstrate leadership and program expertise on HMM issues in coalitions, conferences, meetings and as spokespeople on pressing HMM issues.

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