At Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland, every day is an opportunity to make a difference. Whether you work behind the scenes or directly with youth, your time and talent gives hundreds of kids the chance to learn, grow, and succeed.
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If you’re interested in working for Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro, please submit a resume, cover letter and application to [email protected]
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Full Time Opportunities
Director of Development
Boys & Girls of Portland Metropolitan Area is seeking a Director of Development. The Director of Development reports to BGCP’s VP of Development & Marketing and is responsible for the cultivation and solicitation of new donors and new business for BGCP. The Director of Development is charged with identifying and engaging new donors; cultivating them; stewarding them when successfully brought on board, and for achieving set annual revenue targets by working with an assigned portfolio of donors and prospects to advance the mission.
Qualifiers:
- Do you have three plus years of proven successful non-profit development or corporate sales
- Do you have a portfolio of developing new business, cultivating partnerships, demonstrating excellence in donor and/or client relations, and stewarding/retaining donors?
- Are you a self-starter who works with proactive initiative to make things happen?
- Do you have a proven track record of impeccable execution and results?
- Do you have an uncompromised commitment to equity and inclusion in all you do?
- Is your work inspired by the measurable return on investment for all stakeholders?
- Do you believe all children must have equal access to safe, high quality environments, programs, and resources?
If you have answered yes to all these questions, we enthusiastically encourage you to apply.
Senior Director of Youth & Family Services
Boys & Girls of Portland Metropolitan Area is seeking a Senior Director of Youth & Family Services (SDYFS). The SDYFS is a member of the Club Services administrative team charged with leading all aspects of the day-to-day service delivery at 10 diverse Club sites. In this role, you will implement and drive forward our Trauma-Informed Club model, lead the evaluation of our model, and facilitate continuous quality improvement of our trauma-informed services.
This position is responsible for the successful management, reporting and stewardship of site-specific social service government and non-government grants. This position is responsible for facilitating whole-organization social services for our Clubs, as well as seeking and implementing new opportunities for services and impact for our youth and families. The SDYFS is dedicated to collective impact, building and maintaining positive relationships with families, service partners, local school districts, public officials, community leaders and donors. The SDYFS models inclusive, trauma-informed leadership with a constant focus on finding, creating, and assessing responsive social service programs, resilience building, upstream-prevention efforts, and supports for our youth, families, and communities to reach their full potential. The SDYFS oversees training staff on the delivery of trauma informed practices, social services, and behavioral health supports, within their Club environment, mentoring and training staff on the required skills for working with youth and families exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES).
The SDYFS reports to the Vice President of Club Services and is responsible for the co-leadership of site-specific Youth & Family Services Managers, as well as the direct supervision of the Director of Mental Health.
Director of Youth Programs – Inukai Family Club
The Inukai Family Boys & Girls Club is looking for an exceptional individual to join us as our Director of Youth Programs (DYP). This is a Club management level position that requires critical thinking, supervision, and coaching skills, as well as the ability to act decisively in emergency situations. With the direction of Club and Program leadership, the Director of Youth Programs (DYP) is responsible for leading a team that will deliver high impact, quality Club programming for elementary-age youth demonstrated by positive measurable outcomes and impact on Club members.
The DYP oversees the targeted training and professional development for all part-time youth program staff, manages daily facility operations when the Director is not present, helps schedule and provide leadership and mentorship to part-time staff, and executes administrative duties. The DYP works in partnership with the Club’s FT team to ensure safe, high quality, culturally responsive, trauma-informed activities and programs are being offered in accordance with the overall Program strategies and goals identified for BGCP.
Part time positions available
YouthForce Coordinator – PT
Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland (BGCP) is searching for a proven youth development professional to serve as YouthForce Coordinator (YF). YouthForce is the career development program at BGCP dedicated to leveling the professional playing field for teens, empowering them to develop a vision for their future, and the resources and networks to achieve it. The program consists of three parts; YouthForce University, TeamWorks and the Career Internship Program (CIP).
This is a part time, hourly, grant-funded position, which requires a flexible schedule as hours can vary (generally 20-25 hours per week). It consists predominately of evening and weekend hours, dependent upon Providence Park game schedules.
Youth Development Associate – PT, both summer and ongoing positions available at multiple locations
Join us in making a positive difference in a child’s life. We have positions available at a variety of locations, with part-time hours in the morning and afternoon over the summer, with more afternoon positions opening up during the school year. Make art, play games, help someone with math or reading or teach fun classes all while impacting the lives of youth in a positive way! We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic people that want to spend the school year making a difference for our kids! If you are up for a fun challenge, this might be the place for you. Positions are available at Clubs/locations in inner SE Portland, outer SE Portland, NE Portland, N Portland, Hillsboro and Oak Grove.
Youth Development Associate – Front Desk PT
The front desk is the main point of safety, customer service, measurement, and the nerve center of the Club. This position is essential to a high functioning Club. As the Youth Development Associate – Front Desk, you will be responsible for checking youth in and out so we have reliable data regarding attendance, interfacing with parents and community members in a way that is a role model for our youth, and working with kids doing special projects.
Discover your calling
Many of our Youth Development Associates have discovered their calling for community and youth engagement by working at the Boys & Girls Club. Past YDAs have gone into jobs in many fields, including:
- Camp counselors
- Sports coaches
- Youth corrections officers
- Social workers
- Teachers
- Educational assistants
- Nonprofit careers
- Club management
- Healthcare careers
- Higher education
- Community relations
- Education administration
- Youth development careers
Rep Portland
At the Boys & Girls Club, we get the opportunity to work in the communities we live in. We partner with many great Portland businesses and organizations to provide special opportunities for our club members. In the last year, we’ve partnered with companies like:
- Portland Timbers & Thorns
- Portland Trail Blazers
- Moda Health
- Treehouse
- Comcast
- Buffalo Wild Wings
- Nike
- Adidas
- Harry’s Fresh Foods
- Fred Meyer
- Safeway
Internships
Graphic Design Intern
Want to have fun, get an inside look at the nonprofit world, build diverse skills sets around print and digital design? Do you enjoy mood boards, brand guidelines, and creating innovative visual solutions that help solve real-world problems and make everyday things look beautiful? If this sounds like you, come join us for the spring semester, January – May 2018. You’ll work with our Marketing and Development staff to create promotional materials for our Club programs, contribute to designing collateral for major events, and help determine the look and feel of the Boys & Girls Club of Portland marketing materials for 2019.
This is an unpaid, possible for-credit internship (depending upon university or college) at our Administrative office in SE Portland, requiring at least 10 hours of your time per week. Scheduled hours are flexible, Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.
Social Media Marketing Intern
Want to get an inside look at the nonprofit world and build your social media marketing skills, including content creation and management, audience segmentation, event promotion, and fundraising? As our Social Media Marketing Intern, you’ll work with our Marketing and Development staff to manage our day-to-day social media channels, share the story of what we do each day in the Clubs, increase our online reach and engage with the public, and make our fundraising efforts a roaring success!
This would be an unpaid, possibly for-credit internship (depending upon your university or college) at our Administrative office in SE Portland, requiring at least 10 hours of your time per week. Your scheduled hours could be flexible, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The organization will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to, veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or any other protected group status as defined by law. Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland will also not discriminate against employees or applicants based on sexual orientation.