DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

The Connecticut Fair Housing Center is a statewide nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to ensuring that all people, and principally those with scarce financial resources, have equal access to housing opportunities in Connecticut, free from discrimination.  To accomplish our mission, the Center provides legal services to the victims of housing discrimination and those at risk of home foreclosure; conducts education, training, and outreach on fair housing laws; works with state and local governments to ensure compliance with the fair housing laws; and advocates for policies that will improve access to housing.

Position Details:

The Connecticut Fair Housing Center seeks an innovative, energetic, and experienced person to join the Center’s management team.  This is a new position for the Center as it seeks to enhance its financial stability and expand its programmatic reach across the state.  Reporting to and working closely with the Executive Director, the Director will be primarily responsible for resource development, financial oversight and assisting the Executive Director in expanding the organization’s reach.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

  • Financial management including creating the organizational budget, budgets for grants, and monitoring grant expenditures;
  • Working with the Center’s CPA firm to monitor the Center’s financial position and propose measures to increase the Center’s financial stability.
  • Grant research, writing, and reporting;
  • Researching and applying for new income sources;
  • Collaborating with the Executive Director to review programmatic results of the organization and assist in developing and implementing strategies to expand the reach of the organization;
  • Overseeing execution the Center’s annual Loving Civil Rights Award Dinner (including solicitation of sponsorship, ad support, and auction donations, managing event communications, event logistics, etc.).

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of organizational management or financial management experience;
  • Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree plus a degree in accounting or nonprofit management and 2 years of experience;
  • Experience in grant writing, grant reporting, and grant research;
  • Development experience including event planning or other types of fundraising;
  • Interest in combating housing discrimination/civil rights violations or related issues;
  • Ability to work independently and take initiative to lead projects and collaborate with others;
  • Proficient in Word, expert in Excel;
  • Bi-lingual and/or bi-cultural individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Connecticut Fair Housing Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Salary:  Salary is highly competitive with other legal non-profits, with comprehensive benefit package.  $70,000 – 80,000 DOE.

Send resume and cover letter to:  Letty Ortiz, Administrative Assistant at letty@ctfairhousing.org.  Please include a writing sample that reflects the applicant’s own work without significant revision from others as well as three references.  Please do not call.

Application Deadline:  May 10, 2019