The Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC (CEANYC) is hiring an Operations and Communications Coordinator to expand our organization’s fundraising and development. This person will work remotely (though must be based in NYC) and support CEANYC 20 hours per week with fundraising, communications, and other key development tasks. This position will be compensated at $25-$50/hour depending on experience. There is ample room to grow in this position, and pending funding, hours and responsibilities may be expanded.

Who We Are

CEANYC is a 100+ member organization that aims to strengthen and expand community-led, democratically-controlled initiatives—from worker, financial and consumer co-ops to community land trusts and gardens, mutual housing, and low-income housing co-ops. Our vision is an economy based on values of social and racial justice, ecological sustainability, cooperation, mutualism, and democracy.

We currently strengthen and expand our member businesses and networks through a microgrant program—the Solidarity Economy Giving Project—and three major programming areas: leadership development and technical assistance, policy and advocacy, and research and visibility.

The Operations and Communications Coordinator will be working with one other part-time staff person, our Program Coordinator, and will report directly to the Board of Directors, which includes 9 representatives elected by our membership. We recognize that not all candidates will have the full set of desired qualifications; if you have most of them, we encourage you to apply. CEANYC values diversity and encourages people of color, women, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, and others from underrepresented groups to apply.

Duties:

Programming:

• Coordinate vendors, venues, and staffing for events

Staffing:

• Oversee hiring and training of new staff
• Help prepare report for Board meetings
• Support Board members to schedule committee members and keep track of tasks
• Manage volunteer program including training, supervising, and evaluating volunteers
• Bottomline Board member election and new member orientation

Membership:

• Support onboarding new members through direct and digital mailing of membership materials (and logging in CiviCRM)
• Solicit and manage membership dues
• Coordinate planning and facilitation of the Annual Meeting
• Participate in Outreach Team to issue welcome letters and packets, arrange potential member prospect calls, presentations,
• and mailings, and liaise with allies and coalitions/associations CEANYC joins
• Participate in staff collective meetings, strategic planning, and Board meetings as requested

Communications

• Directly manage or oversee and delegate management of Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts
• Hold responsibility for driving strategy through inclusive multi-stakeholder processes
• Manage WordPress website maintenance and edits
• Manage blog and coordinate feature stories from members and allies
• Act as media liaison
• Maintain photo and video archive
• Maintain updated style guide
• Manage all print collateral
• Take lead on all translation needs for materials
• Administer donor communications plan including sending cultivation, acknowledgement, and appeal materials

Administrative:

• Process invoices and reimbursements in a timely manner
• Log and reconcile all transactions in QuickBooks online
• Act as liaison to fiscal sponsor and donor advised fund
• Process grants from application to evaluation including convening grantmaking committee

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