The Research Unit in the Teamsters Strategic Initiatives Department conducts research on a broad range of industries and companies and develops research products and analyses to inform the union’s growth, organizing, and strategic campaign goals. Strategic research is a crucial component of both the campaigns implemented by the department and the organizing goals of the union.

Position Description:
We are looking for Research Analysts to conduct industry and corporate research to inform strategy in organizing and contract campaigns. Research analysts develop expertise in the union’s core industries. The research includes financial performance, business strategy, collective bargaining history, and competitive environment, as well as significant data collection and analysis projects.

Research analysts work closely with campaign and communications staff in the department and provide research support for ongoing campaigns. Research analysts also write reports and prepare presentations of their analyses and recommendations, and collaborate as assigned with staff in the Organizing Department and Local Union officers. Travel may be required to complete certain projects. The position is based in Washington, DC. Candidates must be available to work in-person full time at our DC headquarters.

Applicants:
Applicants for research analyst positions must have experience in the industry, corporate, or policy research. The ability to manage and manipulate large data sets, analyze raw data, and develop data-driven recommendations is required. Knowledge of ArcGIS, Salesforce, Tableau, R, Python, or other data management platforms is preferred. A strong commitment to the goals and values of the labor movement is essential.

Salary is commensurate with experience. The IBT offers a robust total compensation package including FICA reimbursement, 100% employer-paid health & welfare plan, pension, optional 401(k), FSA, and vacation & sick leave.

Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree preferred.
Degrees in social sciences, labor relations, business, finance or related fields preferred.
Minimum one to two years of experience in research, preferably corporate or industry research.
Minimum one to two years of experience in the labor movement preferred.

Application Process:
Please submit a cover letter, résumé, 1-2 page writing sample, and 3 references to: humanresources2@teamster.org. Subject: “Research Analyst (Research Unit).” No phone calls please.

The IBT is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and candidates with diverse backgrounds and life experiences to apply.

In this role, your strong understanding of comprehensive community resilience, hazard mitigation, climate adaptation, risk assessment, and stakeholder engagement will help communities understand, communicate, and reduce their current and future hazard risks and vulnerabilities. You will be responsible for supporting exceptional deliverables through project life cycles, achieving client satisfaction, and maintaining profitability for the projects we execute.

This role will be tied to our Raleigh, NC office, but candidates outside the area with the ability to travel into an alternative Stantec office for work each day or on a hybrid schedule will also be considered. Office locations can be found here: https://www.stantec.com/en/offices/office-finder

The Families and Workers Fund (FWF) seeks a Communications & Philanthropy Associate to join our team. This role is part of our Philanthropy & Operations Team and reports to the Director of Philanthropy & Operations.

Key responsibilities include managing the implementation of FWF’s strategic communications plan, managing the execution of external meetings and events, and producing (or overseeing external consultants to produce) key communications materials. This individual will be a creative and strong writer who will serve as FWF’s go-to for drafting materials, such as announcements, press releases, grant proposals, talking points, and the annual report, as well as designing visually engaging presentations for conferences and other events.

Application Deadline: Deadline for applications is August 26, 2022 with an anticipated start date no later than October 10, 2022.
Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be reviewed.

Responsibilities:

Communications:

Content Creation:

Serve as the team’s lead writer, helping us refine our voice as a growing organization, and manage the creation of announcements, press releases, our annual report, and other external communications materials; proofread and edit materials as needed.
Design visually engaging content for external presentations and meetings in coordination with the Executive Director and Director of Philanthropy & Operations.
Draft engaging, impactful talking points and messaging for Executive Director and other key stakeholders, such as our co-funders and co-chairs.
Create templates for fundraising materials (e.g. Standard “About Us” presentation) to be customized for multiple purposes and audiences.

Coordination and Management:

Develop communications strategy and timelines with the Director of Philanthropy & Operations. Track contact with external stakeholders and recommend next steps for connecting.
Maintain a list of conferences, speaking engagements, and other external events for the Executive Director and other organizational leaders. Make recommendations for impactful events segmented by outcome to fit into the overall strategic communications plan.
Manage all communications-related records and activities via Google Drive.
Make routine updates to our website and maintain our social media accounts (Twitter and LinkedIn), including content creation (Note: we maintain a very light social media presence, and social media management is not a major component of this job).

Events & Meeting Management:

Organize and manage FWF’s external events in partnership with the Project Assistant and with support from the Philanthropy and Operations Team, including: creating and tracking invitations, vendor management, event logistics, and developing content materials.

Stakeholder Engagement:

Along with the Director of Philanthropy & Operations and/or Executive Director, manage the relationship with any PR or Communications firms and track the progress of the annual strategic communications plan.
Assist the Director of Philanthropy & Operations by drafting or improving grant proposals and funder reports.
As needed, collaborate with grantees and other partners on joint, external communications efforts, such as social media posts spotlighting the grantees or shaping grantees’ announcements.

Minimum Requirements:

A minimum of two (2) years of experience in a relevant field, including at least two (2) years in a communications role.
Strong writing and content creation skills with exceptional attention to detail.
Experience drafting compelling talking points and written materials, including reports.
Shares FWF’s deep commitment to equity; values and seeks to advance equity in the workplace, including racial and gender equity.
Demonstrated experience in layout and design, including experience with tools like Canva or similar.
Strong skills in PowerPoint; knowledge of Google Apps, SurveyMonkey, and virtual meeting tools.
Excellent organizational and project management skills; flexibility and ability to multitask, with demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Team player with an ability to work collaboratively and build effective relationships among a variety of levels and a diverse group of individuals and team; is inclusive and considers who may need to be a part of an initiative who may not be present or considered.
Available to work US Eastern Time Zone 9 am ET to 5 pm ET.

Desired Qualifications:

Some familiarity with nonprofit development and fundraising, including contributing in preparing proposals for funding.
Experience with virtual and in-person event design, production, and management.
Familiarity with philanthropy, government, or the nonprofit sector. Some understanding of the importance of equity in the nonprofit sector and philanthropy.
Experience with managing time and deadlines in a remote setting. Strong skills in virtual meeting tools, and Google Apps and/or Microsoft Office Suite.
Demonstrated skills in planning, organizing and implementing projects with multiple components.
Ability to work effectively as a member of a small, dedicated team.
We encourage all individuals to apply even if they do not have any of the desired qualifications.

Salary, Benefits, Location, and Eligibility:

$75,000 – $85,000 annually, commensurate to experience.
Generous benefits, including 100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental insurance, vacation days, and a matching retirement plan. Start date November 2022.
Remote job open to all candidates eligible to work in the United States and able to operate within the Eastern Standard time zone.

Travel Requirements:

The Communications Associate will occasionally travel to support Families and Workers Fund’s leadership at key conferences and events. Please note that the organization strives to be flexible in how it structures and schedules travel; FWF is mindful of and works hard to accommodate work-life balance needs.

This position will be formally housed at the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, which is the sister philanthropy to Amalgamated Bank. The Families & Workers Fund is a part of the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Families and Workers Fund (FWF) seeks a Program Associate to join our team. This role is part of our Program Team and reports to the Senior Program Manager, Policy and Partnerships.

Key responsibilities include contributing to the Fund’s impact strategy development, grantmaking, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), as well as providing project management and administrative coordination to the Program team to help ensure its efficacy. We are seeking a flexible collaborator who brings a learning mindset and has familiarity with economic opportunity issues and/or grantmaking. As a rapidly growing startup with an ambitious vision, all of our staff must be comfortable with change and actively seek to help each other.

Application Deadline: Deadline for applications is August 26, 2022 with an anticipated start date no later than October 10, 2022.
Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be reviewed.

Responsibilities:

Grantmaking, Program Strategy, and Research

Conduct research and analysis to inform grantmaking and program strategy
Contribute to assessing new potential grantees or partners, including by analyzing key dimensions of the organization being considered for funding (e.g., the organization’s impact strategy, leadership, financial size, potential risks, etc).
Contribute to drafting, formatting, and editing grantmaking memos, external presentations, and other materials about the Fund’s program strategy and/or impacts.
Work with the Executive Director to further develop and manage the Fund’s MEL processes, including synthesizing grantee-reported quantitative and qualitative data to produce aggregated, fund-level outcomes and insights. Help to manage the Fund’s relationship with the MEL consultant.

Project Planning, Management, and Administrative Coordination

Plan and manage virtual meetings with grantees and partners, including creating and distributing agendas, managing calendars, meeting requests, maintaining notes, and coordinating follow-ups.
Manage the grantmaking workflow and serve as a key contact to grantees:
Work closely with the Philanthropy & Operations Team to ensure timely payments.
Work with the Executive Director to plan and help manage regular Program Team internal meetings and strategy workshops, including drafting agendas and timelines, contributing to facilitation, and tracking and following up on action items.

Other Duties and Special Projects As Needed

Participate in various other Program Team activities and special projects as needed, including special projects that may have tight deadlines or involve complex, high-stakes partnerships.
Contribute to and participate in organization-wide activities, conferences, and retreats.

Minimum Requirements:

A minimum of two (2) years of experience in a role with similar and/or applicable responsibilities which may include roles in philanthropy/grantmaking, policy, or the nonprofit sector.
Familiarity with issues of economic opportunity, poverty, workforce development, or similar.
Shares FWF’s deep commitment to equity; values and seeks to advance equity in the workplace including racial and gender equity.
Strong research and writing skills with exceptional attention to detail.
Excellent organizational and project management skills; flexibility and ability to multitask, with demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Team player with an ability to work collaboratively and build effective relationships among a variety of levels and a diverse group of individuals and team; is inclusive and considers who may need to be a part of an initiative who may not be present or considered.
Available to work US Eastern Time Zone 9 am ET to 5 pm ET.

Desired Qualifications:

Previous experience in at least one of the key areas of responsibility, such as conducting research, managing program MEL, or contributing to grantmaking.
Training and experience in conducting desk research and managing quantitative data in a basic spreadsheet, as well as producing well-written, effective syntheses and briefings.
Familiarity with philanthropy, government, or the nonprofit sector. Some understanding of the importance of equity in the nonprofit sector and philanthropy.
Understanding of some of or all of the issues that the Fund works on—including economic opportunity, economic justice, job quality, and/or public benefits delivery—gained through education and training, professional experience, and/or lived experience.
Experience with managing time and deadlines in a remote setting. Strong skills in virtual meeting tools, Google Apps, and/or Microsoft Office Suite.
Demonstrated skills in planning, organizing, and implementing projects with multiple components.
Ability to work effectively as a member of a small, dedicated team.
We encourage all individuals to apply even if they do not have any of the desired qualifications.

Salary, Benefits, Location, and Eligibility:

$75,000 – $85,000 annually, commensurate to experience.
Generous benefits, including 100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental insurance, vacation days, and a matching retirement plan. Start date November 2022.
Remote job open to all candidates eligible to work in the United States and able to operate within the Eastern Standard time zone.

Travel Requirements:

The Program Associate will occasionally travel to support Families and Workers Fund’s leadership at key conferences and events. Please note that the organization strives to be flexible in how it structures and schedules travel; FWF is mindful of and works hard to accommodate work-life balance needs.

This position will be formally housed at the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, which is the sister philanthropy to Amalgamated Bank. The Families & Workers Fund is a part of the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Each year, the Carolina Center for Public Service offers support for 6-8 Carolina graduate students to serve as skills training facilitators and share their expertise with undergraduate students engaged in service in the community and on campus. Selected graduate students are required to facilitate at least two skills trainings (one per semester) for Buckley Public Service Scholars (BPSS) participants as well as help with the review process of BPSS portfolios submitted by graduating seniors.

In order to graduate with BPSS, undergraduate students enrolled in the program must complete at least four approved skills trainings, each connected to at least one of the following topics:

Advocacy and community organizing
Diversity and cultural awareness
Effective communication
Ethics and leadership
Evaluation and applied research
Financial management
Fundraising, grant writing and philanthropy
Planning and assessment
Service-specific training (e.g. rape crisis counseling or ESL instruction)
Social entrepreneurship and innovation
Skills trainings must be interactive and designed for participants to build and practice skills. Events where students simply learn information or gain awareness (such as through a lecture, panel or presentation) do not apply. All trainings must be a minimum of one hour in length.

In addition to offering a skills training three times each semester, BPSS graduate assistants will be asked to contribute to the program through one other role, such as responding to student senior reflection submissions, offering them feedback on their attempt to synthesize and make meaning of their public service experiences while they were enrolled in the program. Each graduate student receives a stipend of $1,600

Graduate and professional students can apply online through the CCPS Application and Nomination Portal.

Analysts have the opportunity to work with NCGrowth staff, university faculty, and community and business leaders on projects such as:

Assisting a rural county with the development of a small business incubator
Tribal business development
Connecting small farmers with institutional buyers
Helping a tortilla manufacturer access new markets

Analysts work on a remote basis with occasional required travel. A typical projects consist of 100-150 hours of work done over the course of the summer or semester, but may extend longer depending on the analyst’s schedule and the project scope. Compensation is $20/hr.

Ideal Professional Experience:
City and Regional Planning
Public Policy, Public Admin
Business, Entrepreneurship
Economics, Agribusiness
Marketing and Communications
Finance and Accounting
Social Media, Digital Marketing
Engineering, Manufacturing
Learning Sciences

Examples of Potential & Past Projects:
Data analysis on institutional procurement processes
Create a financial model for a new development for homeless veterans
Connect small farmers with institutional buyers
Help a county leverage natural assets for economic development
Help a tortilla manufacturer access new markets
Work with regional airline manufacturer with developing a strategic plan
Assist growing industrial transportation business in developing standard operating procedures
Assist small downtowns in leveraging built assets for community development
Create case studies for publication at homegrowntools.unc.edu

Compensation & Schedule:
Compensation $20/hour; no benefits
Part-time; 5-15 hours/week in Spring and Fall and up to 40 hours/week in Summer

Job Description
We are currently looking for a Customer Success Manager (CSM) with a passion for providing hands-on software and economic analysis support to clients. IMPLAN has a team of CSMs that are individually assigned clients and who personally serve as their primary support resource. CSMs play a pivotal role in ensuring clients’ success and satisfaction with IMPLAN as both a product and a company on a daily basis. This person is expected to deliver customer outcomes by developing a clear adoption and retention strategy for the clients in the verticals assigned to them.

Primary Responsibilities
The Customer Success Manager will be required to develop a deep understanding of IMPLAN data and all IMPLAN products. The position requires a passion for supporting a high-touch product and fostering relationships with clients, while effectively promoting sales retention and encouraging revenue growth. Their commitment to customer success is evidenced by their attention to clients’ needs, their provision of accurate and relevant solutions, and their fostering of meaningful business relationships.

This candidate is also a flexible individual who excels in an open and fast-paced team environment, can work on multiple concurrent projects across the organization, and is an excellent communicator.

Onboard all new customers in the assigned sales verticals by providing thorough and personalized orientation with regard to using the IMPLAN software.

Successfully balance taking incoming orders and managing a high rate of renewals in the assigned sales verticals.

Partner with the Education, Product, Marketing, and Data teams and serve as the voice of the customer.

Required Skills & Experience
Ability to multi-task and work with multiple software platforms simultaneously
Strong skills in logic and problem solving, conceptual thinking, and deductive reasoning
Strong research skills and experience with complex analytical problem solving
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Comfort and familiarity with a team-based work environment
Ability to self-direct and prioritize with minimal supervision
Willingness to adapt and be challenged
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suites
Fluency in English
Desired Skills & Experience
Experience in a software customer success, sales, or customer service position and a history of providing customer support
Experience using the IMPLAN software or an understanding of input-output modeling and social accounting matrices
Experience with Salesforce CRM, Zendesk, and ChurnZero
Familiarity with web meeting tools, including RingCentral, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet
Foreign language skills

Required Education
Completion or nearing completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business, Economic Development, Planning, Public Policy, Urban Studies, or a closely related field
2+ years in a software customer success, sales, or customer service position and a history of providing customer support

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain an exhaustive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the role. Additional responsibilities and duties may change a) at any time and b) without notice.

What We Offer
At IMPLAN, we have crafted a collaborative and welcoming workplace focused on achieving the specific goals laid out by our community. We are always seeking agile, engaged, and high-caliber people to join our team. We offer a comfortable office environment, free snacks and drinks, company social outings, and a workweek that ends at 3 p.m. on Fridays. Benefits offered include:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Short & Long Term Disability, and Basic Life insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Retirement 401k plan with Company Match
Gym Membership Reimbursement
Paid Time Off and 10 Company Paid Holidays

The Downtown Mebane Development Corporation (DMDC) is seeking a full-time Executive Director to manage the day-to-day operations of the future Mebane Main Street Program. The DMDC Executive Director will be a full-time employee of the newly formed 501c3 organization, managed by a nine-member Board of Directors, with salary and benefits funded by the City of Mebane. The Executive Director will be responsible for coordinating the Main Street Four Point Approach as outlined in the Downtown Mebane Economic Development Implementation Plan.

Under general supervision and with an emphasis on customer services, performs responsible entry level professional planning work in the field of land use planning.

An employee in this class performs a variety of professional, technical and administrative duties associated with planning and zoning administration. Work includes assisting customers with land use and zoning regulation interpretations, analyzing data and creating records; researching records and enforcing zoning ordinances and policies.. Work requires considerable public contact with developers, surveyors and the general public. Knowledge of the planning field, judgment and initiative, and tact and courtesy are required in the performance of duties. Work is supervised by the Director of Planning and is evaluated based on conferences and review of assignments.

Desirable Education and Experience

Requires graduation from an accredited college or university with a four-year degree in planning, geography or related field and some experience in local government planning or related field; or any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Online applications only at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/personcounty/jobs/3666624/planner-i

Or go to www.personcountync.gov and click on ‘Employment Opportunities’.