Project Manager Restaurant Development Jobs in California

Description

About East Bay Community Law Center 

East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) is a non-profit legal services organization, the community-based clinical program for U.C. Berkeley Law School, and one of the Bay Area's largest and most effective systems disrupters. With a dual service and teaching mission, EBCLC is a racial justice organization committed to building a culturally diverse workplace, centered on equity. With about 50 staff, 120 law students a year, and a nearly $7.5 million annual budget, EBCLC is the largest provider of free legal services in Alameda County, providing multimodal, collaborative, and holistic legal services to over 4,000 clients annually and engaging in legislative and policy advocacy at the state and local level. 

Development Project Manager  

The Development Project Manager provides support with the fundraising and communications activities of the organization. The position requires an extremely organized individual with attention to detail, excellent judgment and discretion, strong writing skills, a flexible and proactive attitude, and a strong commitment to EBCLC's racial justice mission.  

As a member of a high-performing and collaborative Development, Communications, and Data (DCD) team, this position will play a key role in growing EBCLC's fundraising efforts. The Development Project Manager reports to the Co-Deputy Director and will support activities across the DCD team in three key areas: 

Individual Giving  

• Manage EBCLC's two seasonal fundraising drives with the support of Co-Deputy Director; including creating donor solicitation lists based on individual giving history, identifying campaign theme and drafting solicitation emails, and supporting board and staff in solicitation. 
• Manage EBCLC's donor Customer Relationship Management program (DonorPerfect) and ensure timely recording and acknowledgments of gifts from individual donors.  
• Maintain a donor acknowledgement system to manage and record communications and donor touchpoints, with the goal of ensuring all donors are incentivized to make an annual contribution to EBCLC. 
• Support fundraising and community events with a focus on the board, donor, and alumni engagement and experience.  
• Work closely with the Finance Department to ensure smooth and accurate gift processing, including month-end reconciliation. 

Communications  

• Manage social media platforms and create social media posts to amplify EBCLC's work.  
• Make regular and timely updates to ensure EBCLC's website content is compelling and engaging. 
• Support the design, content, and production of external-facing communications, including quarterly alumni newsletters and annual report. 
• Create and maintain active press contacts list.  
• Track, share, and archive press coverage of EBCLC.  

Grants and Reporting  

• Support Senior Contracts Officer with ongoing tasks related to government contracts, including monthly and quarterly billing and reporting activities.  
• Draft and edit grant proposals or research briefs as directed by Senior Contracts Officer and Institutional Giving Manager. 
• Liaise with programs to create or collect client stories and information for grant proposals and reports.   

Salary and Benefits 

Starting salary for this full-time exempt position is $74,340 - $85,340, as dictated by EBCLC's salary scale.  

Benefits include fully paid health insurance (medical, dental, and vision) for employees and their dependents, life and disability insurance, and generous paid leave (vacation, sick, and holidays). EBCLC also offers flexible spending accounts for qualified health, dependent care, and commute expenditures; and retirement options. 

Workplace Expectations  

EBCLC is a hybrid workplace. This position is primarily remote but will require in-person attendance at meetings and events.  

Working At EBCLC 

EBCLC is strongly committed to advancing justice through education and advocacy, and the need to transform legal services and legal education. Please take time to review EBCLC's mission, vision, programs, and website, and ensure that your cover letter reflects how your background, experience, and expertise have prepared you to be successful in performing the responsibilities of the position. 

We strongly encourage individuals from traditionally underrepresented communities to apply. EBCLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior contact with the criminal legal system, or any other basis prohibited by law. 

EBCLC is a unionized workplace and members of the bargaining unit are represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, IFPTE. This position is part of the bargaining unit.  

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications  

• At least 4 years of experience in communications, fundraising, and/or advocacy 
• Commitment to EBCLC's racial justice mission? 
• Extremely detail-oriented with time-management, priority-setting, and organizational skills? 
• Excellent written communications skills? 
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively, and to work effectively with a diverse range of people, including Board members, funders, donors, attorneys, and community clients? 
• Strong proficiency with MS Office? 
• Experience with social media applications, including Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook 
• Friendly, independent self-starter, and outstanding team player? 
• Flexible and able to work in a fast-changing environment? 

Desired Qualifications 

• Experience with DonorPerfect or similar customer relations management program  
• Experience designing communications tools with Canva