Careers

Posted September 10, 2023

Reports To: Board of Trustees

Salary: Commensurate with Experience

Starting Date: October 1, 2023

Objectives of this role
Work closely with board members and committees to assess and address issues affecting the organization.

Oversee daily operations of the organization, providing executive direction for program strategies and efficiencies, financial management, compliance, and quality assurance.

Identify and address staffing requirements for efficient operations and maintain a strong work culture that attracts and retains people while driving the organization’s mission.

Increase awareness of the organization by being the main spokesperson and liaison with local media.

Facilitate and encourage active board and volunteer committee members and programs that enhance and support the work of the organization.

Develop an actionable plan for fundraising and managing monthly cash flow.

Comply with all national and local regulations.

Responsibilities

1. Create business plans for achieving goals and objectives set in collaboration with the board of trustees.
2. Meet aggressive annual fundraising goals, in partnership with board, by securing financial support from foundations, corporations, individual donors, and government funding sources.
3. Prepare accurate and timely analyses that capture and communicate fundraising results, variances, and performance trends.
4. Work with staff and board on annual fundraising benefit and additional events, and oversee all external communications, including website, marketing collateral, newsletters, and social media.
5. Serve as the face of the organization and participate in external events to increase visibility, credibility, and market brand, and develop strategic partnerships to further increase community awareness and expand programs.
6. Build and lead an effective team that’s dedicated to fulfilling the organization’s mission through highly successful programs, community engagement, and fundraising.
7. Provide leadership to and management of the efforts of site staff to ensure appropriate support of all departments.
8. Manage staff members and clients whose experiences, cultures, and languages reflect the community served by the organization.
9. Lead efforts on forecasting and accounting policies, procedures, and operational reporting/metrics.
10. Coordinate and lead annual budget reviews, monthly and quarterly reviews, and periodic forecast updates.
11. Retain a diverse, highly qualified staff and volunteers by providing career coaching, growth, and personal development for workers.
12. Ensure that services and funding relationships are robust enough to meet or exceed strategic goals and objectives.

Position Qualifications

• Volunteer, sponsor, entrepreneur, capital provider, or participant experience within the Kinect Capital ecosystem is highly regarded.
• Significant executive experience (non-profit knowledge and experience helpful)
• Strong business acumen with proven leadership ability and strategic mindset
• Understanding of entrepreneurship and fundraising process
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong financial management background
• Highly organized
• Ability to generate and analyze data
• Proven track record of fundraising from various stakeholders
• College degree preferred

Application Process

The application window is closed.

You will hear from Tara Spalding, Interim CEO shortly to review your application.

Please be prepared to communicate your involvement (at any capacity) you’ve had in Kinect Capital’s ecosystem, and what you’ve learned from it, how you’ve contributed to Kinect’s vision, and what value you’ve received.

The interview process will be with the Kinect team and board members. Please submit your application before September 25.

About Kinect Capital

Established in 1983 as an educational 501(c)3 non-profit, Kinect Capital is dedicated to advancing entrepreneurship and fostering the creation of groundbreaking industry leaders. Their mission is to empower emerging entrepreneurs, especially those from diverse backgrounds, in establishing sustainable and innovative companies that generate high-quality jobs and drive new economic opportunities, particularly in underserved regions of the US. Kinect Capital’s initiatives and programs guide companies towards becoming fundable entities, devising strategic funding approaches, and facilitating connections with investment and banking communities.

Posted August 15, 2023

Reports To: CEO/ Executive Director

Salary: Commensurate with Experience

Starting Date: November 1, 2023

Kinect Capital is hiring a Community Analyst as an hourly contractor role for our organization. This person is critical to measure the impact our non-profit has upon the community. They will help us track our programs according to the funding source expectations and also help us understand the impact our programs have upon the community.

This person will be analyzing data to better understand the four facets to our community. The Entrepreneurs who receive our services and support – we need to measure who they are, where they are located, and how our contributions helped their business, especially around raising capital; the Mentors and Interns who help execute our programs – we need to understand more about them, how they have contributed to our community, and their satisfaction; the Capital Providers who engage with our community – we should know more about their offerings and who they want to connect with. Each of these parameters are defined and the targeted people are identified. The analyst will do their best to penetrate, capture, and report on these findings.

The Kinect team will provide direction to this person, however we seek someone with strong survey and analytical skills who can take these projects, target lists, and just run with the program, execute autonomously, and then present the findings to our leadership team. We consider this person to be a “leader-doer” who is a self starter, efficient, and trustworthy.

Community Analyst desired skills:

• Survey mastery. Know how to create, manage, audit surveys.
• Interpersonal communication skills. Strong written and verbal skills toward the community and the VCO team.
• Extrovert. High comfort level to call and engage with community members to capture insight.
• Data management. Care about the quality of data, standardization, and maintenance of data between different sources such as surveys to data processing to CRM.
• Programming. R or Python or other comparable languages to handle data correlations and analysis
• Strong math and correlation knowledge that’s relevant to survey response analysis. Data analyst jobs require basic math skills, specifically in statistics.
• Data processing platform ownership. Ability to identify, implement, and manage data processing and analysis solutions.
• Data reports and presentation. Create a comprehensive report on the data for internal and external decision makers.
• Ability to make ad-hoc reports.

Application Process

Please submit your resume, your contact information, a cover letter, and 2 references or 2 data projects to [email protected]

Please be prepared to communicate your involvement (at any capacity) you’ve had in Kinect Capital’s ecosystem, and what components of community analysis you believe to be important to study and measure.

About Kinect Capital

Established in 1983 as an educational 501(c)3 non-profit, Kinect Capital is dedicated to advancing entrepreneurship and fostering the creation of groundbreaking industry leaders. Their mission is to empower emerging entrepreneurs, especially those from diverse backgrounds, in establishing sustainable and innovative companies that generate high-quality jobs and drive new economic opportunities, particularly in underserved regions of the US. Kinect Capital’s initiatives and programs guide companies towards becoming fundable entities, devising strategic funding approaches, and facilitating connections with investment and banking communities.