Work for Save The Bay
Save The Bay is the largest regional organization working to protect, restore and celebrate San Francisco Bay. As its leading champion since 1961, Save The Bay protects the Bay from pollution and inappropriate shoreline development, making it cleaner and healthier for people and wildlife. We restore habitat and secure strong policies to re-establish 100,000 acres of wetlands that are essential for a healthy Bay. We engage more than 25,000 supporters, advocates and volunteers to protect the Bay, and inspire the next generation of environmental leaders by educating thousands of students annually.
Development and Data Assistant
Overview
Save The Bay is the largest regional organization working to protect, restore and celebrate San Francisco Bay. As its leading champion since 1961, Save The Bay protects the Bay from pollution and inappropriate shoreline development, making it cleaner and healthier for people and wildlife. We restore habitat and secure strong policies to re-establish 100,000 acres of wetlands that are essential for a healthy Bay. We engage more than 25,000 supporters, advocates and volunteers to protect the Bay, and inspire the next generation of environmental leaders by educating thousands of students annually.
Position Description:
The Development and Data Assistant primarily supports several aspects of the Development Department. The Assistant is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of constituent data, including data input and output from three main sources (RMT, Results Plus! and Kintera/Salesforce). The Assistant uses this data to provide prompt and accurate donor acknowledgement for gifts. This position will also work with the Administrative Department to coordinate office space research and move(s).
This is a great position for someone with database experience and attention to detail, enjoys being part of a support team, and has an interest in Save The Bay’s programs and mission to protect and restore San Francisco Bay.
This position reports to the Data and IT Specialist and works closely with Development and Administrative personnel. This is a full-time, temporary one-year position.
Responsibilities:
Development Department Support – 75%
- Conduct weekly gift processing and record updates in our donor databases both electronically and manually; maintain current documentation for these processes
- Manage relationship with Save The Bay’s outside gift processing vendor
- Oversee data entry and mail merge for prompt donor acknowledgement and related gift processing
- Provide support with Spring Founder’s Tea event planning and logistics
- Participate in Save The Bay’s efforts to enhance its current databases and related business processes for increased efficiency and effectiveness across the organization
- Provide administrative support as needed (e.g. answering phones and door)
Administrative Support – 25%
- Acquire and equip a temporary, auxiliary office space for 4-6 persons within the building, and coordinate the move
- Research new office lease for entire organization (approx 30 persons) for 2011 move
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- 1-2 years demonstrated experience in managing development and/or non-profit databases, preferably Results Plus! and/or Kintera and/or Salesforce
- Excellent attention to detail while maintaining speed in data processing tasks
- Experience maintaining office facilities
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work with a wide variety of individuals, and work in a team setting as well as an independent analyst
- Must be able to organize and prioritize work, be proactive, take initiative, resolve problems, follow through and simultaneously manage multiple priorities to ensure goals are met in a timely manner
To apply for the Development and Data Assistant position, please send resume and cover letter to jobs@savesfbay.org, Subject line: Development and Data Assistant
Or mail to:
Save The Bay
Development and Data Assistant Search
350 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Suite 900
Oakland, CA 94612
No phone calls, please.
Part-Time Field Educator, Watershed Education Program
Overview
Save The Bay has been working since 1961 to celebrate, protect, and restore the San Francisco Bay. Save The Bay’s Watershed Education Program is the only environmental education program in the Bay Area that connects middle and high school students and their teachers to the Bay through canoeing and through the restoration of critical wetland habitat. Using the San Francisco Bay as our classroom and laboratory, we offer field trips at over ten sites around the Bay that teach and inspire ecological stewardship and community leadership. We educate students from diverse communities around the Bay and help to build a connection between them and their local community and environment. Our award-wining programs are derived from best practices in environmental education and aligned to the California Content Standards.
Position Description:
Our part-time Field Educators lead our Canoes In Sloughs program that has earned Save The Bay the reputation as a leading provider of watershed education in the Bay Area. Educators will teach safe canoeing and provide students with hands-on, experiential activities related to wetland ecology, watersheds and the San Francisco Bay while maintaining an inspiring and safe environment. Our Field Educators play a key role in making the program relevant to students' lives, communities and cultural backgrounds. This is a great position for someone who has classroom or outdoor teaching experience and is passionate about working with youth and protecting San Francisco Bay.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Canoes In Sloughs day trips for diverse groups of middle and high school students and their teachers at our canoeing sites around the Bay
- Inspire and motivate students through positive reinforcement, role modeling and learner-centered teaching
- Engage students through implementing hands-on, experiential activities tailored to the age and needs of the school group
- Create a culturally sensitive learning environment actively embracing cultural diversity and bringing cultural relevancy to science content
- Exercise excellent judgment around group and risk management and reinforce rigorous safety standards during field trips
- Lead preparatory in-classroom programs prior to field trips
- Prepare and team-teach field trips with other Field Educators
- Drive a truck towing a canoe trailer on Bay Area freeways
- Assist with maintenance of trailers, trucks, canoes, tools and equipment, and safety and paddling gear
- Perform administrative work associated with field programming
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field (advanced degree or teaching credential a plus) and 1-2 years relevant teaching experience
- Experience teaching in the outdoors or in the classroom and a working knowledge of the natural sciences, coastal ecology, marine biology
- Experience working with diverse student populations and people with differing ability levels
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire youth in grades 5 through 12
- Physical ability to lift and carry heavy objects (65 lb. canoes and other equipment), and perform rescues of people and equipment
- Ability to implement and model risk management practices and maintain a safe environment for students and teachers
- Strong swimming skills
- Valid California Driver’s License and a clean driving record
- You must have your own vehicle or unrestricted access to a vehicle
- Ability to work Saturdays
- Wilderness First Aid and CPR certified (If not certified, training courses are offered frequently and partially subsidized by Save The Bay.)
Preferred:
- Knowledge of Bay ecology and environmental issues impacting San Francisco Bay
- Experience teaching urban ecology
- Boating, canoeing and paddling experience
- Fluency in a language commonly used in the Bay Area other than English
Salary and benefits:
- Part-time compensation starts at $16.00/hour
- Transportation reimbursement for travel to distant program sites
- Training and professional development opportunities
The position starts the week of February 15th, 2010 and runs part-time, averaging 3 days per week with programs hosted Monday-Saturday. Typical hours are 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. The final deadline is January 19, 2010. Save The Bay is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To apply for the Field Educator position, please send resume and cover letter to msmith@savesfbay.org, Subject line: PT Field Educator
Or mail to:
Save The Bay
Attn: Matthew Smith, Education Manager
350 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Suite 900
Oakland, CA 94612
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