This is a remote position.
Business Manager, Overwatch Project / FORGE
Position: Business Manager
Location: Miami, FL, or Virtual office
We are seeking an individual with experience and success in business management, including managing project execution and partner relationships, for a rapidly growing nonprofit preventing suicide and saving lives through innovative peer-to-peer training programs. If you can demonstrate a track record of success supporting a growing portfolio of programs and organizing ongoing work, all while responding nimbly to partner needs, we want to talk to you! You will have responsibility for the organization’s sound program execution, while having a say in our strategic direction and future project development.
As our Business Manager, you will be responsible for:
●Supporting and managing relationships with existing government, military, nonprofit and foundation partners
●Selecting and implementing a project and program management system and supporting disciplined execution.
●Coordinating events and commitments with partners
●Managing and supporting product development for new educational programs and resources
●Selecting and implementing contact management and attendee registration systems
●Working with research teams and coordinating with partners to ensure effective data collection on evaluation projects
Day-to-day responsibilities:
●Coordinate project logistics, to include partner coordination, advance scheduling, site prep, materials, and scope changes
●Manage other essential staff and contract support, including bookkeeping, communications, event planning and trainers
●Fundraising tasks, including donor outreach and managing peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns
●Coordinate and prepare materials for board and stakeholder meetings
●Prepare impact reports, including annual reports and board communication
●Manage evaluation, event and other partners to ensure timely and accurate data entry into contact management systems and project impact trackers
●Manage annual compliance on federal contracting, including training and background check requirements
●Develop and maintain budget including review and analysis of monthly budget-to-actual reports
●Recruit, hire, onboard and develop new team members to support project expansion
●Estimate team capacities and gut-check new commitments
This position will receive support from the Executive Director and our team of functional advisors (accounting, legal, etc.). You will report directly to the Executive Director with wide latitude. You will gather guidance from existing team members and advisors you cultivate. This position requires a home office, capable of frequent online calls and communications. If local in Miami, visits to work in the FORGE office as needed.
What makes this a great opportunity
By joining FORGE, you will be part of a groundbreaking social enterprise, currently helping a wide range of Americans help each other prevent firearm suicide and other gun deaths. You will be a key member of our small team, shaping how we shepherd our resources—now growing by multiples, year-on-year—as well as how we drive and measure impact of our innovative, nationally-recognized, award-winning work.
We greatly value your interest in supporting FORGE through your expertise and hard work. As our Business Manager, you will be compensated with a competitive salary $65K-90K (dependent on experience and location) plus benefits.
Requirements
Qualifications and Expectations
Professional Acumen
●2+ years program management, ideally nonprofit space
●1+ years managing government contracts (ideally US federal contracts) preferred
●1+ years coordinating contact management and fundraising preferred
●Candidates must be creative and strategic thinkers who have demonstrated excellent follow-through and attention to detail via:
○Strong communication skills (oral, written, presentation, listening)
○Ability to prioritize and respond quickly to time-sensitive requests
○Strong planning and coordination skills to work with multiple priorities and diverse clients
○Solid business and financial acumen
●Experience with and/or familiarity with military and veteran communities preferred
●Demonstrated ability to communicate with ease and grace with partners and stakeholders across wide-ranging levels that will include: individual program participants, service members, volunteers, foundation partners, and senior military leaders
●Experience with program management systems, contact management solutions (CRMs) and communications integrations (Mailchimp) preferable
●Familiarity and interest in innovative models for social impact
●Native fluency in English communication skills required
●Willingness to perform additional duties not listed in the job description as required by business needs
●Comfortability working virtually with a dedicated team driven by a social mission
●This role requires limited domestic travel
Personality Traits
●Self-starter
●Detail-oriented
●Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change
●Purpose-driven and passionate about meaningful work
●Resilient to challenging material (e.g. descriptions of self-harm ideation)
●Critical thinker
●Skilled with people
●Positive energy
●Calm, “shock-absorber” for internal staff and external stakeholders
●Love of innovation and belief in its ability to solve some of the world’s biggest problems
Benefits
As our Business Manager, you will be compensated with a competitive salary of $65K-90K (dependent on experience and location) plus benefits.
HOW TO APPLY
On the next page, please upload your résumé and cover letter. In your cover letter, please detail why you would like to be a part of the Overwatch Project / FORGE team. We look forward to getting to know you!
