About Greater DC Cares: Greater DC Cares is a non-monetary community foundation facilitating the investment of community assets other than money, including volunteers, pro-bono consultants, skilled volunteers, nonprofit board members, goods and services. We magnify the impact of social change efforts in the D.C. region by redefining volunteering and philanthropy to connect these assets with grantmakers’ dollars for greater impact. We do our work in ways that develop the capacity of all our partners – building powerful nonprofits, strengthening businesses, and increasing volunteer activism and leadership – and we are driven above all to solve the key social needs of the Washington, D.C. region and its people.

Job Description: To coordinate and expand the Flexible Volunteer Program (a monthly calendar of traditional volunteer projects) and the Citizen Academy Program (our issue education/advocacy program).



The Program Coordinator is responsible for:

- the coordination and the expansion of the Citizen Academy issue education/advocacy program, which includes, but is not limited to:

- the creation and dissemination of the weekly Citizen Academy email that focuses on civic engagement activities both internal and external to Greater DC Cares,

- the organization and facilitation of monthly in-house Citizen Academy issue education forums,

- the creation of all supporting materials for in-house workshops (i.e. fact sheets and speaker bio sheets, etc)

- the establishment and management of strategic partnerships with allied organizations and issue experts.

- the organization of the monthly volunteer calendar, which includes, but is not limited to:

- the intake of nonprofit volunteer needs that fit the Flexible Volunteer Program structure,

- the recruitment, training, and placement of project coordinators,

- the tracking of all volunteer hours.

- the research and establishment of a team-based volunteering program,

- the evaluation of all aforementioned program processes and impact.

- the annual budgeting process for all aforementioned programs.

- Any other duties as necessary.

In all positions, Greater DC Cares looks for highly collegial, highly ethical people who have a track record of quality work and commitment to the social action. At Greater DC Cares, we care about your skill and achievements, but we also care about your personality as a committed leader for social change. We care deeply about your vision, your ability to work well with others, and your integrity. If you are seeking a workplace that combines the commitment of the nonprofit sector with the dynamism of the private sector, and encourages you to think creatively about what works, then Greater DC Cares may be the place for you.



Please send resumes to the Director of Operations at hiring@dc-cares.org



Greater DC Cares is an equal opportunity employer.