LA84 Foundation Careers
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TITLE: Senior Program Officer
THE ORGANIZATION: As a legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games, the LA84 Foundation continues to be a nationally recognized leader in support of youth sport programs and elevating the importance of sports in positive youth development. LA84 seeks to provide an opportunity for every child to participate in sports and experience the wide range of positive outcomes associated with youth sport participation. The Foundation accomplishes this through grantmaking, research, coaching education and direct support. The LA84 Foundation continues to promote the spirit of the 1984 Olympic Games by convening and engaging local, national and international audiences about the role of sport in society, and the impact of the Olympic Games on host cities. LA84’s headquarters is located in the historic Britt House near downtown Los Angeles, where it houses meeting facilities and one of the world’s largest collections of Olympic artifacts. For more information, please visit www.la84.org.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Director, Grants & Programs, Senior Program Officers (SPOs) are senior-level grant-making professionals at LA84 Foundation, bringing deep content expertise in fields related to play equity and a track record of working with cross-sector collaborations. Prior grantmaking experience, excellent project and/or portfolio management experience, strong relationship management and interpersonal skills, entrepreneurial drive, and the ability to thrive and success in a dynamic, fluid workplace environment. SPOs also serve as community liaisons to maintain strong and active relationships with grantees, as well as cultivate and sustain relationships with stakeholders, other funders, and experts in the field of youth development and youth sports.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for leading initiative/focus-area grants and related-activities
- Serves in a leadership capacity within the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors
- Makes grant funding recommendations for executive review and approval, including review of grant applications, prospecting for new grantees, preparation of written documents and analysis for executive and board level review,
- Provides technical assistance to grantees as needed and requested to support funding requests and support successful implementation of programs
- Monitors grants through in-person and virtual or telephone check ins, review of grantee reports.
- Develops, analyzes, and makes recommendations on programs and initiatives.
- Actively participates in strategy development and written proposal review.
- Develops, manages, reviews and complies with grant-making budgets.
- Establishes and maintains collaborative and cooperative working relationships with staff as appropriate and necessary.
- Supports and reviews program and grant outcomes, analyzes data and summarizes as needed to inform future grant strategy development and management.
- Inputs data into automated grants and programs system and prepares reports and correspondence related to assigned grants and programs.
- Represents the Foundation at community events and award ceremonies; occasionally serves as a spokesperson for the foundation.
- Supports the establishment of new partnerships with relevant stakeholders, policy makers, opinion leaders, corporations, business, civic institutions and other funders to advance the mission, values, and strategic vision
- Contributes content to LA84 Foundation publications, website and social media accounts.
- Collaborates with management in the continuing development and implementation of specific strategies to further the mission of the Foundation.
Other assignments outside of grants and programs area may be required in furtherance of the Foundation’s mission.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred
- 5-7 years’ experience, preferably in a grant-making organization.
- Programmatic knowledge base and experience with youth sports youth development particularly serving BIPOC communities.
- Nonprofit operations, management, and structure
- Technical assistance to non-profit sector.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to organize detailed information, manage workflows and schedules.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, collegial and collaborative approach
- Identifies solutions to be responsive to stakeholder (internal and external) needs
- Ability to effectively interact with the public and serve as a spokesperson for the Foundation
- Familiarity with grants management software and relational databases, is a bonus.
- Foundation mission and programs.
- Considers impact when executing daily tasks
- General supervisory concepts and techniques.
- Spanish language competency is desirable.
- Valid driver’s license and automobile for site visits.
Job Type: Full-time; exempt
The above description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and is not intended to limit the scope of potential work assignments.
Benefits offered:
- Thirteen paid holidays and 2 personal holidays per year
- Two weeks of vacation/year for the first year
- Ten sick days per year
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Healthcare spending or reimbursement accounts such as HSAs or FSAs
- 401k Plan
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- General office environment.
- Physical demands include lifting and moving equipment and supplies up to 25 pounds, visual acuity in reviewing detailed computer records, physical requirements related to sports activities and periodic travel.
- Occasional weekend, late afternoon, and evening hours.
The above description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and is not intended to limit the scope of potential work assignments.
COMPENSATION:
SALARY LEVEL: $86,520 – $98,495 per year, Commensurate with experience.
REPORTS TO: Director, Grants & Programs
To apply: Please send resume, cover letter and the names, phone numbers and email addresses of three professional references by e-mail to officemanager@la84.org. Please use as subject heading “Senior Program Officer” and your last name. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
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TITLE: Communications Associate
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Director, Marketing & Communications, the Associate is responsible for the coordination of overall social engagement strategy and schedules for all relevant social platforms, working with internal teams and partners on brand development, social promotion strategies, content amplification, audience engagement strategies, and managing social coverage of live events (for both LA84 and the Play Equity Fund). Strong project management skills are a must.
Essential Functions:
- Support the management and coordination of overall communications strategy for LA84 Foundation and the Play Equity Fund across platforms, inclusive of email campaigns, social media, websites, PR, events, B2B and B2C campaigns and others.
- Support the audience engagement strategy, social media content strategy and production, and the programming/scheduling strategy for all relevant social platforms, working with internal teams and external consultants/advisors.
- Assist with the copywriting functions of the organization for any communications material, collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners, advisors and consultants.
- Support executing social promotion strategies, fan engagement strategy and execution, and managing social coverage of live events (for both LA84 and the Play Equity Fund).
- Support creation of social-first content assets for brand development and marketing initiatives, creating and distributing custom content for larger initiatives.
- Facilitates all paid social media strategies for the organization.
- Work closely with the Director, Marketing & Communications, Chief Strategy Officer and the CEO to gather and operationalize strategic insights from analytics and historical data, establish benchmarks, and work toward KPIs and goals.
- Supports the social media marketing strategy and execution for key initiatives as The LA84 Sports Summit, the Play Equity Movement campaign, Play Day and others.
- Assists in executing the influencer marketing strategy for the organization and specific key initiatives.
- Other roles and responsibilities as assigned.
Basic Qualifications :
- Minimum 3 years experience in social media marketing or digital content creation.
- Minimum 1 year experience in email marketing or newsletter creation and distribution.
- Extensive social media knowledge and content development experience.
- Excellent writing and editing skills with the ability to align creative strategy with overall business objectives.
- Video production and editing skills (using mobile devices or small portable cameras like GoPro and similar).
- Entrepreneurial spirit.
- Strong problem solving, analytical and presentation skills.
- Polished in presentation and communication, both written and verbal.
- Demonstrate ability to champion projects from concept to completion.
- Highly creative mind with a passion for storytelling.
- Ability to operate on both analytic and creative levels.
- Excellent time management skills, with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams and other online meeting platform skills.
- Proven competency across social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, as well as staying up to date on emerging platforms.
- Proven competency across email marketing and newsletter platforms.
- Strong work ethic and high level of confidentiality, as well as precise attention to detail and sound judgement as it relates to brand safety.
- Experience in WordPress, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Premiere/After Effects, Sprinklr publishing and reporting, Facebook ad manager, Facebook Business Manager Insights, Powerpoint presentation and various social media reporting tools (Shareablee, ListenFirst, Tubular, Crimson Hexagon, others).
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- General office environment, depending on health and safety precautions. May be working remotely.
- Physical demands include lifting and moving equipment and supplies up to 25 pounds, visual acuity in reviewing detailed computer records, physical requirements related to sports activities and periodic travel.
- Occasional weekend, late afternoon, and evening hours.
The above description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and is not intended to limit the scope of potential work assignments.
To apply: Please send resume including links to your portfolio and social media handles, cover letter and the names, phone numbers and email addresses of three professional references by e-mail to officemanager@la84.org . Please use as subject heading “Communications Associate” and your last name. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
