Speakers

Here is the website that Dan Atkins shared during the CIC seminar today: http://web.me.com/deatkins/CIC/Welcome.html. It contains a tentative schedule for the seminar (including speakers), a form to suggest guest speakers for the seminar, and Dan's blog with relevant information about CIC.

8/27/08 - Career Job Announcement MNC-2105

Industry:          Nonprofit/Philanthropy

Function:         Program
Management

Employer:        The Center for
Effective Philanthropy

Job Title:          Manager, Client
Relations (2 positions)

Job Location:   Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, CA

Organization Description

The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) works with funders to help
them more effectively address society’s most pressing needs. Specifically, CEP
provides data and creates insight, so philanthropic funders can better define, assess,
and improve their effectiveness and impact. Since receiving initial funding in
2001, CEP has produced widely referenced research reports on foundation
performance assessment, governance, and funder-grantee relationships. CEP has
created new data sets relevant to foundation leaders and hosted highly regarded
programming focused on key issues related to foundation effectiveness. CEP has
also developed new, widely used assessment tools. More than 150 funders have
used CEP’s assessment tools – and have implemented significant changes on the
basis of what they have learned. CEP works primarily with the largest 500
foundations in the country, including the Gates, Rockefeller, Hewlett, and
MacArthur Foundations, among others. CEP is based in Cambridge, MA. Website:
www.effectivephilanthropy.org

Job Description
The
Manager, Client Relations is an exciting and critical role that has been
created due to organizational growth. It encompasses a broad set of
responsibilities requiring analytical skills, client relationship experience
and project management capabilities. Using CEP’s assessment tools and research,
this person will develop and lead client relationships with some of the
country’s largest foundations and will oversee execution of CEP's data analysis,
data generation and assessment-tool creation efforts by leading
cross-functional project teams. This person will report to the Vice President,
Assessment Tools, and will directly manage Research Analysts. Please review the detailed description online
before applying:

http://www.cgcareers.org/findajob/jobdetail/1192/
 

Qualifications

Please compose a thoughtful cover letter that describes your
commitment to the mission of The Center for Effective Philanthropy and how your experience
satisfies the following:

·        
2+ years of experience in management/strategy
consulting

·        
Experience developing and managing client
relationships, with responsibility for deliverables and presentations

·        
Experience managing cross-functional teams as well
as mentoring and training junior staff members

·        
Outstanding analytical ability, including comfort
with basic statistical analyses; advanced Microsoft Excel and Power Point
skills preferred

·        
Excellent writing and communication skills

·        
Detail-oriented and organized, with the
ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

·        
Passionate commitment to the work of the nonprofit
sector and the effectiveness of philanthropy

·        
Advanced degree in business, public policy or
public administration strongly preferred 

·        
Travel up to 30% will be required

Preferred Start Date: Fall 2008

Compensation: Commensurate with experience

Sponsor International Candidates: No

To Apply

Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your
skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how
you heard about this opportunity, both in Word format and addressed to Kevin
Bolduc at http://jobs.cgcareers.org/application.aspx?id=1192. 
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Mr. Kevin Bolduc

Commongood Careers

99 Chauncy Street, Suite 910, Boston, MA 02111

This job listing was forwarded under the auspices of The
MBA-Nonprofit Connection www.mnconnection.org.  Please visit our site for advice regarding
nonprofit applications.

If there are any second year students interested in giving a brief presentation describing your CI-relatedinternship, email me at lmclaug@umich.edu.  We are hoping to devote at least one session of the CIC seminar to student presentations.   

Professor Dan Atkins, Kellogg Professor of Community Information, will be speaking about his work at the Office of Cyberinfrastructure at the National Science Foundation.

Location: 311 West Hall

Heard of the opportunity to be a dScribe? Interested in Open CourseWare and Open Educational Resources (OER)?  Perhaps it's all new to you and it just sounds interesting.  Whatever the case may be, come learn more about the University of Michigan's Open Educational Resource initiative, Open.Michigan, and the unique opportunity available to work with SI faculty, classmates, and members of the U-M OER team to create OER materials as a dScribe.  

Presenters: Garin Fons and Pieter Kleymeer (SI/CIC alumni)

Location: Erlicher Room, 4th floor West Hall

Food: Pizza will be served