The Search

Peninsula Bridge -- a Bay Area non-profit in its third decade of creating opportunities to improve educational access and creating student excitement about their education -- is growing! We seek a Program Associate to join our fast-paced, small multi-tasking team dedicated to promoting academic and personal success for motivated middle school students from under-resourced communities by providing tuition-free rigorous and engaging summer programs on independent school campuses which facilitates students' access to the college track.

The Position

The Program Associate reports directly to the Executive Director and is a key link for our students, families and public school partners. The Program Associate must have a balanced and comprehensive understanding of all the components of the work of Peninsula Bridge and be able to move fluidly between them. The position requires strong organizational and interpersonal skills, the ability to work independently, and attention to detail.

Principal Responsibilities

The principal responsibilities of the Program Associate include the following:

·       Serve as Program Registrar which includes coordinating the recruiting and registration process with students, families and partner schools, and maintaining the student database

·       Collaborate with Executive Director in creating and implementing new programs

·       Support program delivery by researching and sharing best practices for summer and OST programming, work with vendors, collaborate with Site Directors and other partner school personnel as appropriate

·       Assist in program evaluation efforts by researching and sharing best practices, collecting data from programs, school districts, et al., preparing reports, etc.

·       Research grant opportunities and help write proposals as needed

·       Coordinate and attend meetings as required, taking minutes as necessary

Other responsibilities include

·       Support Development efforts as needed

·       Assist with events

·       Record and retrieve data as needed from relational database

Qualifications and Experience

The successful candidate will be highly motivated, flexible, creative, and able to work as a team member with people at all organizational levels.

·       Bachelor's degree required

·       Fluent spoken and written Spanish and English required

·       Experience working with communities of color, especially youth

·       Three to five years of professional work experience with progressive responsibility

·       Excellent written and verbal skills

·       Excellent computer skills

·       Generosity of spirit, flexibility and a good sense of humor

·       The ability to listen intentionally

 To Apply

Start date 3/1/2012

Please submit a cover letter, resume and a list of at least three references to:

Deirdre Marlowe, Executive Director

Peninsula Bridge

P. O. Box 963

Menlo Park, CA 94026

deirdre@peninsulabridge.org

Email inquiries about the position will be answered more promptly than phone inquiries.

Peninsula Bridge is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from qualified candidates of all races, religions, national origins, and sexual orientations. This is a full-time position. Salary DOE.