Jobs and Internships with Kidsave

Current Openings

Program Manager, Weekend Miracles Program

Position: Full-time, Exempt
Reports to: SVP/Director of Family Visit Programs
Work Location: Virginia (Northern, Northwest, and Near Southwest regions). Hybrid: in general, half time remote, half time at meetings, trainings, networking, weekend outreach, and connection events (3-4 days a week).

Kidsave seeks a passionate Champion for Change, a driven leader who believes in our work to transform child welfare systems so children growing up in foster care can be seen, find families, and thrive. We are looking for someone who deeply cares about children and teens and believes that every child, regardless of their differences or challenges, deserves a permanent loving family.

You’ll be joining an experienced team that believes in the power of family to transform the lives of these forgotten kids in foster care worldwide. Kids who, through no fault of their own, are in a system that often falls short. Kids who just need better opportunities to find happiness and family.

Through our innovative Family Visit Model, we run proven, successful programs that introduce kids to the community in a safe, fun, and child-friendly environment that leads to forever families and lasting connections.

The Weekend Miracles Program Manager will work closely with the SVP/Director of Programs and lead a dedicated program team of staff and volunteers in Virginia. This position also works closely with the Communications and Marketing team to champion our kids. This role requires enthusiasm, vigor, daily hands-on participation, and monthly attendance at weekend advocacy events.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage all day-to-day aspects of Weekend Miracles Virginia
  • Work with government partners and local foster family agencies to build presence and creditability to drive change, recruit families, and ensure program success.
  • Identify and develop community partnerships with organizations to build awareness of the program, recruit volunteers and host families, and sponsor events. Recruitment of families, outreach, and events will be held in Northern and Piedmont regions.
  • Cultivate corporate partners and manage partnerships to support Weekend Miracles
  • Manage youth referrals, tracking, and matching of children with host families, including introductory meetings.
  • Lead recruitment efforts, training, and support of families with a focus on Black, Latinx, and LGBTQIA families who host and adopt older foster youth in the program.
  • Facilitate host family training.
  • Organize and implement monthly Weekend Miracles connection events
  • Manage youth and host family connections to ensure the building of successful relationships.
  • Manage program communications and outreach efforts. Represent the program at conferences and in media and advocate for permanency for older youth.
  • Manage individual youth advocacy efforts, including youth and family stories and photography
  • Manage data collection to enable evaluation and marketing of results.
  • Oversee the activities of the program team and volunteer coordinators
  • Participate in grant writing and other activities necessary to fund programs, recruitment, and connection events.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following:

Position-Specific Skills

  • Strategic, proactive approach to problem-solving
  • Exceptional management and organizational skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with and motivate teams, government and agency partners, and volunteers
  • Ability to organize and lead events, build relationships, manage, and work within budgets.
  • Ability to learn new software quickly and work in a shared environment. Ease with technology
  • Computer literacy: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Office 365, virtual meetings, and social media platforms
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to present/speak with partners, constituents, donors
  • Experience with Salesforce and Peer to Peer platforms desirable

Personal Attributes

  • Collaborative spirit, adaptable
  • Creative, driven, motivating leader
  • Passionate desire to create change
  • Desire to work in the non-profit world, giving older kids a voice and a choice and family connections

Education and Experience (minimum requirements):

  • 7+ years’ work experience, at least five years of working with youth and families in the child welfare system
  • MSW, MSSW or MSSA degree
  • Valid Driver’s License
  • Successful completion and passing of a background clearance
  • Experience facilitating trauma-focused child welfare training
  • Experience managing people, events, volunteers
  • Experience with Black, Latinx, and LGBTQIA communities is a plus.
  • Grant writing and program evaluation experience a plus

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their resume, cover letter, and references to Genesis Diaz, genesis@kidsave.org

Kidsave is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our culture and our work on behalf of children who need family connections. Kidsave provides equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.

Compensation: $70,000-75,000 per annum, commensurate with experience. Opportunities for advancement.

Excellent Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance. PTO, 401K, Life and ADD, Employee Discounts (through Insperity Marketplace), HSA/FSA, Adoption and Educational Assistance, and more.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Kidsave provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. In addition, Kidsave complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which it has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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CURRENT JOB LISTINGS

ONGOING INTERNSHIPS

Kidsave accepts interns on a rolling-basis. We hire interns who can work full-time or part-time with our Washington, DC, Houston, Texas, and Los Angeles, California offices.

We seek students with a wide range of skills with a minimum of 1 year college with relevant coursework in:

  • marketing and communications
  • event planning
  • social entrepreneurship
  • social change
  • social marketing
  • social work
  • political science
  • public policy
  • nonprofit management
  • fundraising and grassroots development

We are currently seeking interns in the following areas:

Kidsave is seeking highly motivated, dependable, and conscientious self-starters who are interested in pursuing a career in communications and marketing, particularly in the non-profit world. This intern will work directly with the Communications and Development team on advocacy and media projects.

Functional Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Program Managers to prepare written program updates and write blogposts for Weekend Miracles, Summer Miracles, Kidsave Russia and Kidsave Colombia, per Kidsave CEO and VP of Program
  • Conduct interviews of Kidsave kids & families to produce success stories, using photos and/or short videos
  • Arrange for and prepare Kidsave kids from Kidsave Programs to speak at advocacy and fundraising events
  • Maintain social media pages and corresponding blogposts for Kidsave official pages and website
  • Assist Weekend Miracles and Summer Miracles Program Managers in planning, writing, and submitting content for e-blasts and e-newsletters.
  • Collect copy, images and other properties to submit to the Project Coordinator for kids’ advocacy flyers and other program event flyers
    Skills:
  • Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
  • Understanding of the basic principles of public relations and/or marketing
  • Ability to communicate in a professional manner with press and community contacts
  • Ability to work well independently, and within a team
  • Must have some writing experience outside of the classroom (creative blogging, school newspaper, etc)
  • Must have advance knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop, and video editing software
  • Previous internship or related experience in marketing or communications is a plus
    Education/Work Experience:
  • 2 years college, relevant coursework.

To apply for communications intern, please submit a resume, cover letter and writing sample to genesis@kidsave.org.

This is a great opportunity for an individual interested in gaining hands-on experience in nonprofit fundraising and event planning. The ideal candidate will have a desire to pursue a career in events having strong interpersonal, organizational, logistics and administrative skills as well as some experience assisting with or guiding a fundraising event from start to finish.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Helping plan and execute various aspects of major fundraisers and other small advocacy events in-person and/or virtual
  • Helping coordinate event logistics
  • Helping with social media promotion of events
  • Recruiting and organizing volunteers and committee members
  • Helping to research, request and collect silent and live auction items
  • Helping create, order and pick up print materials, signage, invitations, save the dates and other promotional materials
  • Promoting the event in various media outlets
  • Helping secure and coordinate celebrity appearances with Kidsave staff

Minimum skills required:

Superior organizational skills, an ability to multi-task and perform work in a fast-paced team environment, and strong time management, written and verbal communications skills, basic computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat/Illustrator). Previous event planning experience is highly desirable.

To apply please submit a resume and cover letter to genesis@kidsave.org.

 

To support the goals of the organization, Kidsave is currently seeking interns to support its Los Angeles, California and Houston, Texas Weekend Miracles Programs. The Weekend Miracles Program works to match older foster youth with host families who spend at least two days a month with the child. By mentoring and advocating for an older child in foster care, the host family has a direct role in helping him or her to find an adoptive family.

Responsibilities for the Weekend Miracles intern are as follows:

  • Attend advocacy events and assist with their coordination (Identify event locations, plan activities, prepare materials, create event flyers, advertise to communities, invite media, archive post-event photography, etc.). The Weekend Miracles Program hosts monthly weekend events.
  • Create, maintain, and update program materials, advocacy flyers, spreadsheets, website postings, and files for children and families.
  • Assist with initial hosting inquiries and follow-up with prospective host families.
  • Assist prospective host families throughout the application and training process.
  • Manage and file host family reports. Drive families to complete reports.
  • Organize a team of volunteers to assist with outreach, events, advocacy, and fundraising.
  • Arrange and attend outreach meetings and events with local companies and organizations to recruit hosts and adoptive families for program participation.

Minimum skills required:

Kidsave is seeking candidates with very strong organizational, administrative, and interpersonal skills. Candidates must be highly motivated, dependable, and conscientious self-starters. They must have the ability to multi-task and perform work in a fast-paced team environment, intermediate to advanced computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat/Illustrator), strong written and verbal communication skills, stellar organizational skills, and an interest in Kidsave’s mission.

Education / Work Experience: 2 years college, relevant coursework.

This internship is well-suited for an individual interested in pursuing a career in social work or in non-profit program administration or child advocacy.

To apply please submit a resume and cover letter to genesis@kidsave.org.

To support the goals of the organization, Kidsave is currently seeking a bilingual intern (English/Spanish) to support its Summer Miracles Program. The Summer Miracles Program brings orphaned children to the US for a five-week stay during the summer with a host family. During that time, host families and Kidsave advocate identifying adoptive families for the children.

Responsibilities for the Summer Miracles intern are as follows:

  • Attend virtual and/or in-person advocacy events and assist with their coordination. Events may occur during the week and on weekends.
  • Create, maintain, and update program materials, advocacy flyers, spreadsheets, website postings, and files for children and families.
  • Assist with initial hosting inquiries and follow-up with prospective host families.
  • Assist prospective host families throughout the application and training process.
  • Assist with translation both written and verbal. Help recruit translators.
  • Manage and file host family reports. Drive families to complete reports.
  • Identify local companies and organizations, and arrange meetings, to recruit hosts and adoptive families for program participation.
  • Assist with travel arrangements and insurance for program participants.
  • Assist with organizing and tracking orientation and training webinars.

Kidsave is seeking candidates with very strong organizational, administrative, and interpersonal skills. Candidates must be highly motivated, dependable, and conscientious self-starters. They must have the ability to multi-task and perform work in a fast-paced team environment, intermediate to advanced computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat/Illustrator), strong written and verbal communication skills, stellar organizational skills, and interest in Kidsave’s mission.

Education / Work Experience: 2 years college, relevant coursework. Spanish language skills required.

To apply please submit a resume and cover letter to genesis@kidsave.org.

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