About this opportunity
JVS Boston lists this Flex Fund Coordinator opportunity in boston, Massachusetts. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Position
Position: Flex Fund Coordinator
FLSA: Exempt
Status: Full-Time
Reports to: Sr. Manager, Support Services & Community Partnerships
Position Summary
The Flex Fund Coordinator (FFC) is responsible for partnering with JVS coaches and the finance team to administer financial support for clients to overcome obstacles to training and employment. The FFC is a member of the Support Services and Community Partnerships Team, which works to remove barriers to employment for JVS clients and applicants through building reciprocal relationships with Community Based Organizations that address these challenges. JVS is in the process of creating a pool of funds to help solve some of these challenges for our clients. In addition to this newly created fund, the FFC will oversee the administrative process for a separate funding source for a specific program, adhering to each program’s unique guidelines. The FFC oversees the process of administering $250K+ of funds to clients annually and requires the ability to solve complex problems while navigating bureaucratic systems with minimal oversight, as they coordinate a portfolio of clients’ needs through JVS’s financial support programs.
This is a hybrid position and will require at least two days working in the office at JVS and other days remotely.
Essential Job Functions
Accountability and Results Focused:
In collaboration with Client Services leadership, design, implement, and improve upon a process to administer flex funds to JVS clients
Administer an additional, separate Client Support funds program, meeting all funder and programmatic requirements
Be willing to learn and apply knowledge of local systems to help clients navigate benefits and services such as housing, childcare, DTA benefits, unemployment, and other needed resources
Build relationships, collaboration and teamwork:
Support and promote the mission and philosophy of JVS both internally and outside the agency
Partners with Support Services and Community Partnerships Team members to meet CS goals
Partners with coaches from across the organization to meet their clients' needs
Administrative/ Communications
Excellent financial management skills
Proven ability to prioritize and organize tasks while working between departments
Independent judgment and discretion to assess and meet client financial needs
Ability to solve complex problems and navigate bureaucratic systems.
Outstanding interpersonal, customer service and organizational skills required
Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment required
Qualifications and Experience
BA/BS 4-year college degree and 3+ years experience project management experience
Experience with government contracts and funding initiatives preferred
Strong knowledge of issues related to individuals with significant barriers to employment
Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills required
Salesforce skills preferred
Key Competencies
Instructional planning
Instructional delivery
Progress reporting /tracking
Student skill attainment
Promotes Agency
Initiative
Building Relationships, Collaboration and Teamwork
Adapting to Change
Accountability and Results Focused
Communication Skills
Cultural Competency and Respect
Planning/Organizing
JVS CULTURE
JVS is strongly committed to diversity and a workplace environment that respects, appreciates and values employee differences and similarities. By providing and supporting a work culture that fosters and builds upon diversity and its strengths, JVS will better serve our local communities and continue to provide quality services.
JVS is an employment at-will organization and an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, JVS prohibits retaliation against an applicant or employee because he or she has engaged in protected activity under the statutes prohibiting discrimination in the workplace.
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Worksite address
boston, MA, 02298, US
Who can apply
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