Join Our Staff

Summer Search San Francisco currently has positions open for:

Program Associate, full-time
Development Manager, full-time

pROGRAM aSSociate

OUR MISSION

Summer Search is a dynamic national non-profit organization that finds resilient low-income high school students and inspires them to become responsible and altruistic leaders by providing year-round mentoring, life-changing summer experiences, college advising, and a lasting support network.

Summer Search started in 1990 in San Francisco and currently operates in seven sites serving 700 students and 1,700 alumni nationally. By 2010, Summer Search will nearly triple in size to serve 2,000 high school students and 3,000 alumni. Over our eighteen year history 93% of our students have gone on to college and a remarkable 89% remain enrolled and on-track to graduate.

OUR team

Summer Search is committed to the personal and professional growth opportunities of every staff member. We embrace honesty, directness, and criticism as the opportunity for growth. This integrity is paramount with oneself, students, and other staff and drives our success. Everyone within our organization is guided by the following values:

• Resiliency: We challenge ourselves to take positive risks and find healthy outlets. Consistently reaching out to other local and national staff, being curious and having a sense of humor are vital.
• Altruism: We each take ownership of this program but also see it as an opportunity to go beyond ourselves and genuinely empower others.
• Performance: We work with a sustained sense of passion and productivity, striving for excellence.

position opening:program associate

The Program Associate works closely with students in an intensive mentoring capacity, assumes responsibility for significant program elements, and manages a variety of general administrative duties.

Essential Functions

• Talk with students on a weekly basis to build supportive, caring, and authentic, relationships.
• Outreach to teachers, counselors, and other referral partners.
• Liase with summer partners and place students on experiential education programs.
• Assist with data collection and documentation for an evaluation and outcomes measurement.
• Assist with event coordination.
• Assist with general administrative duties including answering phones, processing mail, routing information, and filing.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least two years of work experience after college strongly preferred
• Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Self-starter who is comfortable in a close-knit team-oriented setting
• Flexibility and eagerness to learn and work on different tasks as needed
• Openness to training and self-examination
• Strong command of Microsoft Office applications and familiarity with database operations
• Bi-lingual English-Spanish/Cantonese a plus

Our Benefits

Summer Search is committed to creating an environment that is supportive of learning, growth and staff development. Our intense investment in staff includes:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Blue Cross Health Plan and yearly allowance for additional health expenses after 3 months of employment
• 401 (K) Plan and employer matching program after 1 year of employment
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Commuter benefits

How to Apply

To apply to Summer Search, please attach your resume with a cover letter that speaks to why you are applying to Summer Search. Include in your letter your track record of performance, your desire to learn, and your ability to overcome challenges. Send or email your application to:

Sara Lipton-Carey, Program Director
bayareahire@summersearch.org
Summer Search
620 Davis Street
San Francisco, CA 94111

Development Manager

The Development Manager works primarily with the Executive Director, San Francisco’s  Advisory Board as well as the National Founder and CEO, to build relationships with and to cultivate ongoing organizational support from individual donors, foundations, and corporations. The Development Manager will work with the Executive Director to plan and implement an overall development strategy. He/she is also responsible for broadening awareness and the understanding of Summer Search Seattle’s work through internal and external communication efforts.

Essential Functions

• Work with the Executive Director to create a diversified and sustainable annual and long-term fundraising plan, including setting measurable objectives.
• Research, develop, write, and track proposals and reports for all foundation and corporate fundraising, including managing grants calendar.
• Manage annual giving campaign.
• Manage Raiser’s Edge database, tracking and recording donor relationships, building donor profiles, and researching donor’s interests, giving patterns, and philanthropic capabilities.
• Oversee organization of special events, including the annual Leadership Luncheon in spring. This includes tracking attendance, commitments, payments and related information.
• Serve as the development liaison to the Board of Directors.
• Manage data entry and gift processing.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.A. required, M.A. a plus
• Five years plus work experience
• Demonstrated excellence in organizational, managerial and communication skills
• Experience managing special events a plus
• Knowledge of Raiser’s Edge a plus

Our Benefits

Summer Search is committed to creating an environment that is supportive of learning, growth and staff development. Our intense investment in staff includes:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Blue Cross Health Plan and yearly allowance for additional health expenses after 3 months of employment
• 401 (K) Plan and employer matching program after 1 year of employment
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Transportation subsidy

How to Apply

To apply to Summer Search, please attach submit a resume, two writing samples, and a cover letter that answers the question, “Why are you applying to Summer Search?” To help you answer that question, please speak to the following: your track record of performance, your desire to learn, and your ability to overcome challenges. Whenever possible, your cover letter should focus on details that are not in your resume, so that we have a more complete picture of who you are.

Send your application to:

Melissa Rawlins, Executive Director
Summer Search San Francisco
620 Davis Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
bayareahire@summersearch.org