The FNA has an immediate need for a coordinator. The job description is below.
Please submit your cover letter, résumé and contact information by email to the Neighborhood Coordinator at fna@fultonneighborhood.org
Neighborhood Coordinator Job Description
Position Overview
The Fulton Neighborhood Associations (FNA) Neighborhood Coordinator plays a highly important role in implementing our mission
This role has flexible hours and could be a great fit for someone who wants to use or grow their skills in event planning and execution, finance, and navigating Minneapolis city policy. In this role you will be a central part of creating engaging and welcoming neighborhoods.
The Coordinator’s primary responsibilities are to support program and event implementation and coordinate communication and administrative services in support of the FNA Board and their committees. The Coordinator also serves as the liaison to connect the boards to the Minneapolis Neighborhood and Community Relations office (NCR), which administers major funding sources from the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP), Community Participation Program (CPP) and Neighborhoods 2020 Network and Engagement allocations (N2020).
The position requires motivated, independent work and the ability to reach out to and work with groups and individuals in Fulton, other neighborhoods, and Minneapolis elected and administrative officials. The coordinator must be a detail-oriented person with a high degree of initiative, follow-through, reliability and interpersonal skills.
Neighborhood Coordinator Tasks include:
- Program and Event Implementation
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- Support in planning, promoting and recruiting volunteers for annual and one-time Neighborhood Association events. Examples include: Summer and Fall festivals, Annual Meetings, Ice Cream Socials and voter informational forums.
- Suggest ideas for the neighborhood initiating or participating in programs, events, forums or celebrations, that support achieving the Neighborhood Association mission.
- Board and Committee Coordination and Support
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- Attend monthly Neighborhood Association Board meetings (Fulton: second Wednesday of each month, 6:30pm-9pm).
- Prepare the agenda for monthly Board meetings and schedule visitors with specific agenda items that they wish to speak to.
- Distribute meeting materials to the Board electronically prior to each meeting.
- Assist in facilitating committee communications and act as a liaison between the committees, the community and government bodies and agencies.
- Prepare Board meeting minutes and post them on our website following approval at the subsequent meeting
- Set up the equipment for in-person and virtual attendance prior to each meeting
- Neighborhood Communications
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- Solicit articles for the quarterly neighborhood print newsletter. Contribute shorter pieces, announcements and calendar items as needed.
- Send mass emails and social media postings to the neighborhood list to communicate upcoming events, meetings, etc.
- Manage USPS mailings to residents to advertise events
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- Maintain the website content.
- Collect mail periodically from the neighborhood P.O. box.
- Stay connected to other SW Minneapolis neighborhoods through the SW Neighborhood Coordinator group’s periodic gatherings.
- Support newsletter layout and coordinate proofing, production, mailing.
- Neighborhood Relations
- Monitor all incoming emails.
- Respond to and/or forward all neighborhood inquiries and requests for information to appropriate Board members, committees or agencies in a timely fashion.
- Provide support to increase participation in and volunteerism for neighborhood association events and programs and its Board and committees.
- General Financial
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- Track hours and tasks being charged to each neighborhood in the capacity of Coordinator, and submit monthly activity summaries and check requests to the Presidents and Treasurers.
- Over the first 6 to 12 months, general bookkeeping responsibilities will transition to the Coordinator from a bookkeeper hired by the neighborhoods. These duties include:
- Work with the Treasurer with general bookkeeping and monitoring the budget and accounts to help ensure compliance with all NCR, state and federal fiscal tracking and reporting requirements.
- Perform general bookkeeping, pay bills, generate monthly and quarterly reports and do the banking.
- NRP/CPP/N2020 Requirements and Funding (These responsibilities will also have a phased transition over the first 6 to 12 months.)
- Serve as liaison to NCR and provide implementation support for all board activities relating to NRP, CPP and N2020 funds from them.
- Monitor NCR communications concerning NRP, CPP and N2020 requirements, deadlines and procedures to keep the board informed.
- Manage NRP, CPP and N2020 contracts and modifications.
- Prepare NRP, CPP and N2020 expense reports for reimbursement.
Position Qualifications
Required:
- Detail oriented; strong organization, time-management and prioritization skills.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of relevant social media channels such as Facebook.
- Excellent “people skills”: good listener, problem-solver, empathetic, team-player, professional demeanor.
- Strong sense of responsibility.
- Ability to work independently with some evening availability for meetings and events.
- Basic home office; computer, printer, internet access. (The neighborhood does not maintain an office or general phone number.)
Preferred:
- A strong preference for a basic knowledge of City priorities and initiatives with neighborhoods through the NRP, CPP and N2020 programs.
- Experience in non-profit or community-based organization.
- Knowledge of funding sources for nonprofits.
- Familiarity with QuickBooks for use in meeting fiscal requirements.
- Understanding of requirements for, and City legal and financial resources available to assist with, tax returns, bookkeeping, nonprofit status, directors and officers insurance and general legal matters.
- Familiarity with grant writing.
- Familiarity with newsletter writing, printing, mailing.
- Some familiarity with website design and maintenance.
Hours
Attendance at regular monthly board meetings and certain other meetings and events is required, and some of these events/meetings will occur on nights and weekends, otherwise the coordinator will set their own hours. This position will average between 10-20/hrs a week depending on the coordinator’s responsibilities but there is no requirement that these hours be evenly distributed over the course of the year. Timesheets are required to be submitted on a weekly basis.
Compensation
This is an independent contractor position with wages reported on a 1099. It is part-time and pays in the range of $30-$40 per hour, commensurate with the applicant’s experience and qualifications. There are no benefits attached to the position.
Starting Date
The position is immediately available and applications are being accepted now. To apply,
Please submit your cover letter, résumé and contact information by email to the Neighborhood Coordinator at fna@fultonneighborhood.org
The Fulton neighborhood association is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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