About Posse
The Posse Foundation is a nationally recognized youth leadership development and college access program that identifies, recruits, and trains diverse teams—Posses—of public high school students and sends them to top colleges and universities. To date, a total of 6,264 Posse Scholars have been accepted into top-tier institutions of higher education throughout the country. These young people have received $804 million in full-tuition leadership scholarships from Posse’s college and university partners and have been agents of positive change on their campuses.

Posse’s unique and carefully structured, three-month selection process identifies candidates using criteria beyond academic achievement, including leadership talent, desire to succeed and ability to work constructively with people from diverse backgrounds. Posse’s high school through college programming makes it one of the most comprehensive programs of its kind in the nation. In 2010, The Posse Foundation was identified by President Obama as one of 10 national non-profit organizations to receive a portion of his Nobel Peace Prize grant. The foundation is poised to double in size over the next ten years and dramatically increase its national impact.

Posse’s current university partners include Agnes Scott, Babson, Bard, Boston University, Brandeis, Bryn Mawr, Bucknell, Carleton, Centre, Colby, The College of Wooster, Connecticut College, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Denison, DePauw, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Georgetown, Grinnell, Hamilton, Hobart and William Smith, Kalamazoo, Lafayette, Lawrence, Middlebury, Mount Holyoke, Northwestern, Oberlin, Pepperdine, Pomona, Sewanee, Smith, St. Olaf College, Syracuse, Texas A&M, Trinity, Tulane, Union, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester, University of Southern California, University of Texas, Austin, University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Wesleyan, and Wheaton.

Posse’s 2014 budget of $17.8 million supports programs in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York City and Washington, D.C. Posse has a staff of 150 nationally. There is a national board of directors, as well as advisory boards in each city.

Job Description:
The Career Program Manager leads Posse’s Career Program in Los Angeles. The mission of the Career Program is to help Posse Scholars transition from being leaders on campus to become leaders in the workforce. Career Program Managers focus on three key responsibilities: (1) Developing and leading exciting, career-enhancing programming (e.g. workshops and special events); (2) Collaborating with the Director and development staff to cultivate and manage career partnerships; and (3) Connecting Scholars and alumni to resources that allow them to access a range of career development services, including internship and job search support, skill building, and ongoing career guidance. As the site’s leader for career programming and part of the local management team, the Career Program Manager supports other Posse programming as needed in collaboration with the Program Directors. An important part of the work involves the regular collection of data and reporting on career outcomes. The Career Program Manager is also a part of the National Career and Alumni Programs team and, as such, is responsible for working with national staff to coordinate the delivery of high quality programming for Scholars and Alumni. The Career Program Manager will travel to up to six partner universities annually. S/he will be responsible for maintaining close relationships with program partners, and directors of university career centers.

Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s Degree required
· Experience working with youth strongly preferred
· Experience working in corporate settings is a plus
· Experience managing volunteers a plus Experience facilitating workshops
· Event planning experience preferred
· Database management skills strongly desired, i.e., Salesforce
· Strong organizational and time-management skills and ability to multi-task
· Able to work independently and with a team Excellent interpersonal skills
· Willingness to travel
· Graduate degree a plus
· Demonstrated belief in Posse’s mission and values
· Strong writing and communication skills

How To Apply:
Please send your résumé and cover letter to:

Tamara Craver
Director, Posse Los Angeles
tamarac@possefoundation.org
515 S. Figueroa St. Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90071