Job Type: Regular, Full-time, Salaried

Status: Exempt

Starting Wage: $100,000 per year, gross

Reports to: President/CEO

Supervises: Employees, Interns, and Volunteers on the Santa Barbara community organizing team

Expected Hours and Place of Work: This position may be performed partially remotely, with regular on-site duties required at the Santa Barbara worksites of Kingdom Causes, Inc. Occasional on-site visits to KCI’s Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego, or Sacramento locations may be required. The incumbent works full-time Monday-Friday, and some evenings and weekends as necessary for optimal business function. This position requires regular local travel, primarily in Southern California.

Position Overview

The Santa Barbara Catalyst is a faith-based community organizer, ultimately responsible for growing Kingdom Causes, Inc.’s capacity to fulfill its mission by empowering people of faith to take strategic individual and collective action to directly support our organization and its affiliate partners and participate in issue campaigns (including but not limited to housing, anti-human trafficking, and Foster Care concerns). They must be able to adapt to a continually evolving environment and be excited to work for a fast-growing nonprofit that works to provide solutions to complex social problems – ensuring that significantly better results are achieved, and resources are well spent. A qualified candidate will be an individual who has a deep respect for and understanding of a Christian worldview, and be a proven leader of interfaith and common good coalition building.

Organizational Overview

Kingdom Causes is a faith-based 501(c)(3) non-profit community organization encompassing various affiliate organizations including City Net, Sherpa Analytics, Home Again, Bedrock Creek Foundation, and others.

Essential Functions

● Build 1:1 relationships with congregational leaders, clergy, and community partners in Santa Barbara County.

● Build intentional relationships with clergy and religious leaders: identifying mission-related interests and challenges in congregations, exploring how supporting Kingdom Causes meets congregational needs, and constructing strategies for congregational development in partnership with Kingdom Causes.

● Coach organizing interns and volunteers on best practices for transformative organizing, innovating systems change, and nonprofit fund development.

● Support in the process of grant writing and reporting as well as funder relations.

● Facilitate community meetings; identify and foster partnership alignments and shared strategies.

● Lead/deliver prayers, offering meditations, and sermons/messages with groups of Christians, or others, as requested

● Oversee and support catalyst/community organizing teams and subcommittees.

● Develop, implement, and maintain all Santa Barbara Community Organizing policies and procedures.

● Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports of Santa Barbara Community Organizing activities and outcomes

● Manage the assigned Community Organizing team’s budgets, staffing, and activities in alignment with Kingdom Causes’ mission and values.

● Oversee—in consultation with HR—all assigned Community Organizing staff recruitment, hiring, onboarding, training, coaching, monitoring, and corrective action.

● Raise funds and in-kind donations to support the work of the Organization and its affiliates.

● Keep up to date on nonprofit fund development best practices, state, and federal laws regarding nonprofit fund development operations; comply with all laws and regulations regarding financial functions, and provide expert recommendations to Leadership on ensuring the organization’s legal and regulatory compliance.

● Through excellent leadership and teamwork, participate in ensuring progress toward the organizational vision.

● Provide excellent professional representation of the organization, serving as a liaison with development-related contacts (contractors, funders, vendors, etc.). Build and maintain excellent relationships with current and potential stakeholders.

● Cultivate relationships with staff that inspire and motivate and communicate openly with all internal stakeholders.

● Ensure that the assigned Community Organizing team complies with all laws, regulations, contracts, funders’ requirements, and organizational policies.

● Meet or exceed all goals established by the President/CEO.

Marginal Functions

• Provide support to various departments and the Executive Leadership Team as needed/requested.

• Work with vendors, contractors, and consultants to achieve organizational goals, as needed and available.

• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

● Facility to, enjoyment of, and proven success in consistently representing the faith-rooted principles of the organization, while demonstrating an ability to work constructively with individuals and organizations of all different faiths, or no faith

● Excellent communication, strategizing, gap analysis, problem-solving, planning, execution, organizational, and time management skills

● Understanding of nonprofit, and social services sectors; working knowledge of nonprofit management principles and practices

● Ability to work independently, in a team, and as the leader of others

● Ability to inspire, train, motivate, challenge, and coordinate others

● Proven history of meeting or exceeding challenging goals

● Ability to accomplish goals and produce valuable results with minimal supervision

● Experience and enjoyment in providing timely, reliable, and responsive assistance to staff

● Ability to handle multiple projects and responsibilities simultaneously while maintaining creativity and strategic thinking and continuing to meet or exceed goals

● Ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds with varying degrees of experience

● Ability to pass background checks successfully upon hire and throughout employment

Education/Experience

● Minimum 5 years of professional experience in community organizing

● Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in nonprofit fundraising, including in-kind and cash donations, donor development, donor management,

Physical and Mental Demands

In the course of performing this job, the employee…

● Constantly communicates with staff, clients, community partners, and community members; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations

● Frequently operates a computer, smartphone, and other office productivity machinery such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer

● Must be able to remain in a stationary position at least 1/3 of the time

● Frequently moves about inside the office or at meetings/events to access people, file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

● Must be able to detect approaching visitors and recognize community partners and staff

● Must be able to inspect paper and electronic documents and accurately communicate their contents and connotations to various audiences

● Will be required to drive an automobile or use public transportation to attend local meetings

Reasonable accommodation may be arranged to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties of the job.

Kingdom Causes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, and any other status protected by state or federal law.

Benefits: We believe in supporting our employees in all areas of life. That is why we offer top-tier benefits to our eligible employees, including but not limited to:

Health insurance (City Net pays 100% of the employee premium for our baseline plan)

Paid time off

Retirement plan

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance (Employer paid group term life and voluntary life)

Referral program

Parental leave

Professional development assistance

Employee assistance program

Wellness Reimbursement Program

Company Vehicles, iPhones, Laptops, and Tablets

Career Pathing, Raises, Recognition & Rewards

ImmediatePay Earned Wage Access

Credit Union Preferred Partnership

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging: Promoting a culture of diversity, equity, inclusivity, and belonging that embraces the contributions of all team members is important to City Net and our success. Our team is composed of individuals with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds. Note: We do not consider your name, or the names of your undergraduate and graduate schools from your resume. This process is aimed at opening all of our job opportunities to more candidates, reviewing applicants on performance assessments instead of resume proxies (e.g., where you went to school).

COVID-19 considerations: Enhanced cleaning protocols are in place. Personal Protective Equipment, such as masks and gloves are provided by the organization for fieldwork.Questions? If you have questions about this position or our organization, please contact City Net's Recruitment Team by emailing Recruitment[at]CityNet[dot]org. Please do not contact any of the Homeless Services Outreach Numbers listed on our website, as those phone lines need to remain open exclusively for people who are experiencing homelessness and need help. Thank you!