Project Manager – Social Action Campaign & Contest

Temporary Assignment
Project Manager – Social Action Campaign & Contest
San Francisco, CA

Civic Ventures, an innovative and influential national non-profit working to make encore careers for the greater good a new social norm, seeks an exceptional Project Manager to support the selection and vetting of applicants for a new national contest that will provide cash awards to people over 50 who aspire to be social innovators. The Project Manager is a temporary full-time position expected to last through October 2012. The position will support The Marigold IDEAS FOR GOOD Contest sponsored by Encore.org and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a Fox Searchlight motion picture. ENCORE.ORG is the informational hub for Civic Ventures Encore Careers campaign, which aims to engage millions of boomers in encore careers—combining social impact, personal meaning and continued income in the second half of life -- and producing a windfall of human talent to solve society’s greatest problems.
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkerson and
Bill Nighy, follows a group of British retirees who decide to "outsource" their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, the characters are forever
transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past. The project is a series of six (6) monthly online contests run by the film production company. Each month, individuals aged 50 or over will submit ideas to improve their communities and compete for online votes. Monthly winners receive cash prizes with a monthly Grand Prize winner receiving cash
plus a paid service-learning adventure trip to a select global location. The contests are scheduled to begin in April 2012.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Contest Coordination and Support –
• Candidate Vetting: Review and rate up to 300 monthly semifinalists, identify inspirational stories,
and conduct online background checks on up to 20 candidates each month. Recruit, train, and
supervise a small team of monthly reviewers; schedule meetings and prepare materials as
necessary; collect and aggregate scoring and input; save and file documentation; and provide
detailed follow-up as needed.
• Schedule and interview up to 20 monthly candidates and make final recommendations each month
based on selection criteria; prepare written notes and profiles of top candidates.
• Maintain and update contest database on a regular basis.
• Communicate and coordinate regularly with Civic Ventures staff and the film production and
social marketing company.
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Promotion and Marketing –
• Working closely with the communications team and contest partners, help conceptualize and
conduct marketing and outreach campaigns during the monthly submission and winner
announcement periods. Help write and disseminate news releases, email announcements, and
messages via social media.
• Storytelling and writing - Draft materials for Encore.org, including profiles and/or blog posts on
top candidates and contest winners using a story-based approach.
• Public and Partner Outreach - Identify and communicate with other individuals or institutions to
inform and involve them in the contest promotion and Encore Careers Campaign and events.
Qualifications
We want your experience! The person hired for this position must be able to work well in an
environment that values mutual respect, rapid response to changing conditions or new opportunities,
flexibility, intelligence, maturity, as well as a sense of humor and humility. Skills and background
required for success include:
• Excellent organizational skills – able to
coordinate assignments for a program with
multiple dimensions
• Excellent writing skills – able to effectively
and efficiently produce multiple styles as
needed: informative, creative, and critical
or analytical
• Excellent interviewing skills – proven
experience in constructing primary and
secondary questions drawn from written
material; good listener; ability to synthesize
and record responses and impressions
• Proven email, spreadsheet, and database
software skills
• Internet research and social media skills
• Ability to accumulate, analyze and
assimilate data
• Good communicator with sound judgment
and excellent verbal skills
• Ability to work alone and with a team
• Completes assignments carefully,
identifying gaps as well as questions, in
accordance with deadlines.
• Ability to see a project through to its
completion without being continually
monitored
• Past work experience that demonstrates
most or all of the qualifications listed

Salary
The position is a temporary full-time assignment located in the San Francisco office with schedule flexibility. Salary: up to $60k FTE annually depending on experience/skills.

To Apply
Applications will not be considered without a cover letter describing your interest and qualifications,and your resume (in Word format). Please send applications to: jobs@civicventures.org. Cover letters will be judged as writing samples. Name your attachment with the format: Your Last Name “MGCV” Resume or Cover. (For instance, Smith MGCV Resume and/or Smith MGCV Cover).

For more information about Civic Ventures, visit our website at www.encore.org.
It is Civic Ventures’ policy to employ, compensate and advance personnel without regard to sex, race, gender identification, color, religion, age, national origin, veteran status, physical disability, sexual orientation or marital status.
Position available immediately – open until filled. (Posted 03/21/12)