• Membership Manager
• Director of Finance (Full Time)
• 2012 Volunteer Program Intern

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Membership Manager

Transportation Alternatives is New York City's leading transportation advocacy organization, with a citywide network of tens of thousands of supporters committed to better bicycling, walking and public transit in the five boroughs.

Transportation Alternatives seeks an experienced, outgoing, team-oriented professional to join the organization as Membership Manager. The ideal applicant is experienced with fundraising and marketing, is tech-savvy, highly organized, entrepreneurial, and has strong writing skills and enthusiasm for T.A.'s mission ("to reclaim New York City streets from the automobile and to promote biking, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives"). We are looking for a people-person, data-driven development professional with experience managing staff and conducting independent projects.

The Membership Manager will be responsible for developing and leading membership drives and executing events and outreach strategies to significantly grow T.A.'s membership base and engage our members to galvanize support for T.A.’s mission and campaigns.

Prior experience in a non-profit, membership-funded organization is ideal. The responsibilities of the position include overseeing T.A.'s volunteer program and coordinating with program staff to ensure that membership recruitment is integrated into T.A.'s extensive community organizing efforts. This position will report directly to the Development Director and will be responsible for managing T.A.'s part-time Member Services Associate and full-time Volunteer Coordinator.

Responsibilities include:

• Set goals and implement strategies to grow membership and to retain current members
• Successfully lead membership fundraising campaigns, through traditional and new media channels and extensive grassroots outreach
• Work with T.A.’s communications, events and advocacy staff to integrate our enthusiastic audience into T.A.’s work through online actions, offline events, outreach efforts
• Create and manage reporting and analytical tools in T.A.'s e-mail marketing platform and Salesforce database to track progress and report to colleagues
• Oversee the growth and development of T.A.'s Volunteer Program as led by the full-time Volunteer Coordinator

Qualifications:

• Experience in a fundraising or marketing capacity, preferably at a membership-driven non-profit organization
• Experience seeing independent projects through from beginning to end, with a demonstrated ability to juggle competing deadlines in a fast-paced office environment
• Stellar communication skills, with the ability to write quickly and clearly
• Highly organized
• Familiarity with e-mail marketing platforms and Salesforce or a similar database platform is a major plus

Hours:
Full time. At times evening and weekend work will be required.

Start Date:
Immediate

Compensation:
Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience.

Benefits:
Health and dental benefits, matching IRA, and three weeks paid vacation.

How to Apply:
Send:

1. Cover letter (Hint: your cover letter is key)
2. Resume (Resumes without cover letters will not be reviewed.)
3. 1 page writing sample

To:


Women, LGBT individuals and people of color encouraged to apply. No phone calls or walk-ins please.

The position will be competitively compensated. Benefits include paid vacation, health insurance coverage and retirement benefits and dental coverage. Transportation Alternatives is an equal opportunity employer.

Director of Finance

Transportation Alternatives (T.A.) is seeking an energetic, organized, and personable individual to work as a full time Director of Finance for a growing non-profit office with an operating budget of $3 million, 30 full and part time staff, and approximately 25 temporary workers annually.

The Director of Finance will be responsible for data entry, payroll, grant reporting, assisting and monitoring organizational and program budgets. The Director will contribute to organizational effectiveness by ensuring the accuracy of the financial systems and the timeliness of financial data. This position will report to the Chief Operations Officer.

Responsibilities:
Major responsibilities for the position include:

Accounting and Finance

• Maintain accurate day-to-day bookkeeping including A/P and A/R
• Administer and review all financial plans and budgets for 10 cost centers, monitor progress and changes and keep senior leadership team abreast of the organization's financial status
• Manage cash flow and forecasting
• Manage and prepare monthly and quarterly financial statements, budgets, forecasts and other financial reports and analyses for the senior leadership team, Board of Directors, and Board Finance Committee
• Prepare and enter month's end closing journal entries, including recording of all credit card expenses across nine credit card holders
• Reconcile checking, savings, money market, credit card and petty cash accounts. In conjunction with Development Director, reconcile and allocate credit card income deposited in (daily) batches via EFT into checking account.
• Coordinate and lead the annual audit, managing relationship with auditors and ensuring that audit recommendations are assessed and implemented
• Ensure timely filing of Form 990 and NYS CHAR 500
• Partner with Development staff to coordinate financial accounting for Accounts Receivable with internal fundraising tracking systems (Convio, Salesforce) to ensure accurate reporting and management of donations
• Update and improve expense guidelines, policies and processes to ensure that they are: clear, flexible,(when necessary); and adhered to
• Organize fiscal and administrative documents

Grant Administration

• Support financial administration and reporting of government contracts
• Oversee all program grants accounting

Human Resources

• Manage payroll and processing in PayChex
  • Act as primary point of contact for PayChex and staff regarding payroll
  • Perform semi-monthly payroll via on-line program
  • Ensure W-2s and 1099s are distributed
• Work with the Operations Manager to manage the administration of benefits

Additional Qualifications:
Outstanding applicants will have a Bachelors Degree and relevant prior experience:

• Experience in bookkeeping (part- or full-time)
• Proficiency in Excel and QuickBooks
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate effectively with employees, management team and Board of Directors
• Ability to translate financial concepts to – and to effectively collaborate with programmatic and fundraising colleagues who do not necessarily have finance backgrounds
• Ability to multi-task in fast-paced environment
• Strong project management skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Prior non-profit experience preferred
• Possess personal and professional integrity; this role requires exceptional discretion and judgment

Hours:
Full time, 40 hour work week

Compensation:
Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience

Benefits:
Health and dental benefits, and three weeks paid vacation

How to Apply:
Send:

1. Cover letter
2. Resume (Resumes without cover letters will not be reviewed.)

To:
Women, LGBT individuals and people of color encouraged to apply. No phone calls or walk-ins please.

2012 Volunteer Program Intern

Transportation Alternatives, NYC's advocate for biking, walking, and mass transit seeks a part-time intern to assist the Volunteer Coordinator.

Position:
The Volunteer Program Intern will work closely with the Volunteer Coordinator through the events season at Transportation Alternatives. They will help recruit and organize hundreds of volunteers for our bike tours and other special events, as well as assist in growing the overall volunteer network.

The ideal candidate will be a current college student or recent graduate, with an interest in volunteer management and special events planning. This is an amazing opportunity to gain valuable, real-world experience working on large scale public events, at one of NYC's best known and effective non-profit organizations. This position requires you to be a true people person with an outgoing personality, and you should be able to relate to people from a wide variety of backgrounds!

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Find and recruit school and corporate groups
• Help with volunteer scheduling
• Correspond with volunteers prior to events
• Assist in any necessary volunteer training
• Act as a point person for volunteers at the day of events
• Duties may also include drafting and managing volunteer projects as needed

Requirements:

• Must be available May 21st through September 9th (start date is flexible but you must be able to work through September 9th)
• 10 hrs./week, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend/evening work required. Some weeks may require addition hours.
• Must be able to attend all the major 2012 events:
  • June 3, 2012
  • July 8, 2012
  • September 9, 2012
• Must love working with people
• Strong writing skills
• Must be able to multitask and handle high stress situations with a positive attitude
• Microsoft office skills (particularly Excel)
• An interest in Transportation Alternatives, our mission, and our issues

Other:
This internship comes with a stipend totaling $1,200.
School credit is available for students as well.

To Apply:
Please send cover letter and resume to volunteer@transalt.org with "Volunteer Program Internship" as the subject line. Cover letter should highlight your experience or interest in working with volunteers and/or at events as well as you interest in the work of Transportation Alternatives.