JOB OPENINGS AT ISNA - Email resume to basharat.saleem@isna.net
Program Manager
Job Type: Full Time
Reports to: Executive Director
Location: 110 Maryland Ave NE, Washington DC
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field with experience in interfaith and community relations
- Demonstrated experience in engagement within faith communities, particularly in leading and facilitating efforts that include different faith communities working in collaboration
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences, including government officials
- Exemplary verbal and written communications skills
- Demonstrated ability to set strategic goals
- Experience in planning and executing events and programs
- Experience working with the media
- Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills
Computer Literacy: MS Office Suite, Google Suite
Job description:
- Coordinate and expand ISNA’s interfaith projects and maintain contact with our interfaith alliances and project-based partners.
- Participate in Interfaith events, meetings, and dialogues and enhance community alliances.
- Apply for Interfaith related grants and ensure compliance with the grantor’s requirements and other applicable standards for grant implementation.
- Create new interfaith alliances based on organizational vision
- Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with leaders in other community organizations and faith institutions.
- Organize joint events and programs with different government departments and agencies on issues facing the community.
- Build strong relations with key contacts in various government agencies and serves as a resource for them in their outreach to Muslim communities across the nation.
- Coordinate and implements the government’s appeals to Muslim communities to participate in particular projects.
- Attend community meetings, briefings, events, and conferences organized by government agencies. In some cases, arranges and leads such initiatives.
- Connect government agencies with community leaders and organizations at the grassroots as well as facilitate Muslim professional organizations access to federal government services.
- Plan and coordinate government speaking engagement and participation in ISNA’s conventions, conferences and special events. Arranges and coordinates Interfaith banquet at the ISNA convention.
- Serve as Liaison for ISNA with the National Muslim religious and professional organizations.
- Develop relationships with community-based organizations.
- Maintains relationships and collaboration with key Muslim community leaders and Islamic centers across the country in order to provide access to ISNA’s programs and services.
- Bring under-represented Muslim communities closer to ISNA’s platform through involvement and participation in ISNA’s programs.
- Develop community relationships and maintain cooperative relationship with other similar agencies.
- Perform a variety of miscellaneous duties including making arrangements for local leaders to speak at national events.
- Target participation with community-based organizations that result in increased positive visibility for and understanding of ISNA’s overall vision.
Fund Development Coordinator
Job Type: Full Time
Reports to: Executive Director
Location: ISNA HQ, 6555 South 750 East, Plainfield, Indiana
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field with experience in fund development and fundraising
Computer Literacy: MS Office Suite, Google Suite, Basic Databases, Blackbaud/ Raiser’s Edge
Proven experience as a Fund Development manager
Excellent organizational and communication skills
Problem solving skills
Job description:
- Planning, coordinating, and implementing fundraising activities
- Setting and achieving fundraising goals
- Special event coordination like banquets and galas for fundraising
- Coordination of annual fundraising appeals
- Planned Giving and Major Gifts
- Budget development and management
- Promotion of fundraising events using various marketing techniques
- Setting and achieving fundraising goals
- Coordinate all aspects of fundraising events and activities including planning and execution
- Experience in grant writing
- Donor relations and cultivation