Position Type: Full-time, Exempt
Work Location: Culver City, CA or Remote (2023). If in Los Angeles, the position is hybrid: in general, half time in the office, half time remote or at meetings, trainings, networking, weekend outreach, and connection events.

Kidsave seeks a passionate Champion for Change, a driven leader who believes in our work to transform child welfare systems, so children growing up in foster care can be seen, find families, and thrive. We are looking for someone who deeply cares about children and teens and who believes that every child, regardless of their differences or challenges, deserves a permanent loving family.

You’ll be joining an experienced team who believes in the power of family to transform the lives of these forgotten kids in foster care worldwide. Kids who, through no fault of their own, are in a system that often falls short. Kids who just need better opportunities to find happiness and family.

Through our innovative Family Visit Model, we run proven, successful programs that introduce kids to the community in a safe, fun, and child-friendly environment that lead to forever families and lasting connections.

The Summer Miracles Program brings children growing up in orphanages and foster care to the United States for a five-week stay during the summer with a host family. The program is designed to identify families who are interested in hosting, championing, and adopting older children in need of a forever family. In addition to operating the program during the summer, children travel at other times of the year as well, including the Winter holiday period.

The Kidsave Summer Miracles Program Manager will be responsible for all day‐to‐day aspects of the program and will work closely with the Communications and Marketing team to champion our kids. This position involves travel to Colombia as well as to existing Summer Miracles communities (Los Angeles, Tri-State, Chicago, DC Metro) and to new communities in development (e.g., NorCal, Florida). There are regular evening orientations and training events, as well as weekend/holiday recruitment and advocacy events. In the summer, when the kids are visiting, there are advocacy events every weekend. This role requires enthusiasm, vigor, and hands-on participation at events.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage, monitor, and support existing Summer Miracles Community Coordinators in their local organizing, host family recruitment, and fundraising efforts; Build new communities across the U.S.; this involves travel across the U.S. as needed.
• Lead recruitment efforts to increase the number of host families, adoptive families, and volunteers across the U.S. who participate in the program.
• Orient, train, and supervise Summer Miracles staff, interns, and volunteers.
• Serve as the lead communicator with prospective families (host, visiting, and adoptive).
• Facilitate program orientations, training, and support sessions.
• Manage host family, visiting family, and volunteer applications, as well as track hosting payments.
• Manage in-person and Zoom meetings between children and families prior to and during the children’s visit to the U.S.
• Serve as liaison with our partner organization, LA Casa de la Madre y El Nino, on child referrals and program logistics.
• Review assessments of children to determine appropriateness for the program and ensure that all referrals are complete.
• Work collaboratively with agency partners to manage family psychosocial studies and match children and families for hosting.
• Ensure all logistics of Summer Miracles travel for participants and chaperones are completed in a timely and organized fashion.
• Ensure that weekly family reports are reviewed and responded to in a timely manner. Provide support to Kidsave host families as needed.
• Ensure community and child-specific advocacy events are scheduled and implemented in the best interest of the child(ren).
• Oversee video content, print, website, and social media content and updates regarding children participating in Summer Miracles program events and activities in collaboration with Communications and Marketing.
• Collect and monitor data to enable evaluation of the program and marketing of results.
• Work with the SVP/Director to develop partnerships with placement agencies, expand the program to new countries, and make improvements to the program and protocols to facilitate expansion, replication, and sustainability.
• Ensure fundraising activities are being held in communities to fund programs (e.g., gala, concerts, luncheons, golf tournaments, raffles, local community fundraisers).
• Lead advocacy efforts to meet the goals of the program.
• Ensure that program protocols are adhered to.

Position‐Specific Skills:

• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional management, supervisory and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with and motivate team, agency partners and volunteers
• Ability to build relationships and alliances and program credibility with families and children
• Ability to work across offices and programs to share information with Kidsave Team
• Ability to organize and lead events and work within budgets.
• Computer literacy: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Acrobat/Illustrator, CANVA, Constant Contact, virtual meetings, and social media platforms
• Experience with Salesforce and Peer to Peer platforms desirable

Personal Attributes:

• Collaborative spirit, team player, driven
• Flexible, positive, can-do attitude essential
• Self-starter, resourceful, able to work independently on multiple initiatives concurrently at a fast pace
• Strategic, proactive approach to problem-solving
• Desire to work in the non-profit world, giving older kids a voice and a choice and family connections

Education/ Work Experience/Requirements:

• 5+ years’ work experience, at least three years of relatable non-profit experience with children and families in the child welfare system
• Written and spoken Spanish, professional fluency required
• Experience managing people, events, and volunteers
• Experience with Black, Latinx, and LGBTQIA communities a plus.
• Minimum BA or BS degree; Psychology, Communications or Marketing desirable. MSW, MSSW or MSSA degree a plus

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their cover letter and resumes to Genesis Diaz, genesis@kidsave.org

Compensation is commensurate with experience. Opportunities for advancement.

Excellent Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance. PTO, 401K, Life and ADD, Employee Discounts (through Insperity Marketplace), Adoption and Educational Assistance, and more.

Kidsave is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our culture and our work on behalf of children who need family connections. Kidsave provides equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. In addition, Kidsave complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which it has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.