Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non Profits

Director, Education

Application Deadline: Tuesday, May 19, 2009

About Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits

Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits is an independent non-profit offering pro-bono strategy consulting in management and business to non-profit or social-mission organizations in Toronto and neighbouring cities to help strengthen and sustain impact in the non-profit and social sectors. Since its inception in 2007, Endeavour has worked with over 100 volunteers and non-profit clients serving various social causes, including arts, children and family services, disabilities, education, healthcare, immigrant services, rural development, poverty relief and youth development. Learn more about us at http://www.endeavourvolunteer.ca/

Joining the Executive Team

Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits is looking for a self-motivated and results-oriented individual to join our Executive Team as Director of Education. You will join a diverse Executive Team of young professionals and university students who are passionate about bringing together talented individuals to help strengthen and sustain social impact through pro-bono consulting with the non-profit and social sectors. Learn more about the Executive Team at http://www.endeavourvolunteer.ca/wp/about/executive-team/?menu=abo

Director of Education Role

As a member of the Executive Team, you will contribute to our strategic directions and sustainable growth.

As Director of Education, you will be responsible specifically for Endeavour’s education portfolio, which is focused on enhancing Endeavour’s capacity and capability to provide high-quality, high-impact pro-bono consulting services to our clients. Your portfolio of responsibilities cover:
1) Educational Events & Partnerships
2) Consulting Methodology & Resources
3) Knowledge Management
4) Talent Development Initiative

The Director of Education can create committees and recruit committee members to support the portfolio.

Responsibilities

1) Educational Events & Partnerships

Volunteer Events

The Director of Education will be responsible for Endeavour’s educational sessions in support of our consulting teams through each phase of their consulting engagements. These sessions are currently held on a Saturday/Sunday morning/afternoon for both the spring/summer and fall/winter consulting cycles:

1) Engagement Manager Training Sesson; Orientation & Training Session I (March & September)
2) Training Session II (April & October)
3) Midterm Review (June & December)
4) Training Session III (August & February)
5) Final Review (September & March)

For more information on these events, visit http://www.endeavourvolunteer.ca/wp/volunteers/educational-events/?menu=vol

Public Workshops

Endeavour’s first interactive workshop in February 2009 in partnership with CMC-Canada was a huge success in bringing together a larger community of professionals and students to learn more about the consulting profession and Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits. The Director of Education will be responsible for leveraging our partner relationships to organize public workshops in January and July, and additional workshops where the opportunity exists. For more information on our past public workshop, visit http://www.endeavourvolunteer.ca/wp/pro-bono-community/workshops/?menu=com

Specific Responsibilities:

Leveraging partner relationships (e.g. advisors, SMEs, partner organizations) to organize speaker events
Coordinating event logistics, including developing agendas, booking event space, sending invites, and where required, marketing public workshops
Facilitating educational sessions
Developing and implementing forums to collect participant feedback on educational events and/or consulting engagements (e.g. surveys, debrief sessions, etc.)
Continually identifying and implementing improvements to educational sessions, including introducing new training/workshops to enhance value for consultants and engagement managers as needed
As necessary, creating and managing committee to support work

2) Consulting Methodology & Resources

To improve the consulting experience and enhance the outcomes and impact of Endeavour’s consulting work, the Director of Education will be responsible for developing and continually refining Endeavour’s non-profit consulting methodology and supporting resources. For an overview of our consulting cycle and phases, view our Project Cycle at http://www.endeavourvolunteer.ca/wp/projects/?menu=pro and Knowledge Centre (volunteer access only) at http://groups.google.com/group/evcn/web/resources-by-project-phase.

Specific Responsibilities

Continually refining Endeavour’s Non-Profit Consulting Methodology, including the pre/post engagement and engagement phases, and the phases within the consulting engagement
Developing and/or continually refining practice areas and common deliverables to support the consulting methodology (e.g. Statement of Work, mission/visioning exercise, stakeholder value model, financial model, sustainability model, final presentation, revenue model, etc.)
Leveraging existing work from previous consulting teams and engagements
Collaborating with executives, SMEs, advisors, and high-performing engagement managers and consultants
Identifying tools and resources needed for consultants and engagement managers by each phase of their engagement with templates and example deliverables and documents explaining the value and methodology of each
As necessary, creating and managing committee to support work

3) Knowledge Management

To continually expand our capacity to produce high-impact and sustainable results, the Director of Education will be responsible for intiatives to develop, share and retain knowledge among our network.

Specific Responsibilities:

Managing and continually enhancing the online Knowledge Centre at http://groups.google.com/group/evcn (or identifying and implementing a new knowledge management environment) to facilitate the retention and dissemination of knowledge and resources among our network, including archiving consulting work and resources, and creating compilations of challenges and lessons learned
Managing our Knowledge Sharing Committee, including identifying, recruiting, staffing, and leveraging the knowledge and experiences of committee members
Continually identifying, creating and managing forums and tools to share and transfer knowledge among experts, volunteers and clients, such as a knowledge sharing environment for teams to share and develop project documents
Identifying and creating a suitable platform for consulting teams to collaborate pieces of work online that would be easier to view progress and allow for continuous modeling and improvement of our content
Working with other executives (e.g. Director of Marketing and VP Volunteer & Client Relations) to publish lessons learned and case studies from consulting engagements
As necessary, creating and managing committee to support work

4) Talent Development

You will work with the President and other Endeavour executives to explore the opportunity to create a talent development program in partnership with the academia, consulting, non-profit and social sectors.

Requirements:

Current/former volunteer preferred
Familiarity with consulting methodology and resources an asset
Long-term commitment to Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits
Ability to collaborate and deliver results in a virtual work environment
Strong motivation and initiative to take the lead in carrying out responsibilities, and identifying and implementing new initiatives to enhance education portfolio
Excellent communication, presentation and relationship-building skills
Availability to attend and facilitate educational sessions (some flexibility offered with regards to event dates as required)

Time Commitment: We do not require our executives to commit a certain number of volunteer hours per week. What’s important is that you have the motivation, initiative and talent to deliver high-quality results on a timeline that accelerates Endeavour’s growth and success.

Training:

Upon joining Endeavour as Director of Education, you will be transitioned into your role with the guidance of our current Director of Educational Events and President, begining with educational events. A plan and timeline will be developed to transition the additional responsibilities in the education portfolio to the Director of Education.

Benefits:

Strengthen your leadership, management and presentation skills
Work with and learn from a diverse network of talented volunteers
Contribute to and share in the successes of a growing non-profit
Meet and network with volunteers, clients, experts and community leaders from diverse backgrounds and industries
Gain insight into consulting, and the non-profit and social sectors

Application:

Email your Cover Letter & Resume to volunteer@endeavourvolunteer.ca with the subject line: Director, Education

Deadline: Tuesday, May 19, 2009