About Cradles to Crayons:
Cradles to Crayons (C2C), founded in 2002, provides children living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive at home, at school, and at play. We supply clothing, shoes, diapers, school supplies, and more, free of charge. Our vision is that one day all children will have the essentials they need to thrive.
Two in 5 kids in the United States are currently facing Clothing Insecurity, going without basic essentials like pants, shoes, diapers, and school supplies during their critical development years. Three of the top 10 reasons kids miss school are rooted in Clothing Insecurity just one example of the significant short- and long-term social and economic costs when these needs go unmet. Cradles to Crayons keeps Clothing Insecurity at the core of our mission and is the only large-scale nonprofit organization to focus on this resource gap. Since its founding, Cradles to Crayons has distributed more than three million customized packages of essentials to children in Massachusetts, Greater Philadelphia, Chicagoland, and nationally, through Giving Factory Direct a first-in-kind online product donation platform launched in 2021.
Cradles to Crayons takes a three-pronged approach to mitigating Clothing Insecurity:
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In-person Engagement through tens of thousands of children and adults volunteering at our Giving Factory warehouses to sort and package high volumes of new and like-new donations from our communities for our Service Partners to distribute to the children they serve.
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Online Product Donations Giving Factory Direct matches product donors directly to children who need the items they have to donate. GFD is currently available in a growing number of communities as we expand our reach nationally.
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Advocacy and Awareness Cradles to Crayons is uniquely positioned to raise Clothing Insecurity as a national issue through awareness campaigns, data/evaluation, and legislative outreach.
Cradles to Crayons has earned the highest possible rating from Charity Navigator since 2009. Only 2% of charities nationwide have received this distinction. C2C has a budget of $19.4M for FY25.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The IT Project Manager will oversee the project portfolio of Cradles to Crayons’ IT department. They will take projects from inception to completion within the organization, facilitating on time and on budget delivery of the full range of small to organization-wide projects. Working with the Senior Director of Technology and Business Intelligence along with the Data and Systems teams, the IT Project Manager will help enforce deadlines, change management, and structure to the projects approved for work within the IT Department.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Model and lead a positive One Cradles culture, underpinned by Cradles’ Cultural Values and related behaviors. In collaboration with the Senior Director, plan and execute the project cadence for the year, managing the department’s portfolio to ensure projects are on time and on budget.
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Manage all IT Projects:
- Work with the project Owner and Team on Change Management to keep scope in line with expectations.
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For each project:
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Work with the project Team and Requesting Department to properly gather requirements, decide scope, and manage objectives and deliverables
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Work with the project Team and Owner to manage the timeline of the work to coincide with the approved charter and project plan.
- Work with the project Team and Owner to manage the planned budget to coincide with the approved charter and project plan
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Manage the Changelog, Decision log, parking lots, meeting agendas, Risk Log, etc.
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Maintain the IT Department Project portfolio.
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Participate or lead occasional organization-wide projects that have a technical core.
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Participate in departmental strategic planning
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Support the IT Team as needed with Cases Triage
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Other duties and projects as assigned
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:
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Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
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5+ years of project management experience, with a demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
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Experience managing IT projects from Research to Deprecation
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Experience with technology and ability to learn new systems and adapt them to organizational needs.
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Experience with project management tools like Excel, Smartsheet, Airtable, MS Project
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Demonstrated experience in producing high quality results autonomously with little direction, guidance or prior precedent
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Proven relationship builder and strong sense of customer focus
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Passionate about leveraging data and analytics to solve problems, improve programs and businesses
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Highly diligent and organized, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
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Strong verbal and written communicator: read, speak and write fluent English
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A passion for Cradles to Crayons’ mission
DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH:
Diversity and Inclusiveness are core values at Cradles to Crayons, and we continuously strive to be a team where everyone feels welcome and supported. It is the policy of Cradles to Crayons to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information and/or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Individuals from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
This is an office/work from home virtual environment with occasional visits to C2C Giving Factories. There are no hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions.
ACCOMMODATION:
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made by Cradles to Crayons which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others, or which impose undue hardships on the organization.