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Friends of the Children – Los Angeles (Friends LA) is seeking an experienced Director of Development.

Position Overview

The Development Director (DD) is responsible for developing and implementing the annual plan for a diversified funding stream for Friends LA, including individual giving, private and family foundations, government grants, corporate donations, sponsorships, and large-scale events.

As a member of the development team and reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, the DD is responsible for raising funds to support Friends LA’s annual operating budget through a combination of grants, individual and corporate donations, events, and peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. Friends LA is a growing organization, and the DD will assume primary responsibility for individual fundraising, events, and marketing/communications.

Position Overview

Reporting to the Program Manager, the Program Assistant will help the Program team execute program efficiency for the Metro-South LA location. The ideal candidate will have previous office and/or nonprofit experience, strong attention to detail, and a positive, can-do approach.

The Program Assistant will work Monday-Friday at 672 S. La Fayette Park Place, #33, Los Angeles CA 90057, with some occasional weekend work. The work is performed in both an office setting and occasionally out in the field.

Friends of the Children—Los Angeles (Friends LA) is looking for a passionate leader to perform the role of Metro-South Program Manager (PM) to supervise Professional Mentors (Friends), provide comprehensive resource navigation, and support youth and their families in Metro-South Los Angeles. Our model is proven to break the cycle of generational poverty for children who face the most barriers by providing paid professional mentors to thousands of youth across the country. The PM will work closely with the Program Director (PD) and ensure Friends are providing quality mentoring, evidenced by our implementation, assessment, and evaluation of our two-generation(2Gen) support model.

This position is primarily responsible for providing managerial support to Friends with the ongoing development of the Metro-South Los Angeles program. The ideal candidate will be an innovative project manager deeply connected to the communities we serve.

Under the direction of the Caregiver Engagement Specialist, this position manages a wide range of projects and activities designed to implement an integrated multi-faceted family engagement service delivery system that is a model of excellence for Friends LA’s 2Gen Model. The Family Engagement Assistant demonstrates the ability to communicate and work with all families.

The Director of Community Partnerships will serve as the on-the-ground point person responsible for coordinating the participation of community stakeholders and partners (e.g. community-based organizations) throughout Los Angeles County. This position partners seamlessly with the programs team on strategy and execution of chapter goals for serving more youth and families across the region, while strengthening our network of community partner agencies.

The Director of Community Partnerships will support long-range strategic priorities, advance the agency's goals, and persuasively convey the mission of Friends LA to diverse constituencies, including current and prospective youth, community partners, youth-serving leaders, and others who are critical to the agency's overall prosperity. The successful candidate must be proactive, well organized, possess outstanding program assessment and community asset mapping skills, able to work with diverse partners and communities, have excellent oral and written communication skills, and be able to work in a team and relate well with others. The job requires that a significant amount of time be spent in the community with the flexibility to attend evening meetings or events/activities as appropriate.

Friends of the Children – Los Angeles (Friends LA) is looking for a passionate, committed, professional mentor (who we call a "Friend") to support our mission to impact generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with trained full-time professional mentors—12+ years—no matter what.

Position Overview

A Friend works intensively with eight (8) children as a positive adult role model to develop a caring, trusting, and sustained relationship with each child. For each child, a Friend will set positive expectations; nurture and promote their strengths, talents, and abilities; help assure physical and emotional well-being; teach life and academic skills; provide enrichment activities; and model responsible behavior. A Friend will fully document activities and participate in an ongoing evaluation process. Friends will work primarily one-on-one with their children while empowering their parents to advocate for their children through an ongoing, respectful, and strengths-based partnership. A Friend must also know, understand, honor, and support the organization’s mission, vision, values, principles, and policies, and be able to clearly articulate the organization’s function.