This past spring, members of Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH) volunteered at the Boundless Brilliance Booth at the City of STEM event in Los Angeles.
WITH volunteers helped children with hands-on activities around engineering, coding, and science concepts including “writing your name in binary and making a bracelet out of it,” nature walks, build the strongest and tallest bridge, and more.
Boundless Brilliance, which offers free, empowering STEM workshops to local elementary schools, is searching for a new executive director. The contract position is 15-20 hours a week with the potential to become full time.
Boundless Brilliance is a 501c3 nonprofit founded in 2017 by three female STEM majors while they were students at Occidental College.
The idea for Boundless Brilliance emerged when the founders read a study published in Science Magazine which found that by age six, children begin to associate intelligence with men. Its mission is to educate, empower, and engage students in order to close the gender and racial gap in STEM fields. The organization envisions a future of STEM leadership that is as diverse as the world in which we live.
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We utilize a unique early intervention approach to carry out our mission, which includes the use of empowerment messaging & social-emotional learning – targeting students as early as 6 years old. Our no-cost classroom and community based hands-on STEM workshops helps to ensure that our programs are accessible to all; particularly those from underserved & marginalized communities. Our aim is for them to recognize their brilliance, choose their own paths, and to understand that they have boundless opportunities to pursue in life. While our college interns, who we provide with robust training and mentorship, are provided with real world professional development; and an opportunity to engage & serve their communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic both challenged and strengthened Boundless Brilliance. Throughout and following the pandemic we not only retained our entire staff, but added another contract position, readily transitioned into virtual programs, and now provide both virtual and in-person programming, launched new chapters, and are excited about the next stage of growth of the organization.
Boundless Brilliance is seeking an individual with excellent leadership skills; extensive nonprofit management experience; and a proven fundraiser, who is relationship-oriented and communicative with donors, Board Members, staff, and college-age volunteers; a team-builder who knows how to inspire, delegate and oversee. We highly would prefer someone with start-up experience who is able to implement an entrepreneurial strategy to further grow the organization within Los Angeles County and ultimately across the U.S.
Position overview:
• Leadership: Provide vision and leadership to grow Boundless Brilliance into a thriving nonprofit organization
• Communication: Effective and excellent communicator with donors, board members, staff, committees and advisory council members and our college-age volunteers, strong team-builder and liaison who knows how to inspire, delegate and oversee
• Planning and Execution: Oversee operational planning and be accountable for ensuring the successful implementation of programs (with the assistance of a Director of Programs), partnerships and initiatives, and to expand and scale Boundless Brilliance’s operations going forward
• Operations: Manage day-to-day operations and activities, including running Board of Directors meetings, human resources, finances (with the assistance of an outside bookkeeper), legal and regulatory compliance
• Fundraising: Lead a comprehensive fundraising strategy that includes annual and long-term plans to expand fundraising, grants and earned revenue activities to support existing and new programs, general operations, and long-term financial goals
• Finance: Provide sound fiscal management, including developing budgets and seeking grant funding
Qualifications:
While no one person may embody all of the qualities enumerated below, the ideal candidate will possess many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences:
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in a related field preferred (education, STEM, nonprofit management, business administration, organizational leadership, etc.)
• Must be available to work occasional evening and weekend sessions
• 5+ years of professional experience with management, strategic planning, operational and programmatic experience
• Proven record of fundraising from corporations, high net worth individuals, foundations, and government agencies with high results, as well as significant experience with grant writing and earned income strategies
• Experience working with a startup
• Experience with Google workspace, Quickbooks, Mailchimp, and Canva preferred
• Background in STEM preferred
How to apply:
We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. If you are interested in being considered for this position, please submit an application packet that includes:
1. A cover letter explaining how you have the qualifications, experience, and passion to be the next Executive Director of Boundless Brilliance. Include: A description of your experience with STEM education (in terms of direct service, policy/advocacy, lived experience, etc.); A description of how you have promoted equity and lessened disparities through your work; as well as examples of your experience in nonprofit leadership.
2. A detailed chronological resume that speaks to the listed qualifications.
3. The names, contact information, and professional affiliations of three professional references. (We will not contact your references until we have cleared it with you.)
Please send your materials to [email protected].