Please email us at info@pbln.org if you are a qualified candidate for either of the following two positions posted on February 1, 2012 by PBLN:
Title: Membership Manager
Reports to: President/Executive Director
Summary: Seeking a passionate, entrepreneurial and experienced relationship-builder and sales professional seeking a career of purpose who can help bring leaders together to revitalize and redefine the role of business in society.
Job Objectives:
Build the roster of C-level executive members, sponsors and major donors necessary to achieve the mission of this non-profit organization. Effectively convey that participating in and contributing to the organization is a compelling opportunity for business leaders. Ignite the network of participating leaders into action.
Job Description:
The right candidate is passionate about having a life and career of purpose, and is a proven leader, sales professional, relationship builder, fund-raiser and communicator with a strong presence as well as strong operations and management skills. S/He is particularly interested in and motivated by contributing to a collaborative, no excuses, goal-oriented environment with colleagues whose experiences include many disciplines and backgrounds.
This professional establishes plans and strategies to expand the membership, sponsor and donor base and contributes to the overall management and stewardship of the organization. S/He is responsible for cultivation of and sales to prospective and existing members, sponsors and donors to support growth in line with the organization’s vision and values. S/He is also responsible for managing the administration of member, donor and prospect databases for tracking and reporting. At the outset, S/He will supervise 1.5 FTEs of operations and administrative staff with the opportunity to grow a larger team over time.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and administer a plan for prospect identification, cultivation and sales that meets organization’s financial and membership goals.
- Provide timely feedback to senior management on progress against goals.
- Maintain accurate records of all transactions, sales, and activity reports.
- Create and conduct pitches and proposal presentations.
- Assist others on staff in preparation of proposals and presentations.
- Control expenses to meet budget guidelines.
- Adhere to all organization policies, procedures and business ethics codes and ensure that they are communicated and implemented within department.
- Maintain and track contact with all members, sponsors and donors to ensure high levels of satisfaction, renewal and increased support and engagement.
- Demonstrate ability to interact and cooperate with all organization employees, members, sponsors, donors, partners and other stakeholders.
Job Specifications:
- 5-7+ years of experience in sales/recruitment in a business or membership organization.
- Proven track record of exceeding objectives in a sales organization as a sales person and as a manager responsible for developing targets and strategies.
- Experience with database programs including Salesforce, Constant Contact, EventBrite, Excel, WordPress, Access and other related operations systems for managing a sales, membership management and fundraising operation.
- Compensation commensurate with experience, linked to incentives and reflective of our early-stage non-profit status. Lots of room to grow.
Interested? For more information about the organization visit www.pbln.org. Respond by email only including cover letter and resume to info@pbln.org.
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Title: Communications Manager
Reports to: President/Executive Director
Summary: Seeking a passionate, entrepreneurial, versatile and experienced communications professional who can help a vibrant start-up organization to revitalize and redefine the role of business leadership in society.
Job Objective:
Effectively convey our key messages to multiple audiences including existing and prospective members and funders, political, governmental, non-profit and business sectors, and diverse media segments.
Job Description
The right candidate is passionate about having a life and career of purpose, and is a proven leader, communications professional, and relationship builder, with both strong presence and strong operations skills. S/He is particularly interested in contributing to a collaborative, no excuses, goal-oriented environment with colleagues whose experience cuts across many disciplines and backgrounds. Job requires creation of systems and platforms that do not yet exist as well as operation and improvement of current platforms.
Responsibilities:
This professional establishes and implements plans and strategies to deliver our message to our target audiences.
- Manages all communications functions against goals and objectives
- Produces regular stakeholder communications at highest professional standard
- Maintains relationships with media to advance the work of the organization
- Provides timely feedback to senior management on progress against goals.
- Assists others on staff in preparation of proposals, presentations and events
- Controls expenses to meet budget guidelines.
- Adheres to all organization policies, procedures and business ethics codes and ensures that they are communicated and implemented within the team.
- Demonstrates ability to interact and cooperate with all organization employees, members, sponsors, donors, partners and other stakeholders.
Job Specifications
- 5 years of experience in communications working in public affairs, traditional and social media, website management, marketing and messaging in a business, association and/or campaign environment.
- Experience with database programs including Salesforce, Constant Contact, EventBrite, Excel, WordPress, Powerpoint, Access and other related systems.
- Passion for the mission, excitement about being part of a team and experience with change-making organization activities
- We offer compensation commensurate with experience, linked to incentives and reflective of our early-stage non-profit status.
- Lots of room to grow.
- Willing to consider contract and part time if there is otherwise an excellent fit.




I will forward this to a long time colleague and friend, Bob Massie, who would be a truly amazing asset to PBLN – of any other organization focusing on business people and ESG goals. You would be very lucky to have him as he will inspire interest in your efforts and bring lots of new folks to the table.