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JOB DESCRIPTION: Senior Coordinator for Administration and Board Engagment (Full-Time)

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Position Description:

The Senior Coordinator for Administration and Board Engagement will work as a liaison between the board members and NKFI staff, helping to foster connections between staff and board members to engage them with the NKFI mission according to their areas of expertise. This staff member will also support the Foundation in an Administration/Operations capacity. The Senior Coordinator for Administration and Board Engagement reports directly to the Senior Director of Finance and Administration.  

 

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Management and Administrative Duties

  • Execute on-boarding process for New Employees/Contractors    

  • Staff Development: Support the planning process for the annual (or semi-annual) staff retreats in conjunction with the CEO

  • Monitor and update cross departmental standard operating procedures

  • Support training of NKFI Volunteers

  • Facilitate Foundation-wide staff training schedules, facility safety drills

  • CEO Administrative support- generate documents, calendar and meeting management 

 

Board Engagement

  • Board Event Scheduling and Facilitation of Quarterly Meetings.  Maintain board minutes and attendance records. Assemble and distribute board meeting advance materials

  • Participate in onboarding of new board members

  • Support NKFI Board President and CEO in Board Retreat Planning

  • Maintains Board Documents Repository

  • Compile information for the Board Newsletter

  • Provide continued support of the board recognition program

  • Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.

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Qualifications:

  • Experience working with volunteers and volunteer leaders desirable.

  • Demonstrates ability to work with administrative projects

  • Excellent writing/editing and verbal communication skills, and strong attention to detail

  • Ability to work well independently or as part of a team.

  • Ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously

  • 2-4 years of relevant work experience.

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) required

  • Must be able to lift 35 lbs

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Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university required.  

 

To apply, please send cover letter and resume to Sheilla Ntambo at sntambo@nkfi.org. No phone inquiries, please.

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The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois provides equal opportunities to all qualified applicants and staff members in every phase of employment without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, marital or parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability (except where the individual cannot perform the essential job functions despite reasonable accommodation), sexual preference, military discharge, source of income, or housing status.

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