Fellows: 2010 Roles

In 2010, ProInspire is partnering with nonprofit organizations working in the following areas:
- International Development: organizations focused on poverty reduction, global health, and social innovation
- Social Entrepreneurship: organizations run by social entrepreneurs that are growing innovative models for social change
- Social Investing: organizations providing capital to support entrepreneurship, microfinance, community development finance, and affordable housing
- Youth and Education: organizations focused on K-12 education, college preparation, youth development, and workforce development

Candidates will be considered for the following opportunities during the second round of selection for 2010 Inspire Fellows. 

YOUTH AND EDUCATION
Organizations focused on K-12 education, college preparation, youth development, and workforce development

DC Prep, Operations Manager
Now in its seventh year, DC Prep has built an excellent early childhood, elementary and middle school program and demonstrated uncommon success in student achievement, and organizational development. DC Prep’s Operations Manager is a key member of the school‘s leadership team, working closely with the School Principal to ensure that the school is a great success. Specifically, the Operations Manager will have five primary functions: overseeing daily operational activities; overseeing business administration; providing general administrative oversight and support for the school; supporting student recruitment and enrollment processes; and assisting with academic intervention initiatives. The Operations Manager reports to the Chief Operating Officer in the Home Office.
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DC Public Schools, Office of Secondary School Transformation, Business Analyst
The Inspire Fellow will work directly with the Director of the Office on Secondary School Transformation on major initiatives. Key responsibilities include:
- Data Analysis and Strategy:The Fellow will analyze key drivers of secondary school performance. The Fellow will work with team members on understanding the metrics that drive performance and developing strategies to move forward. DCPS has a huge amount of data and the Fellow should be adept at gathering, analyzing, and presenting data.
- Project Management and Performance Management: Currently the Office of Secondary School Transformation has a large number of projects and initiatives. The Fellow will be the Director’s point person for tracking and coordinating projects. By coordinating staffing and deliverables, the Fellow will drive the department’s performance management and gain insight into how to effectively manage a large number of staff and projects.
- Project Management for Test Administration: The Chancellor has identified two major priorities around testing – getting all 9^th graders tested on the PSAT, and increasing the number of students taking AP tests. The Fellow will serve as project manager, directly interacting with all the schools to make sure they successfully administer the PSAT, AP, SAT, and ACT tests. This is a high visibility initiative and the Fellow should be comfortable managing communication with different stakeholders.

Year Up, Special Projects Manager
Fellow will work on special projects associated with:
- local site and learning community expansion
- Year Up's expansion to Baltimore
- national and local human capital initiatives that include training and development
- working with various department directors and the Executive Director to execute project goals
- leverage their experience and skills in project management, financial modeling, strategy and analysis while collaborating with our team and learning about Year Up’s strategy and methodology
- Fellow may also work directly with students as a member of a Learning Community
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SOCIAL INVESTING
Organizations providing capital to support entrepreneurship, microfinance, community development finance, and affordable housing

Association for Enterprise Opportunity, Project Manager of New Initiatives
Project Manager of New Initiatives will report to the SVP of Membership and New Initiatives, and will be a part of a new evolution of the U. S. microenterprise/microfinance industry. This AEO division acts as the center for innovation for new products and services to the smallest of businesses and the organizations that serve them.

Corporation for Enterprise Development, Project Manager for Social Enterprise and Economic Innovation
The goal of this role will be to advance CFED’s existing and emerging social enterprises and to explore opportunities for CFED’s programs to generate earned income through product development, strategic alliances and related strategies.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Organizations focused on poverty reduction, global health, and social innovation

Family Health International, Business Planning and Strategy Analyst
As a member of the Business Planning and Strategy (BPS) unit, the Fellow will work directly with the Director of BPS, Vice President of Business Development, and Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and Communications, playing the primary analytical role and key leadership and strategic thinking roles in initiatives relating to improving the effectiveness of FHI’s business development effort.
Responsibilities may involve:
- Performing a variety of analyses to make business development data useful in decisions
- Performing research to understand competitor strategies
- Developing tools for competitive analysis and business analysis
- Developing recommendations on competitive strategy
- Recommending improvements to systems and processes
- Supporting leadership in various projects as necessary
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