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Black Innovation Alliance (BIA) is a national coalition of 116 Black-led innovator support organizations (ISOs) across more than 30 cities that work with over 300K business owners, startup founders, and creative technologists to grow and accelerate their ventures. By centralizing coordination between ISOs and those looking to support Black innovators, we are able to increase ecosystem efficiency while reducing fragmentation. The result is a more collaborative and high-performing ecosystem and more successful Black entrepreneurs, makers, and creatives.
BIA is an ecosystem-building institution dedicated to improving access to the innovation economy through the direct support of Black-led innovator support organizations in service to Black entrepreneurs, tech founders, and creative technologists.
In the next 10 years, the Black Innovation Alliance will recruit at least 500 organizations to support, fund, and sustain one million Black innovators.
To learn more about BIA's Key Focus Areas visit: www.blackinnovationalliance.com
BIA Organizational Structure
Black Innovation Alliance (BIA) operates in a fast-paced, high-growth environment that is very similar to the start-up environment, despite being a non-profit organization. The vision and the mission set forth by its founders have been validated during the past two years by funders that include eBay Foundation, Kauffman Foundation, Surdna Foundation, UBS, Google, and a host of other Grantmakers who see this work as vital to closing the racial equity wealth gap through entrepreneurship. It is important to make this distinction because the processes and resources that are needed at this stage of growth must align with this reality.
BIA has six (6) member committees that support the organization’s work. They include Learning, Events, Content, Special Ops, Grants, and the BIA Steering Committee which all meet monthly.
We are a learning organization. The ecosystem-building field is still emerging and so ours is an organization that actively creates, acquires, and transfers knowledge within itself and works hard to modify its behavior to reflect new knowledge.
We seek dedicated self-starters that excel at their craft and can roll up their sleeves and work collaboratively to deliver on all initiatives, projects, and programs in a timely manner.
The Director of Member Relations manages and supports member-specific initiatives, including, but not limited to, member-related campaigns, programs and other activities. As such, this person would be tasked with developing and managing systems to support/facilitate incoming and outbound communications with members, partners and general supporters.
Essential Responsibilities
Manage multiple projects and initiatives.
Collaborate with the Executive Director/CEO and Chief Administrative Officer, as well as all BIA committee chairs/co-chairs.
Develop and manage systems to support/facilitate incoming and outbound communications with members, partners and general supporters.
Represent Black Innovation Alliance in meetings with vendors, sponsors and other community partners.
Manages between 1-5 direct reports depending on the needs of the department at any given time.
Job Requirements
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field
Required Competencies
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Collaborative, “out of the box” thinker
Self-motivated and results driven
Ability to maintain high levels of self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Possess a solid command of the range of tactics and channels that would be leveraged to get BIA’s mission and work out into the world.
Ability to carry forward BIA-related goals and objectives.
Physical Requirements
The work environment will be a location of the employee's choosing and should be free of distractions and conducive to working with confidential information. Team members should be able to fulfill the job requirements with or without reasonable accommodation.
Alignment with BIA Culture: E3= Energy + Execution + Emotional Intelligence
Black Innovation Alliance is experiencing high growth and team members are expected to keep up with the pace. High energy, focus and self-motivation are needed in order to execute on time, every time. We serve as daily creators of the project that is BIA. How you represent shows up in the dedication you put into your work. Team members are required to maintain high levels of self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
Benefits
Work remotely from anywhere in the world
Four (4) all-expenses-paid team meetings (flight, accommodations, group dinners)
10 paid federal holidays off
Unlimited PTO
2 weeks of winter holiday vacation (BIA closed)
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