Austin Chapter Director

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At ChickTech, we believe every girl and woman has the right to fulfill their true potential. We support our community by providing hands-on experiences to strengthen personal and professional skills that will make our members, volunteers, and those we serve successful in their personal and professional lives.

We are currently recruiting 1-2 individuals to serve as our Chapter Director(s). This is a leadership position that can be shared with another individual, however candidates must be willing to take on the position on their own and assist with the recruitment of a co-lead if one is wanted. As a 100% volunteer-run chapter, this role is responsible for the overall chapter and its sustainability.

This volunteer opportunity could be for you if you have/are:

• Age 21+
• Background Check
• Currently employed (business owners and recruiters are welcome!)
• Experience in the tech industry
• 2 years’ experience planning events
• 3+ years leading a team of people
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• An entrepreneurial and solution-oriented mindset
• The ability to understand "What’s in it for others"
• Excellent interpersonal skills that establish and maintain credibility and relationships
• Strong work ethic, appreciation for work, and a demonstrated understanding that there is no work beneath anybody.
• Be willing to be ultimately accountable and get the job done, even if you have to do it yourself
• Ability to stretch a dollar and appreciation that money "Doesn’t grow on trees"
• Have previously attended ChickTech events before
• Media and Photo Release
• Nice to Have
• Experience working on programs that promote and support women in their careers
• Experience working on Diversity and Inclusion initiatives or experience working with underserved communities
• Sales, Business Development, or Fundraising Experience
• Understanding or willingness to learn about the nuances of the Austin Job Market, particularly in the tech industry

Chapter Director(s) will have the following requirements and responsibilities:

• Leadership Team Responsibilities
• Commit to a one-year term
• Have 8-10 hours/week availability
• Sign a leadership team agreement describing expectations and responsibilities
• Be an external voice for ChickTech
• Organize and Attend monthly virtual or in-person leadership team meetings
• Have regular meetings with ChickTech Leadership Team Members
• Serve as the Austin representative for monthly national leadership calls
• Attend annual in-person leadership summit

• Program Oversight
• Oversee and be ultimately responsible for all divisions within ChickTech Austin
• Serve as an example and ensure that our chapter operates under our established values.
• Chapter Development
• Assist with the long-term sustainability of the chapter by meeting a Chapter Development goal.
• Oversee and enforce our Chapter Development policy.
• Ensure that all careers programs are profitable and that no event loses money.
• Identify revenue-generating and cost saving opportunities to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of our chapter
• Identify and communicate current chapter financial needs and opportunities for volunteers to reach their chapter development goal.
• Careers Program
• Develop and execute work plan for fiscal year offering at around two Careers Events a month.
• Work with Careers Team on putting together programs that are profitable, within budget, and serve all of Austin
• Ensure that our programs demonstrate our commitment to diversity and inclusion through our target audience, content, outreach, location.
• Find opportunities to promote our own members and volunteers before going outside of our organization (e.g. do we have qualified volunteers who can speak on a topic or teach a workshop)
• Recruit qualified speakers to facilitate workshops (and must be willing to promote our events)
• Provide support to secure funding and resources needed for program
• High School Program
• Develop and execute work plan for fiscal year offering a year-long kickoff event and monthly workshops for 100 Austin High School girls.
• Oversee all aspects of the program in order to ensure progress towards chapter goals and be within grant funding expectations
• Assist in obtaining donated space for events
• Meet with potential donors and sponsors to generate support for the program.
• Guide the chapter and members to ensure that outreach is being done in Underserved areas of Austin and/or recruitment is done with underrepresented communities within the area.
• Volunteers Program
• Assist with the creation and enforcement of volunteer policies and procedures
• Advise volunteer team as needed in order to ensure that the chapter has qualified volunteers. In particular, a priority of our chapter is quality volunteers over quantity of volunteers.
• Ensure that we are offering programs in various parts of Austin to demonstrate our commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Finance
• Ensure the financial health and sustainability of the chapter by managing the Chapter budget, create plans for event expenses, and monitor the Chapter’s fiscal health

What’s in It for You:

• An opportunity to lead a growing organization and change lives for Women and Girls in Austin
• The ability to build and strengthen your leadership skills outside of a traditional work setting.
• Opportunities to network and build relationships in the Austin Tech Industry
• Opportunities to network on a national level with leaders of our sister chapters across the globe
• Business growth and development experience
• Invitations to speak at events, serve on other leadership and advisory boards
• Opportunity to serve underserved and underrepresented youth in our community by providing them career and educational options and opportunities.