Lift Missouri Work Values

Daily Duties at Lift Missouri:

Accomplishments include: • Developing overall strategy for the organization, and creating opportunities • Improving board relations, focusing on a mission-driven, results-oriented organization • Building organizational capacity • Managing projects by recruiting the right personnel to deliver project objectives • Fiscal management and project accountability • Working with federal agencies (A-133 audits), private foundations, state agencies and others • Developing strategic partnerships • Evaluating organization goals and objectives in measureable and meaningful ways • Advocating with state and federal legislators, along with other policymakers • Monitoring current research and best practices in nonprofit management and education

What they like about Lift Missouri:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

Masters degree, project management, education, grant writing, advocacy, nonprofit management

Skills

nonprofit managment, fund raising, project managment, board relations, partnerships, evaluation, fiscal managment, accountability, mentoring, advocacy, research

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Lift Missouri: