Operations Director

Citizens for Fauquier County (CFFC), a non-profit organization that has been protecting the county’s beautiful countryside for over fifty years, is looking for a highly motivated individual to help manage the organization’s day-to-day operations and work closely with CFFC’s president and board of directors to enhance the organization’s ability to carry out its mission. This  will be a full-time position and will pay an hourly rate consistent with the individual’s skills and experience.  The operations director will work remotely except for attending monthly board and other meetings on occasion. 
 
The successful candidate(s) will share CFFC’s passion for conservation and preservation. The incumbent should be able to take initiative and have the interpersonal skills to work collaboratively and effectively with various CFFC board members, partner non-profits, and other resources the organization depends on.  Ideally, the successful candidate will be interested in assuming higher levels of responsibility with CFFC, including the ability to grow into an executive director role, which would necessitate knowledge of land use practices and policies, and zoning, and higher levels of leadership. The position will report to CFFC’s President. 
 
Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement policies and procedures for the smooth running of CFFC’s day-to-day activities. Manage CFFC’s membership data base and process records of membership donations in coordination with CFFC’s Secretary and Treasurer. 
• Issue welcome letters to all new members and thank-you letters for donations. Maintain a CFFC calendar noting important meetings, work sessions and public hearings.  
• Support the distribution of official CFFC positions and recommendations regarding land use applications that come before county and Town of Warrenton officials and the organization’s involvement in public meetings. 
• Manage Google Drive and other cloud applications that make sense for CFFC to utilize. 
• Assist in organizing and managing several events a year. 
• Coordinate with CFFC’s communications and accounting resources as needed. 

• An undergraduate degree with at least three to five-year’s experience performing similar responsibilities for other organizations, preferably conservation-oriented non-profit(s). 
• Familiarity with Little Green Light or comparable membership data bases. 
• Ability to work with virtual collaboration and communication tools including Google Docs Zoom, and Microsoft Office. 
• Tracking various land use applications and county planning commission and board of supervisor meetings and similar activities for the Town of Warrenton. 

• Developing community outreach and volunteer programs. and familiarity with preparing grant proposals. 
• Familiarity with communications, public relations and marketing. 
• Knowledge of non-profit best management practices. 
• Understanding official documents related to CFFC’s 501C-3 status. 
• Familiarity with fund-raising activities including grant writing.