A clear and detailed job description is a necessary first step in building a strong staff for your organization. In this folder you will find a number of sample job descriptions from Alliance Member organizations listed by the job title. You'll also find information and advice on staffing for your organization. 

Table of Contents

1. Working with temporary staff
2. Advocacy and Volunteer Job Announcements
3. Communication and Development Job Announcements
4. Events and Outreach Job Announcements
5. Executive Director Job Announcements
6. Internship Announcements 
7. Membership Job Announcements
8. Office and Program Assistant Job Announcement
9. Safe Routes to School Job Announcements

Interns and Temporary Staff

Legalities of nonprofit internships (Blue Avocado) (URL, Blue Avocado): Advice from a Human Resources lawyer specializing in nonprofits about whether and how much to pay interns and other legal considerations of working with interns. 

Working with Consultants (Montana Nonprofit Association) (PDF, Montana Nonprofit Association): A guide for deciding whether and how to hire a consultant for your organization. This PDF includes links to sample RFPs to use when advertising for consultants. 

Working with consultants (Strengthening Nonprofits) (PDF, Strengthening Nonprofits): A 40-page detailed guide to hiring, supervising, and evaluating consultants. 

Differences between employees and volunteers (Nonprofit Risk Management Center) (URL, Nonprofit Risk Management Center): An outline of the distinctions between employees and volunteers, including a list of ways to ensure that you are minimizing your risk in working with volunteers and not jeopardizing their volunteer status. 

 Summary of Alliance Mutual Aid Call on temporary staff in November 2014. (PDF)

Advocacy and Volunteer Job Announcements

Manager

Active Transportation Alliance (DOC) (37KB)

Bike Mechanic Job Announcements
Revolve Community Bike Shop (DOC) (121KB)

Bike to Work Program Job Announcements
Coordinator
Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (DOC) (36KB)

Business Manager Job Announcements
Bicycle Colorado (DOC) (24KB)

Communications and Development Job Announcements

Director
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (DOC) (22KB)

Manager/Coordinator
Active Transportation Alliance (DOC) (20KB)

Development Director Job Announcements
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (DOC) (28KB)
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (DOC) (132KB)

Events and Outreach Job Announcements

Manager
MassBike (PDF)

Coordinator
Central Connecticut Bicycle Alliance (DOC) (35KB)
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (DOC) (32KB)
CultureLink (PDF) (315KB)

Executive Director Job Announcements

Consider Biking (DOC) (38KB)
Peoples' Advocate for Trails Hawaii (PDF)(199KB)
Prescott Alternative Transportation - Detailed (DOC) (61KB)
Texas Bicycle Coalition (DOC) (20KB)
Washington Area Bicyclist Association (PDF) (151.8 KB)
Bike Denver (PDF)(291 KB)

Job Descriptions
Prescott Alternative Transportation (DOC) (58KB)
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (DOC) (1,017KB)

Internship Announcements

Bicycle Network Internship (San Francisco Bicycle Coalition) (DOC) (28KB)
Bike to Work Day Internship Announcement (San Francisco Bicycle Coalition) (DOC) (30KB)
Communications Internship Announcement (San Francisco Bicycle Coalition)(DOC) (30KB)
Event Marketing Internship Announcement (Active Transportation Alliance) (PDF) (127KB)
Event Planning Internship Announcement (Transportation Alternatives) (PDF) (213KB)
Graphic Design Internship Announcement (Active Transportation Alliance) (PDF) (131KB)
Marketing and Communications Internship Announcement (Active Transportation Alliance) (PDF) (131KB)
Membership Internship Announcement (San Francisco Bicycle Coalition) (DOC) (30KB)
Policy Internship Announcement (San Francisco Bicycle Coalition) (DOC) (28KB)
Internship-Vermont Bike Challenge & Local Motion Outreach

Membership Job Announcements

Director
Marin County Bicycle Coalition (DOC) (25KB)

Coordinator
Active Transportation Alliance (DOC) (20KB)

Office and Program Assistant Job Announcement

Office Assistant Job Announcements
Prescott Alternative Transportation (DOC) (56KB)

Program Assistant Job Announcements
Transportation Alternatives - "Assistant" (PDF) (246KB)
MassBike - "Associate, half-time" (PDF) (41KB)

Safe Routes to School Program Job Announcements

Director
Iowa Bicycle Coalition - "Program Director" (DOC) (108KB)

Manager
Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition - "Program Manager" (DOC) (27.5KB)

Coordinator
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin - "Program Coordinator" (DOC) (20KB)

Emergency Succession Plan (Active Transportation Alliance)

The Board of Directors of Active Transportation Alliance recognizes that this is a plan for contingencies due to the disability, death or departure of the Executive Director. If the organization is faced with the unlikely event of an untimely vacancy, Active Transportation Alliance has in place the following emergency succession plan to facilitate the transition to both interim and longer-term leadership.

Emergency Succession Plan (DOC)