Open Positions

CCRAB is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented individual with strong management skills to serve as our Operations Manager. The Operations Manager will manage the organization’s daily operations and grow the organization’s capacity during a period of transition and growth. The Operations Manager will work collaboratively with the Community Research Manager to support daily activities and will report directly to the Board of Directors. The Operations Manager will also work closely with key partners, the organization’s bookkeeper and grant writer. At this time, the position is being offered as part-time, 20 hours per week with flexible scheduling and a hybrid of remote and in person hours. The position offers a comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance plan. This position will be initially offered as a one-year employment contract with an opportunity to extend annually. As additional resources are acquired, CCRAB seeks to expand this role to a full-time, permanent position, with opportunities to advance to a director-level position. You can review the full position description here. 

Key duties include:

• Establish and implement systems and policies for compliance, transparency and accountability; rooted in values and principles of equity and justice

• Manage grants and grant compliance

• Work with the Board of Managers on creation and implementation of plans and policies related to Human Resources

• Work with the Board Treasurer, Bookkeeper and Community Research Manager to develop an annual operational budget, project budgets, and monthly financial reports.

• Prepare documents and presentations for monthly board meetings to ensure the board is well informed on budgetary items and administrative matters

• Serve as the primary point of contact for key partners related to funding, timelines and any contracts/agreements

• Manage the organization’s accounts and subscriptions

• Manage organization correspondence (mail, email, phone, etc.)

Required Qualifications

• At least 3 years of related professional experience, with 1 year of experience in a management/administrative position

• Strong familiarity with nonprofit compliance

• Experience with budget development, tracking and reporting

• Experience with grant writing, compliance and management, preference for managing federal grants

• Experience with project management, human resources, accounting, finance, and budgeting

• Ability to attend meetings and events during the evenings and weekends

• Passion for and experience with environmental justice and grassroots community-led initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• A degree or certificate in nonprofit management, business administration, or other related field

How to apply

Send the following to info@ccrabsc.org

• Resume

• Letter of Interest

• List of References (minimum 2)

The application deadline is May 12, 2025 at 11:59pm.

The full position description is available HERE

CCRAB is seeking a qualified professional or team of professionals to provide data management, analysis and communication services to support community-led environmental and public health research and monitoring in Charleston County, SC.  This request is for services only and does not include equipment or any other unallowable costs/activities. 

A successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to create systems for data management and communication that can be easily learned and maintained by CCRAB staff and citizen scientists with limited training and support, and that do not require a significant annual financial investment. 

The specific responsibilities of the consultant(s) are detailed below.

Develop and maintain affordable and user-friendly systems for long-term data collection and analysis.

Establish a Data Access Hub, a centralized location for all environmental and public health data collected by CCRAB and other community partners. Data on the Data Hub will be available for online viewing, download and/or via API feed (when available). 

Assist with the development and maintenance of an alert system using real-time air quality data to notify residents when there is increased risk of exposure to air pollutants. The alert system will include:

• text and email alerts 

• a visible indicator installed on high gear monitors

Develop systems for generating compelling and easy-to-understand data visuals, to be used by CCRAB to communicate air quality and other environmental trends and progress to residents, area policymakers, local governments, public health agencies and non-profits providing services to the focus communities. Focus groups will be used to assist with design, testing and validation of all data access and reporting methods.

• Experience with developing and implementing QA/QC procedures to ensure data integrity.

• Experience in gathering, compiling, visualizing, and analyzing data, including documenting workflows via protocol development, metadata documentation, and production of reports. Experience with environmental and/or public health data is strongly preferred.

• Strong familiarity with open-source, non-proprietary programs and software for data collection, management, sharing and visualization.

• Strong skills in working with spatial data and GIS.

• Experience establishing data collection systems that include crowdsourcing methods and manual field entry.

• Strong skills in development of reproducible data management workflows and programming using scripted software (e.g. R, python, SQL). 

• Experience producing data visuals that communicate complex information in accessible, digestible ways. 

• Experience managing large and/or diverse datasets (e.g. tabular, spatial, photographic, etc, but especially sensor-based data), including compiling associated metadata

• Experience with setting up and maintaining a shared database, including use of cloud data storage and access when appropriate, and server development and maintenance.

• Familiarity with data sharing agreements and memorandums of understanding, open data, and data sovereignty.

• Experience training or communicating complex technical information to lay people.

• Demonstrated ability to acquire and implement new skills through self-directed learning. 

Please read the full position description here to learn how to apply. The deadline for proposals is May 19, 2025 at 11:59pm.