Program Manager, Financial Stability

POSITION

The role of the Program Manager, Financial Stability, is to provide leadership for UWBG in all aspects of its income management and financial education agenda. The manager leads all relevant financial education programming, including staff coordination and volunteer recruitment, service delivery, data collection, program evaluation, and grant compliance. The position is responsible for the overall growth, marketing, and performance of the VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Program, and it includes recruiting, training, and managing volunteers and tax site preparation, including operations, oversight of volunteer preparers, and quality control.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Program Management

VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program)

• Manage staff of coordinators who will recruit and retain adequate volunteer staff to administer the Federal Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
• Meet or exceed established goals set by the granting agency. 
• Lead tax preparation training course & orientation for all volunteers 
• Work with the staff of coordinators to establish partnerships with organizations that will allow volunteer tax preparation at their site.  
• Work in collaboration with the VITA tax partners to administer, maintain, and expand VITA tax sites.
• Work with marketing, 211, and WayPoint Directors to promote free VITA tax preparation and recruit volunteers.
• Act as liaison between the VITA tax sites and the IRS
• Manage other grant-funded financial education programs as needed.

Grants Management

• Assures compliance with all external financial stability grant requirements.
• Ensures data collection by staff and volunteers.

Other

• Represents Community Impact at meetings, events, presentations, and other such activities as requested or required.
• Other duties as assigned.