Ellisa Brown, Founder of Civic Essentials Education Fund, shares her insights on how to land your dream nonprofit job. Ellisa knows a thing or two about starting and running a successful nonprofit. She founded Civic Essentials Education Fund in 2020 with the mission of providing civic education to young people. In this episode, Ellisa shares her must-do’s before starting a nonprofit and can be applied to landing a job at a nonprofit, including:
Further she encourages all changemakers to keep trying. Tell people about your ideas, and eventually you’ll find the right people who will meet your passion with passion. She shares what a founder is thinking when looking to hire. She empowers anyone looking to be hired at a nonprofit to ask a ridiculous amount of questions to understand the vision of the leadership and provides a critical insight: the job a nonprofit is hiring for has likely never been done before, it doesn’t exist and that’s why they are hiring. This is where understanding your own niche and what you can offer will set you apart from other job seekers.