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Volunteer (Non-Paid) Position - Portland Children's Levy Allocation Committee

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Volunteer (Non-Paid) Position - Portland Children's Levy Allocation Committee

Salary

$0.00 Annually

Location

Remote - Part-time, OR

Job Type

Volunteer

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number

V2024-00973

Bureau

Office of Community & Civic Life

Opening Date

09/11/2024

Closing Date

11/17/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

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The Position

The Portland Childrens Levy seeks a community member to serve on the Allocation Committee

The Portland Childrens Levy ( (PCL) is a City of Portland local option property tax that generates about $23 million annually to support children and their families. PCL grew out of a need to increase childrens access to proven programs that support positive early development, school engagement and academic achievement, high school graduation and family safety and stability.

PCL is overseen by a 5-member Allocation Committee that meets publicly in Portland City Council Chambers. The Allocation Committee makes funding recommendations in a competitive application process subject to Portland City Council approval. The Committee also reviews performance of funded programs, and advises PCL staff on policy decisions related to funding and monitoring grants. Committee members include elected representatives from City Council and Multnomah County Board of Commissioners, citizen members with knowledge and experience on childrens issues, and a representative of the business community.

PCLs goals are to prepare children for school, support childrens success inside and outside of school and to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in childrens well-being and school success. In working toward these goals, PCL invests in the following types of programs for children and their families:

+ Early childhood

+ Child abuse prevention and intervention

+ Foster youth

+ After-school

+ Mentoring

+ Hunger relief

Vacancies: One

Total Members: Five

To Qualify

To be eligible to serve on the Allocation Committee you must currently live, work, play, worship or go to school in the City of Portland.

What We Look For

A community member who has a demonstrated interest in issues related to children and families in the City of Portland including professional or volunteer involvement with organizations providing services to or advocating for children and families.

Time Commitment & Workload

+ Minimum: one two-year term

+ Maximum: no more than 8 consecutive years.

+ Average of 1-2 hours per month; meetings are typically 2 hours long and occur a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 8 per year.

Workload varies depending on the PCL funding cycle. For most meetings, 1-2 hours of preparation time is sufficient. When PCL is designing and implementing a competitive funding round, the workload and meeting frequency is higher (estimate 20-25 hours in fiscal year 2024-25). PCLs next funding round begins in fall 2024 and will conclude in spring 2025. Prior to making funding recommendations, Committee members review application data including scores, staff and community council recommendations, applicant testimony (written, audio, video), and contribute to decision-making on policy and funding in public meetings.

Allocation Committee meetings are currently hosted in City Council chambers and Committee members encouraged to attend meetings in-person. Committee members also have the option to join meetings virtually. All Allocation Committee meetings are hybrid.

We Remove Barriers

Let us know if there are barriers to your participation. We offer accommodations for disabilities, interpretation and translation as needed.

Volunteer Ethics

People who join this committee will become Public Officials, which means that while you serve you must behave fairly and ethically. Part of following Public Officials Ethics laws means you must tell the group when you or a relative may financially benefit (or avoid fees) by your recommendations. This is called a Conflict of Interest. An applicant must not:

+ Be currently employed by a grantee agency or employed by a grantee agency in the past 2 years

+ Currently serve on the board of a grantee agency

+ Have immediate family members (spouse, child, parent, sibling) currently employed by a grantee agency.

See this list of PCL grantees ( to determine if you meet these requirements.

The Recruitment Process

Applications are due by 11:59pm by Sunday, November 17, 2024

To talk with someone about this opportunity or to receive assistance completing the application, please contact the advisory body staff liaison at lisa.pellegrino@portlandoregon.gov or call 503-865-6061.

Voluntary & Confidential Demographic Information

The City is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. Completing the demographic information on the application is voluntary, but we encourage you to provide that information. The City uses this information to help ensure that advisory body appointments represent a broad cross-section of the community. Your information will not be used during the recruitment nor the selection process. State and federal law prohibit use of this information to discriminate against you. Questions about this may be sent to AdvisoryBodies@Portlandoregon.gov

General Questions

For general questions about the Advisory Bodies Program, the volunteer recruitment process or other upcoming advisory body opportunities, please email AdvisoryBodies@portlandoregon.gov .

We Encourage You to Apply

We welcome you to browse our website, by clicking here, ( to learn more about the bureau. On this page you'll learn more about grantmaking done by the Portland Children's Levy, its past community engagement process, and its current grantee community partners.

Do you have questions or need more information? Email lisa.pellegrino@portlandoregon.gov or call 503-865-6061.

Additional Information

Terms

As the City of Portland shifts to a new government structure, advisory bodies may undergo updates and changes. If applying for a vacant position on this advisory group, please note that the term may be shorter than what is listed elsewhere in this recruitment post.

City of Portland volunteers are unpaid; therefore, employment benefits are not available.

01

Do you understand that this is a volunteer (non-paid, non-employment) position?

+ Yes

+ No

02

Are you able to prepare for meetings on your own time? And can you commit to regularly attend and participate in meetings and for the duration of the service term?

+ Yes

+ No

03

Currently, do you live, work, play, go to school, and/or worship in the City of Portland? Please mark all that apply so we can know the variety of ways you are involved in Portland.

+ Live in Portland (reside and sleep)

+ Work in Portland (or do business, includes non-profit/volunteerism, and family caretaking)

+ Play in Portland (recreation, visiting establishments in Portland)

+ Worship in Portland (engage in spiritual activities of all types such as churches, or religious organization affiliations and practices)

+ Go to school in Portland (including study, take classes, research, broadly interpreted)

04

For definitions and examples of Conflict of Interest, please visit: Do you or a relative have a financial relationship of $500 or more a year with any of PCL's current grantees (such as being a current employee or contractor of a PCL grantee)? To help you answer this question accurately, copy/paste this website address into your browser to check the list of grantees funding by PCL: Even if you or a relative's connection to a business does not rise to the financial thresholds contained in ORS 244.020(3)(4), the City would like to know of any relationship to a business that could benefit financially from the outcome of the matter to be considered by this advisory body.

05

Have you been employed by, or served on the board of, one or more of PCL's grantees during the past 2 years? To help you answer this question accurately, copy/paste this website address into your browser to check the list of grantees funding by PCL:

06

Do you or do any relative of yours have a professional affiliation with the City of Portland, either as a staff member or through a contract? Please list their name, their position, the bureau/department they are affiliated with, the contract, and your relationship to that individual. If no, enter "N/A."

07

By signing and/or typing my name below, I affirm I can commit to participate fully in the work of the advisory body I'm applying for. All information contained herein is true to the best of my knowledge, and I understand that any misstatement of fact or misrepresentation of credentials may result in this application being disqualified from further consideration. I affirm that all information contained in this form is true to the best of my knowledge. If at any time following the submission of this form I become aware of any actual or potential conflicts of interest or if the information provided becomes inaccurate or incomplete, promptly notify the staff contact for the City advisory body. Misstatement of fact or misrepresentation of information may result in your application being disqualified, or future dismissal from the advisory body.

08

Describe your relevant skills, knowledge, and lived experience as well as any volunteer, work, and/or educational experience that would serve the advisory body's ability to meet its mission.

09

What excites you about the possibility of serving on this advisory body? If selected and appointed to serve, what would you hope to accomplish during your service?

10

Please describe your experience working in community, diverse groups, or public bodies, and provide examples in which you contributed to productive group processes and collective work in a collaborative, multicultural, and/or multilingual setting.

11

Please describe your ability to listen and consider other perspectives which may be different from your own.

12

Please address your commitment to and experience supporting and/or advancing equitable outcomes. Refer to examples from: your school, work, community, places of faith, family, etc.

13

If you have any experience with grantmaking, please briefly describe your experience. This could include activities such as serving on a grantmaking committee or reviewing and scoring grant applications.

14

We Remove Barriers. Please let us know if there are barriers to your participation that we can help eliminate. Examples include bus/parking passes and food at meetings when in-person gatherings return, childcare, or stipends. While we may not have these options on all advisory bodies, the Advisory Bodies Program is interested in planning and budgeting in the future based on needs expressed here.

15

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