The Tax Program Manager is an integral member of UWNEFL’s Community Impact team and will provide strategic leadership for UWNEFL’s premier poverty reduction strategy, RealSense. This foundational strategy has crosscutting implications for the organization’s overall body of impact work: driving results in the areas of youth success, financial stability, and health as well as investing in historically challenged neighborhoods connecting efforts to impact generational poverty. The Manager will ensure successful and effective management of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and MyFree Taxes initiatives throughout Northeast Florida including cross-collaboration and communication throughout UWNEFL, ongoing communication with grantors and other key stakeholders including the IRS SPEC Relationship Manager, and the planning, and evaluation of strategies for volunteer recruitment, retention, and training. The Manager will represent UWNEFL at local, state, and national conferences and meetings and ensure that UWNEFL’s agenda and investments are integrated, leveraged and aligned with the many facets of financial stability work throughout Northeast Florida.
TAX SITE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS
The Tax Program Manager is experienced in program management and operations including staff leadership, scheduling, coordination, logistics and budgeting. The Manager enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, problem solving, negotiating, and meeting deadlines. Specifically, the Tax Program Manager will:
- Identify and confirm all tax site locations, including hours/days of operation and staffing needs
- Manage scheduling of mobile tax site locations, including staffing needs
- Conduct quality inspections of tax site locations to ensure adherence to IRS guidelines and standards
- Ensure tax sites are fully staffed with tax preparers during hours/days of operation
- Provide technical support to all tax sites, Site Coordinators and volunteers
- Serve as primary point of contact with IRS
- Serve as administrator of the tax program appointment scheduling program
- Recruit, hire and train 30-35 paid seasonal tax professionals in the roles of Site Coordinator and Tax Preparer, coordinating with United Way Human Resources and temporary staffing agency to secure contract for services
- Track all budgeted hours for paid tax site positions
- Oversee all aspects of equipment purchase (as needed) and distribution of equipment to the tax sites
- Coordinate with IT personnel and IRS to ensure proper software installation and set up
- Oversee collection and re-inventory of tax site equipment and supplies at the end of the tax season
- Secure training locations including negotiating contracts and fees
- Develop the training schedule for all tax program positions and ensure all training sessions are fully staffed
- Develop training curricula as necessary
MARKETING
Understanding the importance of creative and effective storytelling, the relationship between effective marketing and program results, and the overall RealSense business plan, the Tax Program Manager works purposefully with the Marketing/Communications, Resource Development and the Community Impact teams to achieve desired results. Specifically, the Tax Program Manager will:
- Work in partnership with the Director of Financial Stability to develop a marketing strategy for VITA and MyFreeTaxes for Northeast Florida
- Ensure tax site information on the UWNEFL website and 2-1-1 is up-to-date
- Regularly submit client and volunteer stories to Marketing/Communications and Community Impact that highlight successes and challenges of program
REPORTING
The Tax Program Manager is detail oriented and has strong competencies in data collection, presentation, and reporting. Specifically, the Tax Program Manager will:
- Provide data, information and support with preparing grant reports and applications
- Prepare, submit and communicate weekly production reports to monitor progress during tax season
- Prepare end-of-season progress reports, statistical and demographic reports and other information needed for grant reporting
VOLUNTEER COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT
The Tax Program Manager is experienced in working with diverse sets of volunteers, volunteer recruitment and retention. He/she understands the nuances that are associated with volunteer-driven initiatives and excels in communication. He/she is flexible and committed to meeting the needs of volunteers and UWNEFL’s Volunteer and Community Engagement team. Specifically, the Tax Program Manager will assist the Volunteer Coordinator in:
- collecting client and volunteer success stories
- planning and executing tax site related events
- developing and administering volunteer recruitment strategies
- 2-4 years progressively responsible, related experience
- Excellent time management, planning and organizing skills
- Familiarity with VITA tax site processes and software
- Program/Project Management experience
- Excellent presentation and computer skills
- Must be proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Salary: $41,000 to $50,000 per year