The Finance Manager maintains Street Roots’ (SR) financial records, recording transactions, generating invoices, and supporting the creation of financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting principles. Please see the full job description on our website.
Compensation: $28.85/hour ($30,004/year). Prorated to position’s FTE, paid vacation, sick leave, and floating holiday.
Employment status: Part-time Non-Exempt, 20 hours a week. This position is a member of the bargaining unit with the Communications of the World America (CWA) Local 7901.
How to apply: Send an email with your cover letter and resume to admin@streetroots.org with ‘Finance Manager’ in the subject line. Please, underscore applicable skills unique to you in your cover letter. The skills and experience listed in the job description are what we believe is necessary to succeed in this position. However, we encourage all interested applicants to apply even if your skills are not a match with all requested qualifications. Incomplete applications will not be considered. References will be requested of our final candidates.
Application deadline: We are accepting applications until April 21, 2025.
About Street Roots: Founded in 1999, Street Roots is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization in Portland, Oregon, that publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. Each week, over 100 Street Roots vendors purchase copies of the newspaper for 25 cents each, then sell them on the streets of Portland for $1, keeping the profits. More than 400 vendors sell the newspaper during the course of a year. Our weekly, award-winning newspaper is filled with quality local journalism focused on social and environmental justice issues. Our content includes a mix of in-depth reporting by professional journalists, along with op-eds from community members and social justice oriented organizations. We also regularly feature poetry and other writings by vendors, produced independently and through our creative writing workshops.