photo: Building Tomorrow teachers and students 2010

Whether you feel settled or not, your current employment situation does not have to determine your future.

I have spoken to many people of all ages with career paths that initially seemed less than linear. They have bounced from the private sector to local government to non-profit and back. While some see this as “job jolting,” I encourage them to take a deeper look—there is often a connection beneath the surface. The varied positions directly, or indirectly, worked towards a similar goal: the individual’s passion. We recently wrote about Eddie González-Novoa (EG ’97) at a point in his career when he is again reinventing the shape his work takes while remaining true to his heart, and Mayor Angel Taveras (EG '92) effecting change in public office based on experience in early childhood development and law.

Stories like these serve as reminders that YOU have the power to drive your personal and professional destiny. Be open to taking risks and pushing boundaries. Varied experiences lend themselves into evolving thoughts, finally manifesting into new positions.

Keep in mind that there are multiple ways to achieve professional goals, and that you don't have to wait for someone else to push you into the job search. Remain focused, but most importantly, tune-in to your heart. Ensure that a potential job is in alignment with your passions, or what you understand your greater purpose to be. With that, I leave you with some positions that have recently passed by my desk.

Echoing Green positions

Associate, Fellow Programs [added 4/18/13] Echoing Green seeks a passionate and detail-oriented project manager and relationship builder to serve on the team that manages the search, selection, and support of an incredible group of promising social entrepreneurs.

Manager, Impact Investing Echoing Green is hiring a Manager to expand the organization’s knowledge, thought leadership, and influence in the Impact Investing field.

Development Coordinator This is a fantastic position for a career-oriented person who is passionate about fundraising and interested in opportunities for high-level experience with major institutional and individual donors, data management, and event planning.

Echoing Green funded organizations

African Leadership Academy seeks outstanding teachers to join their faculty. Open positions include their Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellowship and Head of Curriculum and Professional Development, among other roles. Find more information about the positions here.

Asylum Access seeks a Legal Services and Community Empowerment Manager at their San Francisco—Bay Area headquarters. Find more information about the positions here.

Blue Engine seeks a Director of Development, Vice President of Programs, and an Executive Assistant to the CEO. Find more information about the positions here.

Building Tomorrow seeks a Director of Development (aka Financial Optimist). Find more information about the position here.

Embrace Innovations seeks a Director of Product Development, based out of Bangalore, India.  Find more information about the position here.

Hot Bread Kitchen seeks an Operations Director. Find more information about the position here.

N-Map seeks an experienced Staff Producer to join the team in New York City. Find more information about the position here.

The OpEd Project's Headquarters team seeks an enthusiastic Operations Coordinator. Find more information about the position here.

Shining Hope seeks a Communications and US Operations Manager. Find more information about the positions here.

Global opportunities

American Parents seeks a dynamic, highly entrepreneurial, and strategic leader to fill the Executive Director position. Find more information about the position here.

BALLE seeks candidates to fill a Manager of Community Engagement and Fellowship Associate position. These positions will be based out of their new Oakland Office. Find more information about the positions here.

Brown University is hiring to launch a new social innovation/community engagement model for applied learning this fall. They seek one person to direct the program and another more junior-level staff. Find more information about the positions here and here.

Equal Justice Works seeks creative, solution-oriented and high-energy individuals to fill their Operations Manager and Senior Manager of Fellowships and Advancement positions. Find more information about the positions here.

Gen Next seeks to fill a Senior Management and Operations Position. The positions are based in beautiful Newport Beach, CA. Find more information about the positions here.

Makeshift, the magazine of fringe innovation around the world, seeks Interns. Remote applicants welcome. Find more information about the positions here.

New Profit seeks a strategic, entrepreneurial, and intellectually curious Communications Director to set, guide, and implement an organization-wide communications strategy for the firm.  Find more information about the position here.

Spitfire Strategies is a communications firm that seeks to fill its Vice President and Training Coordinator positions. Find more information about the positions here.

The B Team seeks an experienced, inspiring, effective and passionate Program Management Consultant to lead and deliver a new global accounting standard. Find more information about the position here.

The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) seeks a Communications Director to oversee the management and execution of NCoC’s external communications programs. Find more information about the position here.

The Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington (the Roundtable), a premier alliance of 300 nonprofit leaders in the region, seeks a seasoned executive, skilled manager, and sector thought-leader to serve as President. Find more information about the position here.

The Presidio Trust seeks to fill several positions including communications and sales/event management. Find more information about the positions here.

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Ensure that any potential job aligns w your passions. Our April #socialimpact #jobs list to help you do that: ht.ly/jRAYv #socent

— Echoing Green (@echoinggreen) April 8, 2013