The Director of Financial Stability is responsible for leading Trident United Way’s (TUW) Financial Stability (FS) Impact Area in the Community Impact Division. The Director is responsible for 1) using the Collective Impact discipline to affect community level change, 2) providing the global vision and supervision of staff for financial stability-focused initiatives, namely the strategic direction and partnerships of the Berkeley and Dorchester Prosperity Centers., and 3) overseeing the financial stability investment strategy
Areas of Responsibility:
Essential Function 1:
- Using the Tri-county Region Improvement Process (T.R.I.P.) and applying the Collective Impact discipline, manages the backbone structure, convenes stakeholders and leverages relationships to facilitate collective creation and implementation of common agenda, common metrics, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication to create measurable progress toward improvements in our region's education outcomes.
Essential Function 2:
- Oversee the operations and strategic direction of the Berkeley and Dorchester Prosperity Centers to include but not be limited to, supervision of the Berkley and Dorchester Operations Specialists, data-driven design restructure and/or alignment with the financial stability collective impact initiative based on community feedback sessions and serving as the Centers’ core and community partners’ primary relationship manager.
Essential Function 3:
- Serve as the primary Relationship Manager and manage all functions of the Funded Partner Model of Support of financial stability funded partners in the Program Investment strategy process, including but not limited to completing quarterly administrative reporting, providing technical assistance (both compliance and programmatic), monitoring and evaluation.
Essential Function 4:
- Identify and secure grants and other financial resources, in conjunction with partners and TUW Resource Development staff, to seed new funding, strategic initiatives and oversee efficient and effective use of these resources. Manages and maintains existing grants and administration, including reporting and budgets (in conjunction with Finance).
Essential Function 5
- Working with the Evaluation & Learning department, maintain quarterly key performance indicators and progress reporting, in addition to identifying financial stability data and statistics to aid in data-driven decision-making for internal and external investments, partnerships and initiatives.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as a part of the Community Impact directors and support staff team and participate in regular staff meetings, planning sessions, trainings, and committee and board meetings
- Participates as a champion, project lead, and/or member of organizational development teams as required.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s Degree business, public administration or related field required, Master’s preferred
Skills/Experience:
Experience
- Minimum of 7 years in the public sector, business, human services or related field required
- 3 years supervisory experience required
- 2-3 years grant writing and grants administration experience preferred
- 2-3 years of project management experience preferred
- 5 years of program development/management of high poverty or disadvantaged populations preferred
- Working knowledge of collective impact/convening methodologies required
- Minimum of 1 year experience in applying evaluation methodology preferred
Skills
- Strong project management skills and ability to balance complex, multi-faceted initiatives with competing priorities
- Highly entrepreneurial and action-oriented personality
- Experience with the Collective Impact discipline and continuous quality improvement methodologies
- Experience using data to drive collective decision making
- Excellent interpersonal skills and effective oral and written communication that supports the involvement, engagement, ownership and transparency among diverse stakeholders
- Ability to anticipate and recognize hurdles/obstacles and to broker collaborative problem-solving and issue resolution
- Facilitative leadership style and the ability to provide continuous, strategic communication to multiple audiences
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to changes within both the organization and community
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced performance management culture
- Demonstrated ability to engage, lead, motivate, supervise and manage a diverse staff, while engaging community partnerships, community leaders and volunteers
- Ability to work independently or cross-functionally to advance progress toward individual and team goals
- Ability to initiate and lead a project from conception to implementation
- Ability to plan, organize and facilitate meetings and presentations
- Knowledge of nonprofit agency operations and management
- Knowledge of current public policy issues
- Knowledge of fundraising and grant-writing procedures
- Ability to develop and manage budgets
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF JOB
- This job requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
- Worker must frequently use typical office equipment (telephone, copier, printer, fax, etc.).
- Worker sits most of the time.
- Worker communicates with constituents, clients, and/or partners by phone and in person.
- Routinely required to walk and regularly travel by car.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Sep 24 2017
Active Until:
Oct 24 2017
Hiring Organization:
United Way Worldwide
industry:
Nonprofit