The Vice President of Community Impact leads Foothills United Way’s community programs and grant-making activity, reporting to the President. Key success indicators include:
Developing and maintaining strong relationships with volunteers, nonprofits, government partners, schools, funders, faith communities, and other community leaders
- Active participation in results-driven community coalitions and collaborations
- Building trust and consensus externally and internally
- Providing inspired leadership to Foothills United Way’s strategy
- Transferring knowledge between community partners
- Providing leadership that connects and unites service providers for greater impact
Community Building
Maintain relationships with local policy leaders, service providers, funder partners, local governments, schools and community advocates to:
- understand current trends, successes and gaps in human services related to our priority areas
- convene stakeholders to help set community-wide human service agendas
- increase integrated service delivery
- connect strategic partners for initiatives
- help develop (with partners) the collaborative competencies of nonprofit leaders
Strategic and Operations Planning
- As part of the leadership team of Foothills United Way, participate in recommending policy and practice to the Board, and operationalize direction from the Board
- Implement the strategic plan
- Report on strategic plan progress
Program Management
- Provide leadership to staff directing Attainable Housing initiatives, Community Engagement and Community Resilience programs
- Manage internal program budgets
- Along with community volunteers, implement grant proposal, award and measurement processes
- Continue to evolve our community investment and impact activity and direction
- Provide staff leadership for the Community Impact Committee
- Serve on the advisory councils for the Personal Investment Enterprise, Community Engagement and Community Resilience programs
- Participate in shared leadership for our major Day of Caring event
Organizational Promotion
- Provide program goals and outcomes to share with our constituents, and work with our marketing team to provide stories to share with donors and the community
- Help frame community programs as “products” for our donors
- As part of the leadership team, help communicate strategic goals and program activities to local policy leaders, service providers and community advocates
At least 5 years’ experience with community organizations, community planning, public policy or related human service fields; engagement with successful partnered initiatives preferred; demonstrated leadership of staff and volunteers, and team-oriented work.
Skills
- Analytical thinking and creative problem solving
- Strategic and project planning
- High proficiency in oral and written communication
- Listening, interpersonal relationship building and group facilitation
- Outcome measurement
- Lifelong Learner