The Collective Impact Senior Specialist supports the development, facilitation, implementation, monitoring and management of results-based, collective impact initiatives for an identified community through collaboration with schools, community organizations, businesses and other stakeholders. The Collective Impact Senior Specialist is charged with developing relationships with various sectors to engage them in efforts to implement a shared community vision to improve outcomes for students, families and community members. The Collective Impact Senior Specialist works to achieve results identified by the identified community’s Leadership Table.
Areas of Responsibility:
The Collective Impact Senior Specialist has primary responsibility for the coordination and management of collective impact projects initiated in Cocke County. These functions include, but may not be limited to the following:
- Partnership Management: Initiate and foster collaborative partnerships with school districts, community members, business leaders and others to accelerate outcomes and ensure the growth and sustainability of partnership efforts. Provide ongoing support and leadership for Leadership Table and working group meetings. Coordinate with other organizations in the field to maintain a full understanding of the current landscape of local and regional activities in order to promote integration and collaboration within and across multiple sectors. (25%)
- Project Management: In collaboration with the Leadership Table, coordinate the work of multiple partners, advance their collective work through results-based methods and hold them accountable for action items needed to achieve objectives. Collaborate closely with national management team to share progress, synthesize learning and make course corrections with implications for all collective impact communities. Plan, deploy and monitor budget aligned with partners’ work. (35%)
- Capacity Building: Facilitate the development of a shared vision that will guide transformative change in the community and support community partners in adopting performance measures and targets that accomplish community driven goals. Advance and model Results Count Leadership competencies: 1) Be results-based and data-driven; 2) Bring attention to and act on disparities; 3) Use oneself as an instrument of change; 4) Master “adaptive leadership skills”; and 5) Collaborate with others to align actions and move work to result. (10%)
- Communication: Facilitate smooth and consistent communication among all members of the initiative by coordinating regular updates (email, phone and/or in person) to ensure alignment of activity. (15%)
- Continuous Improvement: Oversee the development and implementation of a shared measurement system that will track common outcomes and indicators across the initiative and use results to inform learning and continuous improvement. Create and disseminate regular reports on group progress against goals and indicators. (15%)
Educational Background:
Bachelor degree or equivalent relevant experience required;
Skills/Experience:
- You have a minimum 5-7 years' experience in area of expertise;
- Professional level of technical or managerial knowledge, skills, and experience to manage the operational activities of a unit or team, or provide the technical and management support related to various size programs, grants or projects;
- Dedication to equity and inclusion in education and economic opportunity;
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and comfort in collaborative networked environments;
- Strong financial management, analytical and strategic planning skills;
- Values differences and diversity;
- Strong organizational and project management skills;
- Passion for community service and the ability to work as part of a professional team;
- Knowledge of collective impact and results-based leadership a plus;
- Autonomy to work independently with limited guidance and be attentive to details
Compensation/Benefits:
- Aetna Medical and Dental insurance with a concierge service
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Vision Insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Commuter Benefit Program
- Vacation and Sick leave
- Paid holidays
What makes us special!
- Generous Retirement Savings with matching company contributions of up to 8%
- Family Leave – 10 additional days of paid time off for you to use to care for your family members
- Additional Maternity and Paternity Leave – 30 days where parents can take additional paid leave (beyond short-term disability and FMLA) at the birth or adoption of a child during that critical first year!
- Critical Child Illness Leave – We hope you never have to use it, but we will provide an additional 30 days of paid leave per year should your dependent child be faced with a critical illness.
- Pet Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Identity Protection, Home, Auto and additional Life insurances
- Summer Fun Fridays – During the summer months, early release at 1:30 pm every other Friday!
- Volunteer Day – One paid day a year to support the causes that matter to you!
- Leadership and Employee Development Training, including:
- Our remarkable in-house CORE, Senior Management Development, and Leadership Development Programs
- Language learning opportunities
- Continuous Improvement skill development programs
- Brown Bag information sharing sessions
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Mar 22 2019
Active Until:
Apr 22 2019
Hiring Organization:
Save the Children US
industry:
Nonprofit