Achieving population-level well-being in complex social outcomes cannot be achieved by any single organization working alone. It must be achieved in partnership with many organizations and institutions, which is difficult to achieve without an intentionally convened collaborative environment and regular, well-facilitated meetings. The Senior Director of Network Partnerships convenes, facilitates, and helps build collective action among a set of partners. The role leads the team of Network Directors that are working with partner organizations to improve outcomes for children and families in the Salt Lake Region, beginning with early childhood and extending through postsecondary education, health, and financial stability.
Supervise Team of Network Directors and Participate as a Department Team Lead
- Provide management and coaching to team of 3 to 4 Network Directors
- Provide support to team members in navigating adaptive moments
- Work internally, within United Way of Salt Lake and the Collective Impact department to support the development of continuous improvement and results based facilitation competencies among staff.
- Work across teams and departments to ensure that the organization and the department are utilizing these practices to improve our outcomes.
- Collaborate with department leadership to align work across roles, set department strategy, and execute on that strategy
Convene and Facilitate Outcomes-Focused, Collaborative Working Groups
- (Co)convene and (co)facilitate partnership groups toward aligned action that leads to measurable progress on identified outcomes and indicators
- Analyze existing services and collaborative working groups to identify gaps, then work with groups to ensure collective action toward measurable results
- Expertly manage group logistics, data, processes, and collateral so partnership focuses on action
Engage in Rigorous Continuous Improvement Processes
- Work with partners to quantify target population, desired outcomes, and measurable indicators of success
- Assess the current conditions, including the outcome’s trend over time and the partners that are working toward the outcome
- Monitor interventions against outcomes; ensure partnership modifies practices based on findings
Results Accountability
- Work with partners to develop a set of performance measures for each relevant program, strategy, or intervention
- Provide coaching for partners conducting improvement cycles
Support the Promise Partnership Regional Council (PPRC)
- Ensure institutional support of aligned action through systems-level institutions.
- Work in two-way communication with PPRC members to advocate for necessary systems change
- Develop the Promise Partnership’s annual report card to the community
- Oversee the Network Directors’ roles in supporting the PPRC’s subcommittees
- Provide support for bi-monthly PPRC meetings
- Ability to facilitate a partnership using the principles of Collective Impact, results-based facilitation, results-based accountability, and rapid-cycle continuous improvement
- Hold honest conversations leading to aligned actions, shared goals, and plans creation
- Foster trust and open communication with diverse partners
- Recognize and address conflict and concerns
- Proactively, constructively, and creatively problem solve
- Engage in systems thinking and help draw connections and alignment between ideas, programs, initiatives, and partners
- Interact comfortably with high-level leaders and community members from diverse backgrounds
- Synthesize information and simplify complexity; ability to discuss complex processes in accessible terms to groups and individuals.
- Locate, disaggregate, and use data to forecast, structure conversations, and make decisions
- Address disparities related to race, ethnicity, income, and other factors
- Confidence and humility to ask questions, admit and address challenges, and “fail forward”
- Experience being part of a department leadership team
- Experience supervising and coaching direct reports
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- 3-4 years of directly applicable experience
- Proficient with Microsoft and Google suites
- 1-2 years working with data and database systems
- 2-3 years supervisory experience
Salary: $71,000 to $80,000 per year