The Vice President of Community Impact works in collaboration with the CEO, Board and UWSD colleagues to shape and lead our education and family self-sufficiency programs. With substantial knowledge of public education and educational institutions, and a deep commitment to affecting change for marginalized populations, the VP is a leader, bridge-builder and expert collaborator who is focused on harnessing resources to achieve measurable impact. This executive has deep experience managing and inspiring staff and volunteer leaders, scaling up successful efforts, and working effectively with multi-ethnic, multi-cultural communities and people. The VP reports directly to the CEO and works in collaboration with other senior staff within UWSD.
Strategic and Collaborative Leadership
- Developing new strategic partnerships with allied organizations and institutions that embrace the vision of UWSD’s education and family self-sufficiency initiatives
- Providing on-going programmatic recommendations to the CEO and board based on creativity, financial analysis and projections, risk assessment, outcome measures and political realities
- Being a thought-partner to the CEO on new initiatives while balancing the demands of the current work
- Partnering with the CEO, board and staff on developing operational plans
- Engaging the CEO and staff on issues and trends in the field that may result in changes to the operating model and operational delivery
Community Engagement
- Actively engaging with community members, schools and organizations throughout San Diego County to explore opportunities for strengthening connections between stakeholders who are committed to UWSD’s education and family self-sufficiency initiatives
- Raising the visibility of UWSD and its brand to current and future stakeholders throughout the San Diego region
- Championing the work of UWSD to school officials, public agencies and private funders
- Promoting UWSD’s education and family self-sufficiency initiatives through public events, public speaking and individual engagement
- Working actively to engage multi-cultural and multi-ethnic communities and people
Management
- Developing and overseeing all financial and operational activities pertaining to UWSD community impact programs (budget of approximately $5M)
- Overseeing grant seeking and foundation relationships and other non-workplace resource development activities
- Managing and monitoring budgets, grant applications, reporting and funds distribution plan allocations
- Creating and monitoring outcome metrics that inform the education and financial self-sufficiency programs
- Working effectively within a collaborative organizational environment where ideas and feedback are freely shared
- Building a cohesive team of eleven staff and additional board members that engage the ideas of people with diverse skill-sets and backgrounds at all levels
- Operating with transparency and accountability with the CEO, at the board and staff level
QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in high-level management, ideally within a nonprofit organization or a public institution
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Keen analytic, organization and problem solving skills which support and enable sound decision making
- Prior experience supervising, coaching and mentoring a staff team
- Experience working with volunteers, and leaders of corporations, foundations and public agencies
- Good writing and communication skills – is comfortable speaking to large and small audiences
- A commitment to lead by example, passion for creating change, and dedication to the mission
- Multicultural and bilingual in a language spoken by a portion of families served by the UWSD a plus.
- Experience with collective impact, a plus
Salary range: $100,000 - $125,000. Benefits provided
Relocation expenses: Not paid