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Vice President

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West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Full-time

The Vice President of MISSION UNITED is responsible for the planning, coordination, development, contract/system management, implementation and overall leadership, vision and focus of strategies and tactics for an integrated approach to UWPBC’s MISSION UNITED efforts.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Acts as staff liaison and point person between United Way of Palm Beach County, the MISSION UNITED Advisory Council and MISSION UNITED sub-committees
  • Leads United Way’s efforts to achieve community-level improvements in the area of veteran services
  • Develop and maintain relationships with the philanthropic community and helps secure funding through sources such as government and private grants, major gifts, and in-kind support for MISSION UNITED’s fund development plan (in conjunction with United Way staff) 
  • Facilitates regular planning sessions and creates an information-sharing network among MISSION UNITED funders, staff, partners and volunteers
  • Monitor relevant community indicators to evaluate current veteran issues and programs to measure progress on key outcomes as well as work with community leaders to strengthen the community’s abilities to identify, address and fund priority veteran issues
  • Develops a procurement process to identify local community agencies to successfully deliver services to veterans and their families in Palm Beach County
  • General allocations and contract management, including service/utilization management, program design, monitoring/evaluation, technical assistance and outcomes management
  • Stays current on issues and statistics relevant to veterans and      their families
  • Facilitates and participates in community, regional, state and              national planning activities as it relates to MISSION UNITED
  • Manages MISSION UNITED effectively, including analysis of subject matter and synthesis of information, meeting management tools, notices, agendas, manuals, drafting of materials to be  considered, RFA’s, fact sheets, statistics, etc.
  • Creates informational documents, gives presentations, and acts as the organization’s lead authority, both internally and externally, on the MISSION UNITED efforts
  • Provides leadership to subcontracted partners to ensure a comprehensive, coordinated effort in delivering veteran services, and quality assurance
  • Formulates, implements, and evaluates programs to assess outcomes and overall effectiveness, collecting qualitative/quantitative data on all funded programs, determining program implementation efficiency
  • Maintains all records and documentation for all MISSION UNITED activities necessary for accountability
  • Assist with the organization’s disaster response efforts
  • Performs other duties and assumes other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor
Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s degree in Human Services, Business, Public Administration or related field preferred
Skills/Experience: 

Core Competencies:

  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Impact and Influence
  • Leading and Managing Change
  • Problem Solving
  • Relationship and Collaboration Building
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Systems and Administration
  • Team Leadership
  • Visioning and Alignment

Education/Experience

  • Military experience highly preferred
  • Minimum of five years related experience in contract management, human service delivery and/or administration
  • Experience working with budgets preferred
  • Administrative and supervisory experience working with staff and volunteers
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills, public speaking experience a plus
  • Experience with the VA and VA benefits, and/or other human services for veterans
  • Ability to build consensus and facilitate collaboration and productive relationships with diverse individuals, groups, organizations, and communities
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Demonstrated outstanding interpersonal, meeting/facilitation, and organizational skills
  • Ability to successfully move diverse groups of people towards a common vision
  • Ability to analyze work plans and develop innovative strategies to maximize results

Organization Info

United Way Worldwide

Overview
Headquarters: 
Alexandria, VA, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1934
About Us
Mission: 

United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.

United Way fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in every community. We win by living United. By forging unlikely partnerships. By finding new solutions to old problems. By mobilizing the best resources. And by inspiring individuals to join the fight against their community's most daunting social crises.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Nov 2 2019
Active Until: 
Dec 2 2019
Hiring Organization: 
United Way Worldwide
industry: 
Nonprofit