Social and Community Impact Director - HR Pals

Our client is hiring for a Social and Community Impact Director to join their team.

Position Summary

Reporting directly to the Chief Impact Officer, the Director, Social and Community Impact, is a member of a high performing team responsible for executing strategic partnerships and projects, implementing legacy programs for major sporting events through the foundation charitable arm. The Director will also oversee and manage our client's legacy programing in the areas of swim, track and field, and coaching education. The Director will have strong project and program management experience at a high level and will oversee and support the successful delivery of several strategic initiatives. The individual is a proven leader with experience managing cross-functional initiatives, coordaining senior level/high profile stakeholders, and driving implementation through collaborative teamwork is critical to the success of highly visible strategic partnerships. This position is cross-functional and collaborates with multiple entities within our client's enterprise including but not limited to grants, operations, marketing, and executive leadership. The individual will also understand grantmaking processes and have experience using data to track progress and effectiveness of efforts and develop summary and detailed reports to support transparent communications for internal and external stakeholders.

Seeking a thoughtful, strategic, intuitive individual with strong communication skills and the desire to be a key contributor to the organization's efforts. The ideal candidate will have experience working in nonprofit, philanthropic or social impact organization managing collaborative efforts or programming focused on gender or racial equity with varied stakeholders and can implement programs and projects with efficiency, transparency and joy.

Responsibilities

Program Management

• Implement and manage cross-functional programs and projects with external partners.
• Create, manage and present detailed project plans and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate teams and project resources for on-time task completion
• Work collaboratively with other teams in the enterprise.
• Support coordination with other teams within the enterprise through clear documentation, communication, and management of project plans.
• Design, develop and distribute program reports and analytics that effectively track project progress to defined metrics and support stakeholder review
• Drive alignment across all programs and identify opportunities to collaborate
• Develop and cultivate relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Lead grantee capacity building efforts including communities of practice.

Management and Leadership

• Support the establishment of new partnerships with stakeholders, civic institutions, corporations to advance the mission, values and strategic vision.
• Co-create departmental goals to support the success of the department and the Foundation overall.
• Supervise and identify strengths of team members and identify and support professional development opportunities
• Lead and participate in organizational wide teams to support success of the Foundation
• Manage and report on the internal budget and resources.
• Represent the Foundation at community events.

Grantmaking

• Support and review program outcomes, analyze data to inform future program and related grantmaking strategy.
• Implement, support and manage programmatic grants and contracts.
• In collaboration with the grants team, makes program specific grant recommendations

Qualifications and Skills

• Master's Degree or equivalent experience.
• Ten years of experience in program management, four or more years as program manager or program officer.
• Knowledge and passion for youth development.
• Experience with youth sports, coaching education.
• Experience with and understanding of basics of grantmaking and familiarity with grants management software and relational databases.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills. Able to adapt communication style to suit different audiences.
• Demonstrated experience managing stakeholder expectations through clearly defined project objectives and focused execution against plans
• Creative problem solver who is interested in understanding different points of view and new ways of approaching problems.
• Values-driven with a demonstrated passion for the work of our client. Strives to model organizational values through daily actions and behaviors.
• Ability to effectively multitask, prioritize, organize and collaborate, especially on multiple
• projects with competing priorities simultaneously.
• Adaptable and comfortable working on dynamic projects.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to work efficiently and multi-task.
• Valid driver's license and automobile.

Working Conditions

• General office environment. Hybrid working environment with a minimum of three days per week on site.
• Occasional weekend, late afternoon, and evening hours.
• Physical demands may include lifting and moving equipment and supplies up to 25 pounds, visual acuity in reviewing detailed computer records, physical requirements related to sports activities and periodic travel
• The above description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and is not intended to limit the scope of potential work assignments.

Benefits and Salary

Medical, dental, vision, life, 401k employer contribution, fitness benefit, thirteen paid holidays, two floating holidays, one week winter holiday office closure.

Our client acknowledges that equal opportunity for all persons is a fundamental human value. Each employee and applicant will be considered on the basis of individual ability and merit, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristics.

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