Senior Consultant - Talent Pool - Common Impact

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About Common Impact 

Common Impact is a nationally recognized nonprofit with a mission to align business and social purpose. Founded in 2000, Common Impact has partnered with Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of nonprofit organizations in the US and globally, to create this transformational change.   

We break down barriers that exist between sectors and industries to create meaningful partnerships between companies, social sector organizations, and the people that drive them. The common purpose of these connections: to deliver real value to each partner through innovations in community engagement and, ultimately, to address deeply rooted and complex social challenges.  

With a deep understanding of both mission-focused and business goals, Common Impact enables growing nonprofits to achieve even greater results in our communities, while simultaneously engaging corporate employees in dynamic and challenging opportunities that develop their skills and unlock successful, purpose-driven careers. 

Learn more about our services and impact, the companies we work with, and our nonprofit partners. 

Position Summary 

Over the past twenty years, Common Impact has built a leading model to connect talented professionals from global companies to nonprofits through skills-based volunteerism. As corporate engagement and investment in social challenges deepens, Common Impact is expanding and evolving to meet the new demands of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) space.  

This full-time Senior Consultant position is an excellent opportunity for a professional 6-8 years into their career with a mix of skills in program/project management, client relationship management, leadership, and team oversight. The Senior Consultant is a member of our Programs team and will manage a portfolio of 4-6 corporate partners to design, oversee, and implement Common Impact’s suite of high-quality skills-based volunteering programming including our global engagements.  

The Senior Consultant will also support corporate partners in developing their overall corporate social responsibility program strategy, often working to develop more complex skills-based volunteering programming and/or pilots.  

Lastly, the Senior Consultant will be a leading voice on the Programs team ,and will manage a group of direct reports while also serving as a resource and thought partner to all members of the Programs team across our US and global programming. 

Key Responsibilities 

As a full-time Senior Consultant, you will be expected to: 

• Manage and Execute Common Impact’s Services with Corporate Partners: Common Impact is dedicated to program excellence. The programs team is responsible for the delivery of innovative and highly impactful programming. This involves designing, executing, and evaluating our products and services in partnership with our corporate and nonprofit partners. You will be responsible for successful management of an evolving portfolio of 4-6 corporate partners, including understanding client goals and adapting our services to meet them, managing projects to be completed on time and on-budget, securing impact for nonprofits and overseeing and working collaboratively with multiple colleagues. On a day-to-day basis, the Senior Consultant will build strong relationships with corporate clients, volunteer teams and nonprofit partners during project execution, and provide problem-solving and thought partnership to the internal program delivery team, to secure impact and excellence across projects. 
   

• Design and Deliver on Strategic Corporate Consulting Engagements: You will also be assigned more complex accounts where you will be tasked with helping a client develop their overall corporate social responsibility program strategy, potentially including building complex programming, launching new pilots, or developing tools and resources to support their employees engaging in skills-based volunteering. The Senior Consultant is expected to build and maintain strong, long-lasting partnerships with our key corporate and nonprofit clients in both the U.S and globally. 
   

• Understand Corporate Social Impact Trends and Nonprofit Needs: Members of the Programs team are Common Impact’s experts in corporate social impact, skills-based volunteering, and nonprofit needs. Individuals in the Senior Consultant role should understand and be comfortable speaking to the needs of these sectors and taking a continuous innovation approach that balances the goals for both our corporate and nonprofit stakeholders to ensure our programming is impactful and engaging. On the nonprofit side, the Senior Consultant will reach out to viable nonprofits, hold scoping calls to assess potential fit for a Common Impact engagement, and present project options to corporate partners to identify those with the strongest alignment between corporate skills and nonprofit need. Senior Consultants should be comfortable speaking to nonprofit needs in a variety of functional areas such as Operations, Technology, Marketing, and Strategic Planning. 
   

• Facilitate and Present at Meetings and Events: Senior Consultants are lead facilitators for weekly meetings with our corporate and nonprofit partners and are the face of Common Impact’s programming for virtual and in-person events such as our Days of Service. Senior Consultants also help design and facilitate panel discussions, trainings, and occasional thought leadership activities. Individuals in this role should be comfortable speaking confidently in meetings, presenting decks, creating and facilitating agendas, and managing programmatic logistics for both virtual and in-person settings. Common Impact’s global programming means Consultants should be comfortable with some out-of-hours work, and with navigating working across time-zones and cultures. 
   

• Manage and Mentor Staff: Senior Consultants will directly supervise 1-2 Consultants or Associate Consultants and are responsible for supporting their growth at the organization and evaluating their performance. In addition, Common Impact operates in a matrixed management structure, meaning that you will supervise and work with a mix of small project teams that vary from account to account. Senior Consultants are expected to delegate, model best practices and a solutions mindset and build team cohesion across project teams. As leaders on the team, Senior Consultants play an important role in mentoring team members outside of their direct reports and serving as a resource and thought partners for all members of the Programs team including the Chief Programs Officer. Senior Consultants also support Common Impact’s leaders in identifying and encouraging employee growth opportunities for Programs team members, ensuring that growth remains a critical component of Common Impact’s organizational culture. 

• Help shape Common Impact organizational strategy and culture: As key leaders on Common Impact’s team, Senior Consultants have an important voice and perspective. They are expected to speak up at meetings, lead trainings, model a solutions-based approach for others, provide their perspective, give input when the organization is considering making changes or decisions, and help shape overall organizational strategy and culture. 
   

• Innovate and Refine our Services: Common Impact values innovation and continuous iteration of our programs and services. Senior Consultants are expected to lead the Programs team in sharing learnings on areas for improvement, helping steward refinements to our products and services, and ensuring our offerings are evolving to meet the needs of the social impact sector. The Consultant role will contribute to growing Common Impact’s global presence and programming. 
   

Required Skills 

Experience: 6-8 years of project management, program management, consulting, corporate social impact, and/or cross-sector experience.  

Location: Common Impact is a hybrid optional organization with authorization to hire employees across the US and with work authorization. 

Travel: Our clients have a national footprint. This role will require approximately 10% domestic travel to service those clients (as long as it is safe to do so based on public health guidelines). 

You might be a strong fit for this role if you:  

• Are comfortable managing multiple projects and workstreams with overlapping timelines and levels of priority including across time zones for our global programming 

• Have experience leading teams, solving complex problems, and building organizational-level strategy 

• Have cross-sector expertise in both the nonprofit and corporate sectors 

• Consider yourself a strong relationship manager and are adept at building rapport and buy-in with external clients and internal teams  

• Are a natural problem solver and critical thinker who can synthesize information, ask insightful questions, spot trends quickly, and use information to adapt and design programs to meet client needs and business goals 

• Are an excellent writer and speaker, who is just as comfortable writing project briefs as you are facilitating meetings and events virtually and in-person 

• Enjoy working in a remote environment and take the initiative to autonomously kick-off, manage, and evaluate deadline-based projects successfully  

• Know how to manage up, elevate issues, and ask for support to ensure problems are proactively identified, internal and external stakeholders are informed of key decisions, and best practices are incorporated throughout a program 

• Enjoy interacting with a variety of stakeholders across seniority, including corporate social impact professionals, nonprofit CEOs, and corporate volunteers. 

• Are tech savvy and comfortable with a variety of technology tools including, Asana, Salesforce, Zoom, and Microsoft Suite 

• Are looking for a work environment where you can bring your genuine self and are eager to be involved in social impact and mission-driven work 

• Are committed to principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and will help uphold these principles internally and externally as a Common Impact employee 

Compensation, Benefits, and Work Environment  

Salary and Benefits: The salary range for this position is $71,400 - $96,600 annually and commensurate with experience. Common Impact offers competitive benefits, including 3 weeks (15 days) of vacation to start, 10 office holidays, the final week of the year off, and 12 sick days; a 401k plan and 2% match; 12 weeks of paid parental leave; and employer-paid medical and dental coverage for individuals. 

Remote Work Environment: Common Impact operates as a remote flexible organization and creates opportunities for team cohesion and connection through monthly virtual team building events and quarterly in-person retreats. As a remote flexible organization, all employees receive technology tools such as a laptop, monitor, and keyboard, as well as a one-time remote set up stipend, to help create a comfortable working environment. Employees can also choose to work in a flexible co-working space on occasion. 

Common Impact Values: At Common Impact, we strongly believe that the spirit in which we do our work is as important as the work itself. We pride ourselves on excellence, innovation, fostering collaboration between groups that might not otherwise interact, and a willingness to have fun with our work. A successful candidate for this position will embody and protect our organizational values of service and equity, unlikely partnerships, ingenuity, and levity. 

How to Apply 

Common Impact is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse community. Common Impact strongly encourages people of color and women to apply. To apply, please complete the application on this page and indicate why you’re interested in this position and your relevant work experience. 

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