Strategic Director of Community Engagement and Development

3 weeks ago

Springfield, Massachusetts, United States Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts Full time

About the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

We are a regional philanthropic organization that leverages local generosity to support community development in Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties. Our mission is to serve our region by bringing together resources, expertise, and devoted partners to tackle complex issues.

As a strategic partner, we work collaboratively with stakeholders to advance equity and opportunity for all residents in our three-county area.

About Our Hybrid Workplace Model

Our hybrid model allows us to balance individual needs with collaboration and relationship-building across the community. While some work can be done remotely, others require an office presence or community engagement.

About the Position

The Senior Director of Community Impact and Partnerships serves as the lead for foundation-directed giving, including grantmaking activities. Utilizing a trust-based philanthropy model, this position mobilizes the CI team to design, implement, and evaluate mechanisms for distributing financial resources into the community.

This role leads the team in creating and nurturing partnerships across private, public, nonprofit, and education sectors, particularly in our strategic focus areas through a relational approach to the work.

About You - The Ideal Candidate

  • You are a collaborative leader who will serve as a thought partner to the team, with the Department VP and across the organization.
  • You listen openly, develop shared understanding, and negotiate win-win resolutions when challenges arise.
  • You encourage collaborative processes and look for connections across the team, across the organization, and across to the community in order to strengthen our work.
  • You are an adaptable supervisor who will mentor and support the team in leveraging their knowledge, strengths, and skills for collective success.
  • You are ready to supervise staff across content area expertise that includes education, arts, equity, and general grantmaking in a way that includes a value add to the team's knowledge base.
  • You are a strong partnership manager who can work with the team to develop a plan for shared partnership building and maintenance.
  • You have a demonstrated commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in philanthropy.
  • You have a proven track record of strong management techniques and experiences including project management and general administration.
  • You are someone who is self-motivated and willing to learn from the team and quickly take on the responsibilities of this role to serve as a mentor and strategic partner for the work.

About the Job Responsibilities

Oversight of Grantmaking Activities

  • This position oversees all aspects of financial resource allocation, including initiating, designing, implementing, and monitoring workflow processes and procedures for grantmaking and scholarship programs.
  • The Senior Director will maintain a portfolio of grants and contribute to the advancement of the Foundation's priority focus areas through the alignment of Foundation-directed grantmaking, learning, higher education, and nonprofit partnerships.

Promoting Community Partnerships and Collaboration

  • This role supports the cultivation and growth of community partnerships, focusing on connections within and between the local and regional education and nonprofit sectors.
  • The Senior Director will increase internal collaboration by working alongside the Development and Philanthropic Operations teams to connect the needs of the community with donor interests.

Advancing Data Collection, Evaluation, and Reporting

  • This position advances data collection, evaluation, and reporting using a collaborative approach to design and implement evaluation procedures to define and increase outputs, outcomes, and impact.
  • The Senior Director will center learning in grantmaking and Foundation-directed strategies.

Supporting Staff Development

  • This role supports staff development by being proactive and responsive to individual staff and creating ways for existing staff to gain and use those skills while recruiting additional staff when necessary.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent is preferred.

Experience:

  • Minimum of five-seven years' substantive program and operational experience;
  • At least three years' experience in philanthropy, grantmaking, and/or the education and nonprofit sectors;
  • Demonstrated experience in formulating and implementing policies and procedures;
  • Demonstrated initiative, sound judgment, and the tenacity to see tasks through to completion in an accurate and thoughtful manner.

Skills:

  • Project management: Ability to juggle multiple projects and work independently, as well as with others, in a collaborative, often fast-paced, team environment.
  • Partnership and relationship management: ability to build, evolve, and maintain partnerships and relationships with a variety of community stakeholders demonstrating emotional intelligence.
  • Effective communication skills: Excellent oral and written skills with a variety of audiences and stakeholders. Able to represent the foundation to external stakeholders.
  • Facilitative and adaptive leadership and management style: Demonstrated commitment and ability to learn about and implement management and supervision practices that are collaborative in nature and embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion and amplifies the voices of underrepresented communities.
  • Analytical and relational modalities: Able to review both quantitative and qualitative data and lead collaborative decision-making processes based on findings. Balancing that is a need to center people-their needs and experiences-at the core of our work and elevate community voice in our work.

Estimated Salary: $96,000 per year

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