UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS
BAY and MERRIMACK VALLEY
Job Description
About Us:
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack
Valley is advancing the common good in our region by providing help
today in ways that strengthen tomorrow. Our work ensures that children
are ready to learn when they enter school, stay engaged in learning
and graduate able to compete, and are nurtured by families that have
the financial stability to support both their basic needs and future
success. No other single organization has the scope, expertise and influence
to bring together hundreds of human services agencies, government, businesses,
private foundations and dedicated volunteers around a common vision
of creating maximum impact and achieving long-lasting results.
Why United
Way?
We all want to have the greatest possible impact on our community and
the issues that we care about. Join the movement. Through United Way,
you unite your hopes and strengths with others to accomplish more than
any of us can alone.
POSITION TITLE: Director, Community Impact
DIVISION: Community Impact (CI)
REPORTS TO: Assistant
Vice President - Community Impact
STATUS: Exempt, Full-time
POSITION OVERVIEW:
Work with staff, volunteers, community
residents, organizations and leaders to further United Way’s mission
and increase its investment in community building activities that focus
on preventing problems, strengthening local assets and increasing neighborhood
leadership. Staff volunteer committees which review and make funding
recommendations regarding human service organizations affiliated and/or
partnering with United Way, serving as primary liaison to these agencies.
Build relationships on behalf of United Way with key community leaders
and constituents. Participate in refining and implementing Community
Impact Division priorities, strategies and initiatives to build on community
assets that address needs and barriers. Contribute to organizational
fundraising efforts. Assist United Way’s efforts to keep abreast
of state, community and neighborhood issues. Represent United
Way in statewide and community meetings.
Experience required in issues relating
to Family Financial Stability (FFS) required. This term is utilized
by United Way to include the programs tools and resource elements necessary
to enable families to achieve economic security (i.e., workforce development,
affordable housing, asset formation, basic needs and financial education).
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Family Financial Stability Issue Area
Knowledge:
- Assume content leadership
role in prioritizing FFS objectives, strategies and community impact
targets as a member of the FFS Team;
- Participate in implementation
of FFS impact area funds distribution strategies:
- Manage capacity-building and
special initiatives for targeted impact;
- Help analyze and develop funding
priorities for each funding cycle.
- Agency and community relations:
- Develop relationships with
United Way-funded agencies;
- Become knowledgeable about
components of organizational excellence, program quality and outcome
measurement;
- Facilitate discussions regarding
development of FFS community goals and community agenda;
- Monitor progress in achieving
FFS multi-year outcomes and measures;
- Identify gaps in United Way’s
FFS impact area and initiate new relationships, strategies or initiatives
to address identified needs (internal/external).
- Facilitate partnership, stakeholder,
volunteer and agency portfolio management activities;
- Explore implications of public
policy for the FFS impact area and recommend United Way positions;
- Work with internal/external
resources to help develop and implement effective volunteer strategies
(including working with community partners, volunteer recruitment, event
planning, volunteer training, and program evaluation) to align with
impact goals;
- Build and maintain relationships
with assigned community- based agencies including their leadership staff,
board members and community constituents. Serve as primary liaison
and deepen relationships between UWMBMV and assigned agencies;
- Manage all aspects of the
fund distribution and decision –making process with agencies volunteers
and UWMBMV staff. Develop fund distribution recommendations and write
funding reports for affiliates and grantees;
- Grant management and special
cross-organizational initiatives as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelors Degree in related
field required
- Masters Degree preferred
- Five to seven years proven
experience and success in Family Financial Stability programming, including:
experience in one or more of the following: workforce development, affordable
housing, asset formation, basic needs and/or financial education.
- Experience in working with
low-income communities and other diverse groups, with the ability to
build and sustain productive relationships with diverse individuals,
groups, organizations and communities
- Demonstrated experience in
planning and implementing community based initiatives
- Ability to build consensus,
collaborate with and convene multiple partners in efforts that produce
specific deliverables and demonstrable outcomes
- Ability to meet aggressive
deadlines and handle multiple priorities
- Proficiency in attending to
detail with ability to organize, prioritize and effectively contribute
within team setting
- Excellent analytical ability
and superior problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal,
listening, writing and facilitation skills
- Familiarity with request for
proposal (RFP) processes preferred
- Ability to take concepts through
project management to completion with little supervision.
- Knowledge of research pertaining
to issues of financial/economic stability- local and national issues
and trends preferred
- Familiarity with nonprofit
financial management and budget analysis preferred.
- Microsoft Office skills and
experience required.
- Commitment to excellence and
the mission of United Way!
QUALIFIED APPLICANTS
SHOULD FORWARD A RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO:
United Way
of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, Human Resources Coordinator,
51 Sleeper
Street, Boston, MA 02210. Fax: 617- 624-9114
email: humanresources@supportunitedway.org
For Information
on additional opportunities, please visit www.supportunitedway.org
United Way of Massachusetts
Bay and Merrimack Valley is committed to hiring individuals who reflect
the diversity of the communities it serves.