Director, Community Engagement

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION : Director, Community Engagement

DEPARTMENT : Community Impact

REPORTS TO : AVP, Community Engagement

PAY GRADE : 8

FLSA : Full Time, Exempt

SALARY RANGE : $92,000 - $95,000

PRIMARY PURPOSE

The Director, Community Engagement, is accountable for implementing United Way’s place-based Neighborhood Network Initiative, including supporting neighborhood-based community and economic development efforts. The Director, Community Engagement position is a community-facing role and will collaborate closely with the Community Impact, Resource Development, and MarCom teams in alignment with the Dual Approach of the organization. This role will also collaborate with Community Impact colleagues and other organizations across the region to wrap additional resources into Neighborhood Networks, including capacity building, program grants, community development, pro-bono assistance, corporate and community volunteers, government resources, and advocacy efforts.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support 4-5 advanced Neighborhood Networks in maintaining strong collaborative relationships. Developing and implementing annual action plans, aligning human service programs, and driving community-led economic development efforts.
• Manage implementation of annual workplan, including collaborating closely with Neighborhood Network coordinators, key stakeholders, and identifying new opportunities to enhance existing activities through cross-sector partnerships.
• Build and manage relationships with community stakeholders and high-level United Way volunteers to advance economic development projects.
• Work closely with United Way’s Senior Leadership team to ensure continuous improvement is consistently practiced across Networks.
• Provide regional guidance for variances in the model through implementation phases to refine and improve United Way’s practices.
• Work closely with internal teams to create a plan for executing capacity building strategy for Network backbone and partner agencies.
• Maintain relationships and credibility among community leadership, advocates, and residents.
• Actively engage with Neighborhood Networks’ local partners, through in-person participation in events and meetings related to the Neighborhood Network.
• Provide strategic support to Network coalitions in mobilizing government, non-profit, small business, and other community players around shared community goals.
• Collaborate with Community Impact colleagues to determine funding amounts and ensure partners adhere to grant guidelines and deliverables.
• In partnership with Resource Development, identify and win funding to support the Neighborhood Network strategy.
• Collaborate with MarCom and Volunteer Engagement departments to identify marketing and volunteer opportunities within Networks.
• Performs other responsibilities as assigned by the management team.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

BENEFITS OFFERED

TO APPLY : Candidates must officially apply through our website with a cover letter and resume along with two grant writing samples that best demonstrate their recent work.

The responsibilities listed above are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work required in the role. The above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required. The incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as assigned. We believe the term “diversity” incorporates all the characteristics that make us both alike and unique : our backgrounds, cultures, nationalities, lifestyles, identities, gender, points of view, approaches to solving problems, ways of working, and views of personal and career success. It is the intent of United Way to follow both the letter and the spirit of local, state, and federal laws governing Equal Opportunity Employment as those laws exist today and as they may change in the future.