THE WORK DESCRIPTION BELOW IS FOR CONSULTANT/INDEPENDENT CONTRACTED WORK ONLY. THIS WORK IS NOT PERFORMED AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE ORGANIZATION.

Objectives:

Assist in IDA’s efforts to develop a Collective Impact backbone organization and workgroups within designated states

Recruit and assist with training of Collective Impact workgroup members for designated Collective Impact state(s)

Assist BCEC and Home Office Staff on the Collective Impact work and trends

Assist in identifying trends, opportunities, challenges, and solutions within the Collective Impact workflows.

In partnership with Home Office and Collective Impact Coordinators, serve as a conduit of information between working groups and steering committee.

In partnership with Home Office, provide recommendations to Steering Committee on materials needed to carry out Collective Impact activities within the state.

Skills

Ability to communicate effectively between IDA Branch Council and National Board

Ability to create a project plan, manage people and processes to deadlines

Can contribute in one or more of these areas

Networking skills: People who can open doors to opportunities (in kind, schools, etc.)

Higher Education skills: Someone with a background in higher education

Marketing, public relations, advertising skills and/or connections

Building Community-based coalitions

Legislative policy and lobbying skills are a plus

Responsibilities:

Serve as the point person for Collective Impact within specific states

identify, recruit members to serve on the collective impact workgroups

identify documents, training materials, toolkits, etc needed to support Collective Impact

provide coaching support as needed to workgroup co-chairs-develop annual report summarizing collective impact work - goals, key milestones, challenges, next steps

Who they work with:

Collective Impact workgroup co-chairs from the target states (via chair meetings, calls andemails)

workgroups as needed (via state workgroup meetings, calls, and emails)

IDA staff, Board and Collective Impact volunteers

Covered Expenses

Covered expenses align with the terms of the Contractor’s agreement with IDA.

Qualifications:

Collective Impact or coalition building experience (preferred)

Strong administration and project management skills

Excellent communication skills (written, oral, presentation, etc.)

Data collection experience (collecting, synthesizing, tracking, and documenting)

Accreditation, policy, and/or community engagement leadership experience

Experience forming and leading teams

Estimated time commitment:

Up to 20 hours/month

This is a remote position.