Benefits:
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Parental leave
Vision insurance
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Through the vision and support of United Way donors and volunteers, together we are building a better Weld County, one where:
Children are reading to learn by the start of fourth grade
Youth are working at good jobs by age 25
Families have stable housing
Older adults are aging well and
People are connecting to the help they need.
OVERVIEW
United Way of Weld County (UWWC) is adopting a Collective Impact, backbone support infrastructure needed to foster cross sector communication, alignment, and collaboration to achieve community level common agenda. UWWC is actively looking for a compassionate advocate for change and willing to be responsible for overseeing system improvements related to the collective impact process in Weld County. This process known as the backbone, supporting a network of community partners who work to advance system performance improvements that ensure equitable access for the most vulnerable and marginalized individuals and evaluates collective impact outcomes.
The role of the Collective Impact Facilitation Coordinator role is to facilitate, coordinate, manage commitments, build capacity, and provide research in support of community volunteers, agencies and other stakeholders’ efforts. The Collective Impact Facilitation Coordinator is the primary force that leads teams that convene collaborative working groups developing trusting relationships with community partners and stakeholders; and works to create an environment where staff and partners use the skills of adaptive leadership, results based facilitation, ensure coordination and accountability, continuous improvement and addressing disparities to achieve large scale, collective change.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Collective Impact Facilitation
Implementation of a county wide collective impact, backbone strategy and align partners organizations to support a large-scale collective change.
Convene, facilitate and design a community wide process to develop the collective impact process in Weld County with a priority placed on equity, and guide the vision and strategy of the common agenda
Facilitate community member led steering committees and workgroups to coordinate a set of differentiated mutual reinforcing action plans.
Implement system improvements to increase equity and lower disparity in the collective impact processes and outcomes for the most vulnerable and disproportionately affected populations, including victims of domestic violence, homeless, racial/ethnic minorities, youth, and the elderly
Facilitate dialogue between partners, provide direct support for steering committee and workgroups as needed.
Ensure members engage in frequent structured communication to build trust, assure mutual objectives to foster the cross-sector alignment, and collaboration to achieve community level systems change.
Recruit, educate and onboard new community partners into the collective impact system; monitor engagement and participation of existing members
Manage data collection among funded partners and support data for continuous learning, adaptation, and improvement.
Cultivate broad relationships throughout the community in coordination with the steering committee and workgroup members, seeking to build an inclusive effort that authentically engages and fosters ownership within the community.
Facilitate and coordinate steering committees and workgroup meetings that include but are not limited to setting up meeting locations, preparing agendas, scheduling, note taking, maintaining membership contact data bases and other materials needed for use during meetings.
Embodies the principles of adaptive leadership: the ability to focus people’s attention and create a sense of urgency, the ability to encourage stakeholders without overwhelming them, the competence to frame issues in a way that presents opportunity.
Regularly interpret and present at community events meetings and conference on the collective impact progress and performance measures.
Contribute to planning, implementation, analysis of the annual collective impact annual grant funding process; identify and implement suggested areas for change
Contribute to the narrative portions of grant applications and reports that support the work of collective impact.
Analyze data using an equity lens to identify areas for system improvement; In partnership, lead efforts to implement data-informed improvements
United Way of Weld County General
Support and promote the mission, values, goals and objectives of United Way, including representing United Way in professional organizations and the community (as assigned).
Support fundraising efforts of United Way and activities that support United Way.
Support United Way annual events, disaster response, and other activities as assigned.
Participate in staff meetings and in service opportunities.
Contribute to organizational promotions including writing promotional copy, proofreading informational and campaign materials, participation in outreach, etc.
Other duties as assigned.
UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE CORE COMPETENCIES FOR ALL STAFF
Mission-Focused: Catalyze others’ commitment to mission to create real social change that leads to better lives and healthier communities. This drives their performance and professional motivations.
Relationship-Oriented: Understands that people come before process and is astute in cultivating and managing relationships toward a common goal.
Collaborator: Understands the roles and contributions of all sectors of the community and can mobilize resources (financial and human) through meaningful engagement.
Results-Driven: Dedicated to shared and measurable goals for the common good; creating, resourcing, scaling, and leveraging strategies and innovations for broad investment and impact.
Brand Steward: Steward of the brand and understands his/her role in growing and protecting the reputation and results of the greater network.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Public speaking
Group presentations
One on one conversations
Report development
PowerPoint presentations
Attentive listener and ability to paraphrase ideas for clarity
Ability to validate a speakers intent, summarize key themes, trends and decisions to help the group reach closure.
Charismatic and willing to develop relationships
Influential communicator with the ability to communicate a compelling vision
Focused but adaptable
Detailed oriented and attention to deadlines
Excellent organizational skills.
Ability to multitask with constant changing priorities and excellent follow-through skills
Willingness to work with a diverse populations of volunteers and stakeholders
Self-motivated; proven excellent performance standards and quality of work
Ability to work independently and as a team player
Ability to navigate Microsoft office suite
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Associates Degree and 1 year experience in organizing, facilitation of community wide issues, system building or a related role in nonprofit, education, human services, health care, government or private business.
POSITION INFORMATION
Reports to: Vice President of Community Impact
Location: Greeley, CO (must be willing to travel throughout Weld County)
Eligible for remote work: Yes after 90 days of employment with supervisors’ approval
Background check required
BENEFITS
Insurance options include voluntary medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance, as well as automatic life insurance, and an available FSA plan.
The leave plan includes vacation, sick, parental leave, short-term disability, and at least 14 paid holidays.
The retirement plan is open to all employees after one year, and the employer contribution is determined by the Board of Directors.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT
United Way of Weld County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and conducts its recruitment and hiring based solely upon job-related qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Send resume and detailed cover letter outlining facilitation experience to Ernest Cienfuegos-Baca, Vice President of Community Impact at ecienfuegosbaca@unitedway-weld.org. Review of applications will begin on August 26, 2024 and will continue until position is filled.
Flexible work from home options available.