Community Impact Officer

Greater Hartford Gives Foundation • Hartford, CT

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Community Impact Officer (SCIO), the Community Impact Officer (CIO) works collaboratively with internal colleagues, and external community partners to ensure the Foundation's grantmaking resources are effectively invested and monitored to produce positive, sustainable programming in the Greater Hartford Region.

Requirements

• Deep commitment to the values of trust-based philanthropy, equity, diversity and inclusion and the ability to embed those values in all aspects of work.
• Ability to synthesize listening and learning into persuasive written rationales for grant recommendations.
• Demonstrated communications skills for writing, speaking, listening for understanding, and presenting and adapting content for a range of audiences, persuading, and influencing.
• Demonstrated project management skills, including coordinating internal and external staff, consultant teams, effective time management, and budgets.
• Knowledge of Greater Hartford especially Hartford, and the disparities in opportunity faced by its residents or of residents in a similar metropolitan area.
• Comfort with organizational change and working in an emergent strategy environment.
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with grantee partners and other community stakeholders.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, empathy and openness to new ideas and perspectives on a wide range of topics and proven ability to translate abstract ideas into actionable results.
• Solid track record of a collaborative and team-oriented approach to project design, implementation and/or grantmaking, convenings, and use of other tools to promote strategic outcomes.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of a program and/or strategy evaluation, public policy development and analysis, strategic planning and nonprofit management.
• Bachelor's degree in social sciences, public administration, public policy or other relevant areas, or equivalent relevant experience combined with educational training.
• 5 or more years of experience in nonprofit leadership role focused on operations, strategy, budgeting or priority setting.
• Grantmaking experience and/or experience at a philanthropic institution.
• Experience in a role requiring critical and strategic thinking related to issues of equity and antiracism.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of the Greater Hartford nonprofit landscape and its local communities.
• Experience contributing to collaborative, team-oriented programs and strategy development.
• Knowledge of outcome-oriented budgetary planning and understanding of nonprofit budgeting.
• Understanding of the role of the public sector and public policy in Connecticut or at the state level in another state.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the work of one or more of the Foundation’s grantmaking/learning teams.
• Review and analyze grant proposals to assess alignment with team strategy, negotiate outcomes and provide written recommendations to management.
• Monitor assigned grants, track outcomes and partner with nonprofits as they implement grant-funded projects or programs.
• Participate in team meetings and other activities, collaborating on grants and shared activities of the team.
• Contribute to annual planning, budgeting, and monitoring activities for various plans and teams.
• Coordinate with community partners and internal colleagues to integrate a learning partnership and capacity building agenda into the work of Community Impact teams and to provide grantmaking support and information about grantmaking activities.
• Maintain broad and in-depth knowledge and understanding of needs, concerns, issues, trends, best practices, innovations, and values of the community, and the nonprofit, government, business and other sectors.
• Review and analyze grant requests in current and emerging areas of work, in response to emergency needs or opportunities, as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level