Community Investment Manager

United Way of East Central Iowa•Cedar Rapids, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

United Way of East Central Iowa is seeking a Community Investment Manager to transform community data into strategic insights that drive impact across the region. This full-time, on-site role supports organizational decision-making by leading research, data analysis, and grant administration efforts. The ideal candidate is analytical, detail-oriented, and passionate about improving community outcomes. In this role, you will guide United Way's investment processes, manage community needs assessments, develop dashboards and performance reports, and support cross-departmental data needs. You will also oversee grant-making processes, facilitate review committees, ensure compliance, and help partner organizations measure outcomes effectively. We're looking for someone with strong critical thinking skills, comfort working with complex data, and the ability to communicate insights clearly to diverse audiences. Success in this role requires collaboration, independence, creativity, and a commitment to continuous learning. This position is grounded in United Way's values of excellence, growth, community engagement, and integrity, and plays a key role in driving measurable results for the common good.

Requirements

strong critical thinking skills
comfort working with complex data
ability to communicate insights clearly to diverse audiences
collaboration
independence
creativity
commitment to continuous learning
Bachelor's Degree
1-3 years required

Nice To Haves

3+ years preferred
preferred fields of study: Non-Profit, Social Work, Urban Studies, Public Administration

Responsibilities

Identify, gather, and organize complex data sets from relevant sources.
Systematically analyze, synthesize, and present social, demographic, economic, and other community indicator data in a manner that facilitates decision making and problem solving.
Simplify complex data into user-friendly displays, reports, and digital content.
Serve as the lead and project manager for community needs assessments.
Project manage and track multiple data assignments and requests in the team's project management tool.
Assist Community Impact, Resource Development, Finance and Administration and Marketing teams on data organization, minor data manipulation, and data prep for analytical projects.
Create performance reports and dashboards to track community and organizational outcomes.
Oversee the creation and management of grant-making processes and administration, including support for all grant-making documentation (solicitations, proposals, applications, recommendations, etc.) as well as document retention.
Coordinate and lead committees responsible for review of funding investments.
Provide hands-on training to grantees as it relates to grant administration and compliance policies.
Manage the due diligence process for each sub-grantee's ability to comply with governmental regulations with a thorough review of all their financial and operational policies.
Facilitate outcome-based allocation processes and reporting including, but not limited t semi-annual review process for all funded partners, oversight of Volunteer Review Team's annual funding process, and collecting and aggregating outcome measurement data.
Demonstrate effective group facilitation, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
Bring people together to execute tasks effectively and successfully.
Assist the team in sourcing and completing external grant applications and reporting processes.