Director Of Collective Impact

THE FOUNDATION

The Miami Foundation builds the philanthropic, civic, and leadership backbone for Greater Miami. Since 1967, the Foundation has invested $485 million to strengthen our community with partnerships and contributions from more than 1000 fundholders and 35,000 donors. The Miami Foundation, which currently manages over $450 million in assets, mobilizes donors, nonprofits, leaders, and locals to set a bold vision for our community's future and to invest in a stronger, more equitable, more resilient Greater Miami.

Position Description

The Collective Impact team is at the forefront of our Foundation's work to address Greater Miami's most pressing challenges by bringing together cross-sector partners to accomplish bold, equitable solutions as a unified force for change. The team builds powerful coalitions, listens deeply to the community, and oversees complex and important initiatives that impact the future of Greater Miami.

We are seeking a visionary and collaborative leader to serve as our Collective Impact Director. In this strategic role, you will be responsible for spearheading and coordinating collective impact initiatives that bring together key stakeholders, including nonprofits, government agencies, businesses, and community leaders, to address critical social issues in Miami-Dade County.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of collective impact principles, strong project management skills, excellent communication and facilitation skills, management skills, and a track record of successful collaboration across diverse groups of stakeholders.

The Director will play an integral role in leading the development, implementation, and scaling of the various Collective Impact initiatives ensuring that we continually improve how we manage and steward the work, while helping to expand the portfolio. This includes building and maintaining relationships with various internal and external partners.

The Collective Impact Director will report to the Managing Director of Collective Impact and will directly manage other team members. Additionally, the Director work closely with other members of the team to ensure alignment with organizational goals and strategic direction.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Foster a culture of collaboration, trust, and shared purpose among participants in collective impact initiatives.
• Utilize data and evidence-based approaches to inform collective impact strategies and measure progress toward achieving intended outcomes.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with community partners, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, businesses, and other key stakeholders.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure successful implementation of collective impact initiatives.
• Explore potential partnerships and grant opportunities with philanthropic organizations and government agencies to augment funding.
• Lead the development and implementation of collective impact strategies that address complex social problems and achieve measurable impact.
• Lead a high impact, joyful, and exceptionally performing team as well as a portfolio of outstanding and high performing contractors and consultants to achieve all departmental and organizational goals.
• Communicate progress, successes, and challenges to stakeholders and organizational leadership on a regular basis.
• Stay up to date with trends and best practices in collective impact, and integrate new insights into the organization's approach to social change.
• Work with partners to advocate for policy changes that can further advance collective impact goals.
• Represent the Foundation at community gatherings, virtually and in person, to support the work of partners as well as initiate conversations with potential partners.
• Identify funding opportunities and collaborate with the Foundation's development team to secure financial support for collective impact initiatives.

In this role the successful candidate will also assist the Managing Director of Collective Impact as needed and other duties as assigned.

This role requires occasional availability outside of office hours for community engagement opportunities as well as transportation across the county for both events and partnership coordination.

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