Position Type: Full Time, Exempt
Reporting To: VP, Community Impact
Hours: 40/ week minimum
Supervisory Position: No
# of Direct Reports: 0
- Solid understanding and perspective in the application of qualitative and quantitative data for continuous improvement, communicating impact, and determining progress toward internal and external goals.
- Strong critical and strategic thinking skills, as well as creative and innovative thinking
- Experience with using and analyzing and visualizing publicly available data including census and government data in a visual software.
- Comfort and proficiency with presentation skills both publicly and one-on-one.
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment to accomplish team goals
- Ability to develop, implement, and manage work and project plans.
- Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Survey tools, Power BI, ArcGIS
CORE VALUES AND BEHAVIORS |
Values:
- Expect Excellence: Holding ourselves and others to the highest standards while embracing and learning from challenges.
- Encourage Growth: Creating greater impact through continual learning and innovation.
- Engaging Community: Connecting with networks and communities to address needs to improve the lives of every person.
- Exercise Integrity: Acting ethically, honestly, and responsibly.
Professional Core Competencies:
- Mission Focused: Priority to create real social change that leads to better lives and healthier communities. This drives performance and professional motivation.
- Relationship-Oriented: An understanding that people come before process and can cultivate and manage relationships toward a common goal.
- Collaborator: Understands the roles and contributions of all sectors of the community and can mobilize resources 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: An understanding of the role played and importance in protecting and growing the reputation and results of the greater network of United Ways.
The Community Investment Manager will work to transform multiple planes of data into strategic insights and revenue that create innovative solutions and outcome analysis to complex issues identified in our community. This position leads the community investment teams and oversees UWECI Investment Process; planning, decision-making, monitoring and outcome measurement. This position participates in and contributes to organizational strategic direction and represents the organization in a wide range of community projects and initiatives.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in research, data analysis, and project management. They will also be able to work independently and as part of a team, and they will have excellent communication and presentation skills.
Research, Analysis and Data Collection
- 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.
Grant Administration
- 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 new funding opportunities.
- 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 completing external grant applications and reporting processes.
Level of Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Work Experience: ( X) 1-3 years, ( ) 3-5 years, ( ) 5-7 years, ( ) 7+ years
Preferred field(s) of study: Non-Profit, Social Work, Urban Studies, Public Administration
- Data and Research Driven: Regularly assess data analysis methods and technology.
- Innovation and Creativity: Remain open to new ways of doing business. Critically examine rules to see if they have outlived their Recognizes and capitalizes on emerging opportunities. Flexible, adaptable, and open to change. Committed to continuous learning.
- Action Oriented/Results Driven: Demonstrate strong drive to achieve meaningful results and able to follow through on Anticipate and resolve problems effectively. Work on concurrent assignments and meet deadlines.
- Effective Communication: Prepare clear, complete, and concise reports. Work effectively with volunteers and staff. Must maintain confidential Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building and written and verbal communication skills.
- Strategic Relationship Management: Work to understand, relate to, and engage constituents to improve their experience with UWECI’s brand and generate more significant relationships with Develop and grow relationships to drive positive impact for identified community issues we have prioritized.
- Customer Oriented: Listens to the needs, interests, and passions of the volunteer with an eye towards connecting them with UWECI’s work in the community. Identifies, engages with, adapts to, and influences various types of individuals and
- Cultural Competency: Able to understand, communicate, and interact effectively with people across
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be frequently required to use finger and hand motion and occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 20 lbs.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Travel to offsite meetings is an essential part of this role; a valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle is required.
United Way offers a family friendly working environment and competitive starting salary. Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, long-term disability insurance, generous retirement, and paid leave plans.
For more information and the full job description, visit uweci.org/careers.
For consideration, candidate must send cover letter, resume, and three professional references (name, title, and contact information) to human.resources@uweci.org.
Screening of applicants will begin as applications are received.
Equal Opportunity Employer