Job Description

Senior Director, Network Impact

About StriveTogether
StriveTogether is a national movement with a clear purpose: helping every child succeed in school and in life from cradle to career, regardless of race, ethnicity, zip code or circumstance. We work to break down barriers, change systems and improve outcomes with the Cradle to Career Network, made up of nearly 70 communities across the country. StriveTogether provides resources, best practices and processes to give every child every chance for success.

The StriveTogether team is passionate, talented and dedicated to achieving our mission. We seek and value all kinds of diversity and work hard to eliminate inequities in ourselves, our organization and our communities. Our goals are bold, so we support each other to try new things, have tough conversations and push for change. As we work, we share learning and progress, use data to make decisions and celebrate our wins.

About you

You are an experienced leader with a strong track record of achieving results through strategic oversight and implementation. You are deeply committed to understanding the needs of constituents and know you have to meet them where they are – including in their own backyard. You are a critical thinker with a strong desire to exceed client expectations. You know that systems-level work is complex and you seek to truly understand different constituent bases and challenge your own mental models. You can manage a diverse team toward a set of results, providing direction, coaching and roadblock removal. You are comfortable setting a vision and mobilizing people to achieve it, but also know how to use information available to you to adapt or change course. You know when and how to collaborate with colleagues and can make decisions with timely research and input.

About the position

Reporting to the Vice President, Network Impact, the Senior Director, Network Impact will lead and manage key strategies for Cradle to Career Network supports and offerings to accelerate the progress of network members. The Senior Director will hold accountability for the impact of network offerings as they oversee strategies and tactics for network member engagement, activities and targeted offerings, using data and member experience to enhance and improve supports. A successful candidate will have a track record of leadership toward results, a deep customer service orientation and a commitment to solutions-focused learning and improvement.

Responsibilities and duties

Network Support Strategy

• Deeply understand the needs of network members – especially the most advanced – and hold accountability for building this knowledge into all network offerings and supports.
• Develops and implements the strategies for network member supports by mobilizing and supporting a team of director reports, holding fidelity to the arc of Network events including advanced partnership events, outcomes convenings, learning forums and other key Network events and Network supports. Doing so will require collaboration with leaders across the organization.
• Identifies performance measures and monitor progress on key tactics, including adapting or refining strategy through continuous improvement.
• Supports team in identification and implementation of high-impact network engagement and event strategies.
• Identifies, builds and maintains relationships with national partners that can contribute to StriveTogether’s results.
• Understands the successes and challenges of Cradle to Career Network members and uses that knowledge to inform network offerings.
• Coordinates with Director Network Membership and Director of Impact Investment to ensure high alignment and action of network member supports.

Network Effect and Offerings

• Holds accountability for the impact and overall integrity of targeted network offerings.
• Provides thought partnership on network engagement strategy (e.g., webinars, convenings, topic-based supports), setting priorities and identifying resource and capacity needs for execution in service of results.
• Provides thought partnership and oversight to team members executing network offerings, including the programmatic strategy for the annual Cradle to Career Network Convening.
• Ensures network-facing staff have clear priorities for network engagement and collaborate effectively.
• Holds accountability for network offerings as part of a braided support strategy for grantees.

Network Advisors

• Co-develops the Network Advisor strategy that is deeply rooted in the diverse needs of advanced partnerships, building with both staff and feedback from network members.
• Oversees day-to-day implementation of StriveTogether’s Network Advisor strategy, including processes for advisor engagement, data collection and mobilization of learning across the organization.
• Manages a small Advisor portfolio, working with network members to understand their work, connect them to resources and share learning internally and across the network.
• Convenes Network Advisors and Navigators regularly to share updates and insights from network members, connect network members to one another or relevant resources and curate rapid-cycle learning.

Leadership responsibilities

• Model core values through your work
• Conduct regular, scheduled team and one-on-one meetings with all direct reports to hold accountability, provide coaching, give feedback, monitor progress to individual and collective goals, hold spaces for learning, discuss professional development opportunities and collaborate on shared bodies of work
• Conduct annual Reflection and Continuous Improvement Cycle (RCIC) review including providing a rating and recommending appropriate merit increases and mid-year RCIC review
• Hold yourself and your team accountable for being good financial stewards, managing risk and using data as a critical input into decision-making
• Ensure effective cross-functional collaboration between team members

Qualifications and skills

• Eight or more years progressive leadership experience with national networks and/or place-based partnerships.
• Experience in the social sector leadership, strong results orientation, and proven strategic development and oversight.
• Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills, including using effective messaging and channels to simply communicate complex ideas.
• Superior management skills, including influencing and mobilizing direct/indirect reports and peers.
• Proven ability to use data for strategy development and ongoing continuous improvement.
• Ability to establish credibility with network members and external partners as a trusted leader, thought partner and resource.
• This position is a field position. Approximately 30-35% travel is required.

Benefits, perks and flexibility

Time Away

• Sick, vacation, personal, floating holiday/wellness day, bereavement, jury duty
• 11 paid company holidays and a paid winter break the last week of December
• Paid parental leave
• Paid sabbatical after seven years of employment
• Paid time off to vote
• Caregiver time off

Benefits

• Medical and dental plans
• 100% paid vision, short-term and long-term disability and basic life insurance.
• $2,500 annual HSA contribution for users of high-deductible health care plans
• Cellphone and internet stipend
• Competitive retirement plan with automatic employer contribution and match
• Professional development
• Employee Assistance Program

Perks

• Remote work opportunities available
• Choice of Mac or PC for your work computer
• Birthday gift card
• DeskPass access (community desk and meeting room options for remote team members)
• Company credit card for internal expenses

Perks at our Cincinnati headquarters

• Employer paid parking
• Hybrid work model with two work-from-home days each week
• Rooftop deck
• Snacks and beverages
• Dog friendly office

StriveTogether provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, domestic partnership status, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 100,000 and above.

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