Chief Impact & Strategy Officer

What You Will Lead

• Community Impact team leadership, coaching, and development
• Strategic implementation of UWMS community impact vision
• Regional outreach and stakeholder engagement across the Mid-South
• Collective impact and systems-change initiatives
• Driving The Dream® and other transformational community strategies
• Economic mobility programs, including free tax preparation services
• Cross-sector partnerships with nonprofit, corporate, philanthropic, education, healthcare, and government leaders
• Community investments and nonprofit capacity-building efforts
• Maintain communication with UWMS peer organizations
• Data, learning, and shared measurement systems that drive accountability and results

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred in public policy, nonprofit management, public administration, social work, business, education, or related field.
• Minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in nonprofit, philanthropy, education, government, public systems, community development, collective impact, or related sectors.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-sector partnerships and complex community initiatives.
• Strong understanding of systems-change, collective impact, economic mobility, and community development strategies
• Experience managing and leading teams, budgets, grants, contracts, and strategic partnerships.
• Experience using data, evaluation, and performance measurement to drive decision making and organizational learning.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, relationship-building, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrated success collaborating with executive leaders, funders, government officials, and community stakeholders.
• Experience within the United Way network or comparable intermediary organizations.
• Ability for 20% travel throughout the UWMS region.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in building or supporting backbone organizations, collective impact initiatives, or place-based strategies.
• Knowledge of ALICE populations, economic mobility, and anti-poverty initiatives.
• Demonstrated success overseeing community investment and grantmaking processes.
• Familiarity with shared measurement systems, referral infrastructure, and data-sharing partnerships.

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule
• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• 14 Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• 403(b) Plan
• FLAP (voluntary)

Required degree level

Bachelor

Years of experience

More than 10 years of experience

Schedule

Hybrid

Pay

$150,000 - $155,000 per year