Collective Impact Consultant

Benefits

Flexible schedule

Objectives

• Assist in IDA’s efforts to develop a Collective Impact backbone organization and workgroups within designated states
• Recruit and assist with training of Collective Impact workgroup members for designated Collective Impact state(s)
• Assist BCEC and Home Office Staff on the Collective Impact work and trends
• Affiliate in identifying trends, opportunities, challenges, and solutions within the Collective Impact workflows.
• In partnership with Home Office and Collective Impact Coordinators, serve as a conduit of information between working groups and steering committee.
• In partnership with Home Office, provide recommendations to Steering Committee on materials needed to carry out Collective Impact activities within the state.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the point person for Collective Impact within specific states
• Identify, recruit members to serve on the collective impact workgroups
• Identify documents, training materials, toolkits, etc needed to support Collective Impact
• Provide coaching support as needed to workgroup co-chairs
• Develop annual report summarizing collective impact work - goals, key milestones, challenges, next steps

Who They Work With

• Collective Impact workgroup co-chairs from the target states (via chair meetings, calls and emails)
• Workgroups as needed (via state workgroup meetings, calls, and emails)
• IDA staff, Board and Collective Impact volunteers

Qualifications

• Collective Impact or coalition building experience (preferred)
• Strong administration and project management skills
• Excellent communication skills (written, oral, presentation, etc.)
• Data collection experience (collecting, synthesizing, tracking, and documenting)
• Accreditation, policy, and/or community engagement leadership experience
• Experience forming and leading teams