Director, Community Impact, Healthy Community

About the Role

The Director, Community Impact, Healthy Community leads, launches, and oversees investments, initiatives, strategies, goals, and outcomes as part of the Plan for Community Well Being outlined in the Reducing Health Disparities Mobilization Plan. This role drives collective impact by connecting, convening, and aligning local programs and resources to create measurable results through community engagement, resource development, volunteer engagement, agency relations, donor relations, and public relations.

Responsibilities

• Healthy Community Stakeholder Engagement (55%):
  • Represent United Way and facilitate collaboration among stakeholders in Healthy Community, including partner agencies, donors, funders, school districts, and other key community stakeholders.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge on community systems, relationships, data, and best practices related to Healthy Community strategies.
  • Provide technical assistance and support to partner agencies to advance shared goals.
  • Develop, convene, and implement partnership initiatives to meet community-level goals in Healthy Community.
  • Represent United Way on relevant community task forces, commissions, and committees, including the health council staff team.
  • Coordinate activities and communication with partner organizations related to Healthy Community programs and strategies.
  • Lead community engagement and listening sessions to educate, gather feedback, and motivate public action.
  • Support and manage pilot programming and special projects.
  • Lead marketing and public relations for the Health Impact Area, including external communications, media interviews, and fundraising campaigns.
  • Create content for published reports on progress and results.
• Volunteer Management and Leadership (15%):
  • Recruit, staff, and support the Healthy Community Solutions Team and other volunteer leadership teams.
  • Facilitate Healthy Community Solutions Team meetings, including agenda creation, presentations, and workplan management.
  • Manage planning and implementation of strategies and investments related to the Healthy Community portfolio.
• Impact Investment Process and Grant Management (10%):
  • Manage the community impact investment (grant) process for Healthy Community, including application, contract management, and reporting.
  • Provide oversight of United Way financial and human investments in Healthy Community.
  • Review proposals, annual reports, and financial reports from nonprofit partners to ensure program fidelity and resolve issues.
  • Work with Strategic Collaborations and Resource Development on grant contract reporting obligations.
• Research, Data Analysis, and Data Indicators (10%):
  • Collect, analyze, and summarize community and program-level data to track trends and impacts of United Way investments.
  • Create impact content for written reports to volunteer committees, the Board, and external stakeholders.
  • Analyze data and produce presentations for decision-making and strategic direction.
• Support of Overall Organization (10%):
  • Meet with donors and present at Resource Development meetings as the lead for Healthy Community.
  • Participate in organizational planning, strategy, and program development.
  • Represent Community Impact and Healthy Community at meetings and events.
  • Actively participate in at least one United Way internal committee.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in health, social work, or related discipline.
• Knowledge of the community and local health systems.
• Knowledge of the nonprofit organization community in Dane County.
• Highly effective written and oral communication skills.
• Strong strategic thinking, interpersonal, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work with people of diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, facilitation skills, and accountability for measurable results.
• Ability to build relationships with top-level community, corporate, and United Way leadership.
• Team orientation with the ability to organize and motivate teams.
• Self-motivated with a track record of achieving results.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Experience

• At least three years of progressively responsible leadership experience in health, social services, nonprofit service delivery, or related field.
• Minimum of two years of supervisory experience.
• Experience building partnerships with diverse stakeholders and aligning strategies and resources.
• Volunteer management experience.
• Experience conducting needs assessments.
• Knowledge of social service systems, programs, and grants management.
• Experience designing programs in partnership with analytics, talent, culture, and/or learning and development.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Microsoft 365, PowerPoint, and spreadsheets.

Schedule

Full-time, salaried position (40 hours/week); FLSA Exempt. Core hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., with flexibility required for early mornings, evenings, weekends, or holidays based on organizational needs. Possibility for limited hybrid work subject to policy.

Benefits

• Health, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance.
• United Way contributes 8% of gross wages to a defined contribution plan, fully vested after 5 years.
• Option to contribute to a 403(b) plan.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick, and personal days, plus 10 paid holidays.

Salary Range: $58,200 - $63,200 (based on experience)

Deadline to Apply: Sunday, October 4, 2026, by 11:59 pm CST. Submit a resume and cover letter (no longer than two pages) highlighting your qualifications.