Lead Partnership Director
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY
Promise Partnership Utah supports youth in their educational journey from cradle to career to ensure they can explore, dream, and take steps to realize their potential. Our approach involves being rooted in data and deeply collaborating with public and private sector partners to transform the education environment, so it produces more equitable outcomes and disparity gaps are eliminated. We operate on the deeply held belief that by working collectively we can have a greater impact for our youth than we could have alone. Promise Partnership Utah, United Way of Salt Lake, and 211 Utah (Salt Lake City team) are part of the Utah’s Promise organization. Together, we are committed to 100% of kids and families thriving.
Our workplace is fast-paced, friendly, adaptive, and grounded in our core values: relationships, continuous improvement, results, and equity. We offer competitive compensation including a comprehensive benefit package, generous paid time off, and flexible schedules. People with diverse backgrounds and abilities are encouraged to apply.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Lead Partnership Director convenes, facilitates, engages, and supports teams of multi-sector partners including The Partnership Director facilitates, engages, and supports teams of multi-sector partners including civic leaders, school representatives, community partners, community leaders, system leaders and subject matter experts and other key partners to improve educational outcomes. As a leader within the department, this role includes contributing to strategic direction and team cohesion, and supervisory responsibilities.
PRIMARY TASK
Build relationships, cultivate talent and activate partners to focus on a common result and mobilize their resources to take action together.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Align the support of community members, partners, and volunteers to improve education outcomes
- Model how to empower partnerships to facilitate systemic change
- Coach partners and staff in planning and facilitating productive meetings
- Build greater awareness of systemic barriers related to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other factors impeding success while interfacing with partner leadership in a spirit of humility and courage
- Cultivate a culture of shared accountability in all initiatives and activities
- Surface opportunities to connect day-to-day efforts to support students and families to broader system levers that can impact many students and families at once
- Lead the creation of result frameworks to guide the work of partnerships
- Contribute to department leadership through development and execution of internal strategies
- Lead the effort to seek perspectives and participation of students, parents, teachers, and people who work in nonprofits, government, and business
- Direct research initiatives that have the potential to impact community outcomes, compile promising practices and assess feasibility for the local context
- Weave relevant data into meetings with partners to help set the direction for the group
- Creates measurement framework for networks to track both population outcomes and progress related to specific strategies
- Models and reinforces the importance of knowing what is working and what is not with his/her/their team
- Contribute to grant writing and reporting, donor cultivation, marketing efforts, advocacy efforts, presentations about our work
- Other related duties as assigned
- An infectious leader who guides their team by example
- Strong communication skills - can pick up on situational cues and adjust in the moment
- Master of adaptive facilitation
- Clearly and consistently demonstrates an understanding of racial equity and structural racism
- Consistently brings a high level of self-awareness, empathy, and social skills to work and interpersonal interactions
- Able to work independently with little oversight; a self-starter
- Able to recognize patterns, abstract reasoning, and problem-solving on a regular basis
- Able to make and maintain connections within the community
- Able to present data that summarize results and interpretations of findings for a range of audiences including policy makers, system administrators, service providers, clients, advocates, and/or community representatives
- Understands different methods and reasoning for collecting various types of data; has a history of using data to tell a story
- Able to manage complex relationships and partnerships necessary to making impactful systemic changes
- Able to identify and understand the systems in place and how they can be improved
- Speak and write fluently in a second language that reflects local community is a plus
QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum 5 years of applicable experience in social impact, facilitation, project management, or equivalent academic experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience working with partnership groups or schools
- Experience coaching and supervising team members to support their job mastery and professional growth.
- Understanding of working with K-12 systems.
- Proficiency with Microsoft suite, data visualization, and other project management software.
- An understanding of the culture and realities of historically marginalized communities in the Salt Lake region.
- Speak and write fluently in a second language (especially Spanish) is a highly preferred.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The team member is regularly required to communicate clearly, in oral and written formats, with others in person, over the phone and via other devices. The team member must be able to transcribe, take in new information, prepare and analyze data and figures, constantly operate a computer and other standard office machinery. The team member is required to regularly travel to offsite locations to set-up presentations and displays in physical and electronic mediums. The team member must have the ability to lift, carry, push and/or pull objects weighing up to 50lbs.
The employee is required to work primarily in-person, in our UP offices during core business hours Monday – Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Fridays. Utah’s Promise is currently piloting a 36-hour work week with Friday afternoons off.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The position is a full-time, exempt position with full benefits. $60,000 – 75,000. Salary commensurate with experience. UWSL/UP provides a wide range of benefits, including:
•Competitive medical, dental, vision insurance • 6% retirement match • Life, accidental death, and long & short-term disability insurance • FSA • HSA contribution • Free on-site gym & bike storage • Paid parking or public transportation subsidy • Two weeks paid office closure (December & July) • Generous PTO & Health time • Paid parental leave • Onsite coffee shop & café • Paid time to volunteer