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United Way of Greater New Haven has 3 brand new open positions we would like to fill.

Please click on these links to learn more about these open positions and apply!

Community Impact Education Manager

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/1933201

Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) Coordinator (PT)

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/1932966

Community Impact Operations Manager

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/1923156

Who We Are Looking For

Are you a passionate advocate for building equitable economic change in our community? Do you come alive listening and learning from community members, and looking for opportunities to help households thrive? Are you always looking for ways to improve your work and grow your impact? Do you enjoy organizing and managing new projects that impact the community? If you answered yes to the questions above, this position may be an opportunity for you to use your talents as a force for good in our community! 

United Way is seeking a Community Impact Manager of Financial Stability who is enthusiastic and organized to coordinate efforts to help households meet their basic needs and move them along a path to financial stability.  This person will collaborate with multiple community partner organizations supporting existing initiatives to ensure that progress is made towards meeting regional goals. This role will also have the opportunity to build new community-driven initiatives to improve access to financial stability resources.  Salary is $50,000-$60,000/year, commensurate with experience, and includes benefits.

What You Will Do

• Design and help implement equitable solutions to increase the financial stability of households in greater New Haven. United Way is committed to driving equitable solutions that improve the lives of everyone in our region. You will work closely with community partners and community members to map the landscape of existing programs and identify opportunities to eliminate barriers and improve access to resources across the region.

• Identify opportunities and partnerships for innovation and continuous improvement. Are you always thinking about how a process could be improved? The work to meet basic needs and help households thrive is complex and you will be asked to apply critical thinking and creativity to explore opportunities for growth.

• You will work as part of a team. You will report to the Senior Director of Financial Stability. You will collaborate with our Marketing team to tell the story of United Way to ensure that our community understands the work and impact in our community. You will also maintain good working relationships with community, nonprofit and business leaders in the community. And of course, there will be other duties as assigned.

What You Need

• Bachelor’s degree with five+ years of relevant experience in a nonprofit OR the equivalent of lived experience in related fields.
• Experience in workforce development and financial stability strategies preferred.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent writing, public speaking, and presentation skills, including in front of large audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize material, both verbally and in written form for a broad audience.
• Experience designing and launching new programs, ability to navigate uncertainties, and entrepreneurial minded to identify new program opportunities.
• Experience with group facilitation, training, and working in a collaborative environment.
• Skills to establish and maintain high quality relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
• Flexible thinker who can balance systems thinking and on-the-ground implementation. Ability to proactively see what actions are needed, take initiative, and implement projects.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Community minded with high-level active listening skills and the ability to connect with people of different economic and ethnic backgrounds.
• Experience working with various types of databases and content management systems is preferred.
• Local and statewide travel is required; Out of state travel as needed.

About United Way

United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and Financial Stability grounded in racial and social justice. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone. We operate according to these organizational values.

In accordance with organizational policies, this position requires a criminal background check as a condition of employment.

United Way staff are currently working hybrid, with at least two days per week in our office in New Haven.

United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To apply:  United Way Of Greater New Haven Inc - Community Impact Manager, Financial Stability Application (paylocity.com) 

Diversity Matters at United Way

Your perspective fuels our mission-driven work at United Way of Greater New Haven. We are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience.

Who We Are Looking For

Are you committed to creating meaningful change in greater New Haven? Do you enjoy leading and developing teams, both internal and external, to design and implement effective solutions for community issues? Do you get excited about collaboration, innovation, and community mobilizing?  If so, our Vice President of Community Impact position may be perfect for you.

Position

The Vice President of Community Impact is responsible for driving the strategy and execution of United Way’s multi-faceted work in the community. This leadership position will co-create with staff, board, partners, and volunteers the strategic directions, investments, infrastructure, and culture necessary for the organization to maximize its impact in the areas of education, financial stability, and health.

This is a tremendous opportunity for an experienced program professional to deepen and expand the community results of a well-respected, high-impact organization.

Responsibilities

Leadership of Community Impact Department

• Develops community impact strategies based on an assessment of community need and opportunity, internal capacity, knowledge of best practices, and ability to galvanize resources.
• Provides oversight of all department staff and consultants.
• Oversees the decision making process about use of program resources, in conjunction with staff and volunteers.
• Administers the department, including responsibility for developing and monitoring department budgets and meeting grant and contractual obligations.
• Oversees efforts to assess the impact of United Way in the community and supports continuous learning and improvement efforts.
• Represents the organization on community collaboratives and advisory groups and at public meetings related to United Way’s community initiatives.

 Organizational Leadership

• Serves as a member of the leadership team, which includes participating in policy development and management decisions, strategic planning, supporting the board of directors, and supporting and modeling the core values of the organization.
• Supports developing a strong team culture that models the mission of United Way and creates a culture of diversity, inclusion, and equity within and outside the organization.
• Works to align efforts across departments.
• Communicates with internal and external partners to promote the work of United Way.

Resource Development

• Assists United Way senior staff and board of directors in developing and executing strategies to capture revenue and retain and grow our investor base, including from workplace campaigns, public and private grants, and the United Way donor base.
• Develops and stewards positive relationships with donors and funders.
• Works in conjunction with other United Way departments to develop innovative ways to share the story and impact of United Way’s work and respond to investors’ needs.

 Qualifications

 Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.

• At least 10 years of non-profit experience, with at least 5 years’ experience leading teams and/or managing complex community initiatives.
• Substantive knowledge in one or more of United Way’s focus areas (early childhood, homelessness, hunger, poverty, children’s mental health).
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• A successful track record in setting priorities; keen analytic, organization and problem solving skills which support and enable sound decision making.
• Excellent relationship building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience working with individual donors and foundations a plus.

• A multi-tasker with the ability to wear many hats in a fast-paced environment.
• A team player who inspires collaboration and functions decisively.
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of UWGNH.

Application Procedure

• Send resume and cover letter describing why you are interested in and qualified for the position to employment@uwgnh.org with the following subject line: Application for Vice President of Community Impact.
• Position open until filled.
• Review of applications will begin by June 26.

Organization

Founded in 1920, United Way of Greater New Haven (UWGNH) brings people and organizations together to create solutions to our region’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Income, and Health. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone, building on our long history of partnerships and creative problem solving. For more information about us, visit www.uwgnh.org.

Seven years ago, I decided I wanted to become an impact investor. Before then, no one ever told me it was possible to make investment decisions based on my values rather than just financial returns. Once I learned there was this rising tide of “impact investing,” I was all in.

 https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/why-i-want-community-organizers-to-tell-me-where-to-invest

TELLING YOUR PROGRAM’S STORY

http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/publications/library/pdf/success_story_workbook.pdf

"The purpose of this workbook is to help public health program administrators understand what a “success story” is, why it is important to tell success stories, and how to develop success stories. This document is intended to be used by program managers/coordinators in order to provide steps they can use to systematically collect and create success stories that highlight their program achievements."

http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/publications/library/pdf/success_story_workbook.pdf

Another Social Service Agency Hit By Budget Bomb - Courant.com http://shar.es/mWzlb

Hartford Courant

Helen Ubiñas

March 18, 2010

I probably should have done what a colleague suggested and asked Dr.Mark Mitchell if he had an inhaler handy.

But I figured it was best to just break the bad news to him.

"You're not getting the money," I told the president of the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice.

"Oh my God," Mitchell said after a long moment of stunned silence. "I don't know what we're going to do."

A day earlier, Mitchell and I talked about a $130,000 grant for an asthma outreach and education program which — after surviving a line-item veto by Gov. M. Jodi Rell — was approved by the legislature in August.

Seven months later, this week, they were still waiting for the money.

Figuring they were just another organization whose funds were stuck in political limbo, I made a few calls. Doug Whiting, spokesman for House Speaker Christopher Donovan, said the holdup seemed to be with the
state Department of Public Health, which administers the contract. Calls to DPH went nowhere fast, but Mitchell said they told him the funds were stalled at Rell's budget office.

And then late in the day Wednesday, the Office of Policy and Management finally dropped the bomb.

"We're denying the contract," OPM spokesman Jeffrey Beckham told me.

And then I got a crash course in Rell budgeting that boiled down to: Don't blame the governor. Not her fault.

The legislature may have approved funds for programs like these, Beckham said. But in the same budget, they demanded $95 million in cuts in non-direct-care contracts.

OK, but why did they leave an organization twisting in the wind for seven months before finally pulling the plug on the very day a reporter called about the long overdue money? That's seven months the coalition could have used to find another source of funding.

And why was I the one breaking the news to the poor guy?

Beckham said OPM received the contract in late January. He also said OPM advised state agencies months ago that the budget required administrative savings that would impact their own operations as well
as contracts that they administer. Apparently DPH forgot to tell the coalition that.

Continuing my Messenger of Doom duties, I called the speaker's spokesperson back. Whiting insisted the governor had other options. He said they are now questioning whether she has the authority to cut the
funds.

That's all fine and good. But meanwhile, the coalition is left reeling, and once again it's the poor and vulnerable paying the price. Asthma is a major health crisis in Connecticut — especially in urban areas.

It's the leading cause of kids missing school and their parents missing work, Mitchell said. And yes, I know — there are programs that work with people already seeking care. But this program targets low-income people, communities of color, people on Medicaid and the uninsured with a preventive program that wait for it saves money. And since this is all about money, consider this:

Millions in public money is spent each year in hospitalization and emergency room costs to treat asthma. In Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport, the number of hospitalization and emergency room visits are two to three times higher than the state average.

And here's the kicker, Mitchell said: If the coalition's outreach program reduces emergency room visits by only one-half of 1 percent, it will have saved the state the cost of the program.

Or put another way: For about what the state pays for a single deputy commissioner, they could improve the health and lives of thousands of its residents.

But then, this isn't just about one program. The coalition may now have to close its doors. In addition to outreach, the money also covers a third of the operating budget for a 12-year-old organization that helped pass Connecticut's first environmental justice law.

After composing himself, Mitchell called me back. "We're very shocked,'" he said. "We really believe we're saving the state money and we just don't understand." They're not the only ones.

Helen Ubiñas' column appears on Thursdays and Sundays. Read her blog at courant.com/helen.

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