Director of Community Partnerships & Creative Aging

Brookline, MA
Brookline, Massachusetts - Goddard House

Founded in 1849, Goddard House is one of the nation’s oldest nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving older adults. Our mission is to embrace the aging experience for seniors living in the Boston area by operating a high-quality assisted living community and by creating innovative programs that support our need for purposeful engagement, autonomy, and choice as we age.

Goddard House operates under two strategic directions:

• The continued high-quality operation of Goddard House, an innovative assisted living and memory care community in Brookline, MA, which has a long history of providing creative and enriching experiences for our residents.
• The growth of Creative Aging Connections (CAC), a Goddard House initiative that develops and supports creative aging programs and partnerships engaging under-resourced older adults throughout Boston. Through visual arts, music, dance, storytelling, and other forms of creative expression, CAC fosters creativity, social connection, and well-being through programs led by professional teaching artists and enriched by student interns.

The Director provides strategic leadership for Creative Aging Connections, helping to shape and advance its vision, strategic priorities, annual goals, and long-term direction, while cultivating community partnerships that enhance the Assisted Living community and advance Goddard House’s broader mission.

Responsibilities are organized into three primary areas:

• Lead implementation of CAC strategic priorities and annual work plans.
• Develop new creative aging initiatives and identify opportunities for program innovation, expansion, and continuous improvement.
• Cultivate, develop, and sustain partnerships with community organizations, affordable housing providers, colleges, universities, cultural institutions, healthcare organizations, businesses, and other strategic partners that strengthen Creative Aging Connections, enhance the Assisted Living community, and advance Goddard House’s broader mission.
• Negotiate and oversee site agreements, memoranda of understanding (MOUs), contracts, and other agreements, coordinating organizational and legal review as appropriate.
• Represent Goddard House and Creative Aging Connections at meetings, conferences, community events, and public presentations.
• Establish annual program goals, priorities, quality standards, and performance measures.
• Develop and manage CAC program budgets, monitor financial performance and resource allocation, and collaborate with Finance and organizational leadership on annual budgeting and financial planning.
• Ensure Creative Aging Connections programs align with Goddard House’s mission, strategic priorities, and organizational values.
• Serve as a member of Goddard House’s leadership team and contribute to organizational planning, strategic decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Supervise, mentor, coach, and evaluate the Creative Aging Program Manager.
• Recruit, contract, orient, support, and evaluate teaching artists.
• Develop university, volunteer, internship, and educational partnerships.
• Provide overall leadership for CAC’s network of staff, teaching artists, interns, volunteers, and other program partners, ensuring clear roles, effective communication, and accountability for program quality.
• Foster a collaborative culture focused on creativity, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Establish staffing priorities, workflows, and professional development opportunities.
• Evaluate workforce needs and recommend…