Manager, Office President

United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut is one of more than 1,100 autonomous United Ways in our nation and nearly 1,800 community-based United Ways in forty-five countries and territories. We have the unique ability, vision, and resources to bring together diverse stakeholders around a community vision of creating positive change to achieve long-lasting results for children and families.

To engage and bring together people and resources committed to the well-being of children and families in our community.

A community where opportunities are available for every child to succeed in school and for every family to achieve financial security.

In pursuing our mission, the following principles guide our relationships with stakeholders, including our donors, volunteers, partners, employees and the communities we serve: a belief that respect, equity, diversity and inclusiveness make us stronger; engaging others with professionalism and quality support; seeking creative and sustainable solutions to pressing social challenges; maintaining the highest standards of personal and organizational honesty in order to ensure stewardship of donors’ dollars;

being proactive and responsive through consistent communication; and, delivery of high-quality services and effective measurement of results to ensure efficiency and innovation.

Reporting directly to the President and CEO, the Manager, Office of the President serves as a trusted partner to the President and CEO and provides strategic, operational, and administrative support to the Office of the President, including the President and CEO, Chief Operating Officer, and Senior Vice President. The position helps ensure executive leadership remains focused on the organization's highest priorities while advancing strategic initiatives, supporting governance activities, and coordinating organization-wide projects.

The Manager, Office of the President plays a pivotal role in helping executive leadership stay prepared for meetings, community engagements, board activities, and key decision points while ensuring commitments, priorities, and projects are well-coordinated and executed. Serving as a central point of coordination among internal and external stakeholders, this individual exercises sound judgment, discretion, diplomacy, and exceptional attention to detail.

The ideal candidate is a proactive, highly organized professional who can anticipate needs, manage complex priorities, lead special projects, and effectively communicate with board members, donors, community leaders, volunteers, and staff. This individual combines exceptional executive support capabilities with strong project management, communication, and relationship-building skills.

• Serve as project manager for strategic initiatives led by the Office of the President, coordinating activities across departments and ensuring timely execution of key priorities.
• Conduct research, gather information, analyze issues, and prepare executive briefings, recommendations, presentations, and decision-support materials.
• Monitor progress on strategic objectives and provide regular updates regarding milestones, deliverables, risks, and opportunities.
• Support organizational planning efforts, leadership retreats, and special initiatives on behalf of executive leadership.
• Coordinate follow-up on executive decisions and commitments to ensure alignment and accountability across the organization.

• Manage complex executive calendars, priorities, meetings, travel, and community engagements.
• Prepare meeting materials, agendas, briefing documents, talking points, presentations, speeches, and…