Executive Director at Social Impact Partners Connecticut

Social Impact Partners (SIP) expands pathways to living wage jobs and economic mobility for all by collaborating with partners across Connecticut to redesign state systems. SIP's vision is a thriving Connecticut where every person has equitable access to a high-quality education starting at birth and to career opportunities that lead to a sustainable livelihood.

Social Impact Partners for Connecticut pursues its vision by (1) addressing critical gaps in Early Childhood Education, and (2) redesigning education and workforce development systems to expand career pathways to living wage jobs and economic mobility. SIP works at two interconnected levels—at the community level, helping to scale nonprofit organizations and programs that meet critical needs; and at the statewide systems level, strategically engaging with state government and other stakeholders to develop and implement transformational changes in the state's education and workforce systems.

With over a decade of growth and successful experience driving meaningful system-level changes, SIP serves as a trusted partner, advisor, capacity builder, convener, and catalyst for many stakeholders in government, the private sector, education, and nonprofit organizations. Notably, SIP supported Connecticut's Blue Ribbon Commission on Child Care, currently serves on the Governor's Workforce Council, and led the creation of the Career Pathways Commission.

SIP brings unique strengths and capabilities to its work in Connecticut:

• We provide consulting support to government agencies, businesses, education institutions, and community-based organizations
  , reducing barriers that often confound system change initiatives. We have built a reputation for "getting things done."
• We are a consensus builder
  , listening closely to the ideas and concerns of all constituents to collaboratively drive change.
• We get deeply involved in designing innovative and practical solutions
  , integrating lived experience from proximate stakeholders with data-driven insights from successful operators.
• We offer a highly leveraged model
  . Our blended model of highly skilled professional staff, augmented by a cadre of 200+ experienced volunteer professionals, allows us to efficiently scale our impact.
• We develop and maintain a CBO network
  , characterized by strong, trusting relationships built through our capacity-building work with CBOs. We have built strong local credibility.
• We are flexible and adaptive
  , investing our time and energy with a long view while taking an entrepreneurial approach to pursuing the highest-impact opportunities.

The Executive Director will collaborate with the Governor's Office to advance systems change initiatives in partnership with the Office of Early Childhood, the Office of Workforce Strategy, and the Career Pathways Commission. Spearheading SIP's next stage of growth and accelerating its impact across Connecticut, the Executive Director will lead organizational strategy and execution while developing the playbooks to transform early childhood education, career pathways, and workforce development systems, advancing economic and social mobility.

The ideal candidate has led transformational systems-change initiatives at scale in education or workforce development at the city, state, or national level. Taking an entrepreneurial approach, they are an expert at forming effective cross-sector partnerships, building relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, from government, business, and grassroots organizations.

• Serve as the primary external face of SIP, building deep, trusting relationships with leaders across government, education, nonprofit, and the private sectors, making connections that maximize impact.
• Lead strategic initiatives, including the redesign of early childhood education systems, the development of innovative education and workforce programs, and improving education and employment outcomes for Connecticut students and workers.
• Champion a vision for economic mobility through prioritizing high-impact opportunities and by incorporating emerging technologies, innovation, data analytics, and industry trends into our core work.
• Translate high-level ideas, strategic plans, and opportunities into concrete actions within a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Approach challenges with deep curiosity and an entrepreneurial nature, taking calculated risks, such as funding strategic investments or shifting programmatic approaches, to accelerate progress.
• Identify, pursue, and strengthen strategic partnerships that drive meaningful, lasting change in Connecticut.

• Create and maintain strong connections with community-based organizations to ensure SIP's work is grounded in proven, grassroots solutions.
• Position SIP as a valued thought partner, influencing diverse cross-sector stakeholders to adopt a growth mindset and…