Collective Impact Consultant

Benefits

• Flexible schedule

This role is not performed as an employee of the organization.

States of focus:
Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Texas.

• Assist in IDA’s efforts to develop a Collective Impact backbone organization and work groups within designated states
• Recruit and assist with training of Collective Impact workgroup members for designated Collective Impact state(s)
• Assist BCEC and Home Office Staff on the Collective Impact work and trends
• Assist in identifying trends, opportunities, challenges, and solutions within the Collective Impact workflows
• In partnership with Home Office and Collective Impact Coordinators, serve as a conduit of information between working groups and steering committee
• In partnership with Home Office, provide recommendations to Steering Committee on materials needed to carry out Collective Impact activities within the state

• Ability to communicate effectively between IDA Branch Council and National Board
• Ability to create a project plan, manage people and processes to deadlines
• Can contribute in one or more of these areas
  • Networking skills:
    People who can open doors to opportunities (in kind, schools, etc.)
  • Higher Education skills:
    Someone with a background in higher education
  • Marketing, public relations, advertising skills and/or connections
  • Building Community-based coalitions
  • Legislative policy and lobbying skills are a plus

• Serve as the point person for Collective Impact within specific states
  • Identify, recruit members to serve on the collective impact work groups
  • Identify documents, training materials, toolkits, etc needed to support Collective Impact
  • Provide coaching support as needed to workgroup co-chairs
  • Develop annual report summarizing collective impact work - goals, key milestones, challenges, next steps

• Collective Impact workgroup co-chairs from the target states (via chair meetings, calls and emails)
• Work groups as needed (via state workgroup meetings, calls, and emails)
• IDA staff, Board and Collective Impact volunteers

• Covered expenses align with the terms of the Contractor’s agreement with IDA.

• Collective Impact or coalition building experience (preferred)
• Strong administration and project management skills
• Excellent communication skills (written, oral, presentation, etc.)
• Data collection experience (collecting, synthesizing, tracking, and documenting)
• Accreditation, policy, and/or community engagement leadership experience
• Experience forming and leading teams

• Up to 40 hours/month

This is a remote position.