Collective Impact Consultant

benefits

• flexible schedule

the work description below is for consultant/independent contracted work only. This work is not performed as an employee of the organization.

we are looking for qualified candidates within the regions of any of the following states of focus states of focus include; 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.