Executive Director of Community & Ecosystem Partnerships

Locus partners with communities, organizations, and ecosystems to work toward a future where everyone, no matter their background, location, or economic status, can live in healthy, thriving communities. Locus believes that essential to this vision is a capital system that centers community input and impact.

Established in 2006, Locus is a nonprofit holding company regulated by the Federal Reserve. Locus is the parent organization for a family of social enterprises, which includes Locus Bank, Locus Impact Fund, Locus Capital, and the Community Investment Guarantee Pool (CIGP). Locus assets have grown from $15 million to $600 million, and we have generated more than $4 billion dollars in total impact in local communities to create jobs, energize places, and promote an enhanced quality of life.

With offices in Christiansburg and Richmond, Locus offers innovative and flexible financing tools and professional advisory services to individuals, places, organizations and sectors in low-to-moderate income and underserved communities. Locus Bank is an FDIC-insured, certified bank and B Corp offering products tailored to socially conscious investors, along with business checking, savings, and certificate of deposit accounts. Locus Bank is a majority-owned subsidiary of Locus.

Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender. Locus has an operating budget of approximately $27 million and a staff of 90.

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Reporting to the Chief of Partnerships, Investments and Impact Officer
, the Executive Director of Community and Ecosystem Partnerships supports and leads a high-functioning team that provides systemic coordination of programmatic resources and investments in targeted geographies, regional food systems, and, through the Capital Region Small Business Development Center, small business counseling in the Greater Richmond area. The Team provides “boots on the ground” in communities and sectors to identify opportunities where Locus’ financial tools can make the greatest impact.

Locus’ strategy is anchored in the belief that we must first understand the unique challenges of every community, region, or sector before we can find solutions that meet market needs. Our process starts with finding like-minded partners. We want to engage organizations that already understand community and sector strengths, needs, and visions. Once we know who the changemakers are, we listen.

As our potential role in realizing those visions takes shape, we offer our unique expertise, products, and services as tools to make real impact possible.

The Executive Director of Community and Ecosystem Partnerships is responsible for setting priorities to deepen the Team’s impact in existing communities and sectors and identifying opportunities to expand our work. This position translates strategies into scalable solutions to community and sector challenges and aligns diverse financial resources to ensure sustainability and impact.

• Lead and support an empowered, talented, passionate, and mission driven four person staff and their diverse and growing portfolio of work, including implementation of the rural Southern Virginia place-based investment strategy; advancement of Locus’ regional food system strategic initiative; enhancement of the coordination and impact of technical assistance provided to small businesses through the Capital Region Small Business Development Center, and the exploration of new places and sectors, including engagement with local ecosystem, community, and funding partners
• Define coordinated priorities and sustainability goals, budget, and impact targets.
• Cultivate and strengthen strategic relationships with Federal, state, and…