Director of Nonprofit Capacity Solutions Job Rochester area,City of Rochester New York USA,Non-Profit & Social Impact

Location: City of Rochester

ORGANIZATION:
Causewave Community Partners

TITLE:

Director of Nonprofit Capacity Solutions

REPORTS TO:

VP of Nonprofit Capacity Building

This is a full-time, year-round position.

Here’s what Causewave can offer you:

Competitive pay and benefits package, including 100% coverage of single health and dental insurance
Flexible work environment, including the option for a hybrid work schedule
Paid time off, including vacation, sick, and 16 holidays per year (includes 2 floating holidays)
Flexible employer contributions after one calendar year of employment for retirement, student loan repayment or other needs
Awesome colleagues and a culture where everyone’s ideas matter
Exciting, meaningful work:
You’ll have a front row seat to our region’s changemakers and know every day that you’re making a difference!

Here’s what we’re looking for in a Director of Nonprofit Capacity Solutions:

The Director of Nonprofit Capacity Solutions plays a critical role on our diverse team, leading the Capacity Solutions team and leading projects to foster positive change within the region’s nonprofit sector. The Director of Nonprofit Capacity Solutions should have experience with and ability to:

Provide leadership, supervision, and support to members of the Nonprofit Capacity Solutions Team.
Serve as a trainer and mentor to Capacity Solutions team members, working closely with the VP of Nonprofit Capacity Building to ensure capacity team effectiveness, efficiencies and growth.
Work closely with team members on goal setting, professional development, and performance management.
Maintain visibility into the work and workload of team members to ensure projects are completed on time and at a high level of quality.
Manage relationships and contracts with partner organizations.
Accurately diagnose organizational challenges and provide strategic counsel to nonprofit partners across diverse projects and missions.
Support nonprofit partners with capacity building work in the areas of strategy, operations, marketing, and fundraising.
Be accountable for all aspects of projects, including developing a work plan, communicating with nonprofit partners, managing timelines and budgets, adapting processes to meet partners’ needs, and ensuring quality deliverables.
Utilize key concepts of nonprofit management, for example: communications, fundraising, strategic planning, board development, and workforce development.
Facilitate meetings and processes to successfully bring diverse stakeholders to consensus.
Develop appropriate proposals/scopes of work.
Play an active role in building and managing Causewave’s important partnerships by participating in donor and client events and community presentations.
Leverage, engage and manage relationships with volunteers and external providers to improve project outcomes and timelines.
Manage budgets and timelines to ensure quality outcomes within project scope.
Perform other duties as assigned in support of Causewave’s mission.

Here are some other things to consider when evaluating if this role is right for you:

Fresh thinking:
We are almost always taking a shoestring budget and using it to address thorny, difficult, important issues. We’ll be looking to you to find creative, strategic solutions.
Interpersonal skills:
In this role, you will be working with all kinds of people. It will be important to build strong relationships so that people will value your input and feel valued.
Team attitude:
We are all on the same team, and when one of us succeeds, we all do. That means you’ll look for opportunities to pitch in on things that may not be in your job description–both big and small.
Organization:
You will balance multiple projects and priorities, so will need to be great at planning, prioritization, process and:
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