Director of Programs & Member Engagement; FPN

Director of Programs & Member Engagement (FPN2)

Posted on October 06, 2017

Under the direction of the President & CEO, the FPN Director of Programs & Member Engagement provides key leadership for its programs and strategic engagement initiatives to serve a diverse and sophisticated membership throughout Florida. This position is responsible for creating and supporting opportunities for members to be actively engaged with FPN through programming, affinity groups, member networks and special initiatives or projects.

S/he will identify and implement member programming and convening, in concert with staff Team FPN, consultants and volunteers leaders, to engage members and partners in learning and action to promote and support effective philanthropy and to advance FPN’s mission and leader ship work.

FPN’s new strategic plan, adopted in February 2017, establishes our core values as Leadership, Inclusion, Collaboration, Learning and Integrity. One of FPN’s strategic goals is to "Advance the Common Good by I ncreasing Philanthropy’s Effectiveness in Florida" and will be fulfilled by two critical strategies:

Design a learning agenda that is both proactive to key issues facing the sector and reactive to emerging trends leading to better outcomes in member education; and,

Establish a Body of Knowledge to drive FPN’s future discussions, training, and engagement of other sectors.

The FPN Director of Programs & Member Engagement shall serve as a partner to the President and the entire staff team in designing and implementing efforts to strategically and systematically engage current members. In this role, you will lead efforts to strengthen member relationships, learning more about member needs, and identify emerging industry trends – including overseeing the stewardship of current members along with the overall membership recruiting and retention efforts in collaboration with Team FPN.

The FPN Director of Programs & Member Engagement shall be a leader in enhancing the image and positive impact of FPN as a leader in Florida philanthropy. In this role, you will provide leadership and direction to the development and implementation of special projects as envisioned and/or as assigned. And, you would serve as a positive role model in your representation of FPN with members, partners and all other constituencies.

The FPN Director of Programs & Member Engagement shall design and implement rigorous program evaluation and member feedback procedures — for member programs and learning as a whole and for individual program offerings — to determine whether FPN is achieving its program and learning goals and to integrate the learning from these assessments to improve future outcomes. In this role you will work directly with Team FPN and its member groups to implement processes to collect feedback on what’s working and not working and to generate ideas for future learning opportunities.

And, you would evaluate whether FPN programs incorporate national, regional and local trends with respect to the current thinking and direction of where the field is heading and evolving as a whole.

• A clear and consistent commitment to the FPN mission, vision and values in providing service to members and leadership in philanthropy.
• A willingness to perform assigned responsibilities and contribute to a respectful, collaborative work environment. A demonstrated willingness to advance strategic goals and outcomes as established by the Board.
• A desire and commitment to work effectively in a highly collaborative and open small team environment.
• An ongoing history of compliance…