Director of Community Development

Position Summary

FACETS works to prevent crisis by providing low-income families supports so they can thrive. The Director of Community Development supervises two areas of work within FACETS, Opportunity Neighborhood (ON) and Education and Community Development (ECD). Both programs are primarily funded through Fairfax County’s Neighborhood Initiatives Program.

ON gives residents of identified neighborhoods, the chance to engage with schools, local government, community organizations, and businesses. They work collaboratively using a systems-level approach to help children, youth, and families reach their fullest potential through a strong academic foundation, family and community stability, and a culture of engagement, connectedness, and success. FACETS is the backbone organization for Opportunity Neighborhoods in Annandale and Centreville.

FACETS’ ECD Centers provide social service case management, adult education, and youth academic support/enrichment to residents of four county-owned housing complexes. The ECD Centers provide access to a tech lab, career center, and food pantry as well as monthly food distributions and special seasonal distributions. They are located in Annandale, Fairfax, and Centreville.

The Director of Community Development provides supervision and support to the ECD Team Lead, the ON--Annandale Strategy Manager, the ON—Centreville Strategy Manager, and the ON Data Specialist. The Director of Community Development builds community relationships to benefit the programs and represents them to County funders. The Director monitors the budgets, ensures timely reporting on outcome measures, and leads the submission of funding proposals for renewal of contracts and program expansion.

About the organization:

FACETS is a non-profit organization that opens doors by helping parents, their children, and individuals who suffer the effects of poverty in Fairfax County. We meet their emergency needs through our wrap around services and community partnerships, and help individuals and families experience safe and stable housing after years of uncertainty and instability. We strive to ensure that every person in our community has a place they can call home.

Here at FACETS, every team member plays a role in making a difference in the lives of our most vulnerable neighbors.

• Builds and maintains collaborative working relationships with the community, including schools, county staff, resident leaders, non-profits, faith community representatives and businesses. Clearly communicates with partners about program objectives.
• Coordinates with other related projects and coalitions to maintain a full understanding of the current landscape of local and regional activities, and integrating their work into the work and processes of ECD and ON.
• Maintains thorough understanding of applicable theory and principles, and works to ensure that the projects remain in alignment with those.
• Maintains understanding of ECD and ON implementation challenges and develops comprehensive solutions to address them.
• Coordinates advocacy for policy changes to support the communities served.
• Attends meetings, presentations and community events, to represent the programs and FACETS.
• Creates or manages creation of reports of ECD and ON progress and accomplishments for internal and external audiences, including FACETS Board of Directors, funders, and the wider community.
• Works with FACETS Communications team to develop a communications strategy and materials about the programs, such as: brochures; flyers; FAQs; social media posts; website updates; press releases and videos.
• Conducts presentations to community partners and the general public.
• Works with ON Data Specialist to develop data collection methods and analysis to support and evaluate the ECD Centers and ON.
• Works with program staff to identify, track, monitor, analyze and report outcomes.
• Accountable for the management of records, plus monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports as required by funders and as needed by Executive Director.
• Develops and tracks program budgets.
• Oversee personnel functions, including recruiting, training, supervising, evaluating,…