Director of Nonprofit Capacity Solutions

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: Getting. Stuff. Done. Preferred experience for this role: • Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience required, specifically in roles related to organizational strategy, marketing or fundraising • Supervisory experience • Thrive when thinking strategically • Strong desire to make the world a better place
 • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience Required: Valid driver’s license and access to reliable transportation We’re committed to diversity. Causewave recognizes the importance of a culture that embraces diversity and appreciates and values individual differences. We are actively working to increase the diversity of our staff, board and vendors; create an inclusive, respectful and equitable environment; serve our diverse customers with culturally sensitive programs and services; and continually improve Causewave’s policies and practices through learning and leadership. We’re eager for new team members to bring their unique experiences and perspectives to the table to improve our work, inside & out. Our vision for the future. Causewave Community Partners’ long-term vision is this: ours will be a community known for addressing big challenges through collaboration, and our organization will be one of the primary justifications for that reputation. We’ll be a magnet for passionate people looking to do good and the place where ideas, causes and organizations come to build momentum around their mission. DON’T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT? We still encourage you to apply! Studies show that women, non-binary applicants, and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. However, at Causewave, our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, identities, and talents help us thrive. Are you our next team member? Application info: We're excited for the future and the addition of another amazing team member to help us fulfill our vision. If you’re excited too, apply at: info@causewave.org. Submissions must include a resume AND either a cover letter or video submission (1-minute max). The salary range for this role is $72,000 to $76,000 Actual offers will be within this range and commensurate with experience and qualifications.