Director – Community Partnerships

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Manage a portfolio of community-oriented and out-of-school-time projects.

• Spearhead SHP’s out-of-school-time strategy, acting as the internal expert for this demographic and delivery setting.

• Supervise pilot projects, enhance and standardize effective models, and direct expansion towards nationwide implementation.

• Ensure the portfolio supports youth violence prevention, influences systems, and aligns with national thought leadership objectives.

• Direct the planning, execution, and ongoing management of programs and community collaborations.

• Provide guidance to organizational leaders on engaging youth outside of conventional educational settings.

• Oversee contractors to guarantee high-quality outputs.

• Mentor, coach, and develop managers to meet partnership and program objectives.

• Establish and maintain relationships with providers, community organizations, national networks, funders, and key stakeholders.

• Drive cross-functional initiatives by defining ownership, roles, decision-making authority, timelines, and stakeholder strategies.

• Offer organizational leaders succinct updates and represent SHP in meetings and presentations with partners, funders, and in the field.

• Represent the portfolio in Director-level committees and leadership discussions.

• Create scalable tools, processes, and resources for partner selection, readiness, pilot projects, implementation, communication, documentation, risk management, sustainability, dissemination, and project closeout.

• Capture and document lessons learned and best practices for replication and scaling.

• Utilize feedback and evaluation results to enhance implementation and guide investment and scaling decisions.

• Manage project budgets, contracts, scopes of work, consultants, vendors, and grant deliverables.

• Perform additional duties as required.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong commitment to SHP’s mission and core values.

• Bachelor’s degree is mandatory.

• Over 7 years of progressive experience leading out-of-school-time programs, youth-focused initiatives, community partnerships, or intricate cross-sector programs.

• Extensive knowledge of the out-of-school-time sector and community organizations and youth-serving networks.

• Experience in designing, launching, assessing, and scaling pilot programs and initiatives.

• Exceptional project management capabilities, including experience in cross-functional collaboration, budgeting, timelines, stakeholder relations, and managing competing priorities.

• Ability to cultivate partnerships and influence outcomes across organizations and stakeholder groups without direct authority.

• Proven experience in developing operational processes, systems, and infrastructure to support program implementation and scale.

• Outstanding judgment, communication, and relationship management abilities.

• Proficient in engaging effectively with executive leaders, partners, funders, and community stakeholders.

• Skilled in using data, evaluation results, and partner feedback for continuous improvement and decision-making.

• Experience managing budgets, contracts, vendors, consultants, and grant deliverables.

• Strong commitment to culturally responsive, equitable, and community-centered practices.

• Experience with remote or geographically dispersed organizations is preferred.

• Candidates must reside in the U.S.

• Candidates should provide a project plan document or presentation deck from a prior project and discuss contributions, decisions, outcomes, challenges, and lessons learned.

🏝️ Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• Flexible working hours.

• Paid holidays.

• 10 days of sick leave.

• Paid parental leave.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Employer-funded life insurance.

• Employer-funded short- and long-term disability insurance.

• 401k matching.

• Professional development stipend.

• Wellness and mental health support.

• Employer-funded Employee Assistance Program.

• Laptop provided.

• Home office reimbursement.

• Monthly reimbursement for Wi-Fi up to $40.

• Monthly reimbursement for cell phone costs up to $50.

• Location flexibility for most positions across the country.

• Remote office support available for all staff.