About this opportunity
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas lists this Impact Coordinator , Southern Dallas Thrives opportunity in dallas, Texas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Impact Coordinator
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas is a social change organization that unites the community to create access and opportunity for all North Texans to thrive. We bring together passionate change-makers alongside corporate, civic and nonprofit partners to drive lasting change and equity in education, income and health—the building blocks of opportunity. And for nearly 100 years, North Texans who share this passion have joined with us to LIVE UNITED.
The Impact Coordinator serves as a critical member of the Community Impact Department, and works closely with multiple key impact initiatives and teams to design, implement, administer, and track current and future programming and products to drive measurable impact aligned with United Way of Metropolitan Dallas pillars of Education, Income, Health, and Capacity Building.
The ideal candidate will have strong abilities in the following areas:
Social perceptiveness
Complex problem solving
Systems analysis and evaluation
Accountable and responsible
Develop, execute, coordinate, implement, and administer several multifaceted impact programs and correlating projects
The ideal candidate must be a solution focused self-starter who can conceptualize and develop plans for programming execution that yield impactful outcomes. This position requires excellent relational skills and the ability to manage multiple ongoing projects. The successful candidate will have a goal-oriented focus, growth mindset, acute attention to detail, and a passion for driving measurable impact in Education, Income, and Health across Southern Dallas & North Texas.
The Coordinator position will have the unique opportunity to provide high level support aimed at improving the implementation of UWMD's existing place-based impact initiatives (Southern Dallas Thrives & Hamilton Park Thrives), in addition to assisting with new innovations and partnerships. This role will serve in a cross functional capacity, working to support multi-faceted corporate-community initiatives and coordinating teams. The position will be responsible for providing high level administrative support & tracking impact data/goals/metrics, including managing activities, engaging stakeholders, and implementing program activities. Other responsibilities include overseeing the successful completion of projects and events in a high demand environment. The Coordinator will perform specialized tasks, manage deadlines and progress across the team to ensure timely completion, and oversee the delivery of projects at a high standard.
The Coordinator will have deep knowledge of and excellent administrative skill sets, and possess the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously that continuously drives high level results. Working as part of a team, the Coordinator will track and report on initiative outcomes, and ensure that place-based initiatives are reaching overall UWMD goals. The Coordinator partners, completes, analyzes, reviews, and structures the needs and projects of the initiatives through high level implementation and project management aligned with UWMD's community impact efforts. The Coordinator will report to the Vice President, Southern Dallas Thrives, who will provide the guiding strategy and continued oversight of all programs.
The candidate will help lead United Way's efforts to maintain and grow recognition as a visionary thought leader in Community Impact, resulting in:
Work with applicable internal & external teams to develop measurable outcomes in southern & UWMD service area communities through targets that aid in impacting lives in the areas of education, income, health, and capacity building for North Texas
Inspiring collective collaborations between communities, municipalities, non-profit organizations, services providers, and funders to aid in the continued growth and expansion of targeted placed-based initiatives; and
Supporting administrative, program operations, and event efforts by helping create innovative opportunities for donors to invest in impact, and staff to support continuous improvement of existing UWMD initiatives as well as the rollout of new endeavors.
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas is committed to leveraging our resources and networks to unite people, ideas, and projects that create lasting change. Together, we believe we can build a future where every North Texan, regardless of zip code, has the opportunity and access to reach their full potential. We invite candidates who share this commitment to apply for open positions.
Key Responsibilities
Program & Partner Engagement
Program Operations Coordination
Activation & Events Coordination
To perform the job successfully, competitive applicants should demonstrate the following competencies:
Mission-Focused : Create real social change that leads to improving community disparities.
Relationship-Oriented: Ability to communicate effectively to develop, grow and sustain aligned relationships. Knows how to capture and record relevant information and how to interpret and utilize the information to forge partnerships, collaborate, cultivate, grow, sustain, and strengthen internal and external relationships.
Results-Driven: Dedicated to shared and measurable goals; creating, resourcing, scaling, and leveraging strategies and innovations for comprehensive impact.
Champion Stewardship: Our actions, behaviors, and decisions on behalf of our donors must be transparent, meet the highest ethical standards, and align with organizational goals.
Job Requirements
Education: Bachelor's degree required; degrees in urban planning, Public Administration, Business Administration, Communications, or related fields preferred.
Experience: A minimum of 5 years of work experience required. Master's degree may substitute for two years of experience. Background in program development and management, business administration, and/or non-profit management strongly desired.
Skills:
Excellent verbal and written communication
Excellent project management and administrative skills
Ability to multi-task, self-starting, and ability to meet strict deadlines
Adept at building relationships
Proficient at project management
Excellent interpersonal skills, especially with people of diverse backgrounds
Strong attention to detail and high-level administrative abilities
Versed in Work, Excel, PowerPoint, and other applicable computer programming
Knowledgeable of community resources, business administration, and non-profit management
Ability to work as part of a team while being self-directed, equipped with ability to complete tasks individually.
Successful in tracking and reporting on outcomes.
Worksite address
dallas, TX, 75215, US
Who can apply
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