Director, Maternal Infant Health & Collective Impact

Leadership

Embody adaptive leadership and establish, facilitate, and execute effective and open communication with staff

Adhere to March of Dimes National strategic plan as well as state level strategic plan

Model results based leadership and execute and facilitate results based meetings

Maintain understanding of current implementation challenges and develop solutions to address them

Provide direction and support to partner organizations to align their work to the common agenda

Act in a neutral role to help resolve conflict among full collaborative, workgroups and Steering Committee

Maintain accountability throughout all processes and engagement

Collaborative Support

Support the Steering Committee by facilitating meetings including preparation of meeting materials, topics and following up on action commitments

Support the Working Group Co-Chairs to facilitate meetings, assist in preperation of meeting materials, shceduling, and facilitation

Provide regular reports on progress against goals and indicators

Build and maintain relationships with Steering Committee, Working Group Co-Chairs, Working Group members, and full collaborative members

Build the Backbone's identity as a trusted & respected convener and coordinator of resources throughout the local community

Cultivate relationships with community leaders and collaborative members to inspire high alignment and high action without using formal authority

Identify and recruit additional cross-sector partners to participate

Revenue Development

Identify and engage potential funding sources to support full collaborative and strategies this includes

Seek and secure ongoing funding to maintain and grow the collaborative

Donor stewardship

Grant writing and concept papers as needed

Work with collaborative members to provide revenue support around collective fund development to support selected strategies and solutions

Work closely with March of Dimes EDMD, and all other relevant development internal partners

Oversee reporting to funders as required

Measurement, Data Collection and Reporting

Assist to build and implement an internal data measurement system to track shared results across site locations and the National Office using a results-based dashboard

Build and implement a shared measurement system that will track common outcomes and indicators and use results to inform continuous quality improvement of collaborative members using a results-based dashboard

Coordinate consensus around results, indicators, key factors and strategies with Working Groups, Steering Committee and full collaborative

Ensure all partners are aware of targets and indicators

Create or manage creation of annual report and quarterly and annual summary reports of initiative progress for Steering Committee, March of Dimes National Office, and external audiences

Ensure that data is collected, entered, analyzed and communicated effectively

Other Duties

Perform other duties from time to time in order to ensure the attainment of goals.

Qualifications

5-10 years experience Masters Degree in Political Science, Public Health, Anthropology, Sociology, Business or Policy, or related field

Experience in a nonprofit environment

Detail-oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills

Strong leadership/management skills with the ability to motivate staff and lead change

Experience in mobilizing community using clear measurable goals Experience leading community change efforts

Results Oriented-able to pivot to focused action that contributes to improving the result.

Equity-able to have and hold discussions, and take action, regarding the role of racism, poverty and sexism in healthcare and community conditions.

Collective Action-ability to work with key stakeholders and leaders to make decisions and take action around a shared result

Excellent presentation and facilitation skills

Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills