Community Impact Coordinator
Community Impact Coordinator
Job Type: Job (Full-Time) Location: Onalaska, Wisconsin, United States (Onsite)
Position Summary:
This position is a member of a team that works towards achieving long-lasting, meaningful community change positively impacting the Coulee Region. This position has two main areas of responsibility: coordinating a community needs assessment every three years and coordinating granting processes to direct funds toward meeting those needs. Great Rivers United Way serves a regional area of eight counties around La Crosse, WI. Some travel will occur.
Key Responsibilities:
In partnership with the Strategic Impact Director this position will do the following:
Coordinating Grant Processes
- Maintain positive relationships with nonprofit partners throughout the region.
- Serve as the liaison between grantees and Great Rivers United Way.
- Coordinate the complete granting process: application development, notification of grant funds available, applicant assistance, grant review volunteer recruitment, volunteer training, facilitating review teams, funding recommendation development, applicant notification, collect grantee agreements, and collect grantee reports.
- Facilitate the Fund Distribution Steering Committee and work with the Strategic Impact Director to formalize recommendations to the Board of Directors.
Coordinate Community Needs Assessment
- Collaborate with county health departments, healthcare organizations, and other community partners to assess and report on the top community needs.
- Manage the project work groups, timeline, communications, and budget
- Delegate tasks to work group members and monitor progress
- Support data collection activities: community survey, focus groups, gathering secondary data indicators
- With guidance from Strategic Impact Director, show leadership across
- Support community meetings in each county to discuss the data and prioritize needs
- Cultivate mutually beneficial relationships with community stakeholders.
Qualifications:
Education: Our ideal candidate would have a bachelor’s degree in a human service-related field, i.e. public health and/or sociology. Project Management certification is a plus.
Experience: One to two years of work experience in project management, public health, or nonprofit work. Grant writing or facilitation education/experience a plus.
Knowledge:
- Community research methods – qualitative and quantitative
- Intermediate skill-level using Microsoft applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook
- Grant giving management and reporting software.
- Group facilitation techniques
- Project management
- Knowledge of the local nonprofit environment
Skills:
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent program management and implementation skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, handling multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to build and sustain productive relationships.
- Work professionally and effectively with diverse individuals, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Excellent written and verbal skills are needed.
- Team oriented environment, so being able to relate to many and work well with others.
- Ability to identify gaps in personal knowledge and skills and seek out education and resources to fill those gaps
What we Offer:
Meaningful work that directly improves lives in the community - Collaborative, mission-driven team environment - Competitive compensation and benefits
United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Starting Hourly is: $22 but can be negotiated based on experience.