Associate Consultant
About Common Impact
Common Impact is a nationally recognized nonprofit with a mission to align business and social purpose. Founded in 2000, Common Impact has partnered with Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of the country’s leading nonprofit organizations to create this transformational change.
We break down barriers that exist between sectors and industries to create meaningful partnerships between companies, social sector organizations, and the people that drive them. The common purpose of these connections: to deliver real value to each partner through innovations in community engagement and, ultimately, to address deeply rooted and complex social challenges.
With a deep understanding of both mission-focused and business goals, Common Impact enables growing nonprofits to achieve even greater results in our communities, while simultaneously engaging corporate employees in dynamic and challenging opportunities that develop their skills and unlock successful, purpose-driven careers.
Position Summary
Over the past twenty years, Common Impact has built a leading model to connect talented professionals from global companies to nonprofits through skills-based volunteerism (SBV). As corporate engagement and investment in social challenges deepens, Common Impact is expanding and evolving to meet the new demands of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) space.
The Associate Consultant role is an excellent opportunity for a professional 2-3 years into their career to join a high-performing consulting team. The Associate Consultant will support engagements across the corporate and nonprofit sectors working with corporate volunteers and nonprofit professionals. This position offers a unique opportunity for a talented, early-career professional to contribute to the growth of an innovative and entrepreneurial nonprofit as it expands a proven model of social impact responding to the current environment. The successful candidate must possess excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills; keen attention to detail and experience in project management; managing relationships across sectors; and a passion for social sector work.
Key Responsibilities
As a full-time Associate Consultant, you will be expected to:
- Manage cross-sector engagements: Common Impact is dedicated to program excellence. The programs team is responsible for the delivery of innovative and highly impactful programming. Common Impact designs many different types of programs that bring together nonprofit professionals and teams of corporate associates. Some popular models include four-month team consulting projects and days of “flash consulting”. The Associate Consultant will be the main point of contact for certain nonprofits and corporate volunteer teams and, in this capacity, will build rapport with nonprofit partners and volunteers, provide guidance and best practices to both parties, support work planning and project execution, and gather feedback at the end of each project.
- Identify high-performing nonprofits and scope projects: The Associate Consultant plays a critical role in our nonprofit client selection process. You will reach out to and build relationships with viable nonprofits, hold scoping calls to assess potential fit for a Common Impact engagement, and help corporate partners understand what projects would be of greatest benefit. While you are not expected to be an expert in any one area, you should be able to speak across disciplines (Strategy, Technology, Marketing, Human Resources, Operations, and Finance) to ensure projects will yield meaningful outcomes for our nonprofit clients and align well with the skills of corporate volunteers.
- Support in managing a portfolio of 4-6 accounts: The Associate Consultant plays a critical role in supporting the implementation of SBV programming across a variety of corporate accounts. A person in this role should enjoy collaborating with colleagues across a variety of team settings, joining client check-ins, and delivering on client goals. More importantly, an Associate Consultant should be a proactive problem-solver and be willing to jump in and take direction to support the execution of programs.
- Enhance the organizational culture at Common Impact: At Common Impact, we strongly believe that the spirit in which we do our work is as important as the work itself. We pride ourselves on excellence, innovation, fostering collaboration between groups that might not otherwise interact, and a willingness to have fun with our work. A successful candidate for this position will also hold these values and be excited about Common Impact’s mission.
- Assist the Common Impact team to build out our services: As Common Impact continues to grow—serving more nonprofits, more companies, and more geographies— you will be joining a fast-moving, dynamic organization that is eager to develop, refine, and expand our services. The ability to adapt and nimbly support expanding our new programs will be critical.
Required Skills
Experience: 2-3 years of project management, program management, consulting, corporate social impact, and/or cross-sector experience.
Location: Common Impact is a hybrid optional organization with authorization to hire employees in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Travel: Our clients have a national footprint. This role will require approximately 10% domestic travel to service those clients (as long as it is safe to do so based on public health guidelines).
You might be a strong fit for this role if you are:
- A strong verbal and written communicator. The Associate Consultant is a client-facing role and you will be the Common Impact staff person that many of our stakeholders know best. As a result, we are looking for a person with strong communication and presentation skills who consistently makes a polished, positive impression on clients.
- A strong relationship builder and are adept at creating rapport and buy-in with corporate contacts, nonprofit leaders, and internal colleagues.
- Comfortable managing multiple projects and workstreams with overlapping timelines and levels of priority. Associate Consultants are successful project managers who are organized, flexible, efficient, willing and eager to take on a variety of tasks, able to keep track of many details, and capable of handling projects with competing priorities.
- Comfortable discussing topics in a variety of service areas, including technology, marketing, operations, finance, and human resources. We don’t expect you to be an expert in all of these areas, but you should be interested to learn and you should be able to carry on basic conversations with volunteers and nonprofit clients who are experts in these areas.
- Enjoy working in a remote environment and taking the initiative to autonomously manage deadline-based projects successfully.
- Know how to manage up, elevate issues, and ask for support to ensure problems are proactively identified, internal and external stakeholders are informed of key decisions, and best practices are adhered to.
- Enjoy interacting with a variety of stakeholders across seniority, including corporate social impact professionals, nonprofit CEOs, and corporate volunteers.
- Are tech savvy and comfortable with a variety of technology tools including, Asana, Salesforce, Zoom, and Microsoft Suite
- Are looking for a work environment where you can bring your genuine self and are eager to be involved in social impact and mission-driven work
- Are committed to principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and will help uphold these principles internally and externally as a Common Impact employee by engaging in DEI trainings, executing on DEI-specific goals, and incorporating a DEI lens in our services.
Compensation, Benefits, and Work Environment
Salary and Benefits: The salary range for this position is $55,000 - $62,100 annually and commensurate with experience. Common Impact offers competitive benefits, including 3 weeks (15 days) of vacation to start, 10 office holidays, the final week of the year off, and 12 sick days; a 401k plan and 2% match; 12 weeks of paid parental leave; and employer-paid medical and dental coverage for individuals.
Remote Work Environment: Common Impact operates as a remote flexible organization and creates opportunities for team cohesion and connection through monthly virtual team-building events and quarterly in-person retreats. As a remote flexible organization, all employees receive technology tools such as a laptop, monitor, and keyboard, as well as a one-time remote set up stipend, to help create a comfortable working environment. Employees can also choose to work in a flexible co-working space on occasion.
Common Impact Values: At Common Impact, we strongly believe that the spirit in which we do our work is as important as the work itself. We pride ourselves on excellence, innovation, fostering collaboration between groups that might not otherwise interact, and a willingness to have fun with our work. A successful candidate for this position will embody and protect our organizational values of service and equity, unlikely partnerships, ingenuity, and levity.
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How to Apply
Common Impact is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse community. Common Impact strongly encourages people of color and women to apply. To apply, please complete the application on this page and indicate why you’re interested in this position and your relevant work experience.