LEVERAGE OFFICER

Job description:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACTIVITIES
 
INITIATIVE LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

• In collaboration with internal stakeholders, assist CBOs in identifying funding opportunities that align with their missions, maintaining an effective cadre of grant writers and consultants to bolster successful grant applications for our partners, evaluate the effectiveness of efforts, and make recommendations to the Vice President, Community Equity, to ensure enhanced success, adequate resources, and an ever-present focus on advancing equity.
• Embed equity and inclusion in all aspects of your work, considering all stakeholders' diverse needs and perspectives, promoting fair practices, and contributing to a workplace culture that values and respects diversity. Advocate for equitable outcomes and ensure that all actions and decisions reflect our commitment to equity.
• Identify and disseminate emerging grant opportunities in the sector with Dogwood’s strategically aligned partners.
• Regularly engage colleagues, consultants, and grant writers in exploring new funding opportunities for our partners, focusing on opportunities for CBOs that serve historically marginalized populations.
• Identify CBOs with solid potential for partnership; build relationships and recommend grantee partners for further engagement and capacity building.
• Participate regularly as a key Community Investment team member in staff meetings to communicate openly about our strategies and efforts.

 
EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT


 

• Deepen alliances with state and federal-level funding partners, government administrators, local, state, and federal agencies, charitable organizations, economic developers, and housing agencies to identify and anticipate potential funding opportunities that would benefit WNC CBOs.
• Provide regular report-outs to Dogwood Community Investment staff, focusing on opportunities to increase Dogwood grantee partners’ access to upcoming state, federal, and private foundation funding.
• Serve as a partner and point of contact for grantees and other collaborators in pursuing opportunities for outside grant funding.
• Anticipate, analyze, and quantify the needs of CBOs and proactively seek opportunities that leverage existing community strengths and assets to leverage outside grant funding successfully.
• Create an environment of transparency, collaboration, and community focus.
• Represent Dogwood to a diverse array of partners including grantees, community leaders, business leaders, government officials, affinity groups, and collaborators in the region.
• Educate community and statewide leaders about Dogwood’s mission, programs, and goals.
• As appropriate, convene grantees and others in the field to advance collective action, networking, and learning opportunities for aligned exempt entities to increase their capacity as our most vital partners.
• Serve as a thought partner and remain well informed of current research, activities, and trends in the issues aligned exempt entities address.

 
GRANTS & COMMUNITY INVESTMENT

• Leverage public and private funding streams to optimize investments and impact of initiatives that address health equity and the social determinants of health.
• Review and analyze grantmaking investments to ensure legal/regulatory compliance.
• Evaluate grant and community investment proposals and develop funding recommendations.
• Prepare strategy memos, briefs, reports, and presentations in various formats to engage a broad range of constituents (e.g., board members, community leaders, grantees, and allied funders).
• Review statements of work (SOW). 
• Support the development and implementation of initiative evaluation plans to track the work's impact and allow for continuous learning.
• Prepare and contribute to written materials, including grant recommendations and context papers, that communicate the alignment of grantee activities with portfolio goals and strategies.
• Collaborate with colleagues, board, and staff to coordinate and contribute to projects and relationships, leverage community strengths, assets, and identity opportunities, and combine efforts for mutual success and integration.

• Share knowledge and insights with foundation colleagues through formal exchanges, informal conversations, and written documentation that contributes to a transparent organizational culture and mutual respect.
• Work alongside the Director of Public Policy to improve integrative efforts in realizing multiple change efforts and agents.  

 
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
Qualifications are a guiding light and not all-encompassing of what Dogwood considers throughout the selection process. We encourage all candidates to include a cover letter to share how their lived experience, education, and work experience combine to support this role.
 
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent years’ experience required.
• Five years of increasingly responsible experience in resource development including grant-seeking, including three years of performing increasingly responsible project/program management functions.
• Five years or more of progressively responsible roles related to resource development, portfolio management and evaluation. 
• Demonstrated leadership of a transformational initiative or project with measurable impact.
• Advanced and adept experience with Microsoft Office suite; comfort in technology with the ability to learn and adopt new tools and resources as needed. 
• Experience with contract and statement of work review (SOW). 
• Experience in a startup environment or launching a new program, product, department, or initiative.
• Experience establishing and managing complex internal and external relationships.
• Budget management experience.
• Proven track record of developing and fostering excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders; able to find common ground, build consensus and strengthen collaboration. Proven ability to work with government and agency partners, build successful relationships with local leaders and organizations and engage people from diverse backgrounds in various settings.

 
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Promote a high-performance, high-support environment and has a track record of leading and inspiring strong, collaborative teams.
• Demonstrate commitment to equity across ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural lines.
• Display the highest level of personal integrity & transparency.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving, fast-changing environment.
• Exceptional writing skills to develop and refine proposals, agreements, and strategic documents effectively communicate complex ideas and opportunities, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and partner expectations.
• Discerning communication skills that rely on active listening skills with the ability to develop rapport and engender trust.
• Strong administrative, organization, time, and workflow management skills, as well as a familiarity with project management approaches and tools, as well as continuous improvement methodologies and process analysis.
• Able to think strategically about an issue outside their expertise, anticipate future consequences and trends, and incorporate them into the team’s plan.
• Experience addressing and simplifying complex problems and creating a strategy to solve them.
• Able to analyze complex data, make assumptions, and proceed with imperfect information.
• Knows their internal states, strengths, and limitations; maintains a professional demeanor.
• Has established and managed complex organizational relationships.
• Experience or ability to facilitate meetings, synthesize ideas, and provide sensitive feedback.
• Ability to lead collaboratives of multiple funders and leaders, provide cross-sector learning opportunities for funders and grantees, and serve as staff lead for special projects or committees.

 
WHAT WE OFFER
 
Dogwood’s purpose of dramatically improving the health and well-being of all people and communities of Western North Carolina is also evident within our doors.  All full-time team members can participate in a broad offering of competitive benefits, including health insurance, retirement, PTO, and more. The starting salary will be commensurate with years, breadth, and depth of relevant experience, education, certifications, credentials, special skills, accomplishments, and other relevant factors.
 
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION
 
Dogwood Health Trust is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our work and on our teams. We know that the rich diversity of perspectives and wisdom imperative to our purpose can only come from various origins and life experiences. We strongly believe that creating a workplace where all team members thrive is critical to fulfilling our purpose in the communities we serve. We intentionally recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
 
Qualified candidates are urged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class. 

Apply Here: Leverage Officer

Location:

Asheville, North Carolina

Compensation:

110,000-118,000

Contact:

https://jobapply.page.link/ADTzW