Albany County, WY

Position Title: Contracted Director of the Community Impact Cooperative

Organization: United Way of Albany County

Location: Albany County, WY

Organization Overview: United Way of Albany County is a volunteer-based non-profit organization that raises and distributes funds to 16 participating agencies in the Laramie area.

When United Way of Albany County was established, it was a vision of the future – a future dedicated to improving the quality of life for all. United Way volunteers have been building on that vision for six decades.

Today, the many changes taking place in the community have created heightened social problems. United Way is positioned to respond to these problems. Through community-wide human service planning and direct support of agencies, United Way is answering the expanded needs for children, poor, elderly, disadvantaged, abused, disabled and discouraged.

United Way’s is goal to help the people of Albany County achieve satisfactory fulfillment and to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another.

Position Overview: After 24 months research and program development, the Community Impact Cooperative has initiated two projects in service of community development. The first is a Community Health Resource Inventory (CRI), a collaborative tool for local non-profits to present data on what services they provide and to whom. The CRI will be invaluable for assessing gaps in Albany County services and will assist non-profits in fundraising efforts. The second project is titled Laramie Heart & Soul, a community listening effort sponsored by United Way and supported by Laramie Main Street. Interviews from Laramie Heart & Soul will improve connectivity with Albany County and will be used to develop action plans addressing community needs and will be submitted to city council and the county commissioners. The director and co-director will divide project responsibilities, with the co-director fulfilling a support role.

Part-Time (30 hours a week), 12 Month Contracted Position (hybrid: remote and in-person)

Duties:

• Work side-by-side with cooperative members, co-director, and United Way staff for preparation of agendas, collaborators, and oversight of monthly meetings.
• Revise and execute a twelve-month strategic plan to complete the CIC’s current projects.
• Oversee marketing
• Manage Laramie Heart & Soul (the CIC’s community listening effort) or the CRI
  • Management of these two tasks is divided between director and co-director
• Continue coalition and steering group building
• Continue to grow community collaborations by 50% (Currently at 5)
  • Identify key stakeholders that are neither participating in the coalition nor as a collaborative partner
  • Oversee CIC website maintenance and updates
  • Create and publish content for a quarterly newsletter with recruitment piece
  • Continue to update current contact database (Constant Contact) with new coalition members and ensure that United Way staff updates calendar invitations with new member information/invites them to the share drive and that each new member is onboarded with presentation
• Work with United Way Executive Director and Development Committee to secure funding to continue the program for each additional year through the completion of grant proposals, donor solicitations, and/or foundation support. Also, assist United Way staff with grant reporting requirements
• Continually research and stay educated on the techniques and structure of the collective impact mission and framework, community development, and qualitative data analysis.
• Be a visible representative of UWAC and the Community Impact Cooperative partner agencies/programs and the public
• Strategically enhance current relationships with individual supporters and community partners

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• High school degree and at least two years of professional experience OR
• College degree and work experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Preferred Requirements

• Ability to perform with minimal supervision
• Project management
• General knowledge of coalition building
• Experience with data management, collection, and assessment
• Ability to manage and understand contracted work position including but not limited to: personal tax responsibility, liability insurance, and LLC permit
• Experience with design for print and electronic media
• Understanding of discourse analysis
• Ability to work with diverse constituency
• Knowledge of community
• Independent, self-starter
• Valid driver’s license and use of own vehicle (with valid insurance coverage) for agency business

Salary/Pay: $50,000 – 55,000; negotiable, based on experience; paid via 1099.

How to Apply: Apply through Handshake or Indeed or email your cover letter and resume to Anna Cramer, Executive Director of United Way of Albany County at anna.cramer@unitedwayalbanycounty.org and Tim Etzkorn, current Director of the Community Impact Cooperative, at tim.etzkorn@unitedwayalbanycounty.org