Strategic Planning Director jobs in Detroit, MI

Senior Director of Partnerships

Employee Category: Full-time Employee

Positions Hiring: 1
Salary Range: $80,000-$100,000 (dependent on credentials and experience)

Reports to: Vice President of Strategic Operations

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision insurance; 20 PTO/Vacation Days Model; Monthly Self-Care Stipend; Monthly Technology Stipend, robust company holiday calendar; quarterly shutdown week; annual end-of-year shutdown; professional development budget.

Position Overview:  We are looking for a dynamic mid-career professional with a strong track record of working across multiple work streams and managing and leading programming and initiatives. This individual has clear strengths that are visible through directly executed work in strategy and design; project management; execution; outreach; laterally managing/holding others accountable (including managing up and externally); and facilitation (including, yet not limited to high-stakes meetings, programming, and internal meetings). This individual is intrinsically motivated, holds themselves accountable, thrives when building from the ground up and operating with little to no expectations or roadmap, and is driven to pursue excellence in their work with passion and integrity at all times. This individual will manage and lead several high-profile partnerships at Strategic Community Partners, working directly with partners and serving as the face of SCP in these partnerships. Strategic Community Partners is seeking an exemplary candidate available to start immediately and help advance the company through its next stage of growth and to grow and stay with the company for years to come. This person will report directly to the Vice President and must be based in Detroit.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree required

Core Responsibilities

This dynamic individual will manage and lead several high-profile partnerships at Strategic Community Partners, working directly with partners and serving as the face of SCP in these partnerships. They will be responsible for:

• Strategy and design

• Project management

• Execution

• Outreach

• Laterally managing/holding others accountable (including managing up and externally)

• Facilitation (including yet not limited to high-stakes meetings, programming, and internal meetings

Examples of partnerships and responsibilities this individual will lead include:

• Facilitate, project manage, and further execute on current high-level curriculum roadmap for a national accelerator (in partnership with two national entities) engaging 10-15 organizations rooted in culturally responsive education (CRE) that work with youth of color from across the country. The ultimate goals of this accelerator include building community; creating a highly engaging learning and dialogue space amongst organizations; furthering organization’s ability to articulate and practice rooted in CRE; and supporting them in strengthening their organization’s potential for impact, scalability, and funding. This accelerator will feature a monthly convening, monthly office hours, quarterly shared learning reviews, and additional communication and engagement. With our two national partners, there is also a weekly internal planning call, as well as a monthly update call.

• Working directly with a partner to lead national network and community engagement within the respective partner organization, including designing and facilitating national network and community engagement; managing several consultants to support the national network and community engagement; identifying, building, managing additional infrastructure supports. This individual will serve as a core consultant on the partner’s team—engaging in three standing weekly meetings, amongst other meetings and events with the partner.

• Lead a designed (by Strategic Community Partners) regional equity engagement opportunity, including a kick-off and culminating event and weekly conversations for community members. Recruit, train, and manage 30-50 facilitators to lead weekly discussions. This individual will lead this equity engagement with a partner, facilitating a weekly call with several leaders from the partner’s team.

• Project manage the building and launch of several antiracist directories with a partner— including outreach strategy, vetting, submission analysis, and additional directory launch activities (creating design guidance for partner’s developer, reviewing design and providing feedback, etc.). This individual will engage in several weekly touchpoints with the internal team at Strategic Community Partners, as well as the partner team.

Experience Required

• Minimum of 7 years of experience leading and directly executing on aligned efforts

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in management consulting, philanthropy, program design, or nonprofit management preferred

• Comfort and exemplary track record working behind-the-scenes and engaging externally with partners/clients

Additional Skillsets

• Exhibits relentless focus on impact and partner success in the face of challenges and obstacles

• Excels in constantly changing environments and adapts flexibly in shifting projects or priorities to meet the needs of partners and clients; comfortable with ambiguity and non-routine situations

• Thrives when building from the ground-up and operating with little to no expectations or roadmap—with an ability to create strong expectations and a roadmap to self-operate by and convey to others

• Strength in developing a vision and creating an aligned strategic plan based on that vision

• Excellent coalition-building skills with an ability to communicate and work effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including partners, clients, youth, community members, and government officials

• Exemplary execution stills based on project plan design, vision, and goals

• Exemplary project management skills that demonstrate strong organization and planning habits overall

• Strengths in laterally managing others, managing up, and managing externally to lead everyone toward a common goal

• Exemplary facilitation skills (planning, level-setting communication, real-time facilitation, and follow-up) with high-stakes meetings, programming, and beyond.

• Exemplary strong problem-solving skills, self-accountability, and ability to operate and create a plan without direction

• Anticipates and responds to partner needs in a high-quality and courteous manner

Mindsets

• You believe it is necessary to pair strategy with community and cultural context to partner with communities.

• You do this work with and alongside communities.

• You are passionate about the work you do.

• You believe in delivering nothing less than excellence—process, presentation, and communication are all equally important.

• An unwavering commitment to integrity is a non-negotiable.

• Intrinsically motivated with an unwavering commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• You view working in gray space as an opportunity for innovation and exploration to best serve our communities and partners. You thrive with the autonomy and opportunity to create with little direction or no precedent.
• In complex, time-sensitive, and perhaps even crisis, situations, you are further fueled by the opportunity to partner, lead, and serve.

About Strategic Community Partners (SCP)

SCP is a national firm that works with organizations by advising, designing, and managing projects and initiatives that advance equity with and for communities. We partner with organizations to build capacity by pairing strategy with community and cultural context to drive forward powerful and equitable missions.  Learn more about Strategic Community Partners here.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Strategic Community Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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