Community Schools Impact Coordinator

Title: Community Schools Impact Coordinator

Reports to: Director of Education Initiatives

United Way of Northern Utah Mission: Uniting people and organizations to build a healthy, and well-educated community where individuals, families, and neighborhoods thrive.

Goal: United Way of Northern Utah (UWNU) plays a unique role in the community. Having worked with partners in nonprofit, government, and the private sector for decades, we take a community-wide lens in measuring and understanding the impact of our effort and how we can do more. With this in mind, we have co-created a Community School partnership with local school districts and other organizations to ensure children and families have the comprehensive support they need to succeed in school. As such, the primary function of the Community School Impact Coordinator is to grow the scope, scale, and depth of the partnership, working with critical stakeholders in the process. This includes students, families, principals, school support staff, district personnel, community partners, private sector partners, and more.

Summary of Work: The Community School Impact Coordinator’s core function is to facilitate impactful partnerships that are capable of community-level change, meaning develop solutions with community partners that improve the lives of large numbers of people, rather than focusing on a single program. This requires a unique individual who thinks in terms of systems and has the adaptive skill set to work across sectors, and political perspectives. Competencies such as results-based facilitation, systems thinking, project management, continuous improvement, and adaptive leadership are key for this role. Facilitating collaborative, community level outcomes is not for everyone. We seek a capable, energetic, results-focused team member who is comfortable with ambiguity and ready to take this work to the next level. This position entails a great deal of ambiguity which can be difficult. Those who are successful must be comfortable with collaborative decision-making, possess a growth mindset, be open to feedback, and approach the challenges with both confidence and humility.

Key Responsibilities

Backbone Facilitation

• Serve as the ‘backbone staff’ for community school initiatives which build on the excellent work that has been done to date by ensuring newly launched strategies are well aligned, monitored for impact, and build involvement from partners.
• Engage government agencies, post-secondary programs, service providers, school districts, universities, data partners, community members, and any other relevant partners in moving toward system change through meaningful action.
• Ensure the partnership develops shared accountability to community-level outcomes and measures impact both at the program level and the community level.

Strategy Development and Implementation

• Using the Results-Based Action Cycle, monitor strategies for impact tracking both outputs and outcomes.
• Develop and communicate strategic plans that concisely communicate the mission, vision, objectives, and activities of the shared work under the Community School Strategy.
• Work alongside research and evaluation partners to develop and implement data-driven processes and systems to inform the work.

Project Management

• Follow up regularly with partners to ensure actions are completed between meetings.
• Create and use process maps, flowcharts, logic models and/or other tools to ensure effective and efficient execution of the strategies/interventions developed by the partnership.
• Ensure the partnership and working groups create specific performance measures for their interventions/strategies and activities to demonstrate their impact.
• Prepare and deliver one-page-style briefings to UWNU Leadership and community partners
• Conduct needs assessment and gap analyses to inform the progress of the work

Other Duties

• Attend and participate in other local, regional, and state level meetings as requested such as the Utah Coalition for Community Schools.
• Actively participate in work related to grant writing, fundraising, and sustainability of the initiative with corporate, foundation, and government representatives, as well as individual donors. Within the first 6 months, create a fundraising plan for the community schools work.
• Execute grants to fidelity and lead reporting processes for grants with internal and external partners

Required Competencies:

• Team Player: Works well with others to achieve a shared goal, while also contributing to the team's success.
• Collaborative: Understand the roles and contributions of all community sectors and community partners, and mobilize resources (financial and human) through meaningful engagement.
• Detail-Oriented: Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and thoroughness in all tasks, with the ability to identify and correct errors, follow procedures precisely, and maintain high standards of quality in work.
• Tech Proficiency: Comfort using digital tools such as Canva, Adobe, Microsoft 365, Google Suite, email platforms, and data input and visualization tools; comfort and ability to learn the use of new technologies.
• Written and Verbal Communication: Strong ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders through written communication (such as emails), verbal conversations, reports, and presentations.
• Relationship Building: Ability to engage, motivate, and maintain positive relationships with volunteers, community members, partners, and colleagues.
• Adaptability to Change: Willingness to adapt to new processes, technologies, and program requirements, and help others adjust as well
• Results-Driven: Dedicated to shared and measurable goals for the common good; creating, resourcing, scaling, and leveraging strategies and innovations for broad investment and impact.
• Action-oriented: Look for new solutions to old problems and take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Mission-Focused: Catalyze others’ commitment to the mission to create real social change that leads to better lives and healthier communities.
• Problem-Solving: The ability to troubleshoot issues, resolve conflicts, and adapt to changes quickly in a fast-paced environment
• Responsive: Ability to respond promptly, prioritize inquiries, and act as needs arise.
• Accountable: Takes ownership of work and responsibilities, following through reliably on commitments. Accepts responsibility for outcomes and uses feedback to learn, grow, and improve.
• Ethical and Trustworthy: Consistently acts with honesty and fairness, upholds organizational values, and makes decisions based on what is right. Maintains confidentiality and earns trust through dependable, principled behavior.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field or equivalent related work experience (e.g. public health, education, social sciences, human services, etc.)
• 2 years project management experience
• Demonstrated experience with public speaking in both large and small audiences
• Familiarity with Results Based Accountability (RBA)
• Experience in meeting facilitation, especially in guiding diverse groups toward actionable, measurable outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous work as a Community School Coordinator
• Bicultural/bilingual English/Spanish
• Master’s degree in a related field
• 3-5 years working in related field
• Experience managing large, complex, multi-stakeholder projects
• Experience supervising teams or volunteers
• Familiarity and history of service within the landscape of community development and social services networks in Ogden

Compensation:

Wage: $24.00 - $27.00 per hour, based on experience and qualifications

Benefits: A comprehensive benefits plan includes vacation, sick leave, holidays, health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, as well as a 403(b) match of up to 10% of your salary after 1 year of employment.

Location: Ogden, UT; Some state-wide travel may be required. Hybrid work options are available upon supervisor approval.

Hours: Full-Time, Non-exempt (40 hours per week). UWNU hours of operation are Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm MST. Work hours are subject to change based on UWNU and/or events and activities happening in the community.

How to Apply: Send a cover letter AND resume to UWNU Hiring at hiring@uwnu.org. Applications will NOT be considered without providing BOTH a cover letter AND resume. You may address cover letters and other communications to the Community School Impact Coordinator Hiring Committee. Specifying which position you are applying for is critical as we might have multiple positions open simultaneously.

Closing Date: August 10, 2025

NOTE: The statements in this position description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed but are not to be seen as a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the person employed. Also, the statements do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer. If you have additional questions or concerns related to this position or job posting, please email Madeline Robles, Director of Human Resources, at mrobles@uwnu.org.

United Way of Northern Utah is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment 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.