Lead Associate, Community Impact (P2)

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

As the Lead Associate, Community Impact, you’ll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will drive integrated strategies that help vulnerable children and families achieve brighter futures, with a particular emphasis on rural communities. You will lead community engagement efforts; build and sustain cross‑sector partnerships among schools, employers, workforce and food access organizations; and convene local working groups to identify gaps in education, workforce, and basic‑needs. Through assessments, community‑driven planning, advocacy, outreach, training, and technical assistance, you will strengthen local capacity and cultivate durable collaborations that ensure children and families have the academic, economic, and nutritional supports needed to thrive. 

Location

Remote – West Virginia, United States

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

*not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

Program Implementation & Operational Support (40%)

• Mobilize, educate, and motivate members of the community to analyze and address social and systemic barriers to children’s education, health and wellbeing.  
• Build and sustain partnerships across sectors, including schools, higher education institutions, employers, workforce agencies, community-based organizations and food security providers. 
• Establish and expand local and state-wide networks, convene diverse stakeholder groups, foster collaboration and build trust in rural, under-resourced communities. 
• Identify partners to contribute programs and services, align contributions, and coordinate community-wide events, activities, and distributions.  
• Coordinate recruitment, enrollment and participation in workforce development and post-secondary education or credentialing programs. 
• Track and analyze progress toward higher education and credential attainment, and workforce development goals including course completion. 
• Identify, cultivate and maintain relationships with local and regional food security partners to support the goal of closing the food access gap.
• Coordinate day-to-day recruitment, enrollment and implementation activities for workforce development initiatives, including but not limited to the Rural Child Care Network, education pathways, apprenticeships, grants, and scholarships.
• Assist with the launch and ongoing coordination of workforce initiatives, ensuring milestones and deliverables are met.

Technical Assistance & Training Support (40%)

• Strengthen community capacity to influence issues concerning children’s education, empowering community members to hold government, schools, businesses and private organizations accountable for policies and programs that directly impact the community. 
• Guide community members on conducting community assessments, interpreting data and translating findings into actionable, results-oriented implementation plans. 
• Provide administrative support to local applicants and participants for Save the Children opportunities. 
• Support the delivery of workforce development trainings, learning sessions, and technical assistance to participants.
• Assist in reviewing partner-developed trainings and internal courses for alignment with program goals and workforce development best practices.

Collaboration & Partner Coordination (20%)

• Collect storytelling assets, such as photos, videos, and testimonies to share with partners, donors, and other key stakeholders. 
• Support cross-team collaboration to ensure alignment across community opportunities and services and community needs.
• Stay informed of relevant community impact, food security and workforce development trends and share insights with the team as appropriate.

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 3 years of relevant experience
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 35% time.
• Proven technical experience and demonstrated ability to engage professionally with different stakeholders.
• Demonstrated strategic, analytical, problem solving and systems thinking skills.
• Demonstrated professional interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills and cultural sensitivity
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $72,250 - $80,750 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $65,450 - $73,150 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $59,500 - $66,500 base salary  

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here).

About Us

We are looking to build an inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal:

• Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays and hybrid working opportunities
• Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
• Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
• Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
• Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
• Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
• Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in you.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

If you require disability assistance with the application or recruitment process, please submit a request to applicantsupport@savechildren.org.