Senior Director, The Partnership for the Bay's Future

Company: San Francisco Foundation
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

Senior Director , The Partnership for the Bays Future
Location: San Francisco, CA
Department: Community Impact
Type: Full-time, Limited Term grant funded role for three years.
Min. Experience: Experienced
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Founded in 1948, the San Francisco Foundation is one of the nations largest community foundations a grantmaking public charity dedicated to improving life within a specific local region. Our mission is to mobilize resources and act as a catalyst for change to build strong communities, foster civic leadership, and promote philanthropy in the San Francisco Bay Area.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Partnership for the Bay's Future (the Partnership), is a collaborative multisector effort focused on the region's interconnected challenges of housing, transportation, and economic opportunity. Its goal is to increase affordable housing and ensure vibrant communities of racial equity and economic inclusion.
The Partnership is beginning with a focus on housing, seeking to strengthen protections for tenants, and increase housing preservation and production with the development of an Investment Fund (managed by LISC), a Policy Fund (managed by SFF), and a policy working group to help spur coordination and collaboration for policy change at the local, regional and statewide levels. The Partnership is focused on San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties.
The Partnership seeks to develop a strong Regional Partner Network a network of cross-sector leaders and partners with a common understanding of the housing, transportation, and economic opportunity-related challenges facing the region, a shared regional agenda of potential solutions, and a collective commitment to advancing the agenda and moving solutions forward through leadership, collective action, and the investment of resources.
Role
The Senior Director of the Partnership for the Bay's Future is responsible for three core roles:

• Working closely with the Partnership's core partners SFF, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and LISC to support the partners in developing a regional agenda and advancing agreed-upon solutions,
• Supporting the Chief Impact Officer and Vice President in leading any SFF-specific roles and work as a core partner, and
• Participating and helping to lead (as co-chair) the Great Communities Collaborative (GCC). Boundaries
  San Francisco Foundation recognizes that housing is a regional issue that requires regional solutions. It is also a racial justice issue that requires equitable solutions. Housing inequalities are rooted in policies and practices that, collectively, we have the power to change. The Partnership for the Bays Future helps advance equitable housing solutions by using a unique dual approach: in collaboration with partners, we work to advance policy changes that protect residents and improve affordability, and we invest in building new and rehabilitating existing affordable homes.
  Authority
  The Senior Director will lead strategy development, oversee evaluation and communications, and help ensure that the partners' activities are appropriately synchronized, supervised, and/or coordinated. They will be entrepreneurial and lead the development of the next phase of the Partnership beyond 2025.
  In addition, the Senior Director will help secure and manage resources for grantmaking, research, communications, and pursue grants and financing resources required for the implementation of the Partnership's agenda, leveraging public dollars whenever possible.
  The Senior Director will work closely with the Program Division, particularly the Place Pathway. The Senior Director reports directly to the Vice President of Policy and Innovation at SFF and will work closely with SFF's CIO, as well as representatives of the core partners.
  Tasks
  Leadership and Coordination
  • Grow and manage the overall Partnership Network strengthen existing relationships, recruit new members, and coordinate across members, the Advisory Board, and working groups.
  • Engage, inform and activate partners. Over time, build learning communities with civic, community, elected, and business leaders across the region in the three areas housing, transportation, and economic opportunity that are the focus of the Partnership. Management Experience with managing individual staff and teams is required.
    • Supervise, manage and mentor the Partnership team of four staff and the GCC Sr. Initiative Officer, including support of their management of a team of two.
    • Serve as member of GCC which includes: 1) playing a leadership role within the Funder Network of both local and national foundation, 2) actively participating in fundraising for the GCC, and 3) actively representing and promoting the GCC at various convenings and exploring how to make connections between the GCC, its work, and other stakeholders within the funder community. Communications
      • Work closely with Senior Marketing & Communications Officer for the Partnership to support their work with core partners to implement a broad communications strategy to provide a strong and more unified regional voice for the Partnership's agenda, drawing on the communications and branding expertise and resources.
      • Communicate programmatic and policy research and proposals for possible funding and implementation support. Fundraising and Financing: Fundraise for additional resources to support the development of the Partnership and its activities.
        Operations and Grants Management: Oversee grantmaking and operations and manage and supervise consultants.
        Partnership Evaluation: Assess the impact of housing solutions as appropriate, document the progress, results, and lessons learned.
        Competencies & Qualifications
        • Education Undergraduate degree/Graduate degree or equivalent years of experience preferred. Minimum of ten years of increasingly responsible professional experience in the non-profit, philanthropic, private, or public sector.
        • Positive track record working in culturally and ethnically diverse communities and demonstrated commitment to principles of racial and economic equity required.
        • Evidence of managing collaborative initiatives, multiple projects and staff is required.
        • Expertise in one or more of the following policy areas: housing, transportation, economic opportunity, urban planning, community development and/or policy and system change.
        • The ideal candidate will have a policy background and be familiar with local and regional policies, and with leaders from the nonprofit, private, philanthropic and public sector Compensation: Commensurate with background and experience in addition to a very competitive benefits package.
          Remote Work Policy: The Foundation is adopting a long-term hybrid in-person and remote work policy. Dedicated to its employee health and safety, The Foundation will continue to make decisions in accordance with San Francisco County and California mandates. Employees must reside or plan to relocate to California if hired.
          Requesting Accommodations: The Foundation is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, The Foundation will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact .
          The San Francisco Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply.
          
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