Strategic Initiatives Lead for Impact & Grantmaking

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; United States; Presencial; USD 110.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, based in Kansas City, Missouri, seeks a Senior Impact Officer – Strategic Initiatives to translate strategic priorities into coordinated action and ensure learning is shared across pillars focused on education, workforce development, and entrepreneurship. You will drive collaboration, monitor grant pathways, and guide leadership decisions.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, you’ll partner with Impact team members and external partners

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in education, business, liberal arts, or related area preferred or equivalent years of experience.

Responsabilidades

• Build strong communication and collaboration infrastructure across the three strategic pillars; facilitate shared learning, peer support, and knowledge transfer (staff transitions).
• Serve as Impact Team liaison to the Uncommon Leader Awards work group.
• Work with the SDSI to ensure coherence across grant pathways and align with internal/external stakeholders.
• Strengthen team decision-making and alignment across shared grantmaking processes; surface risks or decisions needing leadership attention.
• Support change management and continuous improvement by promoting adoption of new tools/processes and identifying workflow gaps.
• Provide strategic sensemaking on cross-cutting issues by integrating internal and external perspectives into recommendations for leadership.
• Develop productive relationships with internal teams and external partners to advance strategic initiatives.
• Represent the Foundation, advancing EMKF’s strategic priorities and grantmaking philosophy, goals, and opportunities.
• Support implementation of the Collective Impact grant pathway.
• Source and evaluate potential grantees/proposals based on strategic fit.
• Provide clear written analyses and funding recommendations.
• Manage and oversee assigned grant portfolio, monitor field challenges and grantee needs.
• Stay abreast of topic areas within portfolio including trends and barriers.
• Collaborate with internal support teams through all stages of a grant request from intake to commitment letter.
• Prepare requested data for board reports.
• Post-grant closure, provide insights to inform future grantmaking.

Conocimientos

Project management

Communication

Coordination

Team collaboration

Process improvement

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

Microsoft tools

Project management software

Slack

Social media

Descripción del empleo

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, based in Kansas City, Missouri, seeks a Senior Impact Officer – Strategic Initiatives to translate strategic priorities into coordinated action and ensure learning is shared across pillars focused on education, workforce development, and entrepreneurship. You will drive collaboration, monitor grant pathways, and guide leadership decisions.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, you’ll partner with Impact team members and external partners