Vice President for Impact 

The Vice President of Impact oversees creative and strategic program and policy leadership, focusing on impact and achievement of the organization’s ends. As part of this role is responsible for leading policy-advocacy, Mission-Driven Investment; Knowledge and Learning functions; and the Collaboration Forum’s Centers of Impact.

Education / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, or other field relevant to assigned area is required; master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years work experience or equivalent in fields relevant to assigned responsibilities.
• Minimum of 5 years’ work experience or equivalent managing and leading teams.
• Bilingual desirable, particularly Spanish and/or Haitian Creole.
• Experience in the philanthropic sector strongly preferred.
• Successful experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team and working effectively with persons from diverse cultural, social, and ethnic backgrounds.

Additional Info

A vice president at the foundation is generally responsible for the following:

• Strategic thinking and leadership: manage and model organizational vision, strategy, values, purpose and culture.
• Execution: drive results through successful accomplishment of ends and avoidance of executive limitations.
• Develop human capital: empower, coach and develop people, modeling agile practices and demonstrating WKKF’s commitment to racial equity, community engagement and leadership.
• Communication: engage WKKF staff and external constituents, delivering timely, consistent, aligned, authentic communications at all levels.
• Drive innovation: deliver industry insights and promote continuous learning and improvement.