Chief Program Officer
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Job Description
DevNW and our CDFI partner Community Lending Works (CLW) are fostering vibrant inclusive communities by prioritizing housing asset development wealth building and small business development. To do this work we are deconstructing pervasive systems of oppression such as racism classism or sexism that maintain persistent disparities and perpetuate deep imbalances in power opportunity and wealth.
The Chief Program Officers critical contributions to this work are the following:
- Provide high level leadership and strategic direction for the suite of DevNW programs that provide direct services to individuals and families including financial first time homeownership foreclosure prevention disaster recovery home repair/rehab/rebuilding community health workers housing navigation and rent assistance and that our direct service programs are humancentered collaborative responsive to community needs and input accessible to and inclusive of underserved communities and having the intended impact of overcoming historic and systemic barriers to build assets and opportunities for individuals and families that have been excluded from financial housing and other systems.
- Maintain financial viability of major program areas including developing new and existing funding sources to ensure continued missiondriven impact.
- Cultivate a cohesive innovative supportive and effective programs staff team including ensuring that we have the right positions/capacity to best accomplish our program goals and developing the leadership capability of directors assistant directors managers and emerging leaders across the team.
- Provide collaborative organizationwide leadership to ensure that our programs and services work effectively with each other and with other DevNW departments that the perspective of our programs team is integrated into organizationwide planning and contributing to the overall mission and organizational health of DevNW.
It is CRITICAL that you have
- Minimum of 8 years of experience* within high level program or organizational leadership including program development implementation evaluation fiscal oversight and management.
- Commitment to economic and social justice.
- Experience thinking strategically and evaluating needs/opportunities from a variety of perspectives including the programs team the larger organization and the impact within our communities.
- Experience leading and supervising a team of 1520 staff including direct supervision of managers and supervisors conducting performance evaluations and professional development of staff across all levels
- Budgeting and financial management experience including departmentlevel or organizational budgets that include multiple multimilliondollar program budgets.
- Demonstrated success developing and launching new programs from needs assessment and concept development to funding development and sustainability planning implementation and evaluation including collaborative program development with partners.
- Experience working within coalitions and developing and maintaining trusted partner relationships including funders elected officials and other stakeholders; proven ability to collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders to cocreate solutions and strategies that advance a collective mission. Comfort moving between direct service programs and systemslevel advocacy work and the ability to establish clear connections between the two (e.g. we need X policy change because were seeing Y on the ground with our clients/residents).
- Strong commitment to communication (both internal and external) and an understanding of how storytelling adapts across audiences and modes.
- Contract management compliance and quality control experience particularly amongst various funding sources (e.g. private funds local/state funds federal funding).
Example tasks/responsibilities for the CPO:
- Participate as a member of the DevNW Executive Management Team and provide expertise and thought partnership for strategic planning establishing the annual budget and monitoring financial reports addressing high level organizational development needs etc.
- Provide direct supervision of Directors and Assistant Directors within the programs team including weekly/biweekly check ins professional development and performance evaluations
- Lead collaborative strategic planning for the programs department and changes within the department needed to meet strategic goals
- Lead the annual budgeting process for the programs department; regularly review financial reports and offer coursecorrections as needed; help the programs leadership team develop a deep understanding o budgeting and financial monitoring
- Work with the programs team and others (within and outside the organization) to understand the impact of our programs/processes implement continual learning and improvement systems and oversee changes needed to better meet our mission
- Lead new program development or expansion including staffing plans budgeting integration with existing programs grants/fundraising planning and collaborating with the CEO programs leadership our Senior Grant Writer and others within the org
- Grant writing experience or other experience communicating tailored messages to a specific audience in order to achieve a specific outcome
- Establish feedback loops between staff clients and community partners to evaluate direction and focus of DevNWs programs in collaboration with the CPO. Create tools that can be used across the department to create efficiency and consistency.
- Represent DevNW and our programs at local and statewide events committees and roundtables including with funders elected officials policy leaders coalition partners etc.
It is GREAT if you have
- A masters degree (or a bachelors degree with more extensive work experience) in public policy organizational development or related fields.
- Experience or education in data analysis program evaluation or research; a working knowledge of these systems in order to collaborate with our Data Analyst to plan for program evaluation
- Experience with legislative advocacy such as providing testimony cultivating legislative champions working with coalitions to advocate for policy changes and/or funding
- Education training and applied experience in any of the following: organizational development change management facilitation project management or related skills
- Ability to read write and speak in Spanish
- Direct experience working with individuals and families to support them in achieving individual goals
It is a BONUS if you also have
- Experience working within the field of asset building including financial systems homeownership small business development or related sector
- Lived experience as a lowincome individual and/or as a member of a community that has faced historical barriers to housing asset building small business development etc.
- Position Status: Exempt
- Hybrid Work Classification: primarily remote with occasional office time as needed
- County Location: any DevNW county (Lane Linn/Benton Marion/Polk Clackamas)
- Travel Requirements: Ability to be insured to drive company cars (or your own car with mileage reimbursed if a company car is unavailable) to in person events at all DevNW office locations and at partner locations across our region. Occasional statewide or national travel required (usually 12 times per year).
To apply please email your resume and a cover letter detailing how your experience makes you the best candidate for this position to Emily Reiman at . Priority will be given to applications received by April 15th.
DevNW is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply. Applications for employment will be considered without regard to race color national or ethnic origin religion gender gender identity sexual orientation marital status age disability and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every one of the qualifications listed. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. If you meet key qualifications for the job and believe you would be the best fit we would encourage you to apply; please use your cover letter or introductory email to explain how you will accomplish parts of the job for which you have less experience. If you are unsure whether you meet the qualifications of this position please feel free to contact us.
DevNW values diversity and supports a welcoming inclusive environment where all of our employees can thrive. We value a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
