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Director of Community Partnerships & Creative Aging
Job Location:
Job Location:
Brookline, NH - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
30 September 2026 (3 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
28 December 2026
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Director of Community Partnerships & Creative Aging Brookline MA
Brookline Massachusetts - Goddard House
Brookline Massachusetts - Goddard House
Position Summary
Founded in 1849 Goddard House is one of the nations oldest nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving older adults. Our mission is to embrace the aging experience for seniors living in the Boston area by operating a high-quality assisted living community and by creating innovative programs that support our need for purposeful engagement autonomy and choice as we age.
Goddard House operates under two strategic directions:
- The continued high-quality operation of Goddard House an innovative assisted living and memory care community in Brookline MA which has a long history of providing creative and enriching experiences for our residents.
- The growth of Creative Aging Connections (CAC) a Goddard House initiative that develops and supports creative aging programs and partnerships engaging under-resourced older adults throughout Boston. Through visual arts music dance storytelling and other forms of creative expression CAC fosters creativity social connection and well-being through programs led by professional teaching artists and enriched by student interns.
The Director provides strategic leadership for Creative Aging Connections helping to shape and advance its vision strategic priorities annual goals and long-term direction while cultivating community partnerships that enhance the Assisted Living community and advance Goddard Houses broader mission.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Responsibilities are organized into three primary areas:
1. Strategic Leadership Program Operations & Community Partnerships
- Lead implementation of CAC strategic priorities and annual work plans.
- Develop new creative aging initiatives and identify opportunities for program innovation expansion and continuous improvement.
- Cultivate develop and sustain partnerships with community organizations affordable housing providers colleges universities cultural institutions healthcare organizations businesses and other strategic partners that strengthen Creative Aging Connections enhance the Assisted Living community and advance Goddard Houses broader mission.
- Negotiate and oversee site agreements memoranda of understanding (MOUs) contracts and other agreements coordinating organizational and legal review as appropriate.
- Represent Goddard House and Creative Aging Connections at meetings conferences community events and public presentations.
- Establish annual program goals priorities quality standards and performance measures.
- Develop and manage CAC program budgets monitor financial performance and resource allocation and collaborate with Finance and organizational leadership on annual budgeting and financial planning.
- Ensure Creative Aging Connections programs align with Goddard Houses mission strategic priorities and organizational values.
- Serve as a member of Goddard Houses leadership team and contribute to organizational planning strategic decision-making and cross-functional collaboration.
2. Team Leadership Intern Volunteer & Teaching Artist Development
- Supervise mentor coach and evaluate the Creative Aging Program Manager.
- Recruit contract orient support and evaluate teaching artists.
- Develop university volunteer internship and educational partnerships.
- Provide overall leadership for CACs network of staff teaching artists interns volunteers and other program partners ensuring clear roles effective communication and accountability for program quality.
- Foster a collaborative culture focused on creativity learning innovation and continuous improvement.
- Establish staffing priorities workflows and professional development opportunities.
- Evaluate workforce needs and recommend staffing or partnership enhancements.
3. Fundraising Communications Events & Program Impact
- Collaborate with the President & CEO Development Marketing Finance Assisted Living leadership and other departments to advance Creative Aging Connections and Goddard Houses strategic priorities.
- Partner with the President & CEO and Development staff to identify funding opportunities and actively participate in foundation corporate government and individual fundraising efforts.
- Provide program leadership for grant development by shaping program concepts budgets outcomes evaluation measures and reporting requirements.
- Participate in the cultivation solicitation and stewardship of donors and funders including donor meetings site visits presentations and other engagement opportunities.
- Oversee program evaluation performance measures and data collection practices that support continuous improvement demonstrate impact and inform strategic decision-making.
- Analyze program outcomes and communicate impact to leadership funders community partners and the Board of Trustees.
- Advance the visibility of Goddard House and Creative Aging Connections and help position the organization as a leader in creative aging through presentations conferences publications media opportunities and community engagement.
- Provide strategic oversight for major CAC exhibitions performances community events and other public-facing activities.
- Support annual planning budgeting organizational reporting and long-term sustainability initiatives.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelors degree required.
Experience
- Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in nonprofit community-based arts aging services healthcare senior living or related program administration including demonstrated leadership responsibility. Experience in arts administration creative aging or community-based arts programming preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to develop implement and evaluate innovative programs or initiatives that respond to the needs and interests of older adults and achieve measurable outcomes.
- Experience developing and managing program budgets operating plans and organizational resources.
- Demonstrated experience developing successful grant proposals and participating in fundraising donor cultivation and stewardship and grant reporting activities.
- Demonstrated experience supervising coaching and developing staff required.
General Skills
- Entrepreneurial team-oriented collaborative diplomatic adaptable and comfortable working in a growing evolving program environment.
- Excellent verbal written and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage inspire build credibility and engender trust.
- Strong professional presence and ability to represent Goddard House effectively with community partners funders professional audiences and other external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and foster a collaborative accountable team environment.
- Ability to work closely with a variety of stakeholder groups including businesses nonprofits educational institutions faith-based organizations and community organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and respectfully with older adults from diverse cultural racial socioeconomic and linguistic backgrounds.
- Excellent project planning budgeting reporting and management skills.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously without sacrificing attention to detail.
- Strong proficiency with Google Workspace and other technology used for program management communications data tracking and reporting.
Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging
Goddard House is committed to nurturing a diverse inclusive and equitable environment where older adults employees families and leadership are respected valued empowered and feel a strong sense of belonging. Through compassion innovation collaboration and curiosity we deliver high-quality care meaningful programs and a supportive culture that upholds dignity and engagement for all.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Goddard House is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all Associates and applicants for employment without unlawful regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status age national origin or ancestry service in any branch of the military disability genetic information or the result of genetic testing or any other characteristic or classification protected by state federal or local law.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to hiring placement promotion termination layoff re-hire transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. Goddard House believes that providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment of any kind is essential to each Associates ability to contribute and succeed.
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About Company
Since 1990, Senior Living Residences has created service-enriched independent living, assisted living and Alzheimer’s care options for seniors in New England.
