BCT Partners - Director of Community and Social Innovation - BCT Partners, LLC
East Brunswick, NJ
About the Job
Director of Community and Social Innovation
It is a time of excitement and opportunity at BCT Partners – a great moment to join our team! We are seeking an experienced Director to join and grow our Community and Social Innovation line of business.
About BCT
We solve complex social problems.
BCT is a management consulting firm that tackles complex social problems through data analytics, equity-centered solutions and program management. We believe complex issues are best solved through collaboration. As a result, we employ a multidisciplinary approach that combines domain expertise, research, evaluation, technology, organizational development, and a passion for change.
To learn more about how we live our values of Ubuntu (“I am because we are”) and our mission to harness the power of diversity, insights, and innovation to transform lives, accelerate equity, and create lasting change, go to our website and follow us on social media.
https://www.bctpartners.com/
About the Community and Social Innovation Line of Business
Our Community and Social Innovation (CSI) Line of Business (LOB) offers a comprehensive range of equity-centered services to drive client program success and foster innovation across a diverse range of clients spanning the public, private, nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Its vision is to be at the forefront of transforming neighborhoods into vibrant communities, empowering stakeholders to maximize their potential and catalyzing change that is so lasting its effects are felt for generations to come.
Director of Community and Social Innovation
The Director is responsible for leading and directing BCT’s Community and Social Innovation Line of Business and leveraging their own expertise in relevant sectors to serve BCT’s clients and grow its market presence. This role provides overall program oversight and management, including supervising managers and staff, while also directly managing specific projects within the portfolio. The Director develops relationships with government, philanthropic, corporate, and nonprofit clients in support of existing contracts and potential new opportunities. This role requires a strong knowledge of client businesses and practices, as well as their short- and long-term goals, ensuring current expectations are met and BCT is positioned as a potential future resource. The Director is also responsible for business development support, marketing and sales efforts, and identifying opportunities.
The ideal candidate for the Director of the Community and Social Innovation Line of Business is a dynamic leader with extensive experience in community and social innovation, consulting, or related sectors. This individual will leverage their expertise to drive BCT's market presence, manage client relationships, and ensure program success. The role requires a strategic thinker with a strong background in business development, project management, and team leadership.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Leadership, Subject Matter Expertise and Business Development
BCT offers a competitive total compensation package that, for this position includes a base annual salary range of $145,000 - $155,000 (based on qualifications), along with a generous benefits package. BCT’s benefits include heavily subsidized medical, dental and vision coverage, fully vested 401k plan with company match, company paid life and disability insurance plans, a strong work-life balance/time-off structure.
This is a remote position, located in any of the fifty United States or Washington, DC. BCT Partners works primarily on Eastern Time, though we do have staff in all four time zones. We support and encourage a strong staff community, leveraging virtual communication tools and collaborative work practices. The African philosophy of Ubuntu (“I am because we are”) is an overarching value that influences our leadership and interactions.
It is a time of excitement and opportunity at BCT Partners – a great moment to join our team! We are seeking an experienced Director to join and grow our Community and Social Innovation line of business.
About BCT
We solve complex social problems.
BCT is a management consulting firm that tackles complex social problems through data analytics, equity-centered solutions and program management. We believe complex issues are best solved through collaboration. As a result, we employ a multidisciplinary approach that combines domain expertise, research, evaluation, technology, organizational development, and a passion for change.
To learn more about how we live our values of Ubuntu (“I am because we are”) and our mission to harness the power of diversity, insights, and innovation to transform lives, accelerate equity, and create lasting change, go to our website and follow us on social media.
https://www.bctpartners.com/
About the Community and Social Innovation Line of Business
Our Community and Social Innovation (CSI) Line of Business (LOB) offers a comprehensive range of equity-centered services to drive client program success and foster innovation across a diverse range of clients spanning the public, private, nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Its vision is to be at the forefront of transforming neighborhoods into vibrant communities, empowering stakeholders to maximize their potential and catalyzing change that is so lasting its effects are felt for generations to come.
- Our training and technical assistance services build organizational capacity, strengthen communities, and improve the quality of life. We deliver a full range of organizational development and capacity building services such as workshops, seminars, webinars, coaching, eLearning, strategy, planning, program management, conferences, event planning, Virtual Reality (VR), and more.
- Our research and evaluation services support the entire lifecycle of program assessment, research and evaluation investigations to yield insights to difficult questions. We employ multi-disciplinary teams to examine inherently multi-disciplinary issues by utilizing qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methods.
- Our management consulting service leverage deep subject-matter expertise, a rigorous project and knowledge management methodology, cultural competence, information technology, and data analytics as enablers to build capacity, drive efficiencies, and enhance decision-making. We offer assessment, strategy, planning, gap analysis, and beyond to improve outcomes.
Director of Community and Social Innovation
The Director is responsible for leading and directing BCT’s Community and Social Innovation Line of Business and leveraging their own expertise in relevant sectors to serve BCT’s clients and grow its market presence. This role provides overall program oversight and management, including supervising managers and staff, while also directly managing specific projects within the portfolio. The Director develops relationships with government, philanthropic, corporate, and nonprofit clients in support of existing contracts and potential new opportunities. This role requires a strong knowledge of client businesses and practices, as well as their short- and long-term goals, ensuring current expectations are met and BCT is positioned as a potential future resource. The Director is also responsible for business development support, marketing and sales efforts, and identifying opportunities.
The ideal candidate for the Director of the Community and Social Innovation Line of Business is a dynamic leader with extensive experience in community and social innovation, consulting, or related sectors. This individual will leverage their expertise to drive BCT's market presence, manage client relationships, and ensure program success. The role requires a strategic thinker with a strong background in business development, project management, and team leadership.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Leadership, Subject Matter Expertise and Business Development
- Identify opportunities to grow and scale BCT Partners’ Community and Social Innovation Line of Business, including opportunities to expand existing business; create new Line of business opportunities.
- Serve as BCT Partner’s ambassador at convenings, conferences, seminars, and events.
- Serve as practice area subject matter expert (SME) in affordable housing, community development and economic development (e.g., anti-displacement strategies, solutions to homelessness, community economic development and wealth building (e.g., systemic issues that affect small business and workforce development), and comprehensive community change initiatives) and proposal writer for business development.
- Leverage understanding of client requirements, regulations, practices and environments to develop effective and efficient operational procedures and solutions; provide strategic planning input for client programs and projects as appropriate.
- Lead, manage, and support projects and/or client engagements, as needed. Serve as project manager, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables, stakeholder communication and owner accountability.
- Engage with the clients, including regular client engagement meetings; serve as an escalation point for client-related issues; coordinate contract kick-off and exit strategy meetings.
- Engage with partners and subcontracts where applicable and as needed; manage external consultant partner agreements and project management activities.
- Conduct administrative reviews of all contract agreements and oversight of contract modifications.
- Serve as immediate supervisor, advisor and administrative point of contact for all managers in the LOB, developing and maintaining effective relationships with all direct reports and their staff; manage the overall LOB team’s expectations.
- Provide financial and programmatic oversight of project/contract budgets, resources, burn rates, and administrative expenditures; manage project reporting as required by the contract.
- Design, implement and maintain group and individual development, training and succession plan strategies and practices.
- Design, implement and maintain cross-organization networking practices that bridge resources, share lessons learned, and establish organizational-wide policies that create consistency and value.
- 10 years’ related experience in one or more aspects of housing, community development and economic development and have a demonstrated passion for fostering more equitable communities and other systems through strategy development, technical assistance, training, evaluation, research, and capacity building.
- 5 years’ experience supervising teams, ideally remote teams; experience advising and/or mentoring staff a plus.
- Competency and experience in strategies that use place-based, systems change (e.g., community organizing or advocacy), or environmental approaches intended to advance economic, small business and housing equity in urban and/or rural settings and promote a healthy quality of life for all community members are required.
- Highly skilled communicator when speaking and writing; outstanding public speaking and presentation skills; able to facilitate meetings, presentations and trainings.
- Must be able to travel to client sites and other BCT work related locations as required; estimated at 20%.
- Master’s or advanced degree from an accredited college or university; comparable relevant professional experience may be a sufficient alternative to a degree.
BCT offers a competitive total compensation package that, for this position includes a base annual salary range of $145,000 - $155,000 (based on qualifications), along with a generous benefits package. BCT’s benefits include heavily subsidized medical, dental and vision coverage, fully vested 401k plan with company match, company paid life and disability insurance plans, a strong work-life balance/time-off structure.
This is a remote position, located in any of the fifty United States or Washington, DC. BCT Partners works primarily on Eastern Time, though we do have staff in all four time zones. We support and encourage a strong staff community, leveraging virtual communication tools and collaborative work practices. The African philosophy of Ubuntu (“I am because we are”) is an overarching value that influences our leadership and interactions.
BCT Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, military and or/ veterans’ status, or any other federal or state legally protected class. BCT Partners will not discriminate against persons because of their disability, including disabled veterans, and will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees and applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying and require special assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact our Human Resources Department.
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