Chief of Organizational Development

About Community Change and Community Change Action:

Community Change builds the power and capacity of low-income people, especially low-income people of color, to lead powerful and dynamic movements for social change. 

Our vision of a better world centers the leadership of impacted people of color to move our work on immigrant rights, economic justice, and racial equity, including a focus on jobs and housing, early childhood care and education, income supports, and immigration reform.

This position also supports Community Change Action, an affiliated 501(c)(4) advocacy organization. While motivated by the same core values – equity, inclusion, and justice – Community Change and Community Change Action operate independently of one another and each organization has its own board of directors.

Position Description:

Community Change is seeking a highly skilled, dynamic and passionate leader to join our team as our first Chief of Organizational Development. Reporting to our Co-Presidents Dorian Warren and Lorella Praeli, the Chief of Organizational Development (COD) will serve as a catalyst for organizational alignment, cultural cohesion and overall effectiveness.

Among other things, the COD will manage and support CC/A’s leadership teams; provide management and leadership coaching, advice and guidance to senior leaders, including the Co-Presidents and Chiefs; own cross-organizational planning, staff engagements and internal communications; and, design and drive organizational change and culture development strategies. The COD will be a member of our Senior Leadership Team and partner with other leaders to help “hold the whole” of the organization. A portion of time will be spent working with Community Change's sister organization, Community Change Action. At the highest level, the COD will work to create and support a high-functioning, impact-driven, values-aligned organizational culture where people from all backgrounds and at all levels can thrive.

The ideal COD candidate understands the importance of, and knows how to build, high-trust, authentic, enduring relationships with staff at all levels and from different backgrounds. You have a track record of exercising exceptional judgment, navigating ambiguity with a high level of comfort, creativity and sound reasoning. You bring a deep understanding of organizational development and are an expert in understanding organizational dynamics and developing structures and systems that support strategy. You are experienced as a highly-effective coach of senior leaders, providing relevant, courageous and helpful advice and guidance that helps leaders grow and increase their impact. You have strong problem solving skills and a track record of making thoughtful, strategic and values-aligned decisions. If this sounds like you and you’re passionate about the CC/A mission, please apply today!

Principal Responsibilities:

• Enable and support leadership effectiveness through ownership of leadership team meetings, retreats and activities and membership on the Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
  • Drive successful leadership team performance through design and implementation of meeting, retreat and planning structures and processes
  • Bring organization-wide or cross-functional challenges, questions and issues to resolution through leadership team discussion and decision-making
  • Develop, manage and implement leadership team communication strategies to ensure decisions and actions are clearly communicated to staff in a timely way, and to support strong organizational culture and alignment
  • Generally ensure that leadership teams are functioning at a high level, meeting organizational needs and driving toward organizational goals
  • Support organization-wide strategy and accomplishment of goals as member of the Senior Leadership Team
    
    
• Drive organizational alignment through ownership of cross organizational planning, staff engagements and internal communications
  • In partnership with the Chief of Programs, the Chief of Operations and Financial Officer and other leaders, design and lead long-term and annual planning and priority-setting efforts
  • In partnership with other leaders, design and oversee accountability and progress monitoring processes to ensure CC/A meets its organizational goals
  • Design and own staff engagement strategies and activities to include all staff meetings, retreats and internal communications
    
    
• Foster effective and inclusive management and leadership through coaching and support of leaders and managers
  • In partnership with the Director of People & Culture, the Senior Advisor of Learning & Strategy Development and other Chiefs, support the design and implementation of skill-building programming for staff and managers
  • Provide advice and guidance to the Chiefs and other leaders on organizational design, team structure, team cohesion and effective and inclusive management
  • Identify organizational strengthening and professionalization needs and design and implement strategies and plans to address
  • Act as an internal coach and advisor to the Co-Presidents and Chiefs, helping to fully leverage their respective leadership capacities, providing advice and guidance on their staff supervision and mentorship and leadership stance, and supporting their growth and development as leaders.

• Design, lead and manage organizational change efforts
  • In partnership with other leaders, support the design and implementation of efforts to align the organization around new and/or refreshed organizational strategies
  • In partnership with other leaders, develop and implement strategies to foster a values-aligned organizational culture that supports, and drives toward, organizational goals
  • Identify and manage other cross-organizational change efforts

• Support a connected and effective Executive Office
  • Develop and drive strategies that foster communication and relationship building between staff and executive leadership
  • Supervise the Director of Executive Projects

Qualifications:

• Mission & Values. You are passionate about Community Change’s mission. You embrace Community Change’s values and can demonstrate behaviors and practices that demonstrate bringing those values to life.
  
  
• Change Management. You have a deep understanding of the art and science of organizational development and have experience partnering with leaders and staff to manage complex change. You can galvanize teams around a needed arc of change while developing and managing the day to day strategies and tactics needed to embed new systems, practices and behaviors throughout the whole of an organization. You have experience laterally supporting and managing others through change and possess the skills needed to successfully navigate varied reactions to change.
  
  
• Leadership & Management. You have held roles that required leadership across the whole of an organization. You understand what it means to effectively “hold the whole” and have experience on senior leadership teams. You demonstrate an understanding of the unique functions within an organization and have an ability to drive projects across different teams. You have extensive experience successfully managing individuals and teams and understand the importance of, and are passionate about, effective management. You have experience coaching and mentoring others on effective management, leadership and equity skills and practices and are not afraid to give corrective feedback to those with more positional authority.
  
  
• Values-Aligned Organizational Culture. You have experience developing and implementing strategies aimed at building and supporting an organizational culture that fosters cross-functional collaboration, innovation, inclusivity and belonging. You have exceptionally well-developed equity skills and practices and have experience operationalizing equity across whole systems. You can demonstrate a track record of successfully intervening in problematic identity-based dynamics and deepening the equity skills and practices of individuals and teams.
  
  
• Relationship Building & Community Building. You have a demonstrated track record of building relationships across position and identity that support the individual and collective ability to grow, thrive, and work effectively together. You have a high level of emotional intelligence and model empathy, humility and self awareness. You have experience designing and facilitating inclusive and impactful staff engagements that foster community. You have a track record of employing emotional maturity and skill to navigate complex and difficult dynamics and relationships.
  
  
• Strategic Thinking & Judgment. You have experience working effectively in ambiguous, fast–paced, highly dynamic environments. You use strong analytical thinking skills to identify and address root causes and improve opaque systems and processes. You have a track record of being on the right side of tough judgment calls by carefully assessing complex situations, weighing all options and making humane, just and impact-driven decisions.
  
  
• Project Management & Organizational Skills. You have the skills required to translate concepts into actionable plans and ensure clear communication of goals and responsibilities. You can successfully operate at the conceptual and detail levels and are not afraid to roll up your sleeves and get into the weeds. You have a track record of anticipating roadblocks and using thoughtful action to keep projects on target and move them toward completion.

This person reports to: Co-Presidents

Supervisory Responsibility: This position will supervise the Director of Executive Projects.

Travel Requirements: Travel required roughly 2-3x/month for in person meetings, retreats, etc.

Salary & benefits: Annual salary of $205,000 - $220,000. Community Change also offers an excellent benefits package, which includes 4 weeks of annual paid vacation; additional paid holiday leave between December 24 and January 1 and a Summer break the week of July 4th; 8% employer contribution to retirement account after six months of employment (and 3% employer contribution for the first 6 months); and a choice of generous health insurance plans.

Classification: Community Change recognizes a staff bargaining unit affiliated with IFPTE Local 70, a union for non-profit workers. This position is not included in Community Change’s bargaining unit.

Location: Flexible

Equal Opportunity: Our vision of a better world centers the leadership of impacted people of color to move our work on immigrant rights, economic justice, and racial equity, including a focus on jobs and housing, early childhood care and education, income supports, and immigration reform. We strongly encourage the interest and applications of people of color, women, and people in the disabled and LGBTQ+ communities. Community Change is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Closing Date of Position: Open Until Filled

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