Director, Hartford Youth Collaborative

Overview

Capital Workforce Partners seeks a strategic, passionate, and dynamic leader dedicated to the success of youth and young adults to serve as the Director of the Hartford Opportunity Youth Collaborative (HOYC). The HOYC is the region’s lead cross-agency venue for aligning programming and services at scale for at-risk and disconnected youth, with a membership of over thirty organizations. The HOYC Director will oversee the Collaborative’s work, build relationships with existing and new partners, and steer HOYC through its Action Plan.

The Director will drive the internal and external functions of the Collaborative, including strategy, communications, coordination among partners, and community engagement. The ideal candidate is adept at building partnerships and fostering collaboration, committed to youth development and success, and experienced in using data to tell compelling stories to motivate change. The HOYC Director will build and manage a highly functional cross-agency team.

• Work in close collaboration with the HOYC Leadership Team to convene and facilitate regular Collaborative and work group meetings.
• Cultivate excellent working relationships with community leaders.
• Foster partners’ knowledge of and commitment to collective action.
• Demonstrate dedication to youth leadership and youth-driven strategies and ensure HOYC coordinates closely with youth-led organizations and programs.
• Build the Backbone’s identity as a respected, neutral convener among a broad spectrum of local stakeholders.
• Ensure HOYC works in close collaboration with related initiatives, including local and state-wide cradle-to-career efforts.
• Facilitate and manage implementation of the HOYC Action Plan to ensure progress on and coordination across all six priority areas of the two-year plan.
• Oversee daily HOYC operations; monitor and report on issues and achievements.
• Integrate efforts and foster strong communication with Capital Workforce Partners programs and staff.
• Use data to inform learning, drive decisions and continuous improvement of youth opportunity in Hartford.
• Work with Hartford Data Collaborative to analyze and share data and data collection tools that inform and support progress on the HOYC Action Plan.
• Select, contract with, and oversee the work of HOYC consultants (e.g., facilitators, communications, data management, subject matter experts).
• As HOYC grows, hire and supervise HOYC support staff.
• Oversee the annual HOYC budget; manage resources within budget guidelines.

• Facilitate and manage implementation of the HOYC Action Plan to ensure progress on and coordination across all six priority areas of the two-year plan.
• Oversee daily HOYC operations; monitor and report on issues and achievements.
• Integrate efforts and foster strong communication with HOYC programs and staff.
• Use data to inform learning, drive decisions and continuous improvement of youth opportunity in Hartford.
• Work with Hartford Data Collaborative to analyze and share data and data collection tools that inform and support progress on the HOYC Action Plan.
• Select, contract with, and oversee the work of HOYC consultants (e.g., facilitators, communications, data management, subject matter experts).
• As HOYC grows, hire and supervise HOYC support staff.
• Oversee the annual HOYC budget; manage resources within budget guidelines.

• Ensure effective facilitation of, and support to, all HOYC, Leadership Team, and work group meetings and communication between meetings.
• Provide regular reports on progress against HOYC Action Plan goals and indicators.
• Support work groups in developing and assessing their efforts to advance Action Plan objectives.
• Coordinate with other projects and coalitions to understand and integrate that work into HOYC strategy.
• Update strategy as new needs emerge.

• Build and maintain relationships with the wide array of existing HOYC members and develop new partnerships to support progress on HOYC Action Plan.
• Coordinate with existing communities of practice to offer professional development opportunities for…