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Job title: McClure Foundation Special Projects Manager

Department: McClure Foundation

Reports to: McClure Foundation Executive Director

Effective Date: August 24, 2024 (or as soon as is permitted)

Employee Status: Full-time salaried exempt

Salary Range: \$70,000 - \$85,000

Working at the Vermont Community Foundation

For more than 35 years, the Vermont Community Foundation has served Vermonters and their families by

inspiring giving and bringing together people and resources to make a difference in Vermont. That mission

provides the bedrock for our workplace culture. Our employees are passionate about making a difference every

day. We approach our work with curiosity, respect, integrity, and joy. We believe in collaboration, equity, and

diversity. When you join our team, your work will matter.

Working at the McClure Foundation

The McClure Foundation is a 30-year supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation that works

to make postsecondary education the easy choice and to strengthen college and career training pathways to

Vermonts most promising jobs. Our culture is an extension of the Vermont Community Foundations culture.

We lead with curiosity, respect, integrity, and joy and bring a trust-based approach to our work.

Position Overview

The McClure Foundation is ready to grow beyond its longtime structure of a single staff person. It seeks to hire a

detail-oriented professional who cares about the future of Vermont and has experience managing systems-level

change efforts, public-private partnerships, and/or policy advisory efforts and campaigns.

In addition to managing a \$1M+ annual grantmaking portfolio, the McClure Foundation leads mission-aligned

strategic initiatives including the Vermonts Most Promising Jobs campaign and Vermonts Free Degree Promise.

The McClure Foundation Special Projects Manager is at the center of these efforts and plays a key role in their

operations. The Special Projects Manager is responsible for working in close coordination with the Executive

Director to effectively steward and scale the day-to-day operations of these and other complex initiatives

through all stages of development, from conception to completion. Through management responsibilities

relating to these strategic initiativeswhich include a public-private partnership and policy advisory effortsthe

Special Projects Manager will engage with a diverse range of governmental, nonprofit, educational, and

community partners working to expand career pathways and equitable postsecondary attainment in Vermont.

In addition, the Special Projects Manager may support the Executive Director in managing the components of

the Foundations grantmaking portfolio that relate to these strategic initiatives. Responsibilities may extend

across the full lifecycle of grantmaking from strategic planning and proposal pipeline development; to proposal

review and due diligence; to supporting, assessing, and communicating the impact of grant-funded work.

The Special Projects Manager reports directly to the McClure Foundation Executive Director and works in

colleagueship with the entire Vermont Community Foundation staff. This position offers an exceptional

opportunity for a mission-driven professional to directly participate in systems-level change efforts, gain a deep

understanding of grantmaking and roles for philanthropy in Vermont, expand working relationships with a wide

range of people and partners, and serve as a valued member of a high-functioning team.

Essential Responsibilities

The Special Projects Manager is responsible for:

Effectively managing many of the workstreams and day-to-day operations of the public-private

partnersh ips and policy advisory efforts the Foundation is involved with; encompassing a broad range of

activities that advance initiative success including direct partner and public outreach, meeting

facilitation and events management, and performance metric tracking and oversight.

Raising public, practitioner, and policymaker awareness of our key initiatives

Using stories and data to compellingly communicate the Foundations theories of change and the

impacts and insights generated by the Foundations initiatives

Partnering interdepartmentally across the Vermont Community Foundation to support the

advancement of the McClure Foundations initiatives and the integration of the McClure Foundations

impact into the Community Foundations framework for closing the Opportunity Gap

With the Executive Director, ensuring that the Foundations policy-related work is aligned with the

priorities of the people and communities it serves

With the Executive Director, design and implement an annual policy adv