Director of Community Impact

Barberton Community Foundation • Full-time • Barberton, Ohio • 4d ago

ABOUT BARBERTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Barberton Community Foundation (BCF) is a nonprofit organization providing funding, systems, and support to the Barberton community in order to build a stronger, more vibrant Barberton for generations to come. We invest in people, places, and systems, working alongside residents, donors, and community partners, to drive lasting change.

Our 2025–2031 Strategic Plan is organized around four pillars: Birth-to-5 Early Learning, Downtown Revitalization, Workforce & Career Development, and Basic Needs.

THE SOUL OF THE ROLE
The Director of Community Impact is the engine of BCF’s grantmaking and measured impact. This role is responsible for ensuring every grant BCF makes across all strategic focus areas, leveraging a rigorous, well-administered, committee-ready process that reflects the Foundation’s values, standards, intentions and desired outcomes.

This is a relationship-driven, process-oriented role that sits at the intersection of the community and the Grants Committee. The Director of Community Impact knows BCF’s grant partners deeply, prepares the committee to make well-informed decisions, ensures that approved grants are monitored and administered with excellence throughout their lifecycle, and maintains records to build a regularly maintained dashboard of impact.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Grant Administration & Committee Work

Own BCF’s grants administration process end-to-end - from LOI and application intake through site visits, analyses, committee preparation, and post-grant award monitoring
Serve as the primary staff liaison to BCF’s Grants Committee including preparing materials, facilitating informed decision-making, and following up on committee questions
Manage Cycle 1 grants (Downtown Development and Community Development), including applicant relationships, site visits, and committee presentations in coordination with relevant staff
Partner with the Program Officer for Education on Cycle 2 grants (Education, Workforce, and Basic Needs) supporting grant writing, analysis, and committee preparation
Administer multi-year grants, including compliance monitoring, payment schedules, and outcome tracking
Manage special project grants from execution through closeout
Manage and administrate small grant program

Grant Partner Relationships

Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with BCF’s grant partners and community organizations
Conduct regular site visits and check-ins to understand partner work, assess progress, and identify emerging needs or opportunities
Identify new potential grant partners within BCF’s priority areas, particularly in basic needs and place-based grant making
Serve as a knowledgeable, responsive resource for organizations navigating BCF’s grant processes

Community Development Grant Program Support

Receive packaged applications from the Director of Strategic Projects for community development grant programs such as Barberton is Back
Administer those applications through the grants committee process including presenting materials, facilitating questions, and managing follow-up
Coordinate with the Director of Strategic Projects to ensure a clean, well-organized handoff at each program cycle

Process, Systems & Documentation

Develop and maintain grants administration best practices, templates, and documentation standards
Coordinate with the Director of Finance on grant accounting, fund tracking, and payment processing
Maintain accurate records of all active and historical grants; support organizational learning from grantmaking data
Collaborate with the Director of Communications on grantee stories and impact reporting
Maintain dashboard of outcomes from the Foundation’s funding and grant partners to provide key performance indicators that contextualize the broader, mission-based outcomes the Foundation is focused on within its strategic plan

ROLE EXPECATIONS
Core Traits

Relationship-driven person who genuinely enjoys getting to know community organizations and understanding and celebrating their work
Organized and process-oriented deriving satisfaction from running a clean, well-documented, objective grants process
Thoughtful and analytical with the ability to synthesize complex information and prepare clear committee materials and measured standards over time
Collaborative and service-oriented with both external partners and internal team members
Mission-aligned with authentic commitment to Barberton’s community and the populations BCF serves

Experience & Skills

Minimum 5 years of experience in grants administration, program management, or nonprofit operations
Experience working with grant committees, boards, or similar decision-making bodies preferred
Strong written communication skills with the ability to write clear grant analyses and committee materials
Familiarity with community development, basic needs, or human services organizations in Northeast Ohio preferred
Experience with grants management systems or CRM databases
Strong analysis and data organization skills to build an ongoing data-supported picture of impact from BCF’s grant making