Director of Community Partnerships & Creative Aging, Brookline, MABrookline, Massachusetts - Goddard House
Position SummaryThe Director provides strategic leadership for Creative Aging Connections, helping to shape and advance its vision, strategic priorities, annual goals, and long-term direction, while cultivating community partnerships that enhance the Assisted Living community and advance Goddard House's broader mission.
Essential Duties & ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities are organized into three primary areas:
1. Strategic Leadership, Program Operations & Community Partnerships- Lead implementation of CAC strategic priorities and annual work plans.
- Develop new creative aging initiatives and identify opportunities for program innovation, expansion, and continuous improvement.
- Cultivate, develop, and sustain partnerships with community organizations, affordable housing providers, colleges, universities, cultural institutions, healthcare organizations, businesses, and other strategic partners that strengthen Creative Aging Connections, enhance the Assisted Living community, and advance Goddard House's broader mission.
- Negotiate and oversee site agreements, memoranda of understanding (MOUs), contracts, and other agreements, coordinating organizational and legal review as appropriate.
- Represent Goddard House and Creative Aging Connections at meetings, conferences, community events, and public presentations.
- Establish annual program goals, priorities, quality standards, and performance measures.
- Develop and manage CAC program budgets, monitor financial performance and resource allocation, and collaborate with Finance and organizational leadership on annual budgeting and financial planning.
- Ensure Creative Aging Connections programs align with Goddard House's mission, strategic priorities, and organizational values.
- Serve as a member of Goddard House's leadership team and contribute to organizational planning, strategic decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration.
2. Team Leadership, Intern, Volunteer & Teaching Artist Development- Supervise, mentor, coach, and evaluate the Creative Aging Program Manager.
- Recruit, contract, orient, support, and evaluate teaching artists.
- Develop university, volunteer, internship, and educational partnerships.
- Provide overall leadership for CAC's network of staff, teaching artists, interns, volunteers, and other program partners, ensuring clear roles, effective communication, and accountability for program quality.
- Foster a collaborative culture focused on creativity, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Establish staffing priorities, workflows, and professional development opportunities.
- Evaluate workforce needs and recommend staffing or partnership enhancements.
3. Fundraising, Communications, Events & Program Impact- Collaborate with the President & CEO, Development, Marketing, Finance, Assisted Living leadership, and other departments to advance Creative Aging Connections and Goddard House's strategic priorities.
- Partner with the President & CEO and Development staff to identify funding opportunities and actively participate in foundation, corporate, government, and individual fundraising efforts.
- Provide program leadership for grant development by shaping program concepts, budgets, outcomes, evaluation measures, and reporting requirements.
- Participate in the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors and funders, including donor meetings, site visits, presentations, and other engagement opportunities.
- Oversee program evaluation, performance measures, and data collection practices that support continuous improvement, demonstrate impact, and inform strategic decision-making.
- Analyze program outcomes and communicate impact to leadership, funders, community partners, and the Board of Trustees.
- Advance the visibility of Goddard House and Creative Aging Connections and help position the organization as a leader in creative aging through presentations, conferences, publications, media opportunities, and community engagement.
- Provide strategic oversight for major CAC exhibitions, performances, community events, and other public-facing activities.
- Support annual planning, budgeting, organizational reporting, and long-term sustainability initiatives.
QualificationsEducationBachelor's degree required.
Experience- Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in nonprofit, community-based, arts, aging services, healthcare, senior living, or related program administration, including demonstrated leadership responsibility. Experience in arts administration, creative aging, or community-based arts programming preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative programs or initiatives that respond to the needs and interests of older adults and achieve measurable outcomes.
- Experience developing and managing program budgets, operating plans, and organizational resources.
- Demonstrated experience developing successful grant proposals and participating in fundraising, donor cultivation and stewardship, and grant reporting activities.
- Demonstrated experience supervising, coaching, and developing staff required.
General Skills- Entrepreneurial, team-oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, adaptable, and comfortable working in a growing, evolving program environment.
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, inspire, build credibility and engender trust.
- Strong professional presence and ability to represent Goddard House effectively with community partners, funders, professional audiences, and other external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and foster a collaborative, accountable team environment.
- Ability to work closely with a variety of stakeholder groups including businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions, faith-based organizations, and community organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and respectfully with older adults from diverse cultural, racial, socioeconomic, and linguistic backgrounds.
- Excellent project planning, budgeting, reporting, and management skills.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously without sacrificing attention to detail.
- Strong proficiency with Google Workspace and other technology used for program management, communications, data tracking, and reporting.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & BelongingGoddard House is committed to nurturing a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment where older adults, employees, families, and leadership are respected, valued, empowered, and feel a strong sense of belonging. Through compassion, innovation, collaboration, and curiosity, we deliver high-quality care, meaningful programs, and a supportive culture that upholds dignity and engagement for all.
Pay Range: $95,000 - $115,000 per year
