Operations Director

About IMPACT Bay Area 

IMPACT Bay Area ("IMPACT") is a 501c3 nonprofit organization whose vision is a courageous future where people use their individual empowerment skills to live fuller, more confident lives and create safer communities. 

IMPACT offers violence-prevention programs for people to embody their own power, set effective boundaries, defend their physical and emotional safety, and heal. We build brave spaces for people who experience and resist violence differently because of who they are or how they are perceived, like women, youth, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, etc. 

As a member of IMPACT Violence Prevention, formerly IMPACT International, we have offered evidence-based programs in the Bay Area for over 30 years. IMPACT serves over 1,000 people each year through public programs and partnerships with major corporations, community organizations, schools, and other groups.

About the Job

IMPACT is in search of a resourceful leader for a part-time role to drive our mission forward. As the part-time Operations Director, you will assume stewardship of a well-established non-profit with a dedicated community of supporters who share a profound belief in our mission. This role offers a unique opportunity to not only build upon our rich legacy, but also to implement fresh strategies for engaging a wider community audience, all the while remaining committed to our core values.

The part-time Operations Director is responsible for our operational, programmatic, and fiscal success. We’re looking for an inspirational and empowering leader who will excel in cultivating relationships within our community of graduates, as well as with our dedicated staff, contractors, volunteers, and board of directors.

Ideal candidates will have a passion for individual empowerment and personal safety, strong business acumen for managing operations, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Additionally, our preferred candidate will embody our values and approach violence prevention with a social justice lens. This leader will demonstrate a clear understanding of how our mission and programs contribute to fostering greater equity within our community. If you share our enthusiasm for safer communities, you will find a welcoming home at IMPACT.

In our dedication to diversity and inclusion, we actively encourage applications from individuals of diverse racial, cultural, ethnic, socioeconomic, religious, ability, age, gender, and sexual orientation backgrounds. We welcome candidates with a variety of relevant experiences, skillsets, and backgrounds to apply, as we believe in the strength of a broad range of perspectives.

Position Details

Hours: Approximately 20 hours per week. Regular work hours are flexible, though availability is required for some pre-scheduled meetings and events.

Compensation: $35 - $45 per hour, based on experience. Additionally, a monthly technology credit of $75 is provided to cover the cost of phone and internet services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership

• Guide and support instructors, staff, and volunteers with integrity, humility, and a commitment to our core values.
• Build team cohesion and program excellence by leading staff meetings and retreats and communicating programmatic updates.
• Establish and maintain effective & timely feedback loops with instructors, staff, the board, and students to foster continuous improvement.
• Act as a primary ambassador for IMPACT, building relationships with community partners while ensuring communications reflect the organization's core mission and values.

Program Operations

• Responsible for business operations tasks, such as human resources, finances, and logistics, with support from the Administrative Manager.
• Ensure programmatic goals are met by sustaining the current reach, as measured by the number of Private & Public classes offered, with support from the Program Coordinator.
• Partner with Staff to implement and guide necessary programmatic tasks.
• (Optional) Join the Instructor Training and teach IMPACT classes.

Fundraising and Growth

• Sustain program revenue streams by seeking new partnerships and nurturing relationships with existing partners.
• Collaborate with the Board of Directors and Staff in fundraising campaigns.
• Engage new and existing donors by implementing targeted development strategies and providing consistent communication on organizational impact.

Required Qualifications

Demonstrate Our Values

• Strong commitment to our mission, values, and ethical integrity that we uphold in our work. 
• Dedication to justice, equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and the ability to lead within that framework.

Lead a Complex Organization

• Three or more years of non-profit leadership experience or similar experience with a progressive increase in responsibility.
• Financial leadership experience with direct responsibility for budget development and management.
• Proven organizational skills, including the ability to track progress against goals and report on key outcomes, and decision-making abilities to handle competing priorities.
• Strong people leadership skills for leading diverse staff and volunteers in virtual and dispersed work settings.
• Effective communication skills (verbal, listening, writing, and presentation) that are in alignment with our values for a variety of audiences.
• Creative problem-solving skills to quickly generate effective solutions as well as identify ongoing improvements to increase our capacity and resources.

Desired Qualifications

• Previous knowledge or expertise in empowerment self-defense, trauma healing, or fields related to gender-based violence, sexual assault, or relationship violence.
• Knowledge in fundraising, especially with individual donors, foundations, and corporations, 
• Experience in delivering programs that achieved balanced growth and expanded reach.
• Experience collaborating with a non-profit board and external partners.
• Demonstrates excellent boundary-setting skills personally and professionally.

We encourage mission-aligned individuals to apply, even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement. We are excited to hear about the other things that you bring to the position.

Please use this link to apply.