President & CEO - Watertown, United States - Spano Pratt

Description

Overview:

The ORGANIZATION

Founded in 2015, the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation (GWCHF) is a catalyst for positive, lasting improvement to health and wellbeing across Dodge and Jefferson Counties.

It recognizes the dignity and value of every person, envisioning thriving communities where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible, now and for generations to come.

GWCHF equips community change leaders with the tools they need to build strong families and thriving communities. It fosters transformative change by supporting local organizations in learning, growing, collaborating and moving their missions further.

GWCHF believes that real change happens when a core group of community leaders come together using a collective approach to create a clear, common agenda with measurable results.

Equity begins internally, with GWCHF organizational policies and practices, and extends outward to its priorities, its partners, its investments, and its engagement with the community.

GWCHF serves the residents of Dodge and Jefferson Counties, with priority given to projects impacting the communities served by the following school districts: Dodgeland, Hustisford, Ixonia, Jefferson, Johnson Creek, Lake Mills, Waterloo and Watertown.

GWCHF builds its capacity through strategic grants and program-related investments, responsive grants, and impact investing and mobilizing external resources.

A principal belief of GWCHF is the data tells an undeniable story.

Committed to results-based accountability, GWCHF relies on data to tell, in practical terms, whether they are improving lives or falling short.

This same data is used to paint the most accurate picture of Dodge and Jefferson Counties with respect to health equity.

Who in the community is succeeding? Who is overlooked? How can GWCHF best target solutions? Where must it be nimble in making adjustments?


Core Values of Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation:
INSPIRE BOLD GOALS. THINK BIG.

We challenge the boundaries of "what's possible." We are a catalyst for transformative change that eliminates the root cause barriers to wellbeing.

BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR RESULTS.
We achieve measurable impact by targeting resources where the need is greatest. Our work is fueled by data, which informs decisions, measures progress, and illuminates the needs of the community.

BUILD CAPACITY.
We equip changemakers with the tools they need to create lasting change. We listen and act with community, empowering the voices of those with lived experience.

CHAMPION COLLABORATORS.

We cultivate a network of partners who advance equity by learning together, aligning resources and integrating actions to improve the wellbeing of children and families.

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Responsibilities:


POSITION OVERVIEW

The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is an entrepreneurial leader who will build upon the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation's legacy of impact, shepherding strategy to inspire collaboration, mobilize resources and encourage innovation that measurably improves community wellbeing.

Providing executive vision for the Foundation's organizational priorities of working collaboratively to build strong families and thriving communities.

The CEO is a fire-starter who relentlessly pursues opportunities to achieve co-investment in shared goals and shared accountability for results.

The CEO nurtures game-changing strategies and investments that mobilize public, private and foundation resources to address root cause barriers to wellbeing.

The CEO champions continuous learning and innovation while strengthening our community's capacity to lead transformational change.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Organizational Leadership:

Vision, Strategic Direction, and Impact Accountability

• Mission Stewardship: Ensure Foundation values and collaborative spirit drive all aspects of the Foundation's work
• Board Engagement: Equip and activate Board members to support advancement of our community's social change goals
• Public Relations: Serve as chief spokesperson, building further awareness of and confidence in GWCHF's role as respected convener
• Community Impact: Ensure accountability for community impact by nurturing a culture of continuous learning and developing a team that feels comfortable taking risk
• Innovation: Relentlessly pursue innovation to build community systems that help every child thrive
• Stewardship: Guide fiscal stewardship, team building, staff development and operational effectiveness to ensure the foundation most effectively carries out its mission in meeting priority community needs
• Governance: Oversees the Foundation's ownership interest in real estate investments and Watertown Regional Medical Center

Community Leadership:

Build Local, State and National Partnerships that Advance Wellbeing

• Provide executive vision for development of the Foundat