Manager – Council Partnerships

Manager – Council Partnerships

Requirements

• Develops strong relationships based upon trust, respect, effective communication and achievement of common goals.
• Influences and motivates others to take action by adapting personal leadership style, anticipating and persuading, and making a compelling case.
• Drives to results through critical thinking and problem solving, planning and execution, and continuous improvement; has the ability to help others see the bigger picture, connecting the appropriate “dots”.
• Anticipates needs and is skilled in resolving current issues, and the ability to build long-term solutions and roadmaps to meet the needs of the council and internal shareholders.
• Superior analytical abilities, team working capabilities, and result oriented nature and pull data to conduct a complete analysis.
• Achievement oriented; takes initiative, follows through on commitments, and focuses on results and how they are achieved.
• Demonstrates cultural competence by communicating and working effectively with those from diverse backgrounds and creating and sustaining an environment in which people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives can succeed.
• Ability to always model GSUSA values.
• Office 365 or similar suites
• Competency in PowerPoint or similar presentation software
• Competency in Microsoft Excel or similar software
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of five plus (5+) years’ experience in corporate or non-profit management; council experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Promote partnership principles, reinforce clear accountabilities between GSUSA and councils, and lead with positive ‘abundance mentality’s’ mindset that motivates, inspires and drives solutions and success.
• Facilitate and serve as thought partner to Council leadership on all aspects of Council, including strong CEO/Board Chair relations and C suite leadership effectiveness.
• Engage in CEO succession planning.
• Onboard key leadership positions through nationally consistent learning content and in person training opportunities.
• Implement policies and procedures in adherence to charter requirements.
• Promote network alignment principles and encourage participation in collaboration opportunities.
• Identify opportunity for and promote shared services.
• Ensure councils have access to movement strategic plans, along with key resources and information from all GSUSA communities, and support councils on strategic planning, goal setting and annual direction setting to successfully achieve business goals.
• Connect council senior leadership with best practices and highly effective peers from similar type councils.
• Encourage innovation and best practice replication through lifting up and providing access to data driven learnings and analytics.
• Ensure coordinated and sequenced GSUSA communications are available and accessible to all key council leadership positions.
• Provide excellent customer service by responding to council inquiries promptly, and connecting council with the person(s) at GSUSA or other councils best positioned to provide relevant and timely responses and solutions.
• Lead and/or participate in building structures and processes, that allows councils to readily access council best practice, successful leadership peers, as well as GSUSA information, resources quickly and easily and runs high level strategy decisions by director.

Preferred Qualifications

• Council experience a plus.