Director of Community Impact

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