Lead Associate, Community Impact

Save the Children US

Lead Associate driving community engagement efforts for Save the Children in rural communities. Focus on building partnerships and addressing children's education and wellbeing.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia, West Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $59,450 - $80,750 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Mobilize, educate, and motivate members of the community to analyze and address social and systemic barriers to children’s education, health and wellbeing.
Build and sustain partnerships across sectors, including schools, higher education institutions, employers, workforce agencies, community-based organizations and food security providers.
Establish and expand local and state-wide networks, convene diverse stakeholder groups, foster collaboration and build trust in rural, under-resourced communities.
Identify partners to contribute programs and services, align contributions, and coordinate community-wide events, activities, and distributions.
Coordinate recruitment, enrollment and participation in workforce development and post-secondary education or credentialing programs.
Track and analyze progress toward higher education and credential attainment, and workforce development goals including course completion.
Identify, cultivate and maintain relationships with local and regional food security partners to support the goal of closing the food access gap.
Coordinate day-to-day recruitment, enrollment and implementation activities for workforce development initiatives, including but not limited to the Rural Child Care Network, education pathways, apprenticeships, grants, and scholarships.
Assist with the launch and ongoing coordination of workforce initiatives, ensuring milestones and deliverables are met.
Strengthen community capacity to influence issues concerning children’s education, empowering community members to hold government, schools, businesses and private organizations accountable for policies and programs that directly impact the community.
Guide community members on conducting community assessments, interpreting data and translating findings into actionable, results-oriented implementation plans.
Provide administrative support to local applicants and participants for Save the Children opportunities.
Support the delivery of workforce development trainings, learning sessions, and technical assistance to participants.
Assist in reviewing partner-developed trainings and internal courses for alignment with program goals and workforce development best practices.
Collect storytelling assets, such as photos, videos, and testimonies to share with partners, donors, and other key stakeholders.
Support cross-team collaboration to ensure alignment across community opportunities and services and community needs.
Stay informed of relevant community impact, food security and workforce development trends and share insights with the team as appropriate.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 3 years of relevant experience
Willingness and ability to travel up to 35% time.
Proven technical experience and demonstrated ability to engage professionally with different stakeholders.
Demonstrated strategic, analytical, problem solving and systems thinking skills.
Demonstrated professional interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills and cultural sensitivity
Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
Professional proficiency in spoken and written English.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays and hybrid working opportunities
Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
Employee Assistance Program : free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysiscommunity assessmentworkforce developmentcredential attainmentprogram coordinationevent planningstakeholder engagementstrategic planningproblem solvingsystems thinking

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillswritten communicationoral communicationcultural sensitivitycollaborationmotivationtrust buildingcommunity empowermentanalytical skillseducation advocacy

Certifications

High School Diplomaworkforce development certificationscommunity organizing certificationsproject management certificationsdata analysis certificationscommunication skills certificationscultural competency certificationseducation-related certificationsnonprofit management certificationsstakeholder engagement certifications