
Manager, Global Relations – Community Engagement
YMCA of the USA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $93,000 - $112,000 per year
About the role
- Leads GRACE financial planning, budgeting, reconciliation, monitoring, and reporting, in partnership with Y-USA Finance, Financial Development, and Legal Departments, ensuring compliance with donor, regulatory, and audit requirements
- Manages external and internal GRACE grant administration processes, coordinating grant agreements, reporting, and compliance in partnership with international YMCAs, Finance, Legal, and Financial Development.
- Co-leads global youth initiatives in partnership with Y-USA, local U.S. YMCAs, Area Alliances, and the World YMCA, overseeing selection processes, strategic alignment, and cohort learning implementation.
- Supports the design and delivery of global and national programs and events to strengthen organizational capacity and shared learning across the YMCA network.
- Provides service delivery support rooted in the GRACE Leading Practices to deepen the global engagement of the U.S. YMCA movement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher required in a relevant field such as Business, or related disciplines required
- 4-8 years of experience required
- Advanced functional skills
- Intermediate industry knowledge and experience
- Entry to intermediate managerial skills
- Complex/advanced functional and operations tasks
- Manages a team or function
- High degree of decision-making within own area
- Focused on policy and strategy implementation for short-term results
- Internal and external communications
- High influence over teams and within the function
- May set goals and objectives for team members for achievement of operational results
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- defined benefit plan (retirement savings)
- defined contribution plan (403(b) plan)
- life and disability insurances
- technology stipend
- generous paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial planningbudgetingreconciliationreportinggrant administrationcompliancestrategic alignmentprogram designservice deliveryoperational results
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationdecision-makinginfluenceteam managementgoal settingorganizational capacitycollaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor's degree