Chief Policy Officer (Safe & Sound) - Diversity Recruiters : Job Details

WHO WE ARE

Safe & Sound is a children's advocacy organization working to prevent child abuse and reduce its devastating impact on the child, their family, and our entire community.

We have been a pioneer in the field of child abuse prevention, working within San Francisco for nearly 50 years. Recently, the organization has begun to expand its impact by working throughout the state of California. Child maltreatment is a complex problem, but a preventable one. Our data-informed approach leverages three primary strategies: we empower children with knowledge and confidence; we support families by providing resources and skills; we activate the community and the change makers within it to create a thriving social safety net for children and their families.

The organization has an annual operating budget of approximately $12.3 million and is supported by approximately 70 staff, interns, and more than 80 volunteers. Safe & Sound's headquarters is located in a historic firehouse in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, with a second office in the Bayview neighborhood. Safe & Sound recently merged with The Center for Youth Wellness (CYW), a national leader in the effort to advance pediatric medicine, raise public awareness, and transform the way society responds to children exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Founded by California's first Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, CYW has created a national call to screen, treat, and heal ACEs and toxic stress.

THE ROLE

The Chief Policy Officer at Safe & Sound is a member of the organizational Leadership Team and is a significant and critical position in the development of Safe & Sound's strategic direction and vision. The primary role of the Chief Policy Officer include, but are not limited to:

• Implementing current and future Strategic Plan and Theory of Change in conjunction with the Leadership Team.

• Overseeing the Strategic Partnerships & Policy (SPP) and Center for Youth Wellness (CYW) teams, including related programmatic responsibilities, identified outcomes and outputs, budget, and staffing as well as strategic direction.

• Creating, facilitating, advancing, and participating in partnerships, including city-wide multidisciplinary teams and community coalitions, within San Francisco, the Greater Bay Area, California, and across the country, to advance collective impact efforts to prevent child abuse, neglect, and trauma; provide coordinated and responsive support to families living in vulnerable circumstances; and, improve the prevention and response system to child abuse, neglect, and trauma.

• Leading Safe & Sound's policy and other advocacy efforts.

• Helping to drive and support efforts to transform the child protection system into a child and family well-being system.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Senior Leadership

• Collaboratively responsible for the health, growth, and direction of Safe & Sound and its internal teams and partnerships.

• Help recruit and hire staff, supervise several staff members and provide coaching and leadership across the organization

• Develop and implement annual and future program plans, program metrics, assessments, and evaluations in line with the organizational Strategic Plan, Theory of Change, and overall strategic direction.

• Budget oversight for the Strategic Partnerships & Policy (SPP) team as well as the Center for Youth Wellness (CYW).

• Ensure all required reports are accurate and submitted on time.

• As a member of the Leadership Team located at our Third Street location, responsible for supporting the on-site programs of the site and providing connection and integration across the organization's two sites and strategy areas along with other leaders of the program, operations, and administrative teams.

• Responsible for Safe & Sound clients who include individuals, families, communities, and partners.

• Maintaining cutting-edge knowledge of fields of child abuse prevention and response, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), toxic stress, and trauma.

• Provide direct and indirect supervision for team members across the Strategic Partnership and Policy and Center for Youth Wellness teams.

• Handles a high level of confidential and sensitive information.

Strategic Partnerships and Center for Youth Wellness

• Oversee Safe & Sound's efforts to create a collective impact movement to support families and prevent child abuse, neglect, and trauma.

• Manage Safe & Sound's systems-level work to enhance the response to child abuse, neglect, and trauma in San Francisco and beyond, including through leadership of city-wide multidisciplinary teams, i.e., the Children's Advocacy Center, the Child Death Review Team, and the Commercially Sexually Exploited Children's Working Group.

• Guide, in conjunction with the Senior Director of CYW, the work of the CYW nationally and the administration of the Human Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) grant and its required Congressional report.

• Foster and maintain relationships with key community-based organizations, faith leaders, elected officials, civic, community, and public sector leaders, and parent/caregiver leaders that will help create positive activation of communities.

• Identify and work with other coalitions, including those in the early childhood arena, that work to strengthen all San Francisco families.

Policy & Advocacy

• Lead national, state, and local policy and advocacy efforts to increase support for families and children living in vulnerable circumstances.

• Lead work to increase the long-term sustainability of the City's family support field and help develop multiple pathways for enhancing capacity for family support organizations, particularly Family Resource Centers.

• With the CEO and Safe & Sound's Board of Directors, develop and manage the Annual Policy Platform for the organization.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in public policy, public administration, social welfare policy, political or community organizing.

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive roles including some senior management or other relevant leadership experience.

• Experience advancing policy reform and advocacy in San Francisco, California, and at the federal level.

• Budgeting experience working with 501(c)(3) organizations.

• Demonstrated experience working with diverse communities. Strong commitment to racial and economic justice.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Ability to engage with and build authentic relationships quickly with diverse stakeholders.

• Ability to work well as a team member and independently while collaborating with others to achieve desired goals/results.

• Ability and demonstrated success supervising and collaborating with staff in a manner that is flexible and supportive yet ensures accountability.

• Ability to take the initiative and high levels of ownership for outcomes, and exercise sound judgment in day-to-day decision-making.

• An inspirational leader that is strategic and action-oriented and seeks to problem-solve.

• Ability to embrace the obstacles that will pop up and be creative in coming up with solutions. Capable of remaining steadfast and resilient in the face of opposition, comfortable embracing the changing landscape and adapting quickly.

• Action-oriented: Greatly enjoys getting people together to act and is willing to step outside of their comfort zone and aware of how to motivate others to get out of theirs.

• Demonstrated project management skills and an ability to handle a complex environment with multiple priorities; navigates and is adaptive to ambiguous, fast-paced environments; handles uncertain situations professionally and reasonably; and maintains the flexibility to respond to changing circumstances or priorities.

• Experience managing multiple, simultaneous work efforts and a strong ability to plan strategically and marshal resources toward implementing that plan while staying on top of specific tasks and consistently meeting deadlines.

• Strong written and oral communication skills with demonstrated ability to develop and deliver reports, recommendations, and presentations.