Chief Program Officer, Boston Rising

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Reporting directly to the CEO, the Chief Program Officer (CPO) will be a member of the leadership team and help develop strategic priorities, set rigorous evaluation and measurement standards, and develop the architecture for the organization’s programmatic investments. S/he will: • Have a deep connection to and experience working in urban neighborhoods with high concentrations of intergenerational poverty, preferably in Boston and greater Grove Hall. • Be comfortable and effective building authentic community relationships while managing a high caliber team and ensuring programmatic accountability to the CEO and board. • Possess a strong analytical/evaluation background in order to effectively establish and implement strategic evaluation and investment portfolio criteria for this evidence-based organization. • Provide expert knowledge of effective poverty-fighting community-based nonprofits and education strategies to develop, direct and implement a multi-year, high-impact programmatic investment plan focused on community co-investment, accountability and measurable outcomes. • Ensure high-quality, relevant evaluation and measurement of all investments. • Develop, implement and manage all grantmaking and community co-investment processes. • Be a leading voice for poverty-fighting investment and evaluation in Boston and nationally. • Build and effectively manage an outstanding evaluation and program team. • Effectively leverage technology throughout Boston Rising program investments. Summary Boston Rising, a new fund focused on fighting poverty in Boston, is seeking a seasoned, entrepreneurial and forward-thinking individual to become its first Chief Program Officer. Inspired by the Robin Hood Foundation, the Harlem Children’s Zone, and new approaches to empowering individuals and communities to chart their own paths out of poverty, Boston Rising will invest in the most innovative and effective strategies to break the cycle of poverty in Boston while engaging the next generation of philanthropists in the issues of urban poverty. This exceptional CPO will lead all aspects of Boston Rising’s programmatic investment portfolio including development of rigorous evaluation and measurement standards that will guide grant selection and quantify impact. The CPO will play an instrumental role growing Boston Rising from its current start-up state to achieving our vision of an organization that will transform the fight on poverty across the city of Boston and serve as a national model. The Organization Poverty is a complex problem requiring complex solutions. To effectively fight poverty and achieve long-term transformational change, Boston Rising will invest in strategies that empower individuals, families, and communities to chart their own paths out of poverty and transform their neighborhoods, its systems and institutions into places of opportunity. Resident partnerships will be a key component of our work, and programmatic investments will focus on driving and leveraging resident demand for high-quality, relevant, and effective solutions. Boston Rising will invest in organizations at three levels: Individuals & Families; Community & Place; and Systems & Institutions. The entry point for these investments will be an Impact Zone seeded in the greater Grove Hall neighborhood of Boston. The launch of Boston Rising is being led by its Board of Directors and Board Chair Ken Nickerson who has committed $15 million to the start-up organization. The Boston Rising Board, is working with an Advisory Committee and a national team of experts to develop the foundation of the organization and the Impact Zone model that Boston Rising’s CEO and leadership team will launch and build. Boston Rising is committed to building a Funding Pipeline for Poverty-Fighting Strategies by tapping into “sideline” money and engaging a new generation of philanthropists by addressing the traditional barriers to giving: overhead, efficacy, and engagement. We will do this as follows: • An active and committed Board of Directors will cover all of Boston Rising’s overhead so 100% of every public donation goes directly to fighting poverty as a Boston Rising grant. • Boston Rising will use rigorous evaluation and measurement standards to guide grant selection and to quantify impact when reporting back to Boston Rising’s donors. • The efficacy of our grant dollars will be strengthened by bundled pro-bono and in-house staff expertise to provide top-notch management and technical assistance. • Boston Rising’s Board will actively invest in technology to facilitate public engagement with and provide transparency about Boston Rising and all of its grantees. Boston Rising is absolutely committed to the long-term effort required to achieve profound and measurable impact on entrenched multigenerational poverty in Boston. Please visit www.BostonRising.org to learn more.

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