Senior Manager, Local Fiscal Mapping & Strategic Advising

Children’s Funding Project is a nonprofit social impact organization that helps communities, states and Native nations expand equitable opportunities for children and youth through strategic public financing. Through our hands-on technical assistance and collection of resources, we help advocates, policymakers, public agencies, and funders identify and align existing funding, generate new revenue, and implement strategies to administer funds in ways that maximize their impact. This growing organization is dynamic and seeks to meet the needs of the child and youth field and provide a healthy and fulfilling work environment. Read more about us at: https://www.childrensfundingproject.org/.

About the Position: Children’s Funding Project is hiring a Senior Manager, Local Fiscal Mapping and Strategic Advising, to grow our local fiscal mapping portfolio while helping advocates use fiscal data to improve outcomes for children and youth across the country. In this role, you’ll work with local clients and partners to design, build, and effectively use fiscal maps to generate more dedicated funding for kids. The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of the funding streams that support children’s and youth programs, strong skills in project design, implementation, and strategic consulting, and can help communities build and understand fiscal maps that support their policy and advocacy goals. This is a new, full-time, exempt position reporting to the Vice President, Implementation and Impact.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Design & Implementation

• Design, implement, and support the successful use of grant-funded and client-commissioned fiscal maps.This will include but is not limited to: acquiring public budget/finance data; performing complex data cleaning, coding and analyses; and creating visualizations and recommendations to advance local policy and revenue goals.
• Collaborate across teams to support the integration of local fiscal mapping data into revenue generation and strategic public financing work.
• Create and manage project workplans, ensuring that local fiscal maps are of high-quality and delivered on time and within budget.
• Support continuous quality improvement of our fiscal mapping methodology and tools.

Client Development & Revenue Generation

• Identify opportunities where clients need more than standard support, and scope, design, and deliver custom consulting projects that combine policy and systems knowledge with strategic public financing approaches.
• Build relationships with and develop scopes of work for prospective local fiscal map clients that have goals to generate new revenue for children and youth services and programs.
• Contribute to the development of proposals to foundations and other investors in our fiscal data infrastructure work.

Strategic Analysis & Guidance

• Analyze, synthesize, and disseminate local fiscal mapping findings, lessons learned, and recommended practices to various audiences, including advocates, policymakers, funders, and other partners via reports, blogs, presentations, and other mediums.
• Serve as a thought partner and strategic advisor to local fiscal mapping clients and partners on how to apply fiscal mapping data to advance policy and revenue goals.
• Contribute to internal fiscal mapping strategy and planning by representing the local fiscal mapping portfolio.
• Other duties as assigned.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor's degree in social sciences, education, finance, public policy, social work, or a related field is required. A master’s or professional degree in a relevant field (e.g., public policy) is preferred.
• 6-10 years of experience in the government, nonprofit, or human services sector, ideally in a role requiring project design and implementation, data and/or policy analysis, and strategic advising. Preference will be given to candidates with prior experience in education, child and youth policy/systems, or other strategy consulting with state or community leaders.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local funding for children and youth and technical experience developing local fiscal maps strongly preferred.
• Comfortable with developing and communicating policy recommendations.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis software such as Excel, Power BI, Data Wrapper and/or Tableau.
• Excellent communication skills, with an emphasis on stakeholder management and community engagement.
• Experience fostering a supportive and inclusive team culture.
• Commitment to continuous learning and proactive feedback loops.
• Actively seeks opportunities for professional growth and improvement through ongoing training, professional development, openness to and delivery of performance feedback, and learning from and with colleagues.

LOCATION: Remote with ability to travel. Work may be performed from anywhere in the United States.

COMPENSATION: The hiring range for the Senior Manager position is $90,000 - $101,250. Children’s Funding Project offers a generous benefits package, a great (and growing!) team, and a working environment that emphasizes professional development and growth.

TO APPLY: A cover letter is required for consideration and should address your specific interest in and vision for the position as well as relevant professional and lived experiences.The cover letter will weigh heavily in the selection process. Note: Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States; Children’s Funding Project is unable to sponsor visas.

Children’s Funding Project commits to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment that reflects the breadth of communities and clients we serve. We are an equal opportunity employer dedicated to hiring socially conscious individuals with diverse experiences and knowledge that deepen our organization’s impact. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. People of color, members of Tribal Nations and Native communities, LGBTQ-identified people, gender-nonconforming people, people with disabilities, veterans, and people who speak a language in addition to English are strongly encouraged to apply