Vice President of Partnerships and Community Impact
Can't Stop! Won't Stop! Consulting | Can't Stop! Won't Stop! Education Fund
Job Type
Full-Time, Exempt
Workspace
Remote (U.S.-based with up to 50% travel)
About the Position
Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting (CSWS) and Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Education Fund (CSWS Ed Fund) seeks a dynamic and strategic Vice President of Partnerships and Community Impact to guide the strategic direction, design, and integration of our programmatic, partnership, and storytelling work—leading a multidisciplinary team that operates at the intersection of organizational change, movement building, and shifting narrative.
Reporting directly to the President and Co-Founder, the VP will help define and implement a unified vision across CSWS and CSWS Ed Fund. They will partner closely with the executive team to deepen external relationships, steward collaborative initiatives, and build strategies that center Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and other historically marginalized communities in all facets of our work.
Key Responsibilities
The Vice President of Partnerships and Community Impact will engage in the following responsibilities and areas of work:
Programmatic Vision, Strategy & Implementation (40%)
Spearhead the design, development, and implementation of innovative programmatic proposals, ensuring alignment with the organization’s strategic mission, vision, theory of change, and objectives. Manage the resourcing and staffing necessary to execute these programs successfully.
Lead cross-functional planning efforts, ensuring programmatic work is aligned with long-term impact goals, organizational values, and resource realities.
Leverage data, field insights, and stakeholder input to identify emerging opportunities and gaps in service to strengthen partnerships and broaden community impact.
Guide the design and execution of high-impact programs that shift systems, narratives, and practices in the communities we serve. Team Leadership & Organizational Culture (20%)
Manage and coach Directors, Managers, and Coordinators across Programs, Creative, and Digital, to operate as a cohesive and high-performing team.
Cultivate an inclusive, accountable, and feedback-rich culture where all team members are empowered and supported.
Ensure systems are in place for program evaluation, continuous learning, and professional development.
Provide interim leadership during vacancies or transitions in key roles as needed.
Creative, Digital, & Narrative Strategy (20%)
Guide the Creative and Digital team in developing compelling, justice-centered content that reflects and amplifies CSWS’s mission, vision, theory of change, and values.
Support integration of narrative strategies into programs and partnerships, ensuring storytelling reinforces community impact and justice, freedom, and liberation.
Drive experimentation in platform and content strategies to expand visibility, audience engagement, and partner value.
Executive Leadership (20%)
Serve as a strategic partner to the President and Co-Founder and Vice President of Organizational Health and Strategy as a member of the executive team to ensure that the firm identifies and cultivates high-impact, mission-aligned partnerships and programs.
Innovate and oversee creative partnership models, working with like-minded organizations to foster engagement and investment.
Represent the firm at key industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities, increasing visibility and promoting the firm’s mission, vision, theory of change, and services to external stakeholders.
About the Candidate
Qualifications and Competencies
8+ years of experience in partnerships, program development, communications, community impact, or related fields, preferably in a mission-driven or social impact organization.
Demonstrated experience in leading multidisciplinary teams and aligning staff across departments toward shared goals.
Proven ability to build strategic partnerships that yield measurable systems change or impact.
Strong record in program development, execution, and evaluation, especially in community-based or equity-centered settings.
Adept at navigating the intersections of racial equity, narrative strategy, and community power-building.
Exceptional relationship-building, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Experience with organizational change management, coaching leaders, and stewarding healthy, sustainable team cultures.
Excellent communication skills—including writing, facilitation, public speaking, and relationship-building across power dynamics.
Strong leadership skills with experience in managing diverse teams, including program staff and creative professionals, and fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
Familiarity with digital platforms, content strategies, and creative storytelling techniques that move audiences and center community narratives.
Deep commitment to CSWS’s mission and experience working in proximity to communities most impacted by systemic injustice.
Compensation and how to apply
This is a full-time, non-exempt position with a competitive annual salary of $150,000. CSWS is proud to offer a competitive benefits package for full-time employees that includes 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees, paid time off (20 days of personal time off in addition to unlimited sick leave, all federal holidays off, and Winter office closure), and a 401(k) retirement plan with 3% employer match. CSWS provides a company laptop, a $50/month wireless benefit, flexible telework, and alternative work schedule policies.
To Apply
Resumes should be submitted via email to info@cswsconsulting.com no later than Monday, April 21, 2025. Please use the subject [First Name Last Name] - Vice President of Partnerships and Community Impact.
Goal Timeline
Resume Submission Deadline: April 21, 2025
Skills Test: Week of April 28, 2025
Interviews: Week of May 5 and 12, 2025
Selection: Week of May 19
Start Date: Ideally, June 2 or June 9, with flexibility for leadership candidates who may need additional notice for their current employer.
Working With Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting and Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Education Fund
Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting and Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Education Fund is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting and Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Education Fund’s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of races, ethnicities, national origins, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities, beliefs, religions, faiths and ideologies, cultures, socio-economic backgrounds and levels of physical ability.
We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experiences related to our programs and applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ individuals. Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting and Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Education Fund is an equal opportunity employer; we do not discriminate in employment based on race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age or sexual orientation.
About The Firm
Mission
Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting empowers leaders, strengthens organizations, and shapes culture to advance justice, freedom, and liberation for all.
Vision
Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting envisions a world where Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), womxn, gender expansive, and non-binary people, Two-Spirit, Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Intersex and Asexual/Agender (2STLGBQIA+) folks, people with disabilities, working people and immigrants can be their full selves, build collective power, and create transformative change in their communities.
Theory of Change
In service to our Mission and Vision, if, Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting:
Centers those directly impacted by systems of oppression and expands diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging;
Provides coaching, facilitation, strategic planning, capacity building, and technical assistance;
Operates with an intersectional, liberatory, and visionary framework, and
Utilizes arts, culturally informed leadership and organizational development, and healing practices…
Then:
Marginalized communities will be empowered to develop strategies, solutions and alternative futures;
Clients will be emboldened to challenge the status quo and understand their identities and lived experiences are assets and value adds;
The firm will curate affirming and nurturing spaces that are mindful of specific needs, have nuance, and are flexible;
Systems of oppression that manifest in partner organizations and any barriers to care, joy, and love will be uprooted.
Values
EQUITABLE - We believe that everyone will live a more prosperous life when systems of oppression no longer exist, and there is fairness, justice, and liberation for all.
COMMUNITY - We are committed to building solidarity through being present for one another, learning with each other, and cultivating meaningful relationships that lift us up collectively. Storytelling is one of our most powerful assets.
LOVE - We operate from a place of love and compassion. We are open-minded about the ways to make social change. We believe Love is:
L = Linking and Liberating
O = Open-hearted and Inclusive
V = Vibrational and Valuable
E = Extraordinary and Abundant
BRILLIANCE AND CREATIVITY - We believe that radical passion comes from collective wisdom and radical imagination - expressing ourselves freely and authentically through culture, art, dance, graphic design, poetry, music, on stage, off-screen, on canvas, and more.
BALANCE AND PERSONAL GROWTH - Growth is not linear, and we honor that process. We are committed to everyone being their full selves by recognizing our needs, wants, and limitations. We understand that when we are grounded in community and work towards our healing, we can better live out our visions of transformative change.