Community Impact Accelerator Fellow

The Community Impact Accelerator, a partnership between Intend Indiana and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, is designed to work alongside Indiana communities on advancing collaborative development strategies, strengthening local capacity, and driving lasting transformation.

The Community Impact Accelerator will select a core of Community Impact Fellows to support affiliated communities on selected community economic development projects. Fellows will be embedded in local communities for a term of two (2) years.

• Enjoy utilizing your experience, training, and skills to implement their community’s development plan.
• Possess excellent organizational and leadership skills, exceptional verbal and written communication skills, strong analytical and collaboration skills, and an ability to work both independently and as a team player
• Are highly relational and able to successfully balance and accomplish multiple tasks

A Day as a Community Impact Accelerator Fellow may include:

• Coffee with a community stakeholder for relationship building
• Project management and on-site progress tracking
• Problem-solving & resourcing
• Training, cohort convenings, or mentoring check-in.
• Documentation & reporting of impact metrics

Embedded Community Fellowship

Work alongside the community’s Catalyst Team, host institution, and local project leadership to advance priorities identified through the Community Impact Accelerator program. Specific activities will vary by placement and may include:

• Translate community priorities into actionable work plans with clear responsibilities, timelines, and milestones
• Coordinate and support project preparation for priority housing, real estate, small business, and economic development initiatives, helping partners identify and address barriers to progress
• Organize work sessions with community partners, document decisions, and follow up on commitments to keep shared priorities moving forward
• Identify technical assistance needs and connect local partners with Intend Indiana staff and appropriate subject matter experts
• Help establish tools, processes, and transition plans that enable local partners to sustain the work beyond fellowship

Outreach & Partnership Development

Engage with community stakeholders and partners to increase knowledge and awareness of the program. Develop strategies to engage diverse partners to expand program reach and ensure successful program outreach efforts.

Training

Participate in scheduled cohort and mentor training provided through the fellowship program and identify skills training needed to successfully implement

Program Evaluation & Impact

Maintain records of activities and complete regular progress reports. Support program evaluation by collecting project data, documenting outcomes and lessons learned, and contributing to regular progress reports.

Communications

Establish and maintain communications with community stakeholders, partners through in-person connections, emails, monthly calls, partner convenings, and site visits. Represent Community Impact Accelerator and local community catalyst team in verbal and written communications.

• Strong commitment to working in a mission-driven community organization
• Experience with nonprofit or community development organizations
• Experience in cultivating, convening, and managing partner or stakeholder relationships
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Willingness to do occasional statewide and national traveling as needed
• Ability to adapt and multitask

• Grant writing and reporting experience with both federal and private grant opportunities
• Knowledge of the community economic development sector

$60,000 to 75,000; paid health insurance, dental and vision, life insurance, vacation and holidays

Exempt, Full-Time, Hybrid.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive. It is intended to identify the essential functions and minimum qualifications of this job. The incumbent/applicant may be required to perform job-related responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this job description. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign job-related responsibilities and tasks to this job at any time. Certain functions not explicitly stated above are nevertheless understood to be essential to this position. These include, but are not limited to, attendance, getting along with others, working during normal business hours, effective time management, and dealing with and working under time constraints and other pressures associated with performing all aspects of this job. Any essential function of this class will be evaluated as necessary. Should an incumbent/applicant be unable to perform any essential function or requirement due to a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodation for the specific disability will be made for the incumbent/applicant, as required. However, the incumbent/applicant must still be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without such an accommodation.