Overview
Community Impact Manager -Latinx Programs Jobs in Redmond, OR at Better Together Central Oregon
Title: Community Impact Manager -Latinx Programs
Company: Better Together Central Oregon
Location: Redmond, OR
About Better Together
Better Together is a regional nonprofit working to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families across Central Oregon through collaboration, community leadership, and culturally responsive approaches. We believe lasting change happens when families and youth have meaningful opportunities to shape the systems that impact their lives. Our work focuses on strengthening community leadership, building partnerships, and supporting culturally specific programs that advance equity and opportunity.
Better Together collaborates with community organizations, public systems, and regional cross-sector partners to strengthen programs, elevate community voice, and ensure families have meaningful opportunities to influence decisions affecting their communities.
Better Together is currently in an important organizational transition as we move toward operating fully as an independent nonprofit organization. While we have a strong history of community partnerships and program impact, we are actively building and strengthening our internal operations, administrative systems, and organizational infrastructure.
This is an exciting opportunity for staff to help shape and grow an organization during a period of growth, contributing to both programs, partnerships, and the long-term sustainability of the organization. As we continue to grow as an independent organization, we are deepening our investment in early learning and family leadership within Latinx communities.
Organizational Values & Culture
Better Together is committed to building a collaborative, equity-centered organization that works alongside communities to improve outcomes for children, youth and families across Central Oregon with a focus on addressing the systems and structures that create barriers to opportunities.
Our work is guided by the following values:
- Collaboration & Shared Responsibility: We believe meaningful change requires collective effort. We work in partnership with families, community organizations, schools, and institutions to align efforts and strengthen outcomes for children and families across our region
- Community Voice & Leadership: We center the leadership and lived experiences of families and youth in shaping programs and systems that impact their lives.
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: Better Together values diverse perspectives and works to create a culture where all people feel a sense of belonging. We recognize that systems create barriers to opportunity and we partner with communities to address those barriers so all youth and families can thrive.
- Alignment & Collaboration: No single organization can solve complex social challenges alone. We work to align efforts across sectors, strengthen partnerships, and support coordinated approaches that improve outcomes for children and families.
- Learning and Care: We value continuous learning, collaboration, and a supportive workplace culture that prioritizes the well-being of our staff and community.
- Care for our Team & Community: We believe sustainable impact requires a healthy and supportive workplace. We strive to build a culture rooted in trust, collaboration, flexibility, and care for the well-being of our staff and community.
Position Description
The Community Impact Manager – Latinx Programs plays a key leadership role in strengthening and expanding culturally specific programs that support Latinx families and youth across Central Oregon.
This position serves as a catalyst between community-led programs, institutions, and decision-makers, helping ensure culturally responsive initiatives have the resources, partnerships, and infrastructure needed to succeed. The role bridges community voice with systems change by building partnerships, advocating for program needs, and strengthening collaboration across organizations and sectors.
This position requires a highly collaborative and independent leader who will take the lead on representing and advocating for the Better Together programs in their portfolio within regional systems. This manager will also be responsible for program sustainability, which involves data collection, program infrastructure development to grow and sustain this portfolio of work, and grant writing.
As Better Together formalizes its organizational culture and infrastructure during the next year, this leader will also be a valuable thought partner and collaborator in strengthening internal capacity, including supporting staff professional development and training or learning opportunities that support a culture of culturally responsive programming and effective community engagement. The role requires a strong ability to build trust with community members, partners, and institutional leaders.
Focus & Performance Goals (2026-2028)
During the next two years, the manager will:
- Develop and expand the capacity of six regional Latinx Family Councils and Youth Councils. Build sustainable systems and structures to support the ongoing function and growth of the councils. Provide regular community and district reports that elevate council insights and inform partners.
- Oversee the creation and pilot of the Raíces Fuertes program in partnership with the Latino Community Association, and support efforts to secure and expand funding for the program.
- Provide leadership and supervision for the Juntos Aprendemos program and Manager, and support efforts to secure and expand funding for the program.
- Lead the development of new culturally specific initiatives and events that strengthen community engagement.
Key ResponsibilitiesProgram Leadership
- Lead the continued development and expansion of Latinx Family Councils and Youth Councils across the region.
- Nurture leadership development for families and youth to strengthen their ability to influence local systems and policies.
- Coordinate creation and implementation of the Raíces Fuertes program.
- Develop and implement new culturally specific programs, events, and leadership opportunities for Latinx families and youth.
- Ensure programs remain culturally responsive and rooted in community experience through ongoing engagement with Latinx families and youth, feedback from family and youth councils, and collaboration with community and system partners.
Community Partnerships & Systems Collaboration
- Serve as a connector between community members, organizations, and institutions to strengthen collaboration and program impact.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with community partners, schools, early learning providers, and regional organizations.
- Represent Better Together in coalitions, community meetings, and cross-sector partnerships.
- Advocate for culturally specific programming and elevate community member voices in community and system-level settings.
- Document and elevate community insights from family and youth councils to help inform partner organizations, systems leaders, and policy conversations affecting Latinx families.
- Ensure programs connected to Better Together center community leadership and contribute to broader systems change efforts that improve outcomes for Latinx families and youth.
Program Infrastructure
- Support program evaluation, data collection, and reporting to demonstrate community impact.
- Build systems and processes that strengthen program coordination and sustainability.
- Work collaboratively to track program outcomes and share successes with partners and funders.
Resource Development & Sustainability
- Support grant writing, reporting, and fundraising efforts that sustain culturally specific programs.
- Identify potential funding opportunities and partnerships that strengthen long-term sustainability.
- Assist in preparing grant proposals, reports, and communications that highlight program impact.
Program Supervision & Organizational Leadership
- Provide supervision, guidance, and support to staff connected to Better Together’s culturally specific programming, including the Juntos Aprendemos team.
- Foster a collaborative and supportive team environment that centers community leadership and cultural responsiveness.
- Support staff professional development, mentorship, and learning opportunities.
- Help develop and facilitate basic trainings, tools, or resources that strengthen staff capacity in culturally responsive programming, community engagement, and program implementation.
- Work closely with the Executive Director to align program strategy with organizational priorities.
- Represent Better Together at community events, partner meetings, and regional initiatives.
Better Together recognizes that meaningful skills and leadership develop through a variety of pathways that include educational, professional, and lived experiences. If you feel passionate about this work and believe you could thrive in this role, we encourage you to apply.
