Senior Impact Strategist

Catholic Charities – Diocese of Rochester

Position Summary 

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester is recruiting for a Senior Impact Strategist to strengthen the organization’s capacity to learn from data and to improve client outcomes. The individual in this visionary role is responsible for advancing Catholic Charities’ commitment to achieving the greatest possible impact for the people we serve. This role focuses on better understanding who we serve, the impact of our work, and what we can learn from data—and communicating those insights in clear, compelling ways that inform decisions and strengthen services.

The Senior Impact Strategist will:

• Provide subject-matter expertise and hands-on leadership to expand and integrate data collection, analysis, reporting, and evaluation related to client service delivery across the organization.
• Lead the design and adoption of tools and processes that support a culture of inquiry and practices that deepen the use of data to drive results and inform strategic direction.
• Translate data into actionable insights through data storytelling—developing clear, compelling narratives that inform decisions for executive leadership, program leaders, and the Board.
• Strengthen our capacity to ensure services delivered create the best possible outcomes for clients.
• Champion a culture of data-informed decision-making and continuous learning.

The Senior Impact Strategist will be embedded in the organization’s work—building shared tools, strengthening local capacity, and fostering alignment across agencies. This role ensures that insights from agency experience inform organizational direction, and that enterprise-level approaches meaningfully support agency success.

Reporting to the President & Diocesan Director, and working closely with executive leadership, program leaders and external partners, the Senior Impact Strategist will position Catholic Charities to maximize mission effectiveness and operational excellence and communicate key insights in ways that support strategic decision-making and organizational alignment.

This is an onsite position based in Catholic Charities’ Rochester office and requires some travel to sites within the 12-county service area.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Elevating capacity for data collection, aggregation, and analysis
• Supporting reporting needs
• Defining and Driving Impact Strategy
• Identifying and Applying evidence based research to improve organizational performance

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Support for the mission and values of Catholic Charities
• Proven experience leading impact measurement, evaluation, or program performance in complex nonprofit or human services organizations.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with expertise in data analysis, data management systems, data visualization software, metrics development, and reporting.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights and compelling narratives for diverse audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in public policy, public health, or a related field, as well as 3-5 years of related experience, is required. Graduate degree is preferred (MPH, MED, MPP, or a related field).
• Exceptional collaboration, communication, and change management capabilities.
• Passion for social justice, poverty alleviation, and community impact.

 Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Support for the mission and values of Catholic Charities
• Proven experience leading impact measurement, evaluation, or program performance in complex nonprofit or human services organizations.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with expertise in data analysis, data management systems, data visualization software, metrics development, and reporting.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights and compelling narratives for diverse audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in public policy, public health, or a related field, as well as 3-5 years of related experience, is required. Graduate degree is preferred (MPH, MED, MPP, or a related field).
• Exceptional collaboration, communication, and change management capabilities.
• Passion for social justice, poverty alleviation, and community impact.  

Physical Demands/Work Environment: The physical demands/work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, hear, stand, walk, use hands to type and/or perform light lifting. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Compliance:  Adheres to all applicable federal and state laws and regulations including, but not limited to, those governing confidentiality, privacy, program, billing and documentation standards.  All duties must be performed in accordance with CCFCS’s corporate compliance & ethics program. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check. CCDOR considers all background check information in accordance with applicable law.

Compensation and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary in the range of $75,000 - $130,000 per year, depending on education and experience. We also offer a highly competitive benefits package.

Top Benefits and Perks:

• Competitive salary and 403b retirement plan 
• Generous time off package and work-life balance 
• Comprehensive benefits package 
• Supportive and collaborative environment 
• Opportunities for growth and development 
• Intrinsic reward of truly making a difference in people's lives 

Join us and help make a positive impact in our community!

Interested applicants are encouraged to apply online. Confidential inquiries and resumes may also be sent to Patrick Boyle, Chief People Officer at patrick.boyle@dor.org. A detailed position profile is available upon request. 

***Catholic Charities is committed to leveraging the talent of a diverse workforce to create great opportunities for our agency and our people. EOE/AA Disability/Vet