POSITION TITLE: Chief Impact Officer
REPORTS TO: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
DAYS/HOURS: 8:30 am – 5:00pm (Minimum 3 Days a week onsite | Monday-Friday and occasional evenings.
FLSA: Exempt
CREATED: July 2026
COMPANY OVERVIEW
The Tarrant To & Through (T3) Partnership is committed to expanding economic mobility by ensuring every student has access to the education, resources, and support needed to succeed in college, career, and life. Working alongside K-12 districts, higher education institutions, employers, and community partners, T3 creates seamless pathways that help students persist through postsecondary education and transition into workforce-aligned careers. Guided by our North Star Goal, we are working toward a future where, by 2032, 60% of Tarrant County students enter the workforce with a workforce-aligned credential and/or a two- or four-year degree.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Chief Impact Officer serves as T3's senior impact executive and the architect of the organization's impact strategy. The CIO is responsible for aligning programs, partnerships, data, talent, and resources to achieve measurable improvements in postsecondary attainment, workforce readiness, credential completion, and economic mobility across Tarrant County.
As a member of the C-SUITE team reporting to the CEO, the CIO translates organizational vision into measurable outcomes, drives systems-level change, and ensures that all impact functions operate in alignment with T3's strategic plan and Theory of Change.
What You’ll Do
Program Strategy & Leadership
Setting direction for all program areas and serving as a thought partner to the CEO on organizational priorities.
- Lead strategic planning across all program areas and translate organizational goals into clear program direction.
- Own and continuously refine the organization's Theory of Change, ensuring alignment between strategic priorities, program design, implementation, measurement, and desired outcomes.
- Lead the development of long-term impact strategies that advance workforce-aligned credential attainment, degree completion, career readiness, and economic mobility.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen, expand, or evolve programs based on data, community feedback, and best practice.
- Contribute to executive-level decision-making as a senior member of the leadership team.
Systems Change & Regional Leadership
Providing strategic leadership across the education, workforce, and community ecosystem to align partners, influence systems, and accelerate student success and economic mobility at scale.
- Lead efforts that influence systems-level change across K-12 education, higher education, workforce development, philanthropy, and community-based organizations.
- Serve as a strategic leader in regional collaboratives, coalitions, and partnerships that advance postsecondary success and workforce readiness.
- Identify opportunities to align community resources, policies, and partnerships to improve student outcomes at scale.
- Represent T3 in local, state, and national forums related to education attainment, workforce development, economic mobility, and policy.
Student Success & Workforce Readiness
Outcome targets, team accountability, and ensuring programs reflect what works for the students and families we serve.
- Define and monitor outcome goals for postsecondary attainment, workforce readiness, credential completion, economic mobility, and long-term student success.
- Ensure program design reflects current best practices in education, workforce development, and postsecondary access.
- Drive a culture of accountability for student and family-facing results across all program areas.
- Ensure organizational strategies and investments are aligned to pathways that lead students toward workforce-aligned credentials, degrees, living-wage careers, and long-term economic mobility.
Family Engagement
Leading the strategy that connects families meaningfully to resources and support throughout the postsecondary journey.
- Set strategic direction for family engagement across program areas.
- Ensure approaches are integrated, culturally responsive, and tied to student outcomes.
Program Quality & Continuous Improvement
Building a culture where we constantly ask whether our programs are working and making sure that question leads to action.
- Establish and sustain a continuous improvement culture grounded in data and honest evaluation.
- Oversee program quality standards and sponsor major learning and evaluation initiatives.
- Partner with data and analytics to ensure program information is accurate, accessible, and driving decisions.
- Ensure organizational data is leveraged to drive strategic decision-making, continuous improvement, resource allocation, and organizational learning.
Impact Measurement & Reporting
Owning how we measure and communicate what we are achieving in a way that funders, partners, and communities can trust.
- Define and oversee the organization's impact measurement framework, including KPIs, evaluation methods, and reporting standards.
- Partner with Data & Analytics leadership to establish enterprise-wide impact measurement frameworks, performance indicators, and reporting methodologies.
- Ensure stakeholders have what they need to understand and trust our outcomes.
- Translate impact data into actionable insights and compelling narratives that strengthen decision-making, stakeholder confidence, and organizational sustainability.
Community Partnerships
Representing the organization externally and building relationships that extend our reach and strengthen our work.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with school districts, community organizations, and employer partners.
- Develop and sustain executive-level relationships with school districts, higher education institutions, employers, workforce boards, philanthropic organizations, and community partners.
- Serve as a visible ambassador and thought leader for T3, advancing the organization's influence and impact throughout the region.
- Represent the organization in external forums, coalitions, and stakeholder engagements.
- Identify new partnership opportunities that advance mission and expand program reach.
Team Leadership & Development
Leading 3-4 direct reports who are each leading program areas, setting direction, developing their capabilities, and building a team that performs.
- Set clear expectations and provide consistent feedback, coaching, and support.
- Foster a team culture that is collaborative, connected to the mission, and built to grow.
- Build leadership capacity across the impact organization and establish clear accountability for performance, outcomes, and continuous improvement.
- Model the organization's values in how you lead and make decisions.
- 8 or more years of senior leadership experience in nonprofit program management, education, or workforce development.
- A track record of leading teams and managing measurable outcomes in a mission-driven environment.
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives resulting in measurable organizational or systems-level impact.
- Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to inform strategy, evaluate programs, and drive improvement.
- Proven ability to build and sustain partnerships with school districts, community organizations, or similar stakeholders.
- Experience developing strategic partnerships across education, workforce, philanthropy, and community sectors.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to represent the organization credibly to diverse external audiences.
- Bachelor's degree in education, public policy, social work, nonprofit management, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
It's a plus if you have:
- Direct Non-profit C-Suite Level experience
- Experience in a combination of postsecondary access, college success, workforce readiness, and family engagement programming.
- Familiarity with impact measurement frameworks and program evaluation methodologies.
- Experience working in or alongside K-12 or higher education systems.
- Strategic Systems Thinking: Develops long-term strategies by understanding the connections between education, workforce, and community systems.
- Impact & Results Orientation: Focuses on measurable outcomes and holds self and others accountable for achieving results.
- Cross-Sector Leadership: Builds strong partnerships across education, workforce, philanthropy, government, and community organizations to advance shared goals.
- Data-Informed Decision Making: Uses data and evidence to guide strategy, improve performance, and drive organizational learning.
- Change Leadership: Leads teams through growth and transformation by building alignment, adaptability, and commitment to change.
- Continuous Improvement: Promotes a culture of learning, innovation, and ongoing improvement to strengthen impact and effectiveness.
- Executive Presence & Influence: Builds trust and credibility while effectively communicating with staff, board members, funders, and community leaders.
- Talent Development: Develops high-performing teams through coaching, accountability, succession planning, and leadership growth.
- Equity & Student-Centered Leadership: Keeps students and families at the center of decision-making while advancing equitable access, opportunity, and outcomes.
Travel Requirements
This position may require travel throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding suburbs as needed.
