Consulting Engagement Director
The Consulting Director role is a full-time, exempt position within the Consulting Division of LegacyWorks Group. This position is a remote role and will report to the Vice President of Consulting.
About LegacyWorks Group
LegacyWorks Group (LWG) is a collective of changemakers facilitating ambitious collaborative initiatives to address today’s biggest challenges. Through community-driven, place-based initiatives and client-centered consulting programs, we advance projects and portfolios that deliver transformative impact results while building community resilience and the capacity to rise higher. Funders, impact investors, community based organizations, and government agencies engage us for strategy consulting and planning, collaborative facilitation, impact finance, data dashboarding, and initiative incubation and support. Together we build and strengthen networks, amplify and accelerate collaboration, and enable highly effective collective effort at the scale of landscapes, sectors and systems.
About the Consulting Team
At LegacyWorks (LWG), we partner with changemakers—funders, nonprofits, impact investors, social enterprises, and public agencies—to move big ideas into action. Through tailored engagements, we help design and scale solutions that deliver environmental, economic, and social outcomes that the community prioritizes. The Consulting team brings deep experience in strategy, facilitation, communications, and collaborative design. Whether it’s developing an impact strategy, designing and launching a multi-million-dollar fund, or co-launching a regional initiative, we work alongside clients and partners across North America to build the infrastructure and momentum for lasting change.
What You’ll Do
The Consulting Director leads the design and implementation of adaptive consulting and impact finance strategies that advance conservation and community resilience across North America. This role involves managing complex client engagements—from opportunity development to execution—while translating financial concepts into actionable solutions.
The Consulting Director’s role is integral to:
Fostering trust, connectedness, relationships, strong networks, and partnerships within the impact finance community
Building capacity and supporting leadership development in the impact finance community to support the next generation of changemakers
Facilitating authentic programs and convening spaces to foster the needs and dreams of community members, investors, and partnering organizations
Catalyzing collective action and investment in community priorities by generating both lucrative business opportunities, and fundraising for programmatic needs
Sharing stories and clear data from the Consulting team as a core element of programming and operations to drive support for the program and build a movement towards cultural change
Your Primary Responsibilities
Impact Finance Consulting & Strategic Advisory
Lead the planning and design of client-driven impact finance initiatives and impact investment projects including developing scopes of work, workflows, and budgets for incorporation into contracts
Support client partners in clearly articulating their impact intentions and emergent ideas for programs, investments, funds, enterprises and initiatives
Undertake the research and design work needed to help clients develop innovative finance strategies, capital stacks, and funds aligned with intended impacts and community needs
Within engagements, support fundraising and resource mobilization through blended finance, grants, and innovative funding mechanisms
Oversee financial due diligence and risk assessments and develop evaluation frameworks for partner projects and investments
Translate complex finance concepts into accessible language and actionable strategies for our clients and partners, ensuring each engagement advances their conservation and community resilience initiatives while building their capacity, skills and expertise
Consistently deliver high-quality outcomes—across relationships, processes and results—that advance the Consulting team’s goals and further its reputation as the partner to turn to for high impact projects aligned with our purpose
Engagement Leadership, Planning and Management
Lead the execution and evaluation of engagements including stewarding client relationships, planning and facilitating internal and external meetings, implementing and adapting engagement plans, coordinating engagement timelines, and actively managing engagement budgets and staff time allocations to meet internal financial goals
Design and implement adaptive processes to develop and continually refine strategies tailored to client and community needs and contexts
Lead the full business development cycle by identifying, assessing, and advancing opportunities where LWG can deliver outsized impact and value, and bringing the best opportunities to fruition as engagements
Ensure all project deliverables and interactions are consistently high-quality, fostering clear communication, alignment, and actionable outcomes
Relationship Stewardship
Build and maintain relationships with funders, impact investors, financial institutions, government agencies, and non-profit organizations, practicing active listening and fostering collaboration
As directed, represent the organization in external forums and conferences
Mentor and support partners and peers, building capacity in others to strengthen their skills, leadership, and impact in impact finance initiatives
Foster trust and alignment through clear, strategic communication with staff, board members, donors, and community partners
Evaluation, Reporting, and Storytelling
Share the story of the Consulting team by weaving data and narratives that highlight successes, lessons learned, and collective impact, inspiring cultural change and broader participation
Prepare high-quality reports, case studies, and presentations for LWG’s Board, funders, and stakeholders that communicate the outcomes of impact finance initiatives
Team Development and Culture Stewardship
Mentor and manage Consulting staff, fellows, and interns, building capacity through knowledge sharing, co-created goals, and guidance that strengthens collective leadership
Model trust, active listening, openness, vulnerability, and accountability within the Consulting team, fostering a culture where everyone can bring their whole selves and diverse voices contribute meaningfully
Embrace complexity and encourage reflection in team decision-making, supporting thoughtful problem-solving
Ensure belonging, access, and opportunity internally by creating an environment where team members feel valued, supported, and empowered to contribute
Continuously advance your own development across all LWG core competencies, modeling active learning and personal growth for the team
Organizational Collaboration
Contribute to the evolution of LWG’s collaborative impact model and support initiatives centered around belonging, access and opportunity
Participate actively in organization-wide communities of practice, retreats, meetings and working groups to contribute, learn, and foster a cohesive team environment
Support effective and efficient organization operations by actively utilizing and contributing to the improvement of all LPW’s systems, policies and processes
Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who approaches work with curiosity, openness, and care—someone who notices possibilities others might miss and brings both courage and creativity to exploring them. You listen deeply and center the voices of others, embracing growth with honesty and vulnerability, seeing mistakes as part of the learning process. You move with intention, balancing clear direction with openness to surprise and change, and thrive in the space between steady progress and emerging possibility. Your core skills and experience include:
History of working as a consultant or in a consulting, client-focused mode
Deep professional experience working in impact finance and/or conservation finance, including experience in fund design, launch and management
Bringing vision to life by co-creating goals and driving disciplined, focused execution
Communicating candidly and compassionately, keeping messages clear, timely, and accessible
Embracing distributed leadership, stepping up while creating space for others to contribute and collaborate
Channeling systems thinking by connecting perspectives to make sense of complexity
Harnessing technology creatively, using current and emerging tools to advance projects and organizational goals
Organizing and managing fast paced and evolving projects and systems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for client communications
For this role in particular, we’re also looking for someone who brings a depth of experience, expertise and creativity in the field of impact finance, spanning the full spectrum of capital from philanthropy and public funding to all forms of catalytic capital to impact-aligned market-return seeking investments. The ideal candidate has a breadth of experience with and exposure to a wide range of impact finance tools including:
Private philanthropy spanning individual giving, donor advised funds and foundations
Public funding at local, regional, state, federal and international levels
US tax credit programs and mechanisms across a variety of sectors
Risk mitigation tools including guarantees and first loss capital
Revolving fund design, pilot loan origination, and fund management and advisement
Public securities offerings under a variety of authorities
Private offerings including private equity, venture capital, and hedge strategies
Democratized access to capital
Compensation & Benefits
The salary range for the Consulting Director position is $100,000-$130,000 based on relevant qualifications and experience. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, vision and dental coverage, a 401(k) retirement plan, remote work stipend, and unlimited vacation time alongside sick leave.
To Apply
Email a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references to Jordan Rich at jobs@legacyworksgroup.com, with Consulting Director in the subject line. In your cover letter, be sure to speak to your values and skills. Please note we do not use AI to sort or review applications. Applications are only accepted electronically. Applications will be accepted until November 21st.
LegacyWorks is proud to be an affirmative action equal-opportunity employer and is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work culture. LegacyWorks is committed to increasing the diversity of the team, including board and staff, and continuing to improve compensation and benefits. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and value life experience and achievements. All employees and applicants for employment are not to be discriminated on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.