Achievers Network ยท 2 months ago
Chief Program Officer
Achievers Network is focused on helping students graduate from high school with pathways towards enlistment, further education, or meaningful employment. The Chief Program Officer manages daily business operations, provides executive leadership, and oversees all programs to ensure high-quality experiences that meet or exceed goals and outcomes.
Non-profit Organization Management
Responsibilities
Provide executive leadership for CYC as a member of the Executive team with the CEO, CFO, Chief Advancement Officer, and Director of HR and Risk Management to help meet annual strategic and program goals
Provide leadership and support for the program leaders including hiring, developing, evaluating, and coaching
Ensure an effective collaborative cross functional program team. Identify synergistic opportunities amongst programs to best serve the youth and young adults through all the programs
Ensures that CYC provides high quality effective programs that meet or exceed established goals and outcomes. Employ performance measures for program assessment
Develops strong relationships with partners including school leadership, community partners and businesses
Responsible for creating and managing the annual program budget and financials
Pursue programmatic opportunities connected to the mission that diversify CYC funding. Lead the efforts to integrate new program offerings into CYC by developing processes, procedures, staffing model to support new initiatives
Work closely with the Chief Advancement Officer to ensure the Advancement team pursues funding connected to programs and program priorities, provide streamlined processes to provide follow up reports and information needed for the funders
Oversees the metrics for the programs and collaborates with the development team to gather data and information needed for grant requests and reports
Coordinates with the marketing team to ensure CYC shares the stories and impact happening in the programs and to develop coordinated communication efforts across the schools and partners
Maintain a pulse on the needs of the youth and young adults and identify service gaps. Design effective, viable services and solutions to meet the service gaps
Qualification
Required
BA/BS Degree required
5+ years of leadership experience
5+ years' experience in Program Management
Strong experience in delivery of services in the field of youth development or education
Highly effective leader who develops others and is a proven team builder
An innovator, capable of creating or seizing opportunities to improve service effectiveness and client outcomes and build strategic partnerships with other organizations
Understands and values quality improvement, ability to measure and improve efficiency and effectiveness while complying with regulatory and contractual obligations
Adaptable and reliable in conflict, crisis or changing priorities
Strong communicator who is proactive and timely with communications with excellent follow through skills
Able to lead a team in managing multiple and often simultaneous tasks and in creating a work environment recognized for organization, timeliness, cost-effectiveness, accuracy and results
A demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion
Politically astute and tactful; attentive to the perspectives and competing interests of various internal and external stakeholders
Passion to help young people achieve their dreams
Preferred
Master's Degree preferred