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City Year · 16 hours ago

Senior Vice President, Executive Director

Jacksonville, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$140K/yr - $150K/yr

City Year is seeking an innovative, entrepreneurial, and people-focused leader to serve as the Executive Director of City Year Jacksonville. This seasoned executive is responsible for ensuring the site meets its impact, revenue, district partnership, and external relations goals.

CommunitiesEducationNon Profit

No H1B

Responsibilities

The Executive Director is responsible for leading and managing site staff and AmeriCorps members to ensure operational success and growth by generating resources and building support from the public and private sectors

This executive serves as a vital link between the local Jacksonville market, the City Year Market Group, and the City Year national office

Site supervision includes the functional areas of student impact and school partnerships, revenue generation, expense management, management and retention of AmeriCorps members and staff, and site board development and relations

Our Executive Directors embody our core values and must have a firm belief that education has the power to help all students reach their full potential and a passion for increasing critical student outcomes such as student engagement and attendance, academic success, and preparing students for graduation and success after high school

To successfully execute the job’s core responsibilities, a successful Executive Director must demonstrate the following behaviors:

Build and forge partnerships and coalitions with diverse stakeholders to advance the cause of educational equity

Mobilize internal and external stakeholders towards a bold vision of how they can impact the lives of young people

Build and empower teams to fully own their functions while driving accountability and personal responsibility for their success

Build community and foster a caring and supportive environment with a sense of connection and belonging

Demonstrate curiosity and humility as a life-long learner who seeks out diverse perspectives and opportunities for self-improvement

Possess a deep sense of personal accountability to ensure the success of both City Year Jacksonville locally and City Year, Inc. nationally

Connect with and inspire diverse teams of AmeriCorps Members between the ages of 17 and 25

Through these lenses, the Executive Director will focus on the following primary areas of responsibility:

People and Culture: Lead, coach, and develop 16 full-time staff members contributing to high levels of satisfaction, engagement, and retention

Establish a dynamic culture that embodies our core values of inclusivity and teamwork

Further develop site human resources structures to ensure excellent and equitable hiring, performance support, and career advancement practices

AmeriCorps Member Experience: Ensure the site delivers a transformational experience for all City Year AmeriCorps members by supporting members in feeling prepared and confident in their service and promoting member persistence from initial confirmation of acceptance to completion of service

Student Impact: In partnership with senior site staff and regional support staff, the ED will ensure high quality and commitment to the nationally developed Whole School, Whole Child service delivery model implemented by City Year AmeriCorps members in partner elementary, middle, and high schools

Private Sector Fundraising, Cultivation, and Stewardship: Serve as the chief fundraiser leading site staff and local advisory board to motivate key influencers to generate the resources necessary to meet annual and long-term goals leveraging national revenue and stewardship strategies

Develop a strategy to maintain a healthy, diversified, and growing revenue mix from private and public sources

Identify, cultivate, solicit, and manage strategic relationships with corporations, foundations, family foundations, and individuals to build a sustainable private revenue portfolio resulting in annual revenues reaching toward or surpassing $1.7MM

School/District Investments: Sustain transformational partnerships with existing district and school leadership and, when necessary, cultivate new transformational partnerships with future school partners

Financial Management: Ensure City Year Jacksonville raises three percent more than it spends annually by managing a fiscally-sound budget, forecasting, expense management, and cash flow for a current site expense budget of $5MM

Board Member Engagement: Recruit, develop, and manage a diverse, dynamic, and deeply engaged local advisory board to build and execute a multi-year site strategic plan focused on deepening the evidence of our impact with students and in schools, facilitating a rewarding AmeriCorps Member experience, local fundraising efforts, community engagement, and brand awareness while also contributing to the success of the national organization

Ensure cultivation and engagement of future board leadership

Government Relations and Public Policy: Engage local and national elected officials – Governor, Mayor, City Council, local and state school board representatives, State Legislature, and members of U.S. Congress - to support funding and policies for City Year and the national service movement

Maintain an effective and collaborative relationship with AmeriCorps state commission; oversee the preparation of AmeriCorps grant applications and progress reports and meet performance and compliance requirements associated therein

AmeriCorps Member Recruitment: Collaborate with City Year’s national recruitment and admissions team to ensure site recruits, selects, and admits AmeriCorps members within the regional framework, meeting quality, quantity, and inclusivity goals

Partner with site staff and local partners to ensure a strong cohort returns annually for a second year of service

Alumni Engagement: Ensure the local alumni board's engagement to leverage alumni to support AmeriCorps members in service and continue their lifetime of service

Marketing and Communications: Lead the site in increasing visibility and brand awareness of City Year’s work in local and national media, social media, and marketing channels by developing and leveraging local relationships

In Jacksonville, the top priorities include:

Leading the City Year Jacksonville Staff and AmeriCorps members through modeling a deep commitment to collaboration, the cause of educational equity, and producing impactful results

Advance the site by investing in people, culture, community, and partnerships while prioritizing inclusive and equitable systems, policies, processes, and practices

Coordinate the annual recruitment and admission of 70 City Year AmeriCorps Members through a partnership with the National Recruitment and Admissions team and local partners

Ensuring financial sustainability by growing the current community of champions and financial investors to meet existing revenue goals promoting the longevity of our work in Jacksonville

Supporting local site board and recruiting diverse talent to the board to support future financial sustainability and growth while increasing brand awareness and recognition of City Year in the local community

Maintaining and deepening strategic community partnerships with organizations

Qualification

FundraisingEducational EquityTeam ManagementPublic SpeakingPartnership BuildingNon-Profit ExperienceK-12 Education KnowledgeListening SkillsCuriosityHumilityCommunication Skills