Senior Vice President Executive Director

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Number of Positions: 1

Work Location: 100 OnSite

Position Overview

ABOUT CITY YEAR MEMPHIS
City Year was founded in 1988 with the idea to unite young people ages 1724 from broad backgrounds to engage in a year of fulltime service in underresourced schools. City Year Memphis (CYMem) was established in 2016 with a startup corps of 16 strong. Today 40 AmeriCorps members serve nearly 700 students across 6 charter public schools. CYMem AmeriCorps members are serving as student success coaches (SSCs). SSCs are tutors mentors and role models who partner with teachers in lowincome schools to provide students with academic interventions interpersonal skills coaching and ongoing support and mentoring. SSCs also run afterschool programs and plan schoolwide events designed to enhance school culture and climate and strengthen the teaching and learning environment for everyone in the schoolhousestudents and the adults who work with them.

Our researchbased Whole School Whole Child program focuses on supporting students as they transition between elementary middle and high schools and early warning indicators that can have the biggest impact on student success in school and career readiness: attendance cognitive and interpersonal development and academic achievement in ELA and math.

AmeriCorps receive more than 300 hours of professional training to support teachers and staff in delivering instruction and intervention services and are supported by their schoolbased team and impact managers who help them be more effective with students. Because student success coaches are near peers they are mature enough to offer students guidance yet young enough to relate to students perspectives. This makes them uniquely positioned to form positive relationships with students and help them succeed.


POSITION OVERVIEW

City Year is seeking an innovative dynamic entrepreneurial and peoplefocused leader to serve as the Executive Director (ED) at City Year Memphis. The position provides the right candidate the opportunity to play an integral role in advocating for and advancing public education in Memphis through national service. The Executive Director is responsible for ensuring City Year Memphis meets its impact revenue district partnership and external relations goals and will lead the effort to increase City Years visibility and brand awareness across the MidSouth. Key to the sites success is a leader and collaborator who is a natural coalitionbuilder people developer and influencer who leads with tenacity and humility.

Reporting to the Market President this visionary change agent will lead up to 10 staff and 40 AmeriCorps members serving in 6 partner schools. Serving as the primary champion of City Years impact locally the Executive Director leads the organizations efforts to keep students in school and on track to graduate college and career ready. Additionally the Executive Director works in partnership with the City Year Memphis advisory board comprised of influential leaders representing the public private and nonprofit sectors. The Executive Director is accountable for an annual revenue budget of approximately $2.2 million (current make up is approximately 13 school partnership funds 33 AmeriCorps and 54 private sector revenue) while simultaneously securing the resources necessary to ensure sustainability and growth. The Executive Director will be expected to mobilize powerful coalitions including board members district leadership and school partners City Year alumni private and public sector investors and local elected officials to accelerate greater educational opportunity for underserved students.

Additionally the Executive Director is a Senior Vice President for City Year lnc.s national organization and as such strengthens the connection between City Years national initiatives and the local work in Memphis by managing relationships at City Years national headquarters and contributing to the national strategy through networkwide project teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

The Executive Director will focus on the following primary areas of responsibility:

People and Culture: Lead coach and develop up to10 fulltime staff members increase staff engagement and retention of staff year over year. Establish a dynamic organizational culture that embodies our core values of collaboration teamwork and relationship building. Further develop human resources structures to ensure excellent hiring performance support and career advancement practices.

Student Impact: In partnership with senior site staff and regional support staff ensure high quality and commitment to the nationally developed service delivery model implemented by City Year AmeriCorps members in partner elementary middle and high schools. Maintain excellent track record of impact results including at least 60 of students meeting or exceeding growth goals in math and literacy assessments.

AmeriCorps Member Experience: Ensure the site delivers a transformational experience for all City Year AmeriCorps members where at least 85 percent of AmeriCorps members persist from confirmation to completion of service and 80 of AmeriCorps members report feeling prepared in their service delivery.

Private Sector Fundraising Cultivation and Stewardship: Serve as chief fundraiser and lead site staff and local advisory board to motivate key influencers to raise the funds necessary to meet revenue goals. by leveraging national revenue and stewardship strategies. Identify cultivate solicit and manage strategic relationships with corporations foundations family foundations and individuals to build a sustainable private revenue mix that results in annual revenue of at least $1.2 million (FY26

School/District Investments: Sustain transformational partnerships with existing district and school leadership and cultivate new transformational partnerships with leaders of future school partners. Negotiate contracts that result in increased sustained annual revenue of $18750$30000 per AmeriCorps member.

Financial Management: Ensure City Year Memphis 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 $2.2M.

Board Member Engagement: Recruit develop and manage a dynamic and deeply engaged local advisory board to build and execute a multiyear site strategic plan focused on 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 County Commission local 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 effective and collaborative relationship with AmeriCorps state commission Volunteer Tennessee; oversee the preparation of effective AmeriCorps grant applications and progress reports and meet performance and compliance requirements associated therein.

Marketing and Communications: Lead board and staff efforts to increase City Years visibility and brand awareness in local and national media social media and marketing channels. Help raise the sites profile to become one of the most talked about education organizations in Memphis.

AmeriCorps Member Recruitment: Collaborate with City Years national recruitment and admissions team to ensure successful recruitment and selection of AmeriCorps members meeting quality quantity and inclusivity goals. Partner with site staff to ensure a strong cohort returns annually for leadership opportunities in a second year of service with at least 20 applying.

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

In Memphis the top priorities include:

• Ensuring financial solvency of City Year Memphis by growing the current community of champions and financial investors to meet existing revenue goals and diversify school district partnerships.
• Deepening public sector relationships with emphasis on the City of Memphis and local school boards and establish relationships with key members of the administration city council and county commission.
• Increase investment from district and school partners as a portion of our total revenue budget.

Qualifications

Successful City Year Executive Directors embody the organizations core values hold the firm belief that education has the power to help all students reach their full potential and possess a deep passion for education. In addition our Executive Directors are expected to:

• Build and forge partnerships and coalitions with stakeholders in the public and private sectors to advance the cause of education
• Mobilize internal and external partners toward a bold vision of how they can impact the lives of young people
• Build empower and inspire teams to thrive while driving accountability and taking personal responsibility for their success
• Build community and foster a caring and supportive environment that prioritizes collaboration teamwork and relationship building
• Demonstrate curiosity vulnerability and humility as a lifelong learner who seeks out broad perspectives and opportunities for selfimprovement
• Possess a deep sense of personal accountability to ensure the success of both City Year Memphis locally and City Year Inc. Nationally
• Connect with and inspire teams of AmeriCorps Members between the ages of 17 and 24

A competitive candidate for the Executive Director position will possess:

• A strong ability and experience in the behaviors listed above
• Competency in collaboration teamwork and relationship building work
• High level of emotional intelligence
• Integrity openness honesty curiosity empowerment and collaboration
• Demonstrated success managing effective and engaged teams managing multiple layers of leadership
• Proven experience in skillfully influencing and motivating stakeholders; record of accomplishment in fundraising from corporations foundations and major gifts and/or sales
• An established crosssector local network of stakeholders funders and champion
• Ability to connect programs to funding creatively generating other resources and building collaborative and strategic partnerships
• Familiarity with the Memphis educational landscape and K12 education policy
• Calm in times of crisis with sound instincts and impeccable decisionmaking prowess
• Excellent communication listening and public speaking skills; the ability to articulate a compelling and inspiring vision that motivates others
• Demonstrated success in responding quickly to changing situations and ability to adjust organizational plans accordingly
• A desire to learn and a willingness to receive feedback and hold yourself accountable
• Significant local nonprofit volunteer or multisector experience
• Content knowledge of community and national service
• Ability to attend evening and weekend events; ability to travel to inperson meetings in various cities

To Apply

The initial deadline to apply is Friday April 30th; applications accepted on a rolling basis after this date. The search process will move promptly and candidates will be evaluated accordingly. Please submit your cover letter and resume via the online application.

Compensation and Benefits:

Fulltime employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience. Benefits for fulltime employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account paid vacation holidays parental leave 401K and more.

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