Program Manager
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Program Manager Years 110
Reports to: Director of High School Communities
Job Summary
Program Managers report to the Director of Communities and are responsible for building and executing Threads goal attainment strategy to ensure all Thread young people complete high school affirmatively chose a posthigh school pathway that enables them to thrive and continue to provide necessary support of young people in Years 610 to obtain their posthigh school goals including 2 and 4 year degree attainment and any necessary credentials. This includes developing and facilitating in and outofschool academic and experiential programming for young people and volunteers; developing and maintaining a strong relationship with a partner high school that facilitates academic and career advancement; and working with counterpart site staff (Community Managers Resource & Opportunity Managers and Recruitment Managers) to ensure that all Thread young people have the skills knowledge opportunities and support they need to complete high school and pursue 2 and/or 4 year degree program.
Through the Thread Community Model each young person is part of a Thread Family made up of multiple Family Member volunteers and a Head of Family who provides coaching and support. Every eight Heads of Family are coached by a senior volunteer leader called a GrandParent. Through the Thread model volunteers work together and with their designated coaches to connect with their young people their families and fellow volunteers to deploy the Thread Engagement Process of connecting setting goals identifying and removing barriers and achieving goals. The intended objective for all volunteers is to build the skills necessary to bridge and bond across lines of difference. This includes a deeper understanding of ones bias active listening and how to overcome barriers. Separately Thread engages Teammates as content or functional experts to support the community by providing tutoring posthigh school advising and more. The Program Manager is responsible for building the knowledge and capacity of all Volunteers to ensure Thread young people complete high school and have relevant skills and knowledge to pursue and succeed in 2 and or 4 year degree programs.
Success will be measured by 1 the number of young people on track to High School completion and completion of High School (Years 17 2 the strength and bidirectionality of the relationship with the assigned partner high school 3 the number of young people who have chosen and are prepared for their posthigh school pathway 4 the number of young people who are on track to completion and/or completion of 2 and Year degree programs 4 the design and implementation of quality programming that delivers outcomes and 5 qualitative feedback from volunteers and young people. While key responsibilities are below they may evolve.
Key Responsibilities
Program & Project Design and Implementation
Camp monthly community service threadHOURS
Build and implement strategy to ensure that assigned High School (HS) young people stay on track and complete High School and 2/4 year degree programs (if chosen as pathway in Years 610
Design and implement programming to build the capacity of staff volunteers and young people to build meaningful relationships while working towards their goals.
Regularly collect verify and analyze students academic data distributing it to volunteers and Young People to monitor their progress in order to be proactive when credit recovery is necessary
Plan and execute key student transition periods including new student enrollment and the transition from High School to PostHigh School.
Develop manage and assist with additional programs and projects as needed to achieve organizational outcomes.
Partnership Development & Advocacy
Develop and maintain transformative relationships throughout their assigned High School site that results in an overall partnership that allows for resource needs within school to be met (space report cards access to credit recovery) and creates a solid foundation for necessary advocacy for Thread Young People.
Advocate with school partners to prevent transfers ensure student needs are met ensure that relevant and necessary supports are provided and exchange performance data.
Engage and leverage community partners and Teammate volunteers to colead programming distribute community resources and more.
Coaching and Capacity Building
Develop capacity of and support Teammates to support the delivery of programming and supporting site school activities
Develop maintain and deploy relevant resources for volunteers and Youngeople through all channels including the Thread mobile app Thread Guide email communications and more.
Collaborate with and leverage Threads other functional teams to effectively support volunteers and students.
Ensure community compliance with budgets policies etc.
Other tasks and duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Qualifications/Skills
Required:
At least 35 years of demonstrated success in project and program management including building and developing people towards common goals as well as data input monitoring and evaluation.
Demonstrated commitment to and experience with equity and inclusion through an intersectional lens including experience navigating and/or coaching others through a racial equity journey.
Demonstrated experience in working with diverse people process and project management with a strong sense of accountability to achieving goals and student outcomes
Highly responsive adaptive communications style; ability to inspire oneonone and in groups of all sizes.
Ability to clearly communicate and live out Threads core values & core competencies.
Ability to work during the evenings and weekends as necessary.
Recognition of the ways that race and other identities (historically and presently) intersect and play out in the workplace.
Preferred:
Bachelors Degree in an associated discipline.
Knowledge and experience facilitating group programming that connects young people to academic/professional goals
Experience counseling young people through the goalsetting and attainment process as well as identifying high school and posthigh school interests
Demonstrated success leading coaching and developing a team of volunteers to achieve common goals.
Familiarity with Baltimores human services landscape including City Public School System neighborhoods and/or organizations and resources.
Prior experience working in a youthserving and/or nonprofit environment.
Prior experience working with mobile appbased data input and with Salesforce.
Fluency in a second language Spanish.
Thread Employment Benefits (Fulltime)
- 12 weeks of Paid parental leave
- Competitive salaries meaningful equity; 403(b) plan
- 100 employee coverage of Medical dental vision and life insurance
- 10 Paid holidays
- 4 weeks of PTO in year 1 increase to 5 weeks in year 2
- 5 days of sick and safe leave
- 3 floater holidays
- Annual Health and Wellness reimbursement
- Access to counseling/therapy at no cost
- Paid Sabbatical after 6 years of employment
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
