Leadership and STAY FLY Program Manager
Leadership and STAY FLY Program Manager
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Position Title: Leadership and STAY FLY Programs Manager
Reports To: San Mateo County Associate Director
Community: San Mateo County
Office Location: Redwood City CA (up to 50% hybrid role of in-person and remote)
Compensation: $84026/year generous benefits package
Status: Full-time exempt
Leadership Program Summary
The FLY Leadership Training Program is a ten-month program for youth who are interested and motivated to become changemakers in their communities. Youth are identified based on their needs for support particularly around education legal advocacy social support and safety. Program components include the wilderness retreat fun events and service learning and leadership coaching. For more info visit FLY Program: The STAY FLY Program builds agency self-sufficiency and self-advocacy in transitional-age youth while decreasing their likelihood of deeper justice system involvement. STAY FLY serves 50 youth in law-related education workshops and 15 youth in case management each year.
Leadership and STAY FLY Programs Manager - Position Summary
The Leadership and STAY FLY Programs Manager oversees and manages the Leadership Program and STAY FLY Program in San Mateo. This position focuses on executing programs and grant-mandated deliverables through the implementation of our Theory of Change. This position will manage and cultivate collaborative relationships with school community and system stakeholders and partners to achieve program goals and outcomes. This position directly supervises four full-time staff and oversees two programs containing a total of 5 staff.
Position Responsibilities
Programs Operations and Management
- Responsible for day-to-day managing of the Leadership Program and STAY FLY Program and meeting of all program and grant-mandated deliverables quartely reports and outcomes including managing new and existing program partnerships and meeting program goals
- Support Leadership Program and STAY FLY Program growth includes developing and maintaining new referral pipelines and establishing new program sites/workshop locations
- Oversee planning and logistics for program events (i.e retreat prosocial events)
- Conduct regular site event and case management visits providing relevant feedback to staff and effectively and quickly connect with and engage youth in FLYs programs
- Manage comprehensive budgets for all program needs ensuring compliance with government and foundation grants and contracts
- Collaborate with FLYs County Leadership and Youth Voice Department to ensure youth receive effective leadership coaching and development and directly facilitate leadership development activities as needed
- Collaborate with the SMC Law Program to recruit new cohorts of LTP youth and support coordination between the STAY Site Manager and Law Program Site Manager for volunteer recruitment and training purposes.
- Develop revise and document policies and procedures for program additions or modifications
Program Staff Supervision and Performance Management
- Hire supervise coach and evaluate a team of 4 direct reports and 1 indirect report.
- Lead weekly team meetings and 1:1 meetings with direct reports to ensure cohesion among team members and provide guidance oversight and feedback
- Develop training plans and trainings for staff in collaboration with the San Mateo County Associate Director and Talent team
- Conduct annual and 90-day performance reviews and professional development plans in collaboration with direct reports and regularly review work-product to provide staff with appropriate feedback
- Actively participate and in some cases lead efforts for general staff development and training as needed (i.e. special task force meetings creation of policies and procedures etc.)
- Provide support and effective crisis management for staff and youth before during and after program time including helping volunteers support program youth through difficult issues such as teen pregnancy substance use re-incarceration abuse trauma etc.
Community Engagement and Stakeholder Management
- Attend and actively participate in school systems and community events meetings and committees to understand the needs of the community in which the youth live and to participate in opportunities to engage youth in advocacy work that aligns with the county and programs systems change focus
- Lead the programs in identifying and partnering with community based organizations or companies for the purpose of resource distribution community building and youth-led advocacy work
- Develop and maintain relationships with schools community based organizations and system partners to recruit youth and to ensure access to resources and opportunities for youth to elevate their voice in the community
Grant Reporting and Program Audits
- Compile relevant data and complete monthly quarterly and year-end grant reports for program funding sources
- Maintain accurate organized and up-to-date records of all program and grant components
- Train and support program staff in their roles and responsibilities for audits
Compensation & Benefits
This position is a full-time exempt role at a rate of $84026/annually. Our Total Rewards Package also includes the following:
- Full medical dental vision and chiropractic healthcare and retirement contribution match
- 10 PTO Days
- 12 Holiday Days
- FLY provides 3-4 additional rejuvenation days off twice per year in July and December
- Annual Wellness Funds
- Annual Professional Development Funds
- Employee Assistance Program (paid for by FLY)
- Annual Staff Retreat Holiday Party End of Year Celebration Team Off Sites and other FLY Events.
- Customize your Work Schedule (dependent on supervisor approval based on positional and departmental needs)
- Hybrid of In-Office and Remote Work (frequency of required in-person work is dependent upon the role)
- 8 Hours of Civic Engagement
- Mileage Reimbursement.
At FLY we have adopted a no-negotiation policy. This policy reflects our commitment to equity and ensuring that the offers we make to our candidates reflect competitive and appropriate compensation given the market and the role.
Our Commitment to Diversity Equity And Inclusion
At FLY we embrace a diversity of identities beliefs thoughts and experiences. We commit to creating an organizational culture of equity and inclusion to better serve our youth and communities. FLY is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive for an inclusive culture and a staff team that reflects diversity. Applicants for all job openings will be considered without regard to age race color religion sex/gender national origin sexual orientation disability veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful under any federal state or local laws. We strongly encourage women; people of color people who identify as part of the lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer communities; people with experience in the juvenile justice or criminal justice systems; and people with disabilities to apply. Fresh Lifelines for Youth is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability please contact us at or
COVID-19 Vaccination
At FLY we are committed to the safety of our employees clients and all others who enter our workplace. As such FLY would like to make clear that the COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment. However FLY does allow staff to apply for exemptions based on medical history or sincerely held religious beliefs or practices. This must be approved through FLYs compliance department. If you have any questions or would like to learn more please contact us at or email
What to expect
- Application with 8-10 questions and an applicant screening question.
- No Cover Letter Required
- 2-3 Interviews (for many roles at least 1 would be in person)
- Meet w/FLY youth
- Work Product (Done in advance of the Final Round Interview)
Qualifications
Position Requirements
The ideal candidate will have a deep commitment to equity social racial and economic justice.. They will be proficient in performance and project management to deliver effective program implementation and high quality services for youth. They will have a proven ability to engage motivate and inspire others to action.The candidate will believe in FLYs vision and mission and will resonate with FLYs values: accountable dedicated respectful equitable and just loving innovative hopeful and youth-centered.
Core Competencies: Skills and behaviors that FLY expects and develops all staff to exhibit across all positions at various levels of proficiency (early stage intermediate and advanced)
- Cultural Responsivity: Demonstrates an openness and commitment to equity justice and belonging. This includes being aware of ones own bias and privilege building an understanding of systems of oppression and valuing diverse perspectives; you take actions to learn and contribute to an environment that creates power-sharing access and opportunity within our community.
- High Quality: The ability to own your work be accountable and take initiative to produce high-quality results. This includes setting and achieving standards that demonstrate a high level of care and commitment to our mission our population our colleagues and our partners.
- Collaboration: The ability to work effectively within a team and intentionally across teams to contribute to FLYs mission and agency goals. When working with others you exercise your strengths and build on the strengths of others.
- Communication: The ability to convey information effectively with consideration of the situation and audience. This includes communicating clearly with people of different backgrounds and cultures in which you demonstrate self-awareness empathy and active listening.
- Problem Solving: Applies critical thinking to problem solving that considers multiple perspectives and actively identifies creative solutions to address individual and systemic challenges.
- Adaptability: The ability to adapt and respond to change effectively. This includes engaging in continuous learning maintaining a solutions orientation and proactively seeking opportunities to be supportive of change that best serves our mission.
FLYs Leadership Competencies: Skills and behaviors that FLY expects and develops all staff in Leadership positions to exhibit across various levels of proficiency (early stage intermediate and advanced)
- Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrates self-awareness and the ability to process ones own emotions and the impact and influence on others. This includes maintaining a compassionate and authentic perspective of issues and information that allows you to effectively work through challenges with teams and to respond with empathy.
- Change Management: The ability to recognize a need and assess the readiness for change. This includes effectively promoting and building commitment toward change and successfully guiding your team through the implementation process.
- Strategic Decision-making: Effectively structures and facilitates inclusive decision-making processes. This includes responsibly making informed decisions to improve organizational health and impact through the use of key information to problem solve and to identify equitable solutions.
- Develops & Motivates Others: Motivates inspires and supports teams and individuals through strong coaching mentorship and targeted development activities. Builds healthy and effective teams through regular feedback collaboration role clarity and conflict resolution.
- External Relationship Builder: Invests in and builds strong trusted and ongoing relationships with external partners and cultivates new relationships. This includes the ability to analyze and understand relationships as a strategy for achieving the mission which often means navigating complex relationships while anchoring to FLYs values.
- Project Management: The ability to create project plans implement plans with effective delegation to team members and manage those plans to intended impact while adjusting the course when needed. This includes managing at various levels of complexity and scale as well as anticipating potential barriers and evolving plans to achieve the desired impact.
Note on Qualifications: In FLYs quest for an equitable hiring process candidates are encouraged to apply even if they feel they only meet 75% of the position requirements.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
