Senior Vice President, Executive Director

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Number of Positions: 1

Work Location: 100% On-Site

Position Overview

ABOUT CITY YEAR TULSA
City Year was founded in 1988 with the idea to unite young people ages 17-25 from diverse ethnic educational and socio-economic backgrounds to engage in a year of full-time service in under-resourced schools. City Year Tulsa was established in 2014. Today City Year Staff and AmeriCorps members serve 11 schools across the city of Tulsa. Our research-based programs focus on the early warning indicators which can predict a students likelihood to graduate high school. City Year Tulsa supports students through timely support and targeted interventions to t students across areas of Attendance and engagement in school Course performance in English Language Arts (ELA) and math and supporting the enhancement of the culture and climate of the school communities they serve in.

POSITION OVERVIEW
City Year is seeking an innovative entrepreneurial and people-focused leader to serve as the Executive Director (ED) of City Year Tulsa. This position is an outstanding opportunity to play an integral role in advocating for and advancing public education in Tulsa. This seasoned executive is responsible for ensuring the site meets its impact revenue district partnership and external relations goals. City Year Tulsa stands to further its position in the community and key to the sites success is a leader and collaborator who is a natural coalition-builder people developer and influencer who leads with both tenacity and humility.

Reporting to the Market President this dynamic visionary change agent leads 22 staff members and 70 AmeriCorps members serving in 11 school partnerships. Additionally the Executive Director works closely with City Year Tulsas local board comprised of civic leaders from the public private and non-profit sectors. The Executive Director is accountable for a current annual revenue budget of approximately $6MM while simultaneously securing the resources necessary to ensure the sustainability growth and scale.

Serving as the primary champion of City Years impact locally the Executive Director leads efforts to keep students in school and on track while also ensuring the sites sustainability and continuity. The Executive Director represents City Year Inc. and City Year Tulsa within the greater Tulsa community by mobilizing powerful coalitions to catalyze greater educational opportunities for students.
Additionally the Executive Director is a Senior Vice President for City Year Inc.s national organization and therefore strengthens the connection between City Years national initiatives and Tulsas local work. As senior vice president the Executive Director also participates within the City Year global network to advance the mission by managing working relationships with staff at City Years national office and helping to lead and set organizational strategy through network-wide project teams.

Job Description

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 Tulsa 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 jobs 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 Tulsa 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 22 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 $2.3MM.

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 Tulsa 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 $6MM.

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 Years 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 boards 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 Years work in local and national media social media and marketing channels by developing and leveraging local relationships.

In Tulsa the top priorities include:

• Leading the City Year Tulsa 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 Tulsa.
• 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

Qualifications

• Strong ability and experience in the behaviors listed above
• Commitment to educational equity and belief in the potential of all students
• Demonstrated success managing effective and engaged teams including managing through multiple layers of leadership
• Proven skills in influencing and motivating stakeholders; track record in fundraising from corporations foundations and major gifts and/or sales
• Ability to connect programs to funding creatively generating other resources and building collaborative and strategic partnerships
• Strong communication listening and public speaking skills needed to represent City Years mission and vision powerfully
• Ability to attend evening and weekend events; ability to travel to in-person meetings in various cities quarterly (when safe to do so)

• Significant local non-profit volunteer or multi-sector experience preferred
• An established cross-sector local network a plus
• Knowledge of Tulsa Public Schools and Tulsas educational landscape preferred
• Content knowledge of K-12 education youth development and/or community or national service a strong plus

To Apply

The initial deadline to apply is November 21; applications will be accepted on a rolling basis after this date. The search process will move promptly and candidates will be evaluated according to the order of submission. Please submit your cover letter and resume via the online application.

Compensation and Benefits: Salary Range $15000-$155000

Full-time employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience. Benefits for full-time employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account (FSA) paid vacation (PTO) holidays parental leave 401K and more.

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