Senior Vice President, Executive Director

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Number of Positions: 1

Work Location:

100% On-Site

City Year is seeking an innovative, entrepreneurial, and people-focused leader to serve as the Executive Director (ED) of City Year Jacksonville. This position is an outstanding opportunity to play an integral role in advocating for and advancing public education in Jacksonville. This seasoned executive is responsible for ensuring the site meets its impact, revenue, district partnership, and external relations goals. City Year Jacksonville stands to further its position in the community, and a key to the site’s 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 16 staff members and 70 Ameri Corps members serving in 9 school partnerships. Additionally, the Executive Director works closely with City Year Jacksonville’s 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 $5MM while simultaneously securing the resources necessary to ensure the sustainability, growth, and scale of the site.

Serving as the primary champion of City Year s impact locally, the Executive Director leads efforts to keep students in school and on track while also ensuring the site’s sustainability and continuity. The Executive Director represents City Year Inc. and City Year Jacksonville within the greater Jacksonville 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 Year’s national initiatives and Jacksonville’s 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 Year’s national office and helping to lead and set organizational strategy through network-wide project teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Executive Director is responsible for leading and managing site staff and Ameri Corps 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 Ameri Corps 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…