[School Year 2024-2025] High School Student Life Director

Originally founded in 1991 as Harlem RBI, DREAM has grown to annually serve more than 2,500 youth across East Harlem and the South Bronx through a network of six PreK-12, extended-day, extended-year DREAM Charter Schools and community sports-based youth development programs. Through our commitment to rigorous academics, social-emotional learning, deep family and community engagement, and health and wellness, we create lifelong learners who are equipped to fulfill their vision of success in and out of the classroom. We dream big, as well, with an aggressive five-year plan to expand to serve 3,500 students across seven schools—growing our organization’s impact and leveling the playing field for all children. To learn more, visit wearedream.org.
Reporting to the Director of College, the Student Life Director is a reliable team player with a commitment to youth development. They will play a key role in implementing DREAM’s Grow the Whole Child model by driving excellence in Afterschool, Summer, Athletics, and Study Abroad Programming.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of after-school, summer enrichment, athletic and study abroad programs to ensure high quality programing and strong program outcomes at DCHS;
• Cultivate and build partnerships with high-quality enrichment programs to increase diversity of enrichment and summer opportunities programming for high school students, including career;  
• Manage school-wide initiatives to ensure high school students participate and reflect on experience in meaningful summer opportunities;
• Lead the professional development of enrichment instructors; including real-time coaching and feedback;
• Collaborate with the Principal and School leadership to ensure alignment between school-day, afterschool and summer to maximize the impact of extended-day, extended-year programming;
• Manage data collection and record-keeping to ensure accurate attendance and participation data;
• Lead outreach and process for enrollment and participation in all enrichment programming with participants, families, and staff;
• Hire and manage after school, summer, and athletics program part-time staff;
• Collaborate with the Student Life team and Principal to strengthen school culture through attendance accountability, infusing joy into programming, and supporting implementation of positive youth development practices;
• Manage execution of competitive athletics programming, including management of Athletics, Health, and Wellness Manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, required; Master’s degree preferred; 
• At least 3 years of youth development experience, required;
• At least 1 year of experience directly managing people, developing teams, and leading others through projects, highly preferred;
• At least 1 year of experience with building and managing partnerships and programming, highly preferred;
• Experience collecting data and implementing data-driven practices;
• Strong communication skills;
• Excellent organizational and problem solving skills;
• A strong belief in the mission and values of DREAM, including the desire to make a difference in the lives of our students, families, and community.

Benefits and Paid Time Off

• We offer comprehensive benefits including:
• Flexible Medical Health Plans,  subsidizing the majority of costs for the employee, their spouse/domestic partner and children;
• The ability to select between a variety of medical plans according to what best suits the employee’s needs;
• Dental and vision plans;
• Disability benefits;
• Life insurance;
• Up to 12 weeks fully paid of Parental Leave; 
• Flexible spending account options;
• Pre-tax commuter benefits (parking and transit);
• Fitness and entertainment discounts;
• A variety of support through our employee assistance program (EAP);
• A 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching up to 4% after one year of employment;
• Referral bonuses;
• School-based 12-month employees have approximately 48 days off throughout the school year including holidays, school breaks, personal days, and wellness days;
• Benefits are subject to change.

Compensation

• DREAM offers a competitive salary commensurate with relevant experience with the potential for an annual performance-based increase. The incoming salary range for this position is $80,000 to $90,000 per year. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary closer to the start of the range depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. All staff are eligible for annual performance-based increases. Because we value staff tenure in each role, we do not currently cap salary ranges.

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