Executive Director of Programs

Job Title: Executive Director of Programs
Reports to: CEO
Department: Programs
Compensation: $180,000 -220,000 base package dependent on experience.

Company Overview:
Shrub Oak International School (www.shruboak.org) is a therapeutic day and residential school for autistic children, adolescents, and young adults with complex co-occurring conditions. Located in northern Westchester County, Shrub Oak offers unparalleled educational opportunities for autistic students in a family-centric, supportive environment. We offer a variety of programs to meet the needs of students across the spectrum, and our curriculum is based on the most advanced and successful evidence-based clinical and academic approaches in ASD education.

Role Overview:
The Executive Director will drive visionary leadership, supervision, and implementation of educational, residential, clinical, health & wellness and recreational services within the context of Shrub Oak’s innovative transdisciplinary program. The Executive Director will provide leadership, management, development and coaching to a professional team of Directors overseeing those departments, all to guide and steer the direction of Shrub Oak as a best-in-class therapeutic residential school, and as a premier leader in a growing domestic and global market. The Executive Director will serve as an integral member of the senior management team alongside the Chief Operations Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Admissions. On-campus housing can be provided.
 

Essential Functions:

• Provide strategic and hands-on leadership and management for the continuous development and implementation of short and long-term goals and related operational planning for all student facing departments.
• Provide ongoing leadership, management, and coaching to Department Directors to ensure that programming (and related administrative needs) is integrated, non-siloed and holistically provides a developmental, safe, and supportive experience for our students.
• Continuously and proactively drive areas of enhancement and improvement for the overall campus, facilities and other areas to support a therapeutic environment.
• Develop and sustain communication channels and relationships to champion the vision, mission, values to internal and external constituencies, including but not limited to staff, partners, parents, districts, accrediting bodies, and others as determined by the CEO
• Work closely with Admissions & Media Relations team to develop, foster, and grow strategic relationships to support the school’s overall growth and external reputation
• Drive and oversee the performance management and goal setting process of directors (and teams), with an approach and mindset designed for continuous self-evaluation, development, and engagement for high performance
• Partner closely with the CFO to develop and manage the school’s student facing and programming budgets to support overall fiscal health
• Utilizes data collection and other evaluation tools to assess different areas of functioning and develop and implement appropriate quality improvement and change management initiatives
• Oversee the school’s various accreditation and works across departments to ensure processes are in compliance with regulatory requirements Provides support to Shrub Oak’s Research Institute to ensure the school’s ability to conduct meaningful research projects to improve quality of care for students with autism both at the school and more broadly

Please note: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice

 

Requirements:

Experience & Education:

Required

• Master's (is required) or Doctoral (is preferred) degree in Special Education, Mental Health, Clinical Services, Health Care, or a related field.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience overseeing and driving programs for individuals or students with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), developmental disabilities, or psychiatric conditions is required. 15+ years is preferred.
• Proven track record in overseeing and driving the development and implementation of innovative programs in a large-scale, growing, and evolving operational processes is required.
• Demonstrated experience leading, managing, and coaching cross-functional teams to achieve integrated services with optimal outcomes in educational, clinical, or residential environments is required. Experience driving the same results while overseeing all three