Evening School Principal

Description

Job Title: Evening School Principal

Full-Time, 12 Month, Role Level 6

Reports To: Principal / Head of School

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes

Who We Are:

YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School is a tuition-free, public charter high school, with a singular focus on supporting youth aged 17-20 who have been pushed out of traditional schools. During our 1-year alternative program, Youthbuild facilitates a warm, loving culture that uses a variety of structures to build community, such as a restorative-justice approach to discipline, weekly community meetings, and school-wide service projects. Students are empowered to attain their high school diploma and vocational certifications, while receiving unconditional support by the staff around them. At YouthBuild, we work intentionally to disrupt the cycle of poverty and support our students to achieve post-secondary success (4-year college, 2-year college, vocational training program, or liveable wage job). Visit https://www.youthbuildphilly.org/ to learn more.

The Opportunity:

The Evening School Principal will lead the launch, development, and long-term implementation of YouthBuild Philadelphia’s new Evening School Program, a central component of our organizational growth strategy. This leader believes deeply in the potential of opportunity youth, excels at building new systems, and is committed to fostering a warm, rigorous, community-centered school experience.

From January 2026 through August 2026, the Evening School Director will focus on planning for the program launch, ensuring the program is fully enrolled, designing and leading onboarding, hiring all evening staff, and collaborating closely with the Principal/Head of School and Chief of Staff & Strategy.

The primary responsibility for this role will be leadership of the evening program. However, we are seeking a leader eager to grow over time and serve our full school community, including providing seamless school-wide leadership support when the Principal is out of the building.

The Evening School Director will also spend intentional time immersed in our day program prior to the launch, both to provide support, as needed, and to internalize the YouthBuild way through direct exposure to our culture, instructional systems, and leadership practices. Beginning September 2026, the Evening School Director will assume full leadership of the evening program and serve as a member of the broader school leadership team.

Who You Are:

You are/have…

• Invested in our core values - Respect, Excellence and Perseverance.
• Equity-focused and believe that all students can achieve. 
• Passionate about community service and civic engagement.
• Excited to mentor students and support them throughout their time at YouthBuild and beyond.
• Collaborative and dedicated to personal and professional development.
• Demonstrated experience affecting positive organizational change and leading staff to accomplish ambitious goals in the face of challenging obstacles.
• Demonstrated values that align to restorative practices.
• A relentless work ethic, perseverance, a high degree of patience, and grit to push through challenges.
• High energy with the ability to multi-task and execute quickly.
• Strong judgment, initiative, and decision-making. 
• Ability to deliver a direct and difficult message while remaining warm and supportive. 
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills as demonstrated by the ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with principals, teachers, colleagues, and diverse community members. 
• Excellent leadership, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills, strong customer service orientation, including expectation setting. The ability to influence through listening, writing, and presenting.
• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required (Master’s Degree strongly preferred).
• A current PA Issued Principal Certification.
• A minimum of 10 years of educational experience, 5 of which must have been in a school leadership role (current or previous experience as a principal or assistant principal, strongly preferred).

Requirements

What You’ll Do:

You will…

Program Design, Instructional Leadership, and Launch Planning

• Lead the full planning process for the Evening School Program from January–June.
• Set academic, culture, and enrollment priorities and monitor progress toward goals.
• Collaborate with the Principal to ensure evening program instruction an