Senior Vice President, Executive Director
City YearAbout the role
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Number of Positions: 1Work Location: 100% On-SitePosition Overview
City Year is seeking an innovative, entrepreneurial, and people-focused leader to serve as the Executive Director (ED) of City Year Miami. This position is an outstanding opportunity to play an integral role in advocating for and advancing public education in Miami. This seasoned executive is responsible for ensuring the site meets its impact, revenue, district partnership, and external relations goals. City Year Miami stands to further its position in the community, and 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 7 staff members and 40 AmeriCorps members serving in 6 partner schools. Additionally, the Executive Director works closely with City Year Miami’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 $3MM while simultaneously securing the resources necessary to ensure the sustainability, growth, and scale.
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 Miami within the greater Miami 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 Miami’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.
Job Description
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree or comparable experience
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 Year's 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)
Authorized documentation to work in the United States of America
Criminal background history clearance to work with school-age children, depending on the position
Responsibilities
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 Miami market, the City Year Market Group, and the City Year national office. Site supervision includes the functional ar
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