Southern Regional Vice President
CITY YEAR OVERVIEW
City Year unites highly talented young adults of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service to help students succeed in school and stay on-track to high school graduation. City Year was founded upon the simple and powerful idea that young people can change the world, and our mission is to build democracy through citizen service, civic leadership, and social entrepreneurship. We believe that service is the foundation upon which we can engage citizens to benefit the common good, and it is through our corps members’ work in schools that they make a difference in the lives of youth and develop the skills critical to becoming socially responsible, civic-minded leaders for the next generation. Since our inception in 1988 as a Boston-based pilot program with 50 participants, City Year has grown into an international organization, annually engaging more than 2,000 corps members in 21 U.S. locations, Johannesburg, South Africa, and London, England. Following their year of service, research has shown that City Year corps members become a positive force for change in their communities, and are more likely to vote, volunteer, and engage with diverse groups of people relative to their peers.
City Year is one 501(c)(3) organization, with a single Board of Trustees. Each of City Year’s 21 domestic sites has its own local Advisory Board, which plays a critical role in raising funds, connecting the local City Year site to resources, and providing strategic guidance.
CITY YEAR SERVICE MODEL- WHOLE SCHOOL WHOLE CHILD
Through City Year’s Whole School Whole Child model, diverse teams of full-time corps members serve in the highest need elementary, middle and high schools to help improve student attendance, behavior and course performance – which research confirms are indications of a student’s likelihood of graduation from high school. As near-peers who begin their service before the first bell rings and stay until the last child leaves the after-school program, corps members deliver highly integrated services throughout the school day:
• Attendance Monitoring and Incentive Programs: Corps members work closely with students to monitor and improve attendance through special initiatives and communications to parents and guardians.
• Behavioral Support: Corps members coach students toward behaviors and attitudes that reflect a strong, purpose-driven character through general instruction, mentoring and incentive programs.
• Course Performance in Math and English: Corps members tutor one-on-one, in small groups and during whole class activities and lead out-of-class extension activities that complement the school’s instruction and help to put students on a path towards college.
This full-time service provides a continuous, supportive presence throughout the day to build connections between students’ classroom learning and their before and after school experiences in order to accelerate their achievement.
Position Overview
The Southern Regional Vice President (RVP) reporting directly to the Vice President, Regional and Site Operations, the primary role of the Southern RVP is to empower, lead, manage, and support local City Year Executive Directors to ensure the successful operation and growth of a portfolio of 4 - 5 City Year sites. Site supervision includes the functional areas of: revenue, service impact, recruitment, retention, development and management of corps and staff, and site board development and relations. The Southern RVP will work as part of a team, to design and/or improve operational processes and policies, leverage resources nationwide, and share best practices. The Southern RVP, in consultation with the Vice President, Regional and Site Operations, will coordinate and leverage various Headquarters Departments to ensure adequate provision of support services to sites as well as to ensure responsive site participation and compliance with headquarters processes and systems. The Southern RVP is responsible for ensuring that site strategic plans align with the overall organizational strategic plan and direction. The Southern RVP will participate in weekly conference calls and team meetings with his/her assigned sites and with members of the Regional and Site Operations Team (RSO.) Additionally, the Southern RVP will be expected to travel to his/her assigned sites at least once a year and make quarterly trips to City Year headquarters in Boston for RSO Meetings and Executive Director Conferences.
Responsibilities:
A. Management of Site Performance
Ensure that sites are successfully achieving their annual goals in terms of revenue, service impact, recruitment, civic engagement, and corps member retention and leadership development, and develop an accountability system when sites are not achieving stated goals. Directly supervise, support, and coach Executive Directors. Work closely with Headquarters Department Directors in Strategy and Growth, Recruitment, Development, Program, Service, External Affairs and Alumni Relations who provide program-specific direction and support to Executive Directors and respective site-level directors in each area.
B. Capacity Building/Organizational Development
Lead and coach Executive Directors on building capacities at the site level in all areas of operation, drawing upon and leveraging the organizational development work of various headquarters departments. Participate and contribute to organizational development projects that build capacities in key areas affecting site performance: communications, development, events, finance, headquarters management, human potential, IT, public policy, program, recruitment, service, alumni and site board development. Leverage and work with Headquarters Department Directors on the development and provision of strategy, tools, systems, and training that support and enhance site performance. Provide leadership on building organizational capacities and systems around management of sites including Executive Director performance reviews, site assessment tools, knowledge-management systems, etc.
C. Executive Director, Site Board and Site Staff Development
Participate and contribute to the development of an Executive Director development program including new Executive Director on-boarding, potential Executive Director identification, development, and succession planning, and continuing development for current Executive Directors. Work closely with each Executive Director in site portfolio to design a customized professional development and retention plan. Work closely with the Department of Human Potential and other appropriate departments to design and deliver trainings for other site-specific roles. Help recruit high caliber site board members who are committed to City Year's local, national and global mission and to City Year’s unique social sector business model and structure; leverage boards as fundraising, marketing, recruitment and public policy forces; train staff on how to manage and leverage site boards in the City Year system; ensure serving on site boards is a meaningful and rewarding experience for high profile stakeholders; and profile successful site boards and board members with the goal of having the highest performing network of boards in the nonprofit sector.
Qualifications:
- Preferred: Master’s Degree (MBA, MPA, JD)
- Keen understanding of City Year’s mission, culture and the role of national service
- Track record of successfully leading and scaling an organization (not for profit, business entity, consulting practice)
- Executive Director experience a plus
- Background in education reform, policy or practice a plus
- Relevant experience in the corporate sector could include managing sales units on a regional, national, or global level
- Experience with a national or international organization (at both the local and headquarters level a plus)
- Fundraising including experience with diverse sources of revenue corporate, government, foundation, and major donors
- Financial management of budgets over $1 million
- Management of multi-site organization with remote sites a plus
- Project Management (line authority and cross-functional team)
- Management of organizational development/capacity building projects
- Experience as a successful coach/mentor
- Entrepreneurial experience either in business or non-profit
- Humor, patience and the ability to compromise helpful
- Outstanding leadership and management ability
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Ability to serve effectively on a team
- Ability to perform with consistency in a dynamic entrepreneurial setting
Competitive salary and benefits.
Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, vacation days, holidays, parental leave, 401K, FSA, T-Mobile Blackberry phone/service and more.
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