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City Year is searching for a Senior Vice President, Executive Director for City Year Jacksonville, who will lead efforts to advance public education and manage a $5MM annual budget while advocating for diverse partnerships and educational equity. This position is an outstanding opportunity to play an integral role in advocating for and advancing public education in Jacksonville. This seasoned executive is responsible for ensuring the site meets its impact, revenue, district partnership, and external relations goals.
Job Responsibility:
Lead site staff and AmeriCorps members
Generate revenue
Sustain school partnerships
Engage community stakeholders
Lead, coach, and develop 16 full-time staff members
Ensure the site delivers a transformational experience for all City Year AmeriCorps members
Ensure high quality and commitment to the nationally developed Whole School, Whole Child service delivery model
Serve as the chief fundraiser
Sustain transformational partnerships with existing district and school leadership
Ensure City Year Jacksonville raises three percent more than it spends annually by managing a fiscally-sound budget
Recruit, develop, and manage a diverse, dynamic, and deeply engaged local advisory board
Engage local and national elected officials
Collaborate with City Year’s national recruitment and admissions team
Ensure the local alumni board's engagement
Lead the site in increasing visibility and brand awareness
Leading the City Year Jacksonville Staff and AmeriCorps members
Advance the site by investing in people, culture, community, and partnerships
Coordinate the annual recruitment and admission of 70 City Year AmeriCorps Members
Ensuring financial sustainability
Supporting local site board and recruiting diverse talent to the board
Maintaining and deepening strategic community partnerships with organizations
Requirements:
Strong leadership skills
Experience in managing teams
Proficiency in fundraising
Exceptional public speaking abilities
Commitment to educational equity
Experience in multi-sector collaboration
Deep understanding of the local educational landscape
Strong ability and experience in the behaviors listed above
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
Ability to attend evening and weekend events
ability to travel to in-person meetings in various cities quarterly
Significant local non-profit, volunteer, or multi-sector experience preferred
An established cross-sector, local network a plus
Knowledge of Jacksonville Public Schools and Jacksonville’s educational landscape preferred
Content knowledge of K-12 education, youth development, and/or community or national service a strong plus
Nice to have:
Significant local non-profit, volunteer, or multi-sector experience
An established cross-sector, local network
Knowledge of Jacksonville Public Schools and Jacksonville’s educational landscape
Content knowledge of K-12 education, youth development, and/or community or national service
What we offer:
Health insurance with Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Paid vacation (PTO)
Holidays
Parental leave
401K
Medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage