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Number of Positions: 1
Work Location: 100% On-Site
Position Overview
About City Year Washington, DC
City Year was founded in 1988, with a vision to unite young people, ages 17-24, from diverse ethnic, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds to engage in a year of full-time national service. City Year Washington, DC was founded in 1999, with a small start-up team and less than 20 AmeriCorps members. Today, 54 AmeriCorps members are deployed in 8 schools across DC public and charter schools, serving as tutors and mentors and implementing City Year's Whole School, Whole Child program in the city's most under-resourced schools. Our research-based program focuses on the early warning indicators that can predict a student's likelihood of graduating high school.
City Year is seeking an innovative, dynamic, entrepreneurial, and people-focused leader to serve as the Executive Director (ED) at City Year DC. The position provides the right candidate the opportunity to play an integral role in advocating for and advancing public education in DC through national service. The Executive Director is responsible for ensuring City Year DC meets its impact, revenue, district partnership, and external relations goals and will lead the effort to increase City Year's visibility and brand awareness across DC. Key to the site's success is a leader and collaborator who is a natural coalition-builder, people developer, and influencer who leads with tenacity and humility.
Reporting to the Market President, this visionary change agent will lead 10 staff and 54 AmeriCorps members serving in 8 partner schools. Serving as the primary champion of City Year's impact locally, the Executive Director leads the organization's efforts to keep students in school and on track to graduate college and career ready. Additionally, the Executive Director works in partnership with the City Year DC board, comprised of 14 influential leaders representing the public, private, and non-profit sectors. The Executive Director is accountable for an annual revenue budget of approximately $4 million (current make up is approximately 25% school partnership funds, 30% AmeriCorps, and 45% private sector revenue), while simultaneously securing the resources necessary to ensure sustainability and growth. The Executive Director will be expected to mobilize powerful coalitions including board members, district leadership and school partners, City Year alumni, private and public sector investors, and local elected officials to accelerate greater educational opportunity for underserved students. Additionally, the Executive Director is a Senior Vice President for City Year lnc.'s national organization and as such strengthens the connection between City Year's national initiatives and the local work in DC by managing relationships at City Year's national headquarters and contributing to the national strategy through network-wide project teams.
Job Description
Responsibilities
The Executive Director will focus on the following primary areas of responsibility:
Qualifications
Successful City Year Executive Directors embody the organization's core values , hold the firm belief that education has the power to help all students reach their full potential, and possess a deep passion for education. In addition, our Executive Directors are expected to:
•Connect with and inspire diverse teams of AmeriCorps Members between the ages of 17 and 24
A competitive candidate for the Executive Director position will possess:
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