POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Regional Vice President, Florida

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1 City Year, Headquarters POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Regional Vice President, Florida About Us City Year is an education-focused nonprofit organization that partners with public schools to help keep students in school and on track to graduate. City Year AmeriCorps members commit to a year of fulltime service in schools, where they work as tutors, mentors, and role models. Founded in Boston in 1988, City Year works in 25 cities across the United States and has international affiliates in London and Birmingham, England and Johannesburg, South Africa. City Year has earned Charity Navigator s highest rating since 2003, certifying our commitment to accountability, transparency, and responsible fiscal management. Only 1% of charities have received this distinction for nine consecutive years, placing City Year among the most trustworthy nonprofits in America. Our Service Who We Serve: Nearly one million students give up on school each year and 50% of those dropouts come from over 10% of schools. City Year AmeriCorps members serve where the need is greatest. Of the 242 schools we serve, three quarters are among the lowest performing 5% in their state. How We Work: Partnering with public schools and school districts to support their goals and provide additional support the human capital required to make a difference with students who are at risk of dropping out. City Year AmeriCorps members serve in grades 3 through 9. Targeting high-need schools and students by training AmeriCorps members to intervene based on the three early warning indicators of dropping out, the ABC s poor attendance, behavior, and course failure in math and English. Harnessing the power of young adults 18 to 24 year olds who provide at least 1,700 hours of service each year. Younger than the teachers but older than pupils, AmeriCorps members are uniquely positioned to form a strong bond with students and help them succeed. Our Model: Whole School Whole Child: City Year s school-based model is called Whole School Whole Child (WSWC). AmeriCorps members tutor students identified as at-risk of dropping out, serve as an additional resource for teachers in classrooms, and lead afterschool programs and school-wide initiatives to improve school culture. Each school where we serve has at least one team of 8-12 AmeriCorps members, instantly increasing the ratio of adults: children in the building. Position Overview Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President (SVP) of Regional and Site Operations (RSO), the Florida Regional Vice President (RVP) will empower, lead, manage, and support local City Year Executive Directors (EDs) to ensure the successful operation and growth of a portfolio of three City Year sites in Florida. Site supervision includes the functional areas of: revenue, service impact, development, management, and retention of corps and staff, and site board development and relations. City Year is committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. 1

2 The RVP role is one of manager, coach, and strategic partner. Whenever possible, RVPs engage in strategic conversations with site EDs, their Board Chairs, and site leadership teams and let them lead. However, in each key functional and strategic area, there are times when RVPs need to engage more deeply in leadership, either because of relative strengths, or to help sites overcome challenges or reach ambitious goals. RVPs develop strategic and annual operating plans to support sites in meeting short and long term goals in these key areas. In addition, RVPs are responsible for ensuring healthy operations of the region including the development of strong staff teams, strong staff and board engagement, culture, and corps experience. The Florida 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 Florida RVP, in consultation with the SVP of RSO, will coordinate and leverage various Headquarters Departments to ensure superior support services to sites as well as to ensure responsive site participation and alignment with Headquarters processes and systems. The Florida RVP will also be responsible for leading and partnering with the leadership of City Year s Florida-based sites to enact statewide strategies around education policy and private sector support, and to unlock state funds to support City Year and other national service/education reform initiatives. The Florida RVP is responsible for ensuring that site strategic plans align with the overall organizational strategic plan and direction. Additionally, the Florida RVP will be expected to travel to his/her assigned sites at least once a month and make quarterly trips to City Year Headquarters in Boston for RSO meetings and ED conferences. Responsibilities Impact on Schools and Students RVPs develop a strong understanding of the education landscape at each site and region. They identify key opportunities, trends, and challenges in this area, develop relationships with key partners in education reform, and then lead on creating and implementing plans to capitalize on the opportunities that will advance the long term impact plan and mitigate the challenges that will slow it down. RVPs ensure that sites are adopting and implementing the impact platform effectively and piloting, as needed, new techniques to enhance City Year s impact. In partnership with the National Impact Department, which has dedicated staff assigned to each region, RVPs perform a thorough assessment of impact for each site and the region. This assessment includes identifying areas of strength, progress against key success criteria, and gaps in performance that need to be addressed. In partnership with site leadership, RVPs set multi-year goals and lead measures (the activities that are predictive of and influence the outcome) for each site/school and effectively communicate these goals so that staff and AmeriCorps members at sites have clear expectations and deliverables. RVPs assess progress against each lead measure and then activate solutions to strengthen performance in targeted areas of impact. RVPs continuously oversee the implementation of innovative techniques and activities to improve student performance at each site and school and cull and replicate successful practices for the region and network. School and District Partnerships RVPs develop and support strategies to strengthen City Year s partnership with school districts and schools. RVPs are responsible for ensuring that (a) City Year is integrated into each school district s strategic plans as a key partner; (b)districts maximize dollars paid per AmeriCorps member; (c) City Year is integrated into the district s professional development plans and structure; (d) a district-wide City Year is committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. 2

3 contract and data-sharing agreement, and individual school partnership agreements are in place; and (e) City Year has the conditions it needs at the schoolhouse level to ensure strong impact (e.g. adequate time with students, bi-weekly meetings with teachers, and program managers as part of the leadership team.) RVPs ensure that strong relationships are developed at all levels of the district from teacher to principal to Superintendent. RVPs drive a strategy to ensure that school districts are bought into City Year s long term impact plan and work to effectively implement all the pieces that are needed to deliver increased student performance. Revenue and Financial Management In partnership with site and HQ leadership, RVPs partner with site leadership and the National Development Department to develop sustainable revenue plans and then manage the ED to execute these. Through effective leadership and management, RVPs ensure that sites are implementing key revenue generation strategies, including the team sponsor program, annual galas, specialty market events, sustainable and capacity giving, and individual giving strategies. RVPs partner with their sites to engage key stakeholders including donors, political leaders, State Commissions and board members. RVPs ensure sites are adopting CY Channel/Salesforce and utilizing the resources the organization has to offer to generate revenue and steward existing donors, including adopting City Year s Major Gifts Playbook. In partnership with City Year s National Development Department, RVPs lead and support sites in developing major gifts strategies, and developing and launching scale-focused fundraising campaigns. In addition, RVPs are responsible for identifying, cultivating, and securing large and/or multisite donors in their region, tapping into new sources of funding (e.g. state education funding) and culling and replicating best practices across the region and network. Board Development and Stakeholder Engagement In partnership with site leadership, RVPs 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; RVPs activate local boards to be leaders for scale and effective fundraisers. They do this by developing techniques and strategies to recruit the right members, engage the board, build committees, and set clear goals and expectations for board members. RVP s work with EDs and site leadership to 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. RVPs work with EDs and sitting Board Chairs to develop and implement a Board Review processes for each site. RVPs lead collaboration sessions between Board leaders within regions and/or states. In addition to Boards, RVPs lead their sites to ensure that strong partnerships are built with State Commissions, political leaders, and key donors and stakeholders. People Leadership RVPs develop and implement a nationally aligned regional strategy to recruit, retain, develop, and mobilize a diverse, engaged, and high performing staff, corps, and alumni. RVPs are responsible for making sure that each site has high caliber talent. RVPs assess talent at each site quarterly and develop and execute plans to advance and retain top talent, close gaps in talent, and improve staff performance and engagement. RVPs create succession plans for key roles and recruit and on-board new EDs as well as members of the site leadership team. They professionally develop each ED by offering executive coaching, training, and leadership opportunities throughout the network. In addition, they help to build the right culture and environment for success at sites. RVPs help design and deliver staff retreats and then convene regional retreats annually to build a regional team, share best practices, and leverage multi-site resources. City Year is committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. 3

4 Local Innovation and Knowledge Management RVPs develop systems, processes and tools to capture and share local innovations and best practices in WSWC implementation, partnership development, revenue generation, and people leadership. RVPs are responsible for convening regional retreats at the board and staff levels to cull and replicate best practices and set vision, goals and expectations for the region. Organizational Change Management RVPs play a key role in change management. They help create an enterprise-wide change management blueprint and then lead their sites and regions with vision and future-thinking to embrace and implement change. RVPs raise awareness and buy-in for new processes and structures, work through problems and obstacles to change, and ensure that sites are adopting the change in a timely manner. Customer Service, Site Support, and Resource Allocation. RVPs work directly with Headquarters functional leaders to ensure that Headquarters is delivering high quality customer service to sites and that there is an effective feedback loop between sites and the Headquarters functional area. RVPs represent the field in City Year s shared services model, playing a key role in developing and evaluating the success of Service Level Agreements for national functions. RVPs have a key voice in ensuring that Headquarters resources are allocated in support of sites, particularly when resource trade-offs are involved. National Leadership RVPs represent RSO on leadership teams of key high-priority projects and strategies for the organization. Recent examples of these priorities include: City Year s Annual Summit, the Operating Model Transformation project, Diplomas Now implementation under the i3 study, and the Long-Term Impact Blueprint process. Basic Qualifications This is an outstanding opportunity to play an integral role in improving and supporting public education in the Florida region. Therefore, first and foremost, the RVP must firmly believe in City Year s premise that education has the power to help every child reach his or her potential, be passionate about addressing the dropout crisis in America, and be aligned with the values of City Year, Inc. Additionally, candidates for the position must bring experience in the following areas: A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in progressively senior positions; Outstanding leadership and management experience overseeing a complex enterprise; A background that includes contributing at a senior level to the change and growth as measured by both scale and impact of an organization; A track record of success in fundraising and leading board members and staff to support and engage in a development strategy; Deep knowledge, strength, and experience in developing and coaching a team and inspiring the staff to grow and learn; Familiarity with schools and districts that will enable problem-solving in these contexts and environments; and A Bachelor s degree. While not required, the following skills, experiences and credentials would be welcome: Executive Director experience. Background in education reform, policy, or practice. Preferred: Master s Degree (MBA, MPA, JD). Management of multi-site organization with remote sites. City Year is committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. 4

5 Experience with a national or international organization (at both the local and Headquarters level). Next, candidates for the position must have the following skills: The ability to lead through inspiration and partnership, but also to make difficult and/or unpopular decisions when necessary. RVPs must be able to manage in all directions of the organizational chart (down, laterally, and up). Strong relationship development skills, including the ability to garner the respect of and work effectively with highly-experienced Board members, district partners, private sector funders, and community members. RVPs must also develop high-functioning relationships with EDs, Headquarters teams, and functional leadership. The ability to manage individual performance effectively (including managing remotely), and to lead, coach, and hold accountable experienced EDs, who are the face of City Year in their local market. Deep understanding of City Years service model and value proposition, and strong knowledge of key education reform and school turnaround concepts. Understanding of and experience with fundraising and revenue generation, as well as comfort with financial management and forecasting. Human Resource expertise, including familiarity with key HR concepts, and experience making key hires, developing talent, and managing performance Finally, candidates for the position must possess the following personal characteristics: A passion for children and ensuring quality education opportunities for each and every child, regardless of background, zip code, race, ethnicity, or income; An entrepreneurial mindset and sense of urgency for increasing the impact of City Year s model; Idealism, and the ability and leadership style to relate to and inspire year olds, as well as experienced professionals; Confidence and determination to succeed in the face of obstacles; High emotional intelligence and both the gravitas and humility of a servant leader; Enthusiasm about representing City Year externally, and a persuasive and inspiring style that can mobilize large or small groups into action; Willingness to stay behind the scenes and let others lead when possible; and The exuberance and enthusiasm required to fit with and contribute to the spirit and culture of City Year, an inclusive and vibrant environment filled with the energy of motivated and idealistic young professionals serving youth in high-poverty communities and challenged urban schools. Compensation and Benefits Compensation commensurate with experience. Great benefits including health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more. City Year is invested in the growth and development of talent. As an organization, we strive to empower our people to take responsibility for their own career management and provide opportunities for growth. City Year is committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. 5