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Posting date:

April 16, 2021

How to apply:

https://cityyear.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CityYear/job/Columbus-OH/Impact-Manager_R4820

Job Description:

POSITION OVERVIEW

City Year Columbus is seeking a creative, collaborative, and results-oriented individual to serve as an Impact Manager. Reporting directly to an Impact Director, the Impact Manager’s role plays a critical part in implementing City Year Columbus’ school-based Whole School Whole Child service model.

The mission of the Impact Manager role is to lead and develop AmeriCorps members as a City Year team of idealistic, emerging leaders and practitioners focused on strengthening schools and supporting students as directed by the Whole School Whole Child mission and practices.

ABOUT CITY YEAR

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 full- time service in schools, where they work as tutors, mentors, and role models.

Founded in Boston in 1988, City Year has established programs in 29 cities, including Baton Rouge, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbia, SC, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Jacksonville, Little Rock, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, New Hampshire, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Antonio, San José/Silicon Valley, Seattle/King County, Tulsa, and Washington, D.C., and international affiliates in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England. City Year is a proud member of AmeriCorps.

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 twelve consecutive years, placing City Year among the most trustworthy nonprofits in America.

ABOUT CITY YEAR COLUMBUS

At City Year Columbus, AmeriCorps members work to address the lack of equitable access to educational opportunities, particularly for students of color and those growing up in low-income households.

Our dedicated and passionate AmeriCorps members work closely with students, providing individualized attention that helps them feel valued and supported in their learning. In addition to 1:1 tutoring, City Year Columbus AmeriCorps members mentor students in small groups, organize school-wide events, and run afterschool programs.

City Year Columbus Fast Facts:

• City Year Columbus, established in 1994, is one of 29 City Year sites across the U.S.

• 72 City Year AmeriCorps members, ages 18-25, serve full-time in 8 Columbus City School district buildings across Columbus.

• AmeriCorps members mentor and tutor in math, English, attendance, and social-emotional skill-building.

OUR SERVICE
How We Work

• Partner with public schools – We work in partnership with the Columbus City School district 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 full-time in grades 3 through 10.

• Target high-need schools and students – Research shows that students who are at the highest- risk to drop out can be identified as early as sixth grade. AmeriCorps members receive more than 300 hours of professional training to intervene based on three early warning indicators, the ABC’s – poor Attendance, Behavior, and Course failure in math and English.

• Harness the power of young people – City Year hires and trains diverse teams of young adults – 18 to 25-year olds – to give a year of full-time service in schools. Younger than the teachers but older than pupils, AmeriCorps members are uniquely positioned to form a strong bond with students and help them succeed. AmeriCorps members provide at least 1,700 hours of service each year.

Our Model

• Whole School Whole Child – City Year’s school-based model is called Whole School Whole Child. 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.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Service Delivery & Impact

Implement City Year’s Whole School Whole Child model with a high degree of quality to the right students, at the right time, at assigned schoolhouse(s). The Impact Manager will develop and manage partnerships with school administration and personnel to ensure the necessary conditions and resources are in place for AmeriCorps members to deliver attendance, behavior, and course performance interventions for students.

Additional duties include:

• Manage AmeriCorps member mobilization

• Conduct Progress Monitoring, tracking student performance and intervention data across Early Warning Indicators

• Partner with Regional Impact Director to obtain relevant teaching materials and provide professional development to AmeriCorps members to support interventions and ongoing assessments

• Oversee AmeriCorps Member-led school climate activities and organizational initiatives

• Coach and review scaffolded lesson plans that meet, and address student’s needs based on available data

• Review lesson plans regularly, and coaches Team Leaders / AmeriCorps Members effectively in creating scaffolded lesson plans that meet student needs based on data.

Corps Member Program Delivery and Experience
Lead, manage, and coach a team of AmeriCorps members to achieve service performance and standards requirements and to reach their leadership development potential. Model leadership that is grounded in City Year’s culture and values. Guide AmeriCorps Members in developing their professional plans once their service experience has concluded.

• Build and cultivate professional development opportunities for Team Leaders and AmeriCorps Members

• Coach Team Leaders on organizing and leading culture-building activities and training within the schoolhouse.

Service Partner Management
Build and cultivate strong partnerships with teachers, principals, school officials, and other key decision-makers and stakeholders. Manage the implementation of school partnership agreements and conditions for success.

• Work with staff to ensure that service teams comply with City Year Headquarters and AmeriCorps

• Work with staff and service teams to facilitate Student, Family, and Community Engagement

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Relationship Development: Demonstrated ability to develop and manage complex relationships with schools and community partners. Proven ability to have tough conversations and to hold staff accountable towards their performance goals. Manage relationships with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders to help achieve service goals and AmeriCorps member development.

• Talent Development: Proven success in managing diverse teams towards a common goal. History of coaching/leading young people between the ages of 17-24.

• Executes to Results: Must have a strong record of achieving transformational results with students from low-income communities, at the classroom, school, or network/multiple-school levels. Ability to problem-solve, trouble-shoot, and show creative problem solving when faced with perceived barriers.

• Communication: Ability to translate mission and vision from the organizational level to AmeriCorps members and talk about complex topics and parse them for specific audiences. Able to communicate effectively, efficiently, and with transparency to the right people at the right time to the ensure success of our AmeriCorps members in service.

The Impact Manager is also an effective talent developer who will lead AmeriCorps members to have a successful and rewarding year of service. Additional duties include:

• Setting direction and effectively aligning resources to execute on priorities.

• Providing inspirational leadership that mobilizes diverse groups toward achieving ambitious goals.

• Coaches and motivates individuals to achieve their maximum potential.

• Building successful partnerships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

• Prioritizing projects and tasks, measuring progress, and driving results; accepts accountability, takes initiative, and knows when to ask for help.

• Analyzing data to identify trends, cause-effect relationships, and opportunities for improvement.

• Using creativity and critical thinking to solve challenges and make well-informed ethical decisions.

• Clearly articulating thoughts and ideas; demonstrating active listening.

• Ability to have frank and difficult conversations with AmeriCorps members around issues such as poor performance, interpersonal and inter-team conflict, race, and diversity.

• Authority/Personal Presence/Confidence/Ability to face obstacles.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred, or equivalent work experience.

• Candidates with a background in education preferred.

• City Year/AmeriCorps experience is a plus.

• Sets high expectations for self and others s/he is leading and holds self and team accountable for performance goals.

• Able to develop diverse talent through performance plans, reviews, and leadership opportunities.

• Thrives in a diverse, youthful, high-energy, entrepreneurial, and fast-changing environment.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and diverse environment.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytic, and problem-solving skills.

• Negotiation and third-party mediation skills.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

City Year teams work in conjunction with Columbus City School schedules. A typical day for an Impact Manager includes a start time of 6:45 AM until 4:15 PM. Daily activities include team management, classroom observations, analyzing data, and meetings with school staff and service partners.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Salary: $45,000

Salary commensurate with experience. Great benefits including health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more.

Full-time employees will be eligible for all benefits including paid vacation and sick days, parental leave, and organization holidays. Employees may participate in all benefit programs that City Year establishes and makes available to eligible employees, under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents that govern those programs. Currently, City Year offers medical, dental and vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), other benefits including 401(k) plan(s) pursuant to the terms and conditions of company policy and the 401(k) plan document. TO APPLY

Qualified applicants must complete the online application and attach a resume and cover letter. No phone calls, please. Online application link: https://cityyear.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CityYear/job/Columbus-OH/Impact-Manager_R4820

Anticipated start date for this position: July 6, 2021

Employment is contingent upon completion of all satisfactory background checks, verification of your eligibility to work in the United States, and any other documentation that may be required. Your employment with City Year is at-will and either party may terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any reason, with or without cause or notice.

As an equal opportunity employer, City Year is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

City Year encourages people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply, particularly Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC); those who are first in their family to attend college; adults without a college degree; LGBTQIA+ community; and people from low-income backgrounds.

City Year’s core values include advancing diversity, social justice for all, and inclusive environments where everyone can thrive. We aspire to become an antiracist organization, to support the holistic growth and development of our AmeriCorps members, and to promote educational equity for all students. We work each day, in partnership with schools and communities, to ensure that people of all identities feel welcome, valued, empowered, and engaged.

 

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