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Overview:

City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. As tutors, mentors, and role models, these young leaders make a difference in the lives of children and transform schools and neighborhoods across the United States and in South Africa. More than 1,500 corps members serve in 19 City Year sites across the United States and one site in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Envisioning a day when the most commonly asked question of a young person will be: “Where are you going to do your service year?”, City Year’s mission is to build democracy by demonstrating, improving, and promoting the concepts of citizen service, civic leadership, and social entrepreneurship.

City Year Louisiana: City Year’s presence in Louisiana began in March 2005, with a $25,000 planning grant from the Louisiana Serve Commission to begin the process of developing a City Year program in Baton Rouge. In the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in the fall of 2005, City Year was asked by the Louisiana community, philanthropic, and political leaders to launch City Year Louisiana on a rapid basis - in the 90 days that followed the hurricane - rather than over the typical two-year period.

Currently, City Year is operating in both Baton Rouge and New Orleans, with a focus on addressing the needs of displaced families and children, especially with regards to supporting recovery and relief efforts, planning and implementing after-school and recreational programs, and mobilizing volunteers.  City Year Louisiana has already made great impact in Southeast Louisiana.  Since our inception, we have graduated over 100 corps members who have served over 240,000 hours.

Position:

The Executive Director (ED) serves as the primary leader, external champion, and internal manager of a City Year site. The ED holds responsibility, accountability, and authority for the site’s performance and success in achieving its potential for impact, sustainability, and scale by providing vision and translating strategy into action and results by developing and executing on a multi-year strategic plan and an annual operating plan and budget. The ED also integrates the Louisiana site’s strategy and priorities with those of City Year, Inc. and participates within the City Year global network to advance the mission of City Year. 

Responsibilities:

Primary roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Fundraising, Development and Growth
• Lead site staff and board to raise funds to meet annual revenue goals, cover budgeted expenses, and generate appropriate surplus; identify, cultivate, solicit, and manage strategic relationships with funders; build a sustainable revenue model based on philanthropic, government, and earned income sources
• Engage local and national elected officials as well as corps alumni to support City Year and the national service movement
• Recruit, develop and manage a dynamic, engaged, and productive site board; partner with site board chair to develop a multi-year strategic plan, lead the site and board, and contribute to the success of City Year, Inc.

Program Service and Recruitment
• Ensure recruitment, selection, and admission of its corps, meeting quality, quantity, and inclusivity goals
• Ensure the site delivers a transformative civic leadership development program and implements an effective, high-quality strategy for transformative service, meeting the needs of service recipients, community service partners and aligning with the network-wide service model
• Ensure the site effectively measures and evaluates its programmatic and service impact

General Management
• Manage fiscally-sound budgeting, forecasting, expense management, and cash flow
• Recruit, hire, develop, retain, inspire, and motivate a diverse and high performing staff team
• Ensure the site achieves goals for marketing, publications, media, and brand management
• Maintain relationship with AmeriCorps state commission; prepare effective AmeriCorps grant applications and progress reports, and meet compliance requirements

Qualifications:

• At least 5 - 8 years of professional experience; outstanding leadership and management skills in an entrepreneurial, dynamic organization; demonstrated success overseeing a complex enterprise with increasing levels of responsibility
• Strong passion for and commitment to the mission of City Year; ability to relate to and inspire 17 – 24 year olds and a core belief in youth as agents of social change, with the ability to mobilize young people into action
• Familiarity with the Baton Rouge area a plus
• Ability to manage growth; strategic planning, organizational development, capacity-building, and performance management skills utilizing strong qualitative and quantitative analytical abilities
• High level of organizational and political sophistication, especially as related to connecting programs to funding, creatively generating other resources, and building collaborative, strategic partnerships and relationships with senior level stakeholders
• Proven skills and experience in fundraising and/or sales
• Outstanding written and verbal communication, listening, and presentation skills
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree preferred

To Apply:

Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity, both in Word format and addressed to LaTonya Brown, at http://jobs.cgcareers.org/application.aspx?id=1219. 
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

City Year is an equal opportunity employer.