Assistant Program Director

Kid Power Inc • Washington, DC

1d • $68,000 - $72,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Assistant Program Director (APD) is a senior leadership role on Kid Power’s Elementary Programs Team, working across High Impact Tutoring (HIT) and Out-of-School Time (OST) programming. This role leads school partnership management and continuous improvement, supervises senior staff members, and shares leadership for strong daily operations, team coordination and progress towards program goals. The APD sets priorities, creates action plans, supports implementation, coordinates across functions and identifies solutions when challenges arise.

Kid Power is a trusted community nonprofit that values collaboration, community building, and youth leadership. Founded in 2002, Kid Power serves over 500 youth daily and reaches more than 1,000 youth annually through its evidence-based programs grounded in social emotional wellness, academic confidence, and civic engagement. This position is part of Kid Power’s strategic growth to expand its Washington, DC programming into Montgomery County, MD.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• At least four years of progressively responsible experience in youth development, K-12 education, out-of-school time, school partnerships, or nonprofit program management.
• Previous management and supervision experience required (2+ years preferred), including coaching staff, setting priorities, managing performance, and supporting direct reports.
• Strong partner engagement and relationship management experience, with the ability to build trust and communicate across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate clearly with school partners, staff, families, and internal teams.
• Experience using case record management software.
• Ability to use data, feedback, and observations to identify trends, solve problems, and support continuous program improvement.
• Ability to work flexible hours (after-school and occasional weekends)
• Ability to travel between school sites and team meetings in Washington, DC.

Nice To Haves

• degree in education, nonprofit management, youth development, or a related field preferred.
• Experience using Salesforce is a plus.
• Spanish language skills a plus

Responsibilities

• Share accountability for strong daily program operations, team coordination, and progress toward annual goals across HIT and OST.
• Translate program strategy and goals into clear priorities, action plans, owners, timelines, and measures of success.
• Maintain a whole-program view; identify risks, dependencies, and recurring barriers, and coordinate timely solutions across functions.
• Co-lead operations, partner-pulse, program-health, and improvement meetings; document decisions and hold owners accountable for follow-through.
• Serve as the main point of contact for school partners across HIT and OST.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with school administrators, liaisons, teachers, and other school-based staff.
• Establish predictable communication rhythms, including weekly updates, monthly check-ins, and quarterly data or program reviews as appropriate to each partnership.
• Coordinate school-based schedules, classroom and space needs, implementation logistics, data-sharing needs, feedback requests and partner action items.
• Independently problem-solve routine partner concerns and collaborate with the other APD or Director of Elementary Programs when concerns require escalation.
• Track partner feedback, follow-up items, and emerging trends across sites.
• Ensure school partners experience Kid Power as one coordinated Elementary Programs Team across HIT and OST.
• Supervise three senior staff members, providing regular check-ins, coaching, accountability, feedback, support and performance management.
• Establish clear outcomes and priorities, manage action plans, track progress, and complete responsibilities aligned with program goals.
• Monitor workload and progress, remove barriers, and support professional development and growth.
• Model clear, engaging, direct, and accountable leadership.
• Own data and evaluation systems for both HIT and OST, ensuring program data is accurate, timely, organized, and used to support continuous improvement.
• Manage and monitor key program data, including attendance, dosage, enrollment/participation, student progress, instructional implementation, lesson completion, surveys, family engagement, incident trends, and program quality indicators.
• Lead survey planning, administration, collection, organization, and analysis for students, families, staff, teachers, and school partners.
• Regularly review data, partner feedback, family/staff feedback, and site observations to identify trends, strengths, gaps, and recommended action steps.
• Prepare clear data summaries and program health updates for internal team meetings, school partner check-ins, grant reporting, and stakeholder communication.
• Turn data and feedback into continuous improvement plans with clear owners, timelines, follow-up steps, and accountability structures.
• Conduct regular site visits to observe implementation, strengthen partner relationships, gather feedback, and support improvement.
• Address site needs, partner concerns, coverage challenges, program launch, events, and program closeout as needed including urgent needs and crisis management.
• Collaborate with the other APD when site concerns involve frontline staff performance, behavior management, coverage, or daily operations.
• Represent Kid Power professionally in partner meetings, school-based events, site visits, and external conversations.

Benefits

• Generous vacation benefits provided
• 11 accrued vacation days in year one, 16 days in year two, and 21 days in year four
• 7 Sick days per year
• Flexible holiday schedule including organization closure during DCPS winter break.
• Health and Dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Professional development opportunities aligned with personal and organizational goals

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior