Deputy Director
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About The Position
The Deputy Director is a key leader on Chicago's Senior Leadership Team, reporting directly to the Regional Executive Director. This role is responsible for leading both volunteer recruitment strategy and program implementation, ensuring seamless coordination and maximum regional impact. The Deputy Director oversees Program and Mentor Recruitment (2-3 direct reports who supervise layered teams), aligning mentor recruitment, corporate partnerships, and high-quality program execution. Additionally, this leader will drive a strong and inclusive team culture, fostering collaboration across functions and ensuring all staff are working in sync toward shared outcomes. A critical focus of this role is to oversee the development and implementation of a Chicago-specific recruitment strategy, with a focus on the cultivation of corporate partnerships, to meet ambitious mentor recruitment goals. Additionally, the Deputy Director will be accountable for programmatic outcomes, including student engagement, mentor-mentee relationship quality, and partnership success, ensuring the region delivers on its mission. The ideal candidate will have prior success leading cross-functional teams, a track record of driving shared outcomes in youth development and college access, and experience building and cultivating partnerships. The Chicago region has a budget of $2.5M, partnering with 6 schools in the next academic year, requiring recruitment of 725 mentors.
