Impact Manager

City Year•Miami, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Impact Manager (IM) leads and develops a team of AmeriCorps Volunteers (ACV) as idealistic, emerging leaders and practitioners focused on strengthening schools and supporting students to improve performance. Reporting to an Impact Director and working from a partner school(s), the IM plays a critical role in implementing City Year’s school-based Whole School Whole Child (WSWC) service model, mission, and practices. The Impact Manager is also an effective talent developer who will support AmeriCorps members through a challenging and rewarding year of service.

Requirements

Experience building and growing complex professional relationships with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders.
Experience holding people accountable to performance goals and navigating difficult conversations.
Experience managing diverse teams, particularly managing teams of early-workforce volunteers
Ability to apply creative problem solving when faced with perceived barriers.
Ability to translate mission and vision from organization level to individual level and draw connections between mission and daily work.
Ability to navigate complex topics and parse them for specific audiences.

Nice To Haves

2-3 years of relevant experience, work in the education sector preferred.
National service experience is a plus.
Familiarity with City Year Miami school system a plus.

Responsibilities

Manage, coach, and develop up to 20 AmeriCorps volunteers through a personally rewarding year of service in Miami School District where they achieve service performance and standards requirements while reaching their leadership development potential.
Model leadership that is fueled by City Year's culture and values.
Facilitate ongoing dialogues that empower AmeriCorps volunteer to relate to our culture and values in personally meaningful ways.
Build and cultivate strong partnerships with teachers, principals, school officials, and other key decision makers and stakeholders.
Manage implementation of partnership agreement between the school and City Year.
Ensure the necessary conditions and resources are in place for their team of AmeriCorps volunteer to deliver attendance, behavior, and course performance interventions for students.
Implement City Year’s WSWC model with a high degree of quality to a targeted group of students at the right time, at assigned schoolhouse(s).
Make data-informed decisions to ensure tutoring, classroom support, afterschool programs, and school-wide initiatives align with the shared goals of the school/City Year partnership.