Senior Impact Manager

City Year • Columbia, SC

11d • Onsite

About The Position

City Year Columbia is seeking a Senior Impact Manager (SIM) who will lead and develop two teams of AmeriCorps members (ACMs) 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 SIM plays a critical role in implementing City Year’s school-based Whole School Whole Child (WSWC) service model, mission, and practices. The SIM is also an effective talent developer who will support AmeriCorps members through a challenging and rewarding year of service.

Requirements

• Competency and desire t as a leade r for all who do this work
• Candidates with a background in education preferred
• Proven record of setting high expectations and holding self and team accountable for performance goals
• Aptitude for developing talent from all backgrounds through performance plans, reviews, and leadership opportunities
• Commitment to and experience with community service, national service, and/or the development of young people as leaders
• Efficient time management skills: ability to meet deadlines and prioritize multiple projects
• Ability to adapt and excel in youthful, high energy, entrepreneurial, and rapidly-changing environment
• Passion for education and youth development
• Attitude essentials: growth mindset, passion for City Year’s mission, committed to teamwork, grit and resilience
• Desire to learn; you may demonstrate strength in the above areas but must also be willing and eager to continue to be a life-long learner

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or extensive City Year experience

Responsibilities

• Implement City Year’s WSWC service model with a high degree of quality to the right students at the right time, at the assigned schoolhouse s
• 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 interventions, course performance interventions, and social emotional learning support for students
• Set and monitor clear, measurable, weekly and monthly deliverables and action plans for AmeriCorps members to accomplish WSWC goals established by the organization and school partner s through the Statement of Partnership process
• Drive results by ensuring timely and accurate collection of quantitative and qualitative data .
• Use surveys, student , school , and district level data to continually improve student interventions and whole school supports
• Regularly observe and coach AmeriCorps members in the development and implementation of data-informed tier ed interventions that improve student achievement
• Support ongoing development of AmeriCorps members through a variety of learner-centered activities and trainings
• Partner with Learning and Development delivery team to ensure successful Learning and Development experiences
• Ability to coach corps members throughout all aspects of their work with students across implementing Whole School Whole Child best practices.
• Conduct corps member observation and provide real time coaching and feedback
• Assist Impact Team by helping diagnose service implementation issues by observing service and reviewing data.
• Understand student and school data and how to utilize data to improve student and site outcomes.
• Collaborate with site Leadership and Impact teams to support organizational best practices pertaining to data collection, utilization , and application
• Serve as backup or temporary site representative as needed on cohort calls, meetings, and trainings as needed.
• Lead, manage, and coach a team of AmeriCorps members to achieve service performance standards requirements while developing their leadership potential
• Model leadership that is animated by City Year’s culture and values, creating spaces that empower AmeriCorps members to access the power of the culture and values in personally meaningful ways
• Utilize performance management tools to set expectations, identify strengths and areas for development, and to find ways to maximize leadership potential
• Build and cultivate strong partnerships with teachers, principals, school officials, an d other key stakeholders demonstrating an understanding of the schools priorities and working collaboratively to implement solutions that leverage AmeriCorps member talent and align with City Year Whole School Whole Child output, outcome and impact goals
• Use student data strategically to gain support for City Year interventions and initiatives
• Engage in structured discussions and trainings on creating a welcoming environment for all as a site Lead on selected network initiatives, such as creating baseline trainings , collateral, and tools or serving as a leader for special initia tives for site
• Partner with City Year Columbia departments and staff to ensure that site-wide goals are met, including, but not limited to, the AmeriCorps member applicant interview process, stakeholder engagement, event and service day participation, and cross-departmental committees and school visits for potential donors

Benefits

• health insurance with Flexible Spending Account
• paid vacation
• holidays
• parental leave
• 401K
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• accidental death and dismemberment
• disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) plan(s)

What This Job Offers

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