New York Executive Director
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$ 120000 - 140000
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Are you ready to directly impact the lives of firstgeneration college students and champion economic mobility for all
America Needs You (ANY) fights for economic mobility for ambitious firstgeneration college students. We do this by providing transformative mentorship and intensive career development. ANY operates sites in New York New Jersey and Illinois. Visit www.americaneedsyou to learn more information.
The ANY Fellows Program is an intensive twoyear program for highachieving lowincome firstgeneration college students. The program has four components: intensive career development oneonone mentorship robust networks and holistic support. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York City ANY expanded to New Jersey in 2012 Illinois in 2015 and California in 2016 growing from serving 50 students to nearly 600 students annually. In 2021 ANY launched FirstGenU a new virtual program designed to help 10000 firstgeneration college students navigate their careers. Visit https://americaneedsyou/firstgenu/ to learn more.
New York Executive Director
(fulltime hybrid based in New York City NY)
Are you ready to directly impact the lives of firstgeneration college students and champion economic mobility for all
About Us
Did you know that only 11 of lowincome firstgeneration college students in the U.S. graduate within
six years Those who graduate have a median household income 27 lower than their peers. While there are a multitude of college access programs for high school seniors and job assistance programs for lowwage earners there are few programs that ensure firstgeneration students stay in school and build the skills necessary to prepare for longterm careers. This is where America Needs You (ANY) comes in.
ANY fights for economic mobility for ambitious firstgeneration college students by providing transformative mentorship and intensive career development. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York City ANY expanded to New Jersey in 2012 Illinois in 2015 and California in 2016 growing from serving 50 students to nearly 600 students annually. In 2021 ANY launched FirstGenU a new virtual program designed to help 10000 firstgeneration college students navigate their careers. Visit https://americaneedsyou/firstgenu/ to learn more.
Position Overview
We are seeking a New York Executive Director (ED). The New York Executive Director is the face of ANY in the community and a champion for firstgeneration college students who will lead and grow themarket to achieve more impact. A passionate mobilizer and resultsoriented changemaker the New York ED leads ANYs founding site and is responsible for its performance growth and funding as well as its student and volunteer success. Reporting directly to the VP of Regional Excellence and partnering with the local Advisory Board the ED is tasked with setting and articulating a compelling site strategy in alignment with ANYs expansion and impact plan. The ED will have fundraising relationshipbuilding and team management skills to ensure quality program outcomes for ANY students and Fellows. In addition to providing overall nonprofit leadership and team management the ED works closely with the CEO Chief Communications & Engagement Officer and Chief Growth & Strategy Officer to achieve revenue growth goals to $5M and engage multiple stakeholders in the continued success of ANY. The ED also serves as a member of ANYs Management Committee of senior leaders.
This inspirational leader is passionate about ANYs mission is highly collaborative has a hunger for developing strong partnerships and raising critical funds has a recognized trackrecord of achieving excellence and demonstrates proven success in managing the daytoday operations of a growing organization. The ED will have a growth mindset and execute ANYs current program while focusing on market opportunities.
Responsibilities:
- Fundraising: Evaluate develop and execute the sites fundraising strategy to identify and prioritize funding sources that meet current funding targets growth goals $5M) and diversify revenue streams. Cultivate and steward funding relationships with a sustainable base of corporate foundation individual and government funders.
- External Affairs: Serve as the face and primary spokesperson of ANY locally to further its prominence as a thought leader in the realm of mentorship college persistence and career development for first generation college students.
- Board Management: Actively build and manage a local Advisory Board recruiting and engaging a diverse group of board members.
- Leadership and Strategy: Deliver ANYs vision and strategic plan in the local site by engaging with executive leadership staff and external stakeholders to develop and evaluate local site strategy.
- Stakeholder Management and Awareness Building: Manage key relationships across stakeholder partnerships including higher education employer and community partnerships. Elevate ANYs depth of executive engagement with key partners Raise ANYs profile and brand awareness through thoughtleadership public speaking engagements press pieces and local association meetings.
- Program Growth and Partnerships: Build student and volunteer recruitment pipelines as well as internships in partnership with colleges universities and employers.
- Site Management and Performance: Oversee delivery quality control and evaluation of programs. Prepare annual operating budgets manage resources and site expenses within budget guidelines and the strategic roadmap.
- Talent Management: Actively contribute to the hiring development retention and promotion of a highly effective team. Lead and motivate the ANY New York team by fostering a positive collaborative work culture consistent with ANYs core values.
What does success look like
- A financially healthy site that grows its budget each year and is well regarded in the New York market.
- A program that furthers ANYs success of getting our incredible students through graduation and into jobs! (Goals: 90 college graduation 90 internships and employment annually.
- Serve 300 Fellow and Mentor Coach pairs annually.
- Engaged volunteer Mentor Coaches who love engaging with ANY and our talented students.
- College partnerships and community relationships that support the enrollment of students 5000 by 2025 into ANYs national virtual program FirstGenU.
- A highly engaged site team and Advisory Board with missiondriven and collaborative culture
- Lead develop and grow local team.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Strong alignment with ANYs mission vision and core values.
- Bachelors degree and legal work authorization.
- 710 years of leadership experience with a verifiable track record of achieving metricdriven successful outcomes. Proven experience leading and managing highperforming teams through periods of growth
- Proven ability to set strategic direction for crossfunctional priorities manage teams to drive towards outcomes and make datainformed decisions.
- Skilled people manager adept at identifying strengths in others and nurturing team members to develop and grow while simultaneously holding a high bar for achieving outcomes.Strong coaching skills with the ability to give effective and direct feedback and provide resultsfocused and motivational management.
- Demonstrated fundraising experience within a relevant scale/context ideally with experience securing funds across a variety of funding streams (e.g. individuals corporate foundations government).
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and experience identifying building nurturing and managing meaningful connections across wide swaths of stakeholders (e.g. staff advisory board members volunteers donors corporate partners and higher education institutions etc..
- Experience mobilizing and inspiring diverse audiences. Strong communication skills including public speaking presentation writing and editing. Comfortable serving as the local face of ANY with the agility of engaging a wide variety of stakeholders including students staff donors and the external community.
- Dedication to empowering underrepresented students by guiding them in selecting appropriate career options and providing support throughout their journey to a successful career launch.
- Possessing high emotional intelligence cultural competence and a collaborative relational mindset to successfully lead a highperforming site. and be equally.
- Deep level of personal responsibility accountability and selfawareness. Commitment to personal and professional growth for themselves and those they lead.
- As ANY workshops are held on Saturdays this position will require flexibility and willingness to work nontraditional work hours.
To Apply:
Pleaseapply here.
The salary for this position is in the range of $120000 to $140000.
If you have specific questions about careers at ANY please email
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
