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The Impact Director oversees day-to-day programmatic operations for City Year Buffalo, ensuring achievement of the organization's mission through implementation of the Whole School Whole Child service model. This role manages Impact Managers and corps members to build school partnerships, execute service initiatives, and develop committed leaders.

Key Responsibilities: Manage Impact Department strategy, school district partnerships, budget, and corps volunteer experience while collaborating with the Executive Director on long-term impact goals. Supervise Impact Managers, oversee corps members, ensure service quality and measurable student outcomes, coordinate with school stakeholders, and approve departmental budget requests.
Skills & Tools: Strong leadership and staff management capabilities in a collaborative environment; demonstrated ability to develop strategic partnerships and communicate with multiple stakeholders; data analysis and program evaluation skills; budget management and financial oversight experience.
Qualifications: Typically requires 3-5 years of nonprofit or education program management experience; bachelor's degree preferred; demonstrated experience managing teams and implementing educational programs; knowledge of education policy and school improvement initiatives beneficial.
Location: In-Person - Buffalo, NY
Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation for this role is $58,000 – $72,000/year based on title, seniority, and location.

Job Description

Application Instructions Click Apply to submit your online application. Please attach a resume and thoughtful cover letter on the "My Experience" page in the "Resume/CV" field. Active City Year Staff members must login to Workday to apply internally.

Number of Positions: 1 Work

Location: Hybrid On-Site/Remote Position Overview The Impact Director (ID) is responsible for the overall management of the day-to-day programmatic operations, ensuring the achievement of City Year’s mission and overall service excellence through the successful implementation of the Whole School Whole Child service model by managing and developing Impact Managers and corps members to build and cultivate strong school partnerships and developing a group of committed, idealistic leaders and school practitioners

  • the successful completion of transformational physical service days and volunteer engagement
  • and ensuring an impactful and inspirational corps experience as well as corps member development. Impact Directors supervise Impact Managers, oversee the members in their program, ensure a strong service impact, create opportunities for engaging outside volunteers/visitors, foster opportunities for member development and support the overall efforts of City Year’s mission statement. Job Description Responsibilities Primary responsibilities for this role include Impact Department strategy, school district management, data access and district agreements, evaluation, Impact Department budget management, and corps Volunteer experience. In collaboration with the Executive Director, the ID manages overall aspects of the school district partnerships. Primary responsibilities include ensuring a high level of quality, detail, and measurable impact with students off-track from high school graduation. The ID works with site leadership and school partners to identify and communicate City Year Buffalo’s long-term impact strategy to achieve long-term impact goals. This includes determining potential new schools, developing education partnerships, and building sustainable district relationships. The ID is responsible for routine communication with key stakeholders in the schools as well as the Impact Managers. While day to day and school specific interactions with school partners will be owned by the Impact Managers, the Impact Director will work closely with these staff to make sure the message and implementation of service are aligned (especially the weekly/bi-weekly Early Warning Indicator meetings). In addition, the ID is responsible for managing the Impact Department budget, which includes approving requests, managing spending strategy, and coordinating with the operations department to track spending. RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT The Impact Director will play a leading role in guiding, motivating, and managing staff in a collaborative and community-minded environment as well as sharpening and advancing the execution of the service model under the leadership of the Executive Director. The ID will be responsible for understanding the current education environment in the City of Buffalo & City Year Buffalo’s partner schools. The ID will work closely with the local City Year Partners point persxon(s) to make sure all goals are met, and local staff Volunteers feel informed and invested in the partnership. Additionally, the ID will identify and engage staff within our partner school to educate them about City Year Buffalo’s service and ways to support it. This will be accomplished by attending external meetings, joining community groups City Year is committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. or work groups, and tracking media on education topics. The ID will communicate findings to the site’s leadership team to inform on new developments that may affect our education vision and service. SERVICE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/CONTENT MANAGEMENT The ID will lead the development and execution of the site’s Whole School Whole Child strategy for product development and content management implementation, review, and evaluation. In collaboration with the Impact Team, the ID will take part in school observations, obtain feedback from Student Success Coaches,, staff Volunteers and school partners, review best practices from City Year and education experts, and review City Year data. In addition, the ID will target areas of strength and improvement to promote to colleagues or to address through additional training and resources. PARTICIPATION AS VOLUNTEER OF THE CITY YEAR NATIONAL NETWORK • The ID is expected to be an active Volunteer of the City Year national network by participating in conference calls, responding to e-mails, and completing other tasks as necessary. The ID may also be asked to lead on select network initiatives. Benefits Full-time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation, sick days and organization holidays. You may participate in all benefit programs that City Year establishes and makes available to eligible employees, under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents that govern those programs. Currently, City Year offers medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and other benefits including 401(k) plan(s) pursuant to the terms and conditions of company policy and the 401(k) plan document. For more information, click here. Employment at City Year is at-will. City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas. City Year’s dual mission is to expand educational opportunity for all students and develop the next generation of leaders through national service. Trained teams of City Year AmeriCorps members provide support to students, classrooms and the whole school. Schools that partner with City Year are up to two to three times more likely to improve in English and math assessments, and the more time students spend with AmeriCorps members, the more they improve on academic, cognitive and interpersonal skills— skills that help students thrive in school, college and career. City Year’s 900 staff and 2,000+ AmeriCorps members work and serve in 29 communities across the U.S., including Boston (where City Year was founded in 1988 and is headquartered), Baton Rouge, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, New Hampshire, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Antonio, San José/Silicon Valley, Seattle/King County, Tulsa and Washington, D.C. City Year also has international affiliates in the U.K. and South Africa. A proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year is supported by AmeriCorps, local school districts and private philanthropy. City Year has been designated a 4-star charity by Charity Navigator since 2003, putting City Year in the top 1% of non-profits nationwide for accountability, transparency and responsible fiscal management, and among the most trustworthy nonprofits in America. At City Year, we sometimes say we work not only “at” City Year, but also “on” City Year, recognizing that the organization, like our world, is constantly evolving and changing.

Two things that have never changed: our steadfast belief in the power of young people to change our world for the better; and our aspiration to create positive school and work environments where everyone feels a sense of connection, is supported to do their best work, and is able to learn, contribute, lead and create to their fullest potential. As an equal opportunity employer, City Year is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Fair Labor Standards Act Family and Medical Leave Act Learn more at www.cityyear.org, City Year’s Facebook page, on X (formerly Twitter), and LinkedIn.

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