Jobs at City Year

Develops community partnerships and recruitment outreach strategies to expand City Year’s AmeriCorps candidate pipeline. Builds relationships with schools, colleges, youth organizations, alumni, and community partners; represents City Year at outreach events; tracks engagement and conversion data; collaborates with national recruitment teams; and manages a Community Partnerships Manager. Requires regular Bay Area travel and occasional California travel.

Oversee City Year’s school-based service model in Los Angeles by managing 10–18 AmeriCorps members, coaching team leaders, developing school and community partnerships, implementing service and after-school programs, monitoring program fidelity, and using performance data to improve outcomes. The role includes staff development, accountability, stakeholder engagement, event support, cross-functional collaboration, and frequent travel between school campuses.

Leads the architecture, security, health, governance, integrations, roadmap, and continuous improvement of City Year’s Salesforce ecosystems. Partners with business owners, users, vendors, and Salesforce to translate requirements into scalable solutions, manage projects and releases, resolve outages, oversee system maintenance, support reporting and security, and mentor Salesforce staff. The role manages Sales Cloud, NPSP, Experience Cloud, integrations, automation, vendor relationships, licensing, and service delivery.

The Community Partnerships Manager develops relationships with community colleges, nonprofits, government organizations, and other local partners to generate recruitment leads for City Year Los Angeles. Responsibilities include representing the organization at events, delivering presentations, executing outreach plans, tracking leads in TargetX, evaluating recruitment results, and coordinating with national talent acquisition staff. The role is hybrid, requires regular travel throughout Los Angeles, and involves occasional evening or weekend work.

The Impact Manager oversees 5-10 AmeriCorps members at a partner school, focusing on improving student performance through interventions in ELA and math, managing member development, and coordinating after-school programs.

Leads City Year Buffalo’s fundraising and development strategy, including donor cultivation, major gifts, corporate and foundation partnerships, board engagement, campaigns, and fundraising events. Works with the Executive Director and senior leadership to secure multi-year monetary and in-kind support, expand individual giving, manage donor relationships, strengthen community engagement, and support organizational strategy. Represents City Year externally and maintains accurate donor records in Salesforce.

Lead and oversee afterschool programming across 14 partner schools, ensure grant compliance, coach and supervise staff, analyze program data to drive improvements, manage documentation and reporting, and build partnerships with school leaders and families.

Leads City Year Chicago’s individual giving program, targeting approximately $900,000 in annual revenue. Builds donor pipelines, cultivates and solicits leadership-level and multi-year gifts, oversees Red Jacket Society fundraising, manages alumni and volunteer relationships, and partners with organizational leadership and development operations. The role also coordinates donor events, tracks activity in Salesforce, forecasts revenue, and represents the organization at community functions. It is primarily in person with local travel required.

Supports AmeriCorps member onboarding, background-check initiation and review, enrollment and termination administration in eGrants, shared inbox management, record maintenance, and internal and external audit compliance. Reviews citizenship documentation, conducts periodic enrollment and background-check audits, prepares requested documentation, and assists with NSCHC verification forms while providing customer support to members.

Build and manage community partnerships across Milwaukee and Wisconsin to generate AmeriCorps member prospects and strengthen member experiences. Develop outreach strategies, represent City Year at events, coordinate presentations and onboarding activities, maintain recruitment and partnership records, analyze outreach data, and collaborate with national talent acquisition, program, communications, development, alumni, and community stakeholders. Regular local travel and occasional evening or weekend events are required.

Leads people operations, site finance, technology, HR support, vendor relationships, workplace operations, budgeting, recruiting, onboarding, staff engagement, strategic planning, board communications, and organizational initiatives for the City Year Buffalo site.

Leads City Year’s philanthropic growth strategy across New York and New England, focusing on major gifts, donor acquisition, portfolio management, stewardship, and regional visibility. Builds relationships with high-capacity individuals, corporations, and foundations; partners with executives and boards on multi-year fundraising plans; coaches development staff; optimizes Salesforce-based donor systems; and represents the organization at donor events and regional convenings.

Leads the operating system for a complex fundraising campaign, establishing governance, meeting cadences, dashboards, forecasts, reporting, accountability, and stakeholder engagement processes. Coordinates executives, board members, volunteers, donors, and cross-functional teams; tracks milestones, risks, dependencies, and action items; translates campaign data into actionable insights; and escalates barriers to support timely decision-making and campaign execution.

Leads City Year’s Midwest fundraising strategy, major-gift portfolio, donor acquisition, philanthropic partnerships, and regional revenue growth. Builds a multi-year development plan, cultivates six- to eight-figure investments, strengthens donor pipelines, coaches local teams, optimizes Salesforce and fundraising systems, and expands regional visibility through events, storytelling, stewardship, and strategic partnerships. The role manages a $2 million annual fundraising goal and requires approximately 60% travel across the Midwest and to national convenings.

Leads City Year’s communications and advancement strategy, including investor and funder messaging, national and education media relations, executive thought leadership, crisis communications, content development, brand alignment, and reputation management. Translates impact data and field stories into compelling narratives, supports fundraising and policymaker engagement, and builds a high-performing communications and creative team. The role is based in Boston with hybrid work and requires onsite work three days per week.

Leads City Year New Hampshire’s overall strategy, operations, student impact, staff and AmeriCorps teams, fundraising, financial stewardship, board engagement, partnerships, communications, and community influence. The Executive Director will develop the 7-Year Promise, grow the AmeriCorps corps, strengthen school and community partnerships, secure public and private investment, oversee a $3.5 million budget, and contribute to City Year’s national strategy.

Supports development operations through gift and pledge processing, Salesforce database management, donor stewardship, communications, marketing, social media, website updates, and event coordination. Manages event calendars, sponsorship support, vendors, staffing plans, communications, records, and post-event follow-up. Requires strong administrative, database, communication, relationship-building, and multitasking skills.

Leads City Year Bay Area’s integrated marketing, communications, brand, media, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement strategy. Advises executive leadership, develops executive and donor communications, oversees campaigns and events, coordinates internal messaging, manages staff and vendors, and strengthens organizational visibility, fundraising, recruitment, school partnerships, and community engagement. The role also contributes to site leadership, strategic planning, budgeting, and communications workflows.

Leads City Year New York’s career pathways strategy for AmeriCorps members. Builds partnerships with colleges, universities, employers, and community organizations; develops professional development programming, mentorships, career cohorts, and events; engages alumni; and evaluates career preparedness and placement outcomes. Manages the Senior Manager of Talent Pathways and coordinates cross-functional initiatives supporting economic mobility, certifications, education access, and employment pathways.

Manages individual and family foundation donor portfolios through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. Leads the Associate Board, mid-level giving program, donor engagement initiatives, prospect generation, and fundraising events. The role is responsible for raising $190,000 or more through individual giving and supporting broader private revenue goals. It develops donor strategies, engagement materials, stewardship plans, and volunteer accountability systems while collaborating with development, events, communications, and marketing teams.