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Work Location: 100% On-Site
Position Overview
The Impact Manager (IM) is responsible for driving the successful implementation of the Whole School Whole Child (WSWC) service model by building and cultivating strong school partnerships and developing a team of committed, idealistic leaders and school practitioners in a 2:1 service model, meaning each Impact Manager serves two schools. The IM plays a crucial role in leading a team of AmeriCorps members (ACM) through a ten-month-long journey of learning, reflection, and service in schools (civic action) that builds their civic capacity and civic identity.
Job Description
Responsibilities
Service Impact Delivery: Oversee the execution of City Year’s WSWC Tier 1 supports and Tier 2 interventions in two schools.
- Oversee the implementation of whole school and class service; includes instructional support, thematic events, culture, and climate.
- Provide structure and common understanding of service model between HQ, the site, AmeriCorps members (ACMs), and service partners.
- Create clear, realistic, and measurable objectives for accomplishing WSWC goals.
- Capture best practices and share with the larger City Year community of practitioners.
- Analyze and use data from teacher and ACM surveys, student, school, and district-level data and classroom observations to explain trends and identify opportunities to improve: interventions, whole school, and class service, and ACM performance.
- Oversee one of seven coordinator role positions that the ACMs execute in addition to their service delivery with students. Areas include: Attendance, English, Math, Extended Learning, Socio-Emotional Learning (Elementary and High School Level), and Resource In-kinding.
Corps Impact Delivery: Guide ACMs to meet their service performance requirement and leadership development potential.
- Inspire ACMs to embrace a culture of power and idealism using City Year leadership tools, team-building exercises, organizational culture, and best practices.
- Use performance management tools to set performance expectations, identify strengths and development opportunities, and partner with each ACM on a development plan to maximize leadership potential.
- Ensure ACMs are committed to student success and equipped to meet City Year standards as practitioners in their school.
- Help ACMs develop civic identity by guiding them through the Idealist Journey.
- Support the management of ACMs to meet City Year professional standards and to meet all hours and graduation requirements.
- Effectively translate information and messages from various stakeholders (the school, City Year, the community) to ACMs so they understand and are empowered but not overwhelmed.
- Manage, lead, and develop Alumni AmeriCorps members (AACMs)/Team Leader(s) to ensure they are empowered to assist with leading teams of ACMs.
Partner Impact Delivery: Build and cultivate relationships with key stakeholders to enhance service performance and ensure partners want to retain a City Year team the following school year.
- Build a strong partnership with school leaders, including principals, teachers, and other key decision-makers by demonstrating an understanding of the school’s priorities and working collaboratively to craft and implement solutions that leverage ACM talent and align with City Year WSWC outputs, outcomes, and impact goals.
- Maintain a strong presence in schools by cultivating and maintaining key relationships.
- Use student data strategically to gain support for initiatives and interventions.
- Coach ACMs on developing productive partnerships with teachers and other student support staff.
- Help cultivate strategic community relationships to enhance service performance.
- Access and leverage community resources in support of our program and initiatives led by the school.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Social Work, Urban Studies, Youth Work, or other related field preferred but experience in management, non-profits, community service and/or youth work, or education is acceptable.
- Proven relationships and experience working with/in Chicago Public Schools or as a contracted provider with Chicago Public Schools is a plus.
- Experience with and the ability to work with principals, assistant principals, and teachers regarding meeting shared goals which includes having difficult conversations around partnership accountability.
- Previous experience leading individuals and teams to achieve goals.
- Demonstrated ability to work with diverse teams of young adults which includes experience coaching young people and working with diverse populations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including active listening skills.
- Demonstrated organizational, project, and financial management capabilities.
- Strong problem-solving, time, and project management skills; ability to prioritize projects and tasks, assess and deploy resources.
- Ability to execute a strategic plan and motivate staff.
- Willingness to take on new challenges, pursue self-development and self-directed learning.
- Ability to work as an independent leader and as a team member in a collaborative environment.
- Proficiency in computer skills (i.e. MS Office) and experience using databases to document service work.
- City Year/AmeriCorps/Peace Corps experience is a plus.
- Passion for working with urban youth, developing young leaders, national service, and education reform.
- Strong connection to City Year culture and values, for more information on what it means to be a City Year AmeriCorps member, please visit our website www.cityyear.org."https://www.cityyear.org/about-us/culture-values
Benefits
Full time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation and 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 and vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), 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.
What We Do
City Year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. Diverse 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 social, emotional and academic skills— skills that help students thrive in school and contribute to their community.
A proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year is supported by AmeriCorps, local school districts and private philanthropy. City Year partners with public schools in 29 communities across the U.S. and through international affiliates in the U.K. and South Africa.
