[YEP-DC] POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT – ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

About Center for Student Opportunity and I'm First 

Center for Student Opportunity (CSO), a 501(c)(3), is a national nonprofit empowering first-generation college students to and through college. Our work includes:

· Creating tools and developing resources to help first-generation college students 

· Supporting schools, organizations and individuals who advise these students

· Partnering with four-year colleges and universities committed to serving and supporting these students

CSO's newest initiative, I'm First (www.imfirst.org), is an online community providing first-generation college students with support, advice and encouragement. The I'm First project collects personal stories from first-generation college graduates—and students who will be—to inspire and encourage the next generation of students who will be first. The site also features a college search, Q&A forum, student blog and others tools and resources to help aspiring first-generation college students on the road to and through college. 

The Position 

Reporting to the Executive Director and Board of Directors, the Associate Executive Director will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for CSO's staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. S/he will initially develop deep knowledge of field, core programs, operations, and business plans. This role is based in the CSO office in Bethesda, Maryland.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Management:

· Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals

· Actively engage and energize CSO staff, board members, partners, and funders

· Assist Executive Director in developing, maintaining, and supporting a strong Board of Directors

· Lead, coach, develop, and retain CSO's staff

· Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents

Fundraising & Communications: 

· Expand revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and expansion

· Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand

· Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities

Qualifications

The Associate Executive Director will be thoroughly committed to CSO's mission. All candidates should have proven leadership, coaching, and relationship management experience.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's or advanced degree, with at least 3-5 years of senior management experience 

• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation

• Strong marketing, public relations, and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills

• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning

• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people

• Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed

• Proven ability to meet and exceed goals

• Proven experience managing multiple, competing priorities while working towards an established goal

• Ability to overcome challenges or obstacles in the moment

• Attention to detail

Ideal Qualifications: 

• Record of effectively leading and scaling a performance- and outcomes-based organization and staff; ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth

• Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget

• Past success working with an Executive Director and Board of Directors with the ability to cultivate new and existing board member relationships

• Experience and/or education in nonprofit management

• Experience and/or knowledge of higher education and college access field

Hours: 

Full-Time (40 hours); general office hours are 9am-6pm, Monday through Friday

Compensation: 

$50,000-$60,000, commensurate with experience

To Apply:

Please submit a letter of application and résumé or vita to matt@imfirst.org

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