Chief Strategy & Growth Officer (Volunteer)

About the role

The Chief Strategy & Growth Officer (CSGO) serves as a principal advisor to the Founder & CEO and one of the organization's most influential executive leaders. The CSGO will help architect the future of Mentor A Promise.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of annual strategic plans, three-year strategic roadmaps, five-year organizational vision plans, enterprise priorities, organizational objectives, and strategic growth frameworks.
• Ensure every major organizational decision supports long-term mission impact.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to the Founder & CEO, supporting executive decision-making, organizational prioritization, opportunity assessment, risk evaluation, strategic communication, and leadership alignment.
• Provide clear recommendations that balance mission, growth, sustainability, and execution.
• Lead evaluation of program expansion opportunities, geographic growth opportunities, strategic partnerships, new initiatives and ventures, innovation opportunities, institutional investments, and emerging service models.
• Build frameworks to determine what to start, scale, improve, and sunset.
• Partner with executive leadership to strengthen cross-divisional collaboration, reduce duplication and inefficiencies, align priorities across divisions, improve decision-making systems, and strengthen organizational coordination.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with schools, universities, foundations, government agencies, corporate partners, research institutions, nonprofit organizations, and community-based organizations to help position MAP as a trusted leader within the youth development and housing stability ecosystem.
• Lead environmental scanning and future-focused planning involving education trends, youth development innovations, housing instability research, public policy developments, technology advancements, workforce trends, philanthropic trends, and emerging nonprofit practices.
• Partner with PromiseMeasure to define enterprise KPIs, develop executive dashboards, measure strategic progress, evaluate organizational effectiveness, monitor long-term outcomes, and support evidence-based decision-making.
• Support the Board of Directors through strategic planning retreats, board reports, growth and opportunity assessments, long-term planning discussions, and organizational effectiveness reviews.

Qualifications

• We welcome candidates from diverse executive, nonprofit, consulting, public policy, philanthropy, education, and social-impact backgrounds.
• Helpful experience may include strategic planning, organizational development, executive leadership, management consulting, nonprofit leadership, systems change initiatives, innovation strategy, public policy, research and evaluation, partnership development, and systems change.
• Strong candidates often demonstrate executive-level strategic thinking, exceptional systems thinking, strong communication and facilitation skills, research and analytical expertise, organizational leadership experience, ability to align vision with execution, and strong judgment and decision-making.
• Advanced education or equivalent executive experience is highly valued.

Why This Role Matters

Organizations rarely fail because they lack passion. They often struggle because they lack alignment, focus, prioritization, and long-term strategy. The Chief Strategy & Growth Officer helps ensure that Mentor A Promise grows intentionally, strategically, and sustainably. This role helps transform ideas into initiatives, initiatives into systems, and systems into lasting impact. The future of MAP will not be shaped by chance. It will be shaped by strategy.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply directly through Idealist and submit:

• Resume or CV
• Brief statement of interest
• Relevant leadership, strategy, consulting, research, or organizational development experience

Please share experience involving:

• Strategic planning
• Organizational growth
• Executive leadership
• Innovation
• Partnership development
• Systems change
• Nonprofit or social-impact work

Help architect the future of Mentor A Promise. Because great organizations do not simply react to change. They anticipate it. Shape it. And use it to create greater opportunity for the communities they serve.