Executive Director of Interschool

About the role

Established in 1971, Interschool is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that serves the educational goals of its eight member schools—Brearley, Browning, Chapin, Collegiate, Dalton, Nightingale-Bamford, Spence and Trinity—by providing opportunities for enrichment through collaboration. The Executive Director of Interschool is the liaison between the member schools and is responsible for running the curricular and extracurricular programs that serve students, teachers, administrators, trustees, and parents, and link the schools to the greater New York City community.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the key liaison between the member schools, leading collaborative efforts including short- and long-term planning around parent programming and professional development.
• Set agendas for and direct regularly scheduled meetings with various school constituencies throughout the school year, including Heads of School, Division Heads of Lower, Middle and Upper school, Department chairs, College Guidance Officers, CFOs and Parent Association representatives.
• Regularly report outcomes and propose initiatives that stem from these meetings.
• Supervise the Associate Director of Interschool.
• Organize emergency gatherings when issues or weather events affect communities.
• Create and develop an Interschool-wide Community Engagement Program, including affinity groups, extra-curricular classes, and off-campus activities.
• Work with school leaders to organize events, programming and professional development for new and veteran faculty and administrators, and assist schools with recruitment and retention plans for diverse faculties and staff.
• Lead and organize the annual 10th Grade Interschool trip to Frost Valley.
• Supervise the Interschool Prom coordinator who plans and organizes the end-of-year dance for the senior classes of Brearley, Browning, Collegiate, Nightingale, Spence and the Hewitt School.
• Create engaging parent and guardian programming that serves communities through family education, community building and best practices.
• Effectively communicate with a variety of school leaders and community members on a range of topics and initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Program management and leadership experience.
• Previous experience in a school environment.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with a high degree of discretion.
• Highly effective communication skills.
• Comfortable working with a variety of stakeholders from students to Heads of School.

Pay

The compensation range is $150,000–$160,000 annually.