Impact Manager

Job Description

Impact Managers are responsible for three main areas: program implementation, corps member program delivery and experience, and service partner management. The Impact Manager must be effective in relationship development and team management, coaching AmeriCorps members (ACMs) per team to deliver attendance, behavior, and course performance supports to students, as well as enabling a rewarding, productive, professional and successful year of service. In this way, the IM is responsible for managing the daily programmatic operations of their team and leading them to ensure that all goals and service outcomes are met.

Responsibilities

• Service Impact Delivery
  • Lead the execution of City Year’s Whole School Whole Child (WSWC) Tier 1 supports and Tier 2 interventions.
    • Support training facilitation throughout the course of the year.
      • Oversee whole school and class service implementation, including instructional support, thematic events, and culture enhancement.
    • Establish clear, measurable objectives aligned with WSWC goals and capture best practices for community sharing.
      • Utilize data analysis from various sources to identify trends, improve interventions, and enhance ACM performance.
    • Supervise and support ACMS in executing coordinator roles and fulfilling service responsibilities.
• C Corps Impact Delivery
  • Lead, manage, and coach two teams of AmeriCorps members to achieve service performance requirements, meet AmeriCorps practitioner standards, and support members through their individual equity journeys.
    • Guide ACMs to meet service performance requirements and maximize leadership development potential.
      • Foster a culture of power and idealism using City Year leadership tools and best practices.
    • Utilize performance management tools to set expectations, identify strengths, and facilitate individual development plans.
  • Ensure ACMs are committed to student success and equipped to meet City Year standards.
    • Support the management and development of Returning AmeriCorps Members (RACMs)/Team Leaders.
• Partner Impact Delivery
  • Develop and manage partnerships with school administration and personnel to ensure the necessary conditions and resources are in place for corps members to deliver academic, attendance, and behavioral support for students.
    • Build and cultivate strong partnerships with school leaders and key stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate understanding of school priorities and collaboratively implement solutions aligned with City Year goals.
    • Maintain a strong presence in schools, utilizing student data strategically to gain support for initiatives.
  • Coach ACMs on developing productive partnerships with teachers and other school staff.
    • Cultivate strategic community relationships and leverage resources to enhance service performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, Social Work, Urban Studies, Youth Work, or other related field preferred or equivalent work experience in management, non-profits, community service and/or youth work, or education is acceptable.
• Experience with and the ability to work with principals, assistant principals, and teachers to meet shared goals which includes having difficult conversations around partnership accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to work with and lead diverse teams of young adults which includes experience coaching young people and working with diverse populations to achieve goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including active listening skills.
• Strong problem-solving, time and project management skills; ability to prioritize projects and tasks, assess and deploy resources.
• 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 experience is a plus.
• Strong connection to City Year culture and values, for more information visit: https://www.cityyear.org/about-us/culture-values

Benefits

Full-time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation, 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, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and 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

Employment at City Year is at-will. City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.