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Number of Positions: 1Work Location: Hybrid On-Site/Remote
Position Overview
Position Overview
-Compensation for this position is in the $75,000 - $85,000 range.
-The anticipated start for this position is February/March 2026.
-This is a year-round, hybrid position. Impact Directors are required to work a minimum of 3 days per week in-person, including visiting the schoolhouse or working from the office. ID school visits will occur 2-3 days a week
Application Requirements
(1) Professional resume
(2) Separate document answering the following three questions. To be considered, answer all three questions in your application.
(2a) As an Impact Director, you'll lead a team of 3–5 Impact Managers and school partnerships with up to 50 Student Success Coaches. Please describe your experience managing people, including the types of roles you supervised, the setting, and the approximate size of the team.
(2b)The ID will oversee the delivery and monitoring of school-based services to ensure that annual impact, partnership, and safety goals are met in compliance with organizational standards and best practices. Please describe relevant experiences that prepare you to lead and monitor program delivery at this level.
(2c) The ID will manage all school partner relationships within the school portfolio. Please share an example of how you built, strengthened, or sustained an external partnership, and what actions you took to support its success.
Job Description
City Year Philadelphia seeks an Impact Director whois responsible forthe overall management of three to five Impact Managersand school partnershipswith up to fiftycommitted, idealisticStudent Success Coaches (SSCs, also known as AmeriCorps Members/ACMs). Reporting to the Managing Director,Impact(MDI), the Impact Director (ID)is responsible forcollaborating withdirector-levelcolleaguesin the Impact Departmentand acrossCity Year Philadelphia. The Impact Director guides and supports partnershipsandvision, while creatingsuccessful environments to bolstermeasurable impact.
The ID will work closely withthe Impact Director teamto train, implement, and evaluate outcomes of the strategic planandstudentdata,while ensuringthat AmeriCorps, City Year, andDistrict goals are met. The ID willalsoensure thefidelity ofWholeSchool,WholeChild(WSWC)modelimplementation.Additionally, the ID willbe responsible forstrategicallyidentifying, building, resourcing, and cultivating keystakeholderrelationships to drive success of the Impact Departmentand City Year Philadelphia.The ID willalsoserve ontheSiteLeadershipTeam, helping to drive and support site-wide initiatives and projects.
Impact Manager(IM)Supervisionand Student Success Coach(SSC)Support– 45%
Develop, manage, and coach a team of5-7Impact Managers through daily contact, school visits, weekly check-ins,goal-settingand planning, performance reviews, and professional development opportunities
Partner with the ManagingDirector, Impact(MDI)and Impact Director Team (IDT) to ensure execution and compliance with all AmeriCorps and City Year requirements, policies,and audits
Coach Impact Managers and SSCs through team management, accountability, and standards issues, including disciplinary actions
Service Impact and Evaluation– 25%
Oversee the delivery and monitoring of City Year Philadelphia’s school-based service to ensure that annual impact, partnership, and safety goals aremetand all activitiescomply withorganizational standards and best practices
Ensure high safety standards for all in-school, after-school, and out-of-school activities where City Year is the lead partner, or where City Year is working in partnership with the schools, district, or other community partners
Track, assess, and create action plans with Impact Managers on data-informed deliverables, school team progress, and general service impact
Relationship Management– 20%
Manage and build relationships with a variety of stakeholders and partners, including school leaders, department leaders (particularly Assistant Superintendents and their staff), and staff at other community organizations.
Organizational Initiatives and SiteSupport –10%
Engage in structured discussion and training on diversity, belonging, inclusion, and equity aimed at developing stronger cultural competency, both individually and collectively as a site
Participate as a member of the City Year national Impact network, managing selected network initiatives as needed, including creating baseline trainings, collateral, and tools
Partner with City Year Philadelphia’s departments and staff to ensure that site-wide goals are met, including, but not limited to, the AmeriCorps member interview process, stakeholder engagement, event and service day participation, and cross-departmental committees
WhatYou’llBring
We know that hardly anyone ‘checks ALL the boxes’ on job requirements, andthat’sokay! If many of the items listed below describe you and your experiences,we’reexcited to talk with you and encourage you to apply.
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 is at-will.
City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.
