Director, New York City Programs

Role Overview

• Set SMART program goals to deliver an impactful, high quality program that meets the needs of the community
• Ensure the program has fidelity to BEAM's model and processes
• Promote a nurturing and positive work environment to foster respectful working relationships among staff and students.
• Assign staff responsibilities, develop workflows, and supervise the execution of all required program projects and tasks as needed.
• Assist program managers through effective communication and collaboration, coordinating people, resources, and tools to help them overcome barriers to success.
• Collaborate with Human Resources to recruit, hire, train, and supervise staff, setting priorities, guiding and keeping staff accountable for their job performance.
• Cultivate staff career development to meet the program's needs including short/long term goals.
• Engage in effective collaboration cross departmentally with Advancement, Business Operations, Central Program, and Los Angeles programs teams.
• In collaboration with Central Program teams, lead initiatives at a local level that improve outcomes for the program’s students and alumni.
• Contribute toward the design, implementation, and evaluation of new policies, procedures, and resources as needed.
• Develop and maintain relationships with schools, donors and corporate partners and other local stakeholders within the community to further collaborative initiatives with the organization.
• Monitor the overall successes of program and program participants through the organization’s database and case management system.
• Manage team’s compliance with central office program requirements and policies, including but not limited to program module implementation, temp staff evaluations, data collection and reporting.
• Oversee programs admission and registration processes, including school partner relationship management, student application processing, planning recruiting events
• Ensure health and safety requirements are being met in all program delivery.

Requirements

• Passion for BEAM’s mission and values
• Communication and networking skills
• Managing a team of 3 or more full time staff members
• Building relationships with schools, donors, and local stakeholders
• Supporting students from historically marginalized backgrounds
• Program planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Managing a diverse team, inspiring strong performance and professional growth
• Setting ambitious goals and managing a team against key performance metrics
• Facilitating continuous learning and data-informed program improvements
• Scoping and delegating clear roles and responsibilities aligned to key workflows
• Strong fiscal management skills, including maximizing operational efficiency
• Experience in donor cultivation, stewardship, and fundraising events

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Health, dental and vision benefits including health plan options that are free for individuals
• 12 paid holidays including an office closure between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day
• 15 days of paid annual leave to start, and will increase by one day for each year worked for your first 5 years of employment
• Paid sick leave
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer match of 50% of elective deferrals, up to 3% of eligible compensation
• Student loan reimbursement
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• $1,500 annual allowance for professional development