the client seeks an Executive Site Director to lead site operations and report to the Vice President of College Readiness within the Education Department. This role manages a team of direct and indirect reports and serves as a strong advocate for the organization’s mission to support scholars facing obstacles to earn a bachelor’s degree and build a life of opportunity, choice, purpose, and power. The Executive Site Director will help set priorities across program execution, team culture, safety, data-informed decision-making, and financial oversight.
Key responsibilities include philanthropic leadership and partnership development, such as stewarding individual donors and private and government funders, supporting donor visits and representing the organization at funder events, and playing a leadership role in recruiting, developing, and managing local advisory structures in northern California. The role also includes cultivating relationships with local elected officials and district or school leadership, participating in local and state events and speaking engagements, and working with marketing and communications to strengthen local media presence. Additionally, the Executive Site Director will set student recruitment vision and strategy, support recruitment goal attainment, and partner on retention strategies to keep scholars engaged throughout a long-term program commitment.
The Executive Site Director will hold overall accountability for the site budget and work closely with central and national finance teams on budgeting, forecasting, and variance review to anticipate and address major discrepancies. The role will co-create a student-centered environment that values young people from different backgrounds, develop a “one team” culture, and lead risk management and safety practices in partnership with the Operations Manager. The ideal candidate will have a minimum four-year college degree and 10–13 years of relevant experience, with highly developed strategic thinking and execution skills, demonstrated fundraising ability, strong relationship-building and communication skills, and may bring fluency in Spanish or Cantonese as a bonus.