Children’s Education Program Manager: SAT and Teen Tutoring Program

Children's Education Program Manager: SAT and Teen Tutoring Programs

New York Cares

By developing volunteer programs that respond to pressing community needs, New York Cares – New York City's leading volunteer organization – provides a lifeline of support to our city's most vulnerable residents. Last year, we engaged tens of thousands of individual volunteers and hundreds of companies in service to 400,000 at-risk New Yorkers.

New York Cares prides itself on a culture of excellence, defined by integrity, reliability and professionalism. We were the 2009 Winner of the New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Award, which recognizes outstanding management practices, and have been recognized as a top-notch employer by Crain's New York ("Best Places to Work in New York City," 2011 and 2008); The NonProfit Times ("Best NonProfit Organizations To Work For," 2010); The Princeton Review ("Best Entry-Level Jobs," multiple years) and The Wall Street Journal ("Top Small Workplaces," 2007).

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Director of Education Programs, the Children's Education Program Manager is part of a fourteen-person staff team that coordinates, develops, manages and evaluates New York Cares' volunteer education programs.

This position manages 40 to 50 ongoing volunteer programs that serve teens in public schools, community centers and transitional housing facilities. The manager's portfolio focuses on SAT Preparation, English and math enrichment, and general tutoring programs for high school students. The manager is expected to identify new project sites and develop new program models, as well as continually monitor program quality through informal feedback, site visits, surveys and data analysis.

Specific responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Planning and implementing well organized and high-quality volunteer service programs
• Cultivating and maintaining collaborative partnerships with partner agencies
• Developing curricula for new and existing education programs
• Recruiting, supporting and training volunteers and team leaders
• Conducting community outreach to identify new partner agencies for specific program areas
• Evaluating programs by attending volunteer projects and visiting partner agencies
• Providing development opportunities for volunteers and community partners
• Collecting and evaluating data on student progress and volunteer effectiveness
• Managing multiple project budgets and tracking expenses
• Sorting and distributing project supplies (may require heavy lifting)
• Conceiving, planning and staffing one-time volunteer projects for corporate volunteer groups
• Assisting, as necessary, with organization-wide initiatives such as Annual Events and development activities

New York Cares volunteer projects, trainings, and events take place before and after work and on weekends, requiring the Program Manager to work several evenings per month and multiple weekend days a year

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Two years' work experience in non-profit management and/or education
• Interest and experience in tutoring and/or SAT preparation
• Demonstrated commitment to community service and volunteerism
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong administrative and organizational skills, including an ability to manage and multi-task many projects
• Strong problem solving skills
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of a team
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills, including the ability to lead trainings and events for large groups of students and adult volunteers
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of agency contacts and volunteers
• Flexible schedule, including the ability to work late evenings and occasional weekends, as needed
• Familiarity with New York City public schools and social service agencies