Executive Director

Children Rising is a trusted Oakland educational non-profit serving thousands of historically underserved elementary school children in Oakland. Due to the retirement plans of our long-time Executive Director, the Children Rising Board of Directors is seeking a resourceful and visionary executive leader with a passion for making a positive and lasting impact on children and their families, while offering a significant contribution to creating a more equitable future for the youth of Oakland. Children Rising’s mission is to offer hope to the underserved youth of Oakland. Our academic tutoring programs and family support services surround students with a caring community designed to ignite their innate potential and help them develop both academic and life skills. In partnership with the Children Rising Board, an experienced and talented staff, and a passionate community of dedicated volunteers and donors, the successful candidate will have the unique opportunity to lead the organization to the next level of serving the community, offering expanded solutions and giving hope to at-promise students throughout Oakland. The Executive Director will support, improve and expand current programs, and develop strategies for significantly increasing Children Rising’s ability to leverage community resources for the purpose of investing in the next generation.

ABOUT CHILDREN RISING

Children Rising was founded in 2001 to support children and families by networking community support for children attending under-resourced urban schools. As we know, it takes a village to educate our children, and Children Rising’s community enablement model was designed to inform, inspire and align resources for the children from a broad coalition of community partners. Human capital is our most important resource and individual volunteer tutors and mentors are at the heart of our mission. Children Rising provides individualized reading and math support from trained, caring volunteer tutors and offers support for families of children enrolled in our programs. We focus our efforts on academics and family partnerships through three key programs: Succeeding by Reading, Path2Math, and FamilyBridge. With over 200 trained tutors and mentors from throughout our community, we provide elementary school children a “Circle of Care,” including one-on-one literacy and math tutoring combined with after-school in-home learning support for families. We know that a child’s learning flourishes when engaged families, schools, and communities work together! Children Rising’s annual operating budget of $1,000,000 supports a full-time and part-time staff of fourteen, plus over two hundred volunteers. Administrative offices are located in the heart of downtown Oakland at Telegraph Avenue & 27th Street.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION

The Board of Directors of Children Rising has adopted a strategic growth strategy designed to empower youth to fulfill their potential and improve the community in which they live.

• Strengthen and expand the current Succeeding by Reading and Path2Math tutoring programs, supporting additional Title 1 elementary schools and additional children, while continuing to closely partner with OUSD educators.
• Expand the number of student families served, empowering those families to provide improved academic support and education advocacy for their children.
• Introduce families to additional community resources that can substantially benefit their children’s growth and development.
• Strengthen funding strategies and build additional revenue streams while maintaining and nurturing our current individual, foundation and corporate funders.
• Expand collaborative partnerships in the East Bay with corporate, nonprofit and faith-based communities.
• Continue to build community representation on the board of directors which is aligned with the children and families we serve.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

The Executive Director is responsible for the overall management of Children Rising, including development and refinement of its service programs; fundraising, outreach to the community partners and education stakeholders; oversight of budgeting and financial planning; and recruitment, evaluation, and development of the staff.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

The Executive Director reports directly to the Board of Directors and supervises the following staff: Succeeding by Reading Director, Path2Math Director, FamilyBridge Director, Development Director, Communications Director, and Operations Manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Inspirationally lead the fulfillment of the Children Rising mission.
• Establish the vision and long-range planning for service objectives, including assessment of community needs - in partnership with local educators, the board of directors and staff.
• Oversee program development, working collaboratively with program directors.
• Develop program evaluation and tracking procedures with the program directors and outside consultants.
• Oversee the work of the development director in budget development and financial management - in partnership with the board.
• Supervise the development and submission of all grant proposals.
• In collaboration with board members and the development director, meet with and further relationships with individual donors and funders.
• Serve as spokesperson responsible for public relations and act as liaison with existing and potential community partners.
• Encourage staff development activities that upgrade employee skills and evaluate staff performance.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum five years of experience in a senior leadership position in a community-based nonprofit organization, including budget development and management.
• Significant experience working collaboratively with persons of diverse backgrounds.
• Passion around education, justice and empowerment of children, youth and their families.
• Leadership experience in urban community engagement.
• Record of successful fundraising from public and private sources.
• Excellent written and oral skills.
• Technology proficient with personal productivity tools.

DESIRABLE

• History of having led organizational growth.
• Experience in developing community partnerships and resources.
• Familiarity with the East Bay community landscape, including education, business, faith communities, and nonprofit sectors/constituencies.

COMPENSATION

The total compensation package is targeted at $125,000 to $135,000, depending on experience. The package includes a health insurance stipend and matching 403(b) contributions, combined with a generous PTO vacation allowance and generous paid holidays.

APPLICATION PROCESS

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