Director of Postsecondary Access & Success

Strategic Community Partners; Detroit (MI); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Strategic Community Partners seeks an organized, youth-centered leader in postsecondary access and success (PSAS) to manage multiple projects and deliver results. The role emphasizes program development, autonomous work, and deep engagement with youth, schools, and community partners.

The ideal candidate will oversee research, data analysis, and community conversations, while advancing equity initiatives and strategic goals with external partners.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in youth-focused postsecondary access and success initiatives.
• Ability to facilitate community conversations and focus groups.
• Experience partnering with school systems and community partners.

Aufgaben

• Provide research and data analysis support for education and youth initiatives.
• Lead community conversations, focus groups, and partner engagement on college access.
• Develop and implement project plans for youth and college/career programs.
• Cultivate relationships with external partners to support strategic goals.
• Serve as a strategic thinking partner to leadership.

Kenntnisse

Research & data analysis

Community engagement

Partnership development

Project management

Strategic thinking

Jobbeschreibung

Director of Postsecondary Access & Success

Our Vision

Strategic Community Partners is a national organization that works with mission-driven organizations rooted in education, equity, and justice. We help organizations build capacity by pairing strategy with community and cultural context to drive forward powerful missions.

Our Mission

Strategic Community Partners offers best-in-class services in the following expertise areas:

Strategic Planning & Implementation

Community-based Research and Evaluation

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Audits, Planning, Training, and Implementation

College and Career Access and Success Initiatives

Youth- and Community-based Initiatives and Events

Project Management & Systems Building

Talent Management and Leadership Development

Our Core Values

We are driven by four core values:

Passion: We are passionate about our work and the communities we serve.

Excellence: We pride ourselves on excellence and we are constantly learning.

Integrity: Our decisions are guided by our ethics and firmly rooted in integrity.

Equity: We are unapologetically committed to advancing equity with and for communities.

ABOUT THE POSITION

We are looking for an exceptionally organized, youth-centered, and innovative postsecondary access & success (PSAS) leader who can work across multiple projects while producing exemplary results. This individual will excel in program management and development and be comfortable working autonomously. The best candidate will have secondary and postsecondary experience focused on engaging youth, school systems, and community partners.

Core Responsibilities: What this Entails

• Provide research and data analysis support for education and youth focused initiatives
• Lead and support the facilitation of community conversations, focus groups and partner engagement related to college and career access & success
• Support partnership engagement related to equity initiatives
• Actively cultivate relationships with external and community partners in support of strategic goals
• Develop, refine and implement project plans in pursuit of robust and engaging opportunities, activities and programs for youth and college and career partners.
• Act as a strategic thinking partner

COMPENSATION

$65,000-80,000, dependent on credentials and experience