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Vice President of Programs

Location New York, NY 10018
Date Posted May 17, 2023
Job ID 9582
Employment Type Direct Hire
Scion Nonprofit has been engaged to conduct an immediate search for an experienced Vice President of Programs (VP of Programs) for our wonderful client, an immigrant and refugee workforce development organization in the United States! This exciting role drives program strategy and implementation at an organization that supports internationally trained professionals in rebuilding their careers in the United States. This full-time, exempt position is for immediate hire. With headquarters in Chicago, Illinois; New York; San Francisco, CA; and Washington, DC, this role offers a hybrid working option (2 days/week in office).

ROLE SUMMARY:
The Vice President of Programs serves as a critical member of the Executive Leadership Team whose focus is on growing the organization’s digital learning initiative as well as employer partnerships to help the organization achieve scale based on its successful direct service innovations. Reporting to the CEO, the VP of Programs supports the organizational culture, advises on strategic decisions, and collaborates to achieve organizational and cross-team goals. The VP of Programs co-creates strategy, metrics, and work plans for all critical program areas, sets up the program team to achieve results toward the organizational strategic vision, and oversees the organization’s digital learning initiative, employer partnerships, and Direct Service departments in Programs, in addition to special projects. This role provides the opportunity to make an impact and significantly transform the landscape for skilled immigrants in the US job market from day one!

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Program Strategy & Innovations
  • In partnership with the National Directors, co-create and execute high-quality business strategies for responsible dynamic scale, ensuring alignment with short- and long-term objectives and integrity of the work.
  • Oversee all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission.
  • Analyze problematic situations/occurrences and provide solutions to ensure the organization’s survival and growth.
  • Provide the Products Manager with a clear strategy for the organization’s innovation products in digital learning and employer partnerships, oversee the development of the design, and work in close partnership to bring product solutions to life.
  • Develop and execute go-to-market strategies and pricing for the organization’s innovation products.
  • Oversee the development of innovative and scalable cross-sector programs that further the economic inclusion of immigrants and refugees.
  • Set a vision to inform the national direct employment services strategy, including outreach efforts, career coaching, skill-building programs, and strategic volunteer engagement to meet immigrant and refugee job seeker needs.
  • Lead the direct service team into a national center for innovation, incubation, and learning, setting standards and informing national scale strategy.
  • Ensure adequate monitoring and evaluation with emphasis on integrated feedback loops between employer partnerships, the digital learning initiative, and Direct Service initiatives.
  • Responsible for ensuring the learnings, data management, and success of each initiative are considered in concert, mutually reinforcing one another.

External & Board Relations
  • Raise the agency’s profile through external communications and thought leadership; speak at several conferences annually.
  • Stay abreast of developments in the workforce, the U.S. job market, and the Ed-tech sector; share strategy with Board and leadership.
  • Promote and diversify funding through effective resource cultivation and stewardship at an organization with a healthy mix of government funding and private philanthropic support.

Internal Organizational Leadership
  • Act as a thought leader, share strategic initiatives with the respective National Director, and empower the National Director to initiate strategic initiatives and fully participate in the decision-making process.
  • Foster learning and cooperation across all staff and participate in quarterly Strategy Reviews.
  • Support the organization in fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging.
  • Work in partnership with the CEO/President to ensure the delivery of qualitative and quantitative goals and outcomes of programs and services while ensuring the work is jobseeker centric.

Supervision
  • Directly supervise and coach national program directors, and work closely with senior program staff to build their skills and confidence to work independently.
  • Determine staffing plans in partnership with the VP of People & Culture and EVP of Operations to achieve program goals and objectives and participate in hiring decisions for new program staff.
  • Clarify goal-setting accountability and ownership across programs.
  • Build muscle within programs for a learning culture based on evidence, experience, and diverse perspectives that translates into an assessment protocol to determine the feasibility and sustainability of programs, as well as lead to more effective and efficient service delivery.

Key Stakeholder Engagement
  • Convert programmatic relationships into strategic organizational relationships.
  • Support the team to achieve annual program goals by overseeing large external employer partnerships, funding partnerships, and field partnerships that can help meaningfully scale programs; monitor emerging needs among clients, government, philanthropy, and employers.
  • Oversee major digital learning initiative advancements and relaunch projects including targeting new clients and stewarding existing major partners to help convert program partners into organizational/strategic partners.
  • Convert program relationships into funding relationships.
  • Respond to government and foundation requests for proposals and applications in partnership with development and senior staff; coordinate planning and activities necessary for the development of model program designs in response to RFPs and RFAs.

Data-Driven Implementation & Improvement
  • Coordinate and analyze the appropriate data to inform the programmatic decision-making process.
  • Use the existing platforms of Asana and Salesforce to increase the agency’s efficiency, transparency, and collaborative efforts among teams.
  • Ensure fluid, seamless, and timely information flow to CEO, ELT, and internal stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
  • Passion for eliminating employment barriers for immigrant and refugee professionals and advancing the inclusion of their skills into the U.S. economy.
  • Strategic problem-solving skills.
  • Proven work experience in scaling tech innovations and executing go-to-market strategies.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience in the workforce field and familiarity with immigrant needs for workforce success.
  • Track record of measurable program results in a growing organization.
  • Ability to use and analyze data to drive program evaluation and management.
  • Proficient at tapping new sources of funding through program innovation.
  • Ability to successfully integrate technology for improved results.
  • Skilled in team management and coaching A-players to achieve more, as well as coaching/managing B-players to the next level.
  • Successful in managing project implementation and change management.
  • Strong leadership skills and passion for DEI and belonging.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
This wonderful opportunity offers the ability to make a significant impact leading program strategy and implementation for an established organization committed to supporting talented immigrants in the U.S. job market. In addition to a competitive base salary (DOE) of $125,000–$135,000 for the Central U.S. region, $135,000–$155,000 for the Eastern U.S. region, or $140,000–$160,000 for the Western U.S. region, this incredible role provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes a paid-time-off policy, hybrid or remote work schedule, medical/dental/vision insurance, short-term disability insurance, life insurance, and a retirement plan with employer match! This is an opportunity that will inspire you daily!

HOW TO APPLY:
For immediate consideration, please provide your resume and cover letter, sharing more about your experience and interest in this role via https://scionnonprofitstaffing.com/job/9582.

ABOUT OUR SEARCH FIRM:
Scion Nonprofit Staffing is an award-winning national nonprofit recruitment and staffing specialist for nonprofit organizations, foundations, associations, and educational institutions! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals supporting incredible missions and programs. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire nonprofit recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing.

We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm and our practices can be found online. Scion Nonprofit Staffing is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. 

For opportunities located in a region that has enacted fair chance, arrest, or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Nonprofit Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.

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