About iMentor

iMentor builds mentoring relationships that empower students in low-income communities to graduate high school, succeed in college, and achieve their ambitions. Students work with their mentors one-on-one, in-person and online, to develop strong personal relationships, nurture a college aspiration, navigate the college application process, and build critical skills that lead to college success. In New York City, Chicago, and the Bay Area, iMentor partners with public schools to ensure every student in the schools receives a mentor. iMentor also provides its curriculum, technology, and best practices to help nonprofits run effective programs in the iMentor model. Since 1999, iMentor has connected more than 25,000 students with mentors and this year, iMentor is serving nearly 9,000 students across the country. 

Entering this next five-year strategic plan, iMentor is focusing on growth and improvement, launching widespread impact strategies, financial sustainability, and deepening its diversity & equity work. Building on its track record of success supporting first-generation college students, iMentor is committed to leveraging its resources and stature to not only deepen impact programmatically, but to challenge the structures that fuel inequity and make this work necessary.

iMentor has been recognized through funding from many of the leading education funders in the country, including the Ballmer Group, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, the Robin Hood Foundation, the Bezos Family Foundation, New Profit Inc., and the Kresge Foundation. iMentor is one of the nation’s most innovative and quickly growing college success organizations. As a team, we are collaborative, fun, bring passion and joy to our work, and deeply believe in human potential.  iMentor was recently named one of the Best Nonprofits to Work For by The Nonprofit Times.  Read more about our work and values at: http://www.imentor.org.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We believe that people of all backgrounds deserve equal access to educational opportunities. Recognizing that our country’s history of racism and systemic oppression continues to drive educational disparities for students of color, we give special focus to addressing the economic and racial divides that impact the communities we serve. We are committed to the collective work and intentional investment necessary to consistently move in the direction of educational equity and inclusion.

Position Overview

iMentor is seeking an experienced program leader and people manager to join our Partner Programs Team to ensure that organizations who have signed on to implement iMentor’s program model in their own communities are able to deliver high impact mentoring programs with measurable results.

The Director of Partner Programs is a strategic program implementation leader, inspiring team leader and performance coach. The Director of Partner Programs will build team capacity to effectively support partners in implementing the iMentor program, assessing and addressing implementation challenges to define strategies that optimize program quality, increase partner impact and deepen pair relationships. Through performance management of the team and in acting as a coach and consultant to partner organizations’ program leadership, the Director identifies the training, coaching and professional development strategies to drive staff development, partnership engagement and, ultimately, program outcomes.

Reporting to the Executive Director of National Partnerships, they will continuously innovate iMentor’s approach to partner outreach, onboarding, program implementation and evaluation. They will help to realize the broad impact of iMentor, oversee the strategies that support the long-term sustainability of partners’ programs and the success of over 3,000 mentor-mentee pairs across the country.


Responsibilities

  • Lead and support the Partner Programs team by overseeing the hiring, on-boarding, training, management, leadership development and growth of 3+ Partner Programs staff members.
  • Ensure that Partnership Managers are effectively providing quality support to partners in their portfolio. Implement training and coaching strategies across the team to help create a supportive and reflective culture.
  • Utilize data analysis to develop strategies to maximize impact of team and to guide trainings and resources that support the development of strong program implementation across partners.
  • Serve as Partner Programs liaison within the organization, connecting regularly with national and regional teams to represent the best interest of partners and to integrate learnings from partner sites to help continually improve program impact. 
  • Guide iMentor’s newest partner programs through the initial stages of the program planning process, with a focus on school partner selection, staff training and onboarding to iMentor’s model  
  • Participate in Program Implementation Leadership meetings and collaborate with regional teams to help drive programmatic strategy and execution
  • Travel to partner sites to cultivate partner relationships, deliver on the ground training and observe partner program implementation.
  • Manage billing processes for partnerships
  • Support iMentor organization-wide initiatives, requiring occasional evening and/or weekend events


Qualifications

  •  7+ years of relevant experience, including significant time spent within a non-profit or social enterprise; must have at least 5 years of staff management experience with a focus on leadership development, performance management and evaluation
  • Deep understanding of program management with direct experience implementing programming in a school setting; a strong preference for experience working with historically under-served youth and under-resourced communities in a national non-profit
  •  Experience cultivating partnerships with the ability to create buy-in to work toward programmatic outcomes; exceptional customer service orientation in working with partners
  • Strong quantitative analytical skills with the ability to use data, identify patterns and performance metrics to create targeted strategies and management support
  • Excellent communicator at a variety of levels; exceptional presentation skills and the ability to manage by influence, train and coach across wide range of audiences
  • Entrepreneurial, resourceful and persistent with demonstrated success managing shifting priorities
  • Able to travel nationally up to 25%  (approximately 15 trips,  2-3 day trips/year)
  •  A sincere and deep commitment to the fundamental belief that every child deserves to achieve their highest educational and career aspiration.
  • Deep commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and aligned in thought and action with iMentor's values.
  • Bachelor’s degree required


Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary commensurate with experience
  • Up to 100% employer funded comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • 18 days paid annual vacation and 13 paid holidays, and most iMentor functions closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day
  • 401K match up to 4%
  • Significant opportunities for professional development and growth


How to Apply

Visit www.imentor.org/jobs to submit a resume and detailed cover letter describing your interest in and qualifications for this position. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.  Sorry, due to the high-volume of applicants for this and other positions here at iMentor, no phone, email, mail, or fax inquiries will receive a response.  

Note: Our organization works in partnership with district public schools across the country. In doing so we must meet all compliance requirements of those districts

iMentor is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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