Full-time · Baltimore, United States · Remote possible
Position: Managing Director, Programs – Baltimore
About Harlem Lacrosse: Harlem Lacrosse works to provide opportunities, relationships, and experiences that activate the skills and traits to put youth on a path to success as students, athletes, and citizens.
Founded in 2011 in New York, Harlem Lacrosse has grown to five cities, 18 schools, and 40+ programs as of Fall 2023. In addition to developing crucial athletic and social-emotional skills, our students consistently outperform their peers academically, passing their classes, graduating high school, and enrolling and persisting in college at a higher rate than other students in their schools. Harlem Lacrosse inspires children to dream about tomorrow while working hard on the field and in the classroom today. HL teams have won multiple city-wide championships, and many alumni go on to play lacrosse in college. A nationally recognized non-profit currently serving more than 1300 youth, Harlem Lacrosse places a full-time staff member at our school and community sites for each of our programs. More information about Harlem Lacrosse is available on our website, www.harlemlacrosse.org.
Position Summary: Harlem Lacrosse seeks a full-time Managing Director, Programs to oversee the execution of our innovative, year-round, school-based program in our Baltimore region. The Managing Director for Programs provides strategic management to our programmatic efforts in the region. In addition to direct management of Program Directors placed in the schools where we work, the Managing Director will oversee program operations and evaluation, contribute to organizational programming strategy, and help to foster a strong and engaged regional culture. Reporting to the regional Executive Director, and sitting on the National Leadership Team, this is an ideal opportunity for a driven and goal-oriented leader with a passion for youth development to utilize their program development, people management, and executive leadership skills to help youth achieve their full potential.
Principal Responsibilities:
Coach and Develop Program Leaders – 50%
Support the Execution of Regional Program Strategy – 30%
Organizational Stewardship – 20%
The Ideal Candidate:
The ideal Managing Director is energized by the opportunity to empower high-performing staff to create life-changing experiences for youth. They bring an extensive background in people and program management, as well as academic instruction, youth development, and/or athletic coaching. While they excel at influencing and motivating others to achieve outcomes, they are also willing to roll up their sleeves as active participants in the work. As program leaders, they adeptly connect strategy to tactics to evaluation to ensure we are delivering the best possible experiences for our participants. As people leaders, they shine when building relationships with diverse stakeholders and create collaborative teams aligned around common goals.
Qualifications:
3+ years of demonstrated success building and leading a team in a fast-paced, direct-service, nonprofit organization.
Demonstrated experience managing people in a professional setting.
Commitment to racial and gender equity and excitement about demonstrating that commitment in the execution of this position.
Experience playing and coaching lacrosse; experience coaching youth or beginners a plus.
Strong communication, organizational and prioritization skills.
Comfort with ambiguity and strong judgment to make values-aligned decisions in uncertain or unprecedented circumstances.
Passion for supporting systematically disenfranchised youth, preferably in the field of mentoring, education, and/or sports-based youth development.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
Access to reliable transportation to travel to all regional school sites several times per week for program observations.
Morning, evening and weekend work is often required.
Local and regional travel, including occasional overnight travel with the team, is required.
This is a hybrid position. Managing Directors are required to travel to program and team meetings on a daily basis and be successful in working from home or the Baltimore office space.
Compensation: The salary range for this position is $76,000 - $81,000 and is commensurate with previous work experience.
What We Offer…
We invest in and support our team members at Harlem Lacrosse! We offer an extensive suite of benefits including, but not limited to:
Process: Interested candidates should submit an application, including a resume and cover letter to this posting. Candidates who are selected to move forward will be invited to a panel interview with the Executive Director and Managing Director in Baltimore, Chief Program Officer and Senior Director of Equity and Talent.
Harlem Lacrosse is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Diversity of opinions, experiences, and backgrounds is a key asset. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status. Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and BIPOC are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Harlem Lacrosse we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workspace, so if you are excited about this role but your previous experience may not align exactly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles with our growing organization.
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