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Reporting to the Senior Development Operations Director, the Gift Processing Manager will be responsible for managing the organizations centralized gift processing, acknowledging, and reporting procedures for all of City Year’s 29 locations nationwide.  The position requires a very detail-oriented person with a background in working with many teams of people ideally in a development operations or finance role.  Responsibilities Manage the checks and balances for receipt of gifts and pledges at headquarters and proper gift recording to sites through our centralized gift processing policies.   Maintain all site and headquarters gift coding by reviewing all batch reports and gift documentation. Ensure that all gift processing policies and procedures are followed for all gifts, pledges, and reporting in accordance with legal and industry required gift management policies. Work closely with finance team to ensure accurate and timely monthly revenue reconciliation between the fundraising and financial databases. Train all new site development staff on gift processing policies and processes in partnership with the Senior Development Operations Director. Work with Senior Development Operations Director to ensure all reports and fundraising operations needs are met. Insure reporting accuracy and data integrity. Assist in gift processing as needed during the higher gift volume months. Work on special finance or development operations projects as assigned by the Vice President of Development Operations and Office of the Controller. Qualifications A minimum of two years with gift processing or accounting experience, preferably in an accounting, finance, or non-profit development nonprofit office Experience with fundraising database software packages; familiarity with Salesforce preferred Ability to work successfully in a team environment Ability to develop relationships with co-workers and employees in other City year locations and departments through effective communication Strong time management and organizational abilities Ability to maintain confidentiality of donor information and development records  Experience working in complex environments with a high degree of organizational effectiveness Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to effectively interact with all levels of employees  Compensation and Benefits Full time employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience. Benefits for full time employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more. City Year is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, including persons with disabilities and veterans.

The Special Projects Manager (SPM) is responsible for supporting the Chief Growth & External Affairs Officer (CGEAO) and the Chief Education Strategy Officer (CESO). The SPM will provide these two senior leaders with exceptional administrative support. The SPM must collaborate with staff members across multiple departments at headquarters as well as at City Year sites. This position requires a well-organized and flexible individual who possesses the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external teams, and autonomously on self-directed projects. The SPM must exhibit strong project management, critical thinking and communication skills. The selected candidate must be skilled at managing multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Administrative Support Provide excellent administrative support to two senior leaders at City Year HQ.  This includes, but is not limited to, maintaining calendars, scheduling meetings and conference calls, including agenda creation, note taking and follow up. Provide logistical support to CGEAO and CESO.  This includes, but is not limited to, arranging travel (including multi-day trips), planning and preparing for internal and external meetings, conferences and retreat needs; reserving meeting rooms, arranging for appropriate ITS support, informing reception of visitors in advance, arranging for food and refreshments, welcoming and escorting visitors and ensuring meeting rooms are left in exceptional condition. Complete and submit check requests, purchase orders, book orders, mailings and expense reimbursements on behalf of the CGEAO and CESO. Prepare correspondence on an array of topics for a breadth of constituencies including writing emails, memos, creating presentations, etc. Create systems to ensure that CGEAO and CESO are on track with their weekly priorities and workstreams. Team Building Foster team alignment and unity; plan events for local and remote staff members to engage in team building and community service.  Lead SGEA’s team buddy partnership: coordinate school visits, and drive initiatives for AmeriCorps member appreciation. Project Management Provide support for the CGEAO and CESO as the executive sponsor for organizational priorities and managing executive and interdepartmental committees by coordinating meetings as needed, managing priority activity list, providing thought partnership and maintaining project plans. Manage multiple, ongoing high-priority projects of CGEAO and CESO, work collaboratively with other departments, and ensure updates are shared with team in a timely manner. Maintain and strengthen SGEA’s relationships with internal and external City Year stakeholders. Special Projects Partner with CGEAO to respond to public advocacy requests; review policies and procedures, draft memos and correspond with site staff to provide guidance. Engage in a portfolio of ongoing projects across SGEA team to support Marketing & Communications, District Engagement, Strategy and Education Policy. Collaborate with the External Evaluation working group team to support ongoing and new evaluations of City Year’s impact, including but not limited to an ongoing evaluation sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of City Year’s Whole School Whole Child (WSWC) model. What you bring Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal, time management, decision-making and problem-solving skills. A learning mindset and commitment to collaboration. Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and proven ability to handle competing priorities and think critically. Proficiency using Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook and Skype for Business. Proven ability to work as both a team member and independent leader. Desire and ability to work with and learn from individuals of diverse backgrounds. Strong passion for and commitment to City Year’s mission of supporting student success; developing young people in the corps as powerful civic leaders and life-long active citizens; promoting and advancing the concept of national service; believing in youth as agents of social change.  Compensation and Benefits Full time employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience. Benefits for full time employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more. City Year is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, including persons with disabilities and veterans.

City Year Boston is seeking a dynamic Corporate Partnerships Manager responsible for supporting efforts to secure financial partnership from companies in the metro-Boston area. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Corporate & Foundation Partnerships and working closely with the team’s fellow Corporate Partnerships Manager and Senior Director of Corporate Development and Civic Engagement, as well as other senior leaders, volunteers, and donors, the Corporate Partnerships Manager is responsible for supporting quarterly development goals. This work will include identifying, researching, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors, as well as supporting an infrastructure of organization and accountability for the larger Corporate & Foundations Partnerships team. The City Year Boston Development team is responsible for securing over $8 million in annual revenue from individual, corporate and foundation sources during the current fiscal year. More than $3 million of this revenue is generated specifically through gifts from corporations and foundations. City Year Boston’s plans for growth, which will be implemented over the next several years, necessitates a likely increase to the team’s annual fundraising goal, up to $13 million. This position will play a critical role in assisting the Corporate and Foundations Team in the creation and execution of a substantial and sustainable development program. This work will include: pipeline research; the creation of marketing & sales materials; interdepartmental collaboration; database & website management; support of events and service workshops; and direct work with corporate & foundation donors. Responsibilities Contribution to securing and maintaining sustainable new & existing corporate gifts for long-term growth. These gifts include Team Sponsorship through event sponsorships: • New: Identify prospective donors’ philanthropic interests and provide them with an opportunity to realize an outstanding philanthropic experience through their charitable investment of time, advocacy and financial support to City Year, thereby growing our current portfolio. • Existing: Play an active role in managing day-to-day stewardship of current major corporate sponsors including key communications, volunteer engagements, site visits, and event attendance. Ensure fundraising data integrity and effective revenue and pipeline reporting by maintaining donor accounts in our database and confirming that all relevant information is accurately recorded and updated. Lead in the creation & upkeep of marketing & sales materials, including pitch decks, fliers, update bulletins, the City Year Boston corporate development website, and more.  Assist the Development team with the preparation and execution of special events, including City Year Boston’s Red Jacket Weekend, four Specialty Market Events (Legal Community Breakfast, Investment Community Breakfast, Women’s Leadership Breakfast, Real Estate Community Breakfast), Annual Gala (Starry Night) and numerous service workshops.  Serve as the lead Development Operations point for one of City Year Boston's Specialty Market Events, providing support with event registration (pre- and post-event), committee management, and event gift processing.  Work closely with other City Year Departments – including the Evaluation Team, Service Impact Team, Learning & Development Team, and more – to maximize communication and collaboration across the organization.  Serve as a powerful City Year Boston representative at local corporate and community functions. Contribute to the intellectual and organizational capacity of City Year Boston by staying apprised of local and national trends in social justice, national service, public education, and fundraising. The responsibilities listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Qualifications Two or more years of work experience required. Preferred: One or more years of successful fundraising and/or partnership development experience for a non-profit or educational organization. Preferred: Experience using donor/relationship management software, namely Salesforce, to track donors, establish goals and generate reports.  Knowledge of fundraising with a strong emphasis on corporate giving programs.  Outstanding written and oral communication skills with an ability to engage and inspire a wide range of audiences. Outstanding organizational skills, ability to handle multiple tasks and think critically. Experience in Adobe, Creative Suite, InDesign is helpful.  Deep understanding of City Year’s mission and the national service movement, as well as the values of servant leadership, the power of young people, social justice, empathy, inclusivity, teamwork, and excellence.  City Year and AmeriCorps alumni are encouraged to apply.   Compensation and Benefits Full time employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience. Benefits for full time employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more. City Year is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, including persons with disabilities and veterans.

Reporting to the General Counsel in Boston, Massachusetts, the paralegal will be an integral member of the in-house legal team and will assist on a wide range of legal matters, including contracts, intellectual property, labor and employment, leasing, and insurance. Qualified applicants must be team oriented and be able to contribute to solutions by taking the initiative to develop recommendations and suggestions on ways to improve work processes and/or projects. Job Description Project Support – Organize logistics for projects the legal team oversees and takes part in, including coordinating meetings, tracking project deadlines, recording and archiving meeting notes. The paralegal will be primarily responsible for managing intake and requests from internal clients. Contract Administration – Assume responsibilities related to the school district contracting process, including maintaining files for each contract and related modifications, preparing and distributing information to appropriate staff regarding contract status, and performing closing activities as needed. Document Management – Manage, organize, and track legal documentation and correspondence on a variety of SharePoint document management systems. Familiarity with the location of stored documents and the ability to quickly produce requested documentation is essential. Insurance Administration – Support initiating and completing the annual renewal process for the organization’s insurance program; managing requests for certificates of insurance. Ad ministrative Duties – Support the department by performing duties such as scanning documents, proofreading, preparing mailings, and coordinating travel, meetings and video-conferences. Qualifications Required: Bachelor’s degree and/or paralegal certificate Proficiency in various applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Adobe Pro Strong written and oral communication skills Excellent time management and organizational skills Keen attention to detail Experience conducting legal research and drafting memoranda Experience proofreading legal documentation Comfort interacting with members of senior management Ability to handle multiple tasks, produce a high quality of work, and effectively communicate the status of projects in a timely manner 3-5 years’ paralegal experience at a law firm or corporate legal department preferred Compensation and Benefits Full time employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience. Benefits for full time employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more. City Year is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, including persons with disabilities and veterans.

Position Summary The Content Specialist (Whole Child Development) will be a key member of TransformEd’s partnerships team, supporting educators and other practitioners nationwide in their efforts to integrate a whole child focus in their classrooms, schools, districts, and programs. The Specialist’s primary responsibilities will be to serve as an internal content expert, advising project leads on current and emerging research on whole child development topics, curating and developing tools and resources, and facilitating presentations and coaching sessions with educators. Resource & Tool Creation:  Create comprehensive, engaging externally-facing resources, tools, presentations, and other content that synthesize the latest research on whole child development topics and provide practical, actionable guidance to educators and other practitioners. Internal Expert Consulting:  Serve as an internal expert consultant on whole child development, providing review, guidance, and suggestions to project leads to ensure all presentations and documents are practitioner-friendly and based in the latest research and best practices with an equity lens. Research to Practice Translation:  Collaborate with the Research and Assessment team to ensure the practitioner voice is present in research design and to create practitioner-friendly resources from analytical outputs. Facilitation & Presentation:  Facilitate adult learning sessions and deliver presentations to educators and other practitioners nationwide. Knowledge Building:  Maintain up-to-date knowledge on best practices and current research in social-emotional learning, positive school environments, whole child development, and similar topics, as well as the factors at play in schools and districts within the US educational system. Resource Dissemination:  Support the dissemination of content to a practitioner and researcher audience, including by curating articles, resources, and opportunities and writing or developing content. Other Organizational Outreach and Support:  Assist in the development of grant and contract proposals and the writing of research or policy briefs, as requested. Who You Are You have a passion for education and enthusiasm for continuous learning. You are curious and an information seeker, skilled at and excited about synthesizing all of that information and sharing what you’ve learned with others. You enjoy the collaboration and fast pace of a start-up environment and want to be part of building an organization from the ground up. Successful candidates will have a deep understanding of social-emotional learning, school culture / climate, and related fields in whole child development. They will also be familiar with the complexities of the US education system at the classroom-, school-, and district/CMO-level. Master’s degree preferred, preferably in psychology, human development, neuroscience, or a related field (relevant experience may count toward this requirement); Deep content knowledge in whole child development topics, including social-emotional learning and school culture and climate, drawing from the literature on education and developmental psychology; Exceptional writing, communication, and facilitation/presentation skills required; and Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritize multiple projects at once, and work across teams and levels. If this job sounds like something you would find fulfilling and is aligned with your career goals, even if your experience isn’t exactly in line with the points above, please consider applying anyway. Experience comes in many forms and your interest and passion can go a long way. We know that a diverse team makes for the best collaborative work and creative thinking. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives and experiences to the team and encourage everyone who is interested in the work to apply. Position Details This is a full-time role based in Boston, MA. Salary is commensurate with experience, and we offer a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, and 401k with employer match. Team members at TransformEd also enjoy additional benefits including semi-flexible scheduling, unlimited vacation time, and paid parental leave. This position will require a small amount of domestic travel (10-20%). TransformEd is committed to building the diversity of our team and creating & maintaining a positive, inclusive workplace culture where all can thrive. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people who represent the diversity of the schools and districts we serve. Application Instructions Interested and qualified applicants should send the following to [email protected]: Resume Cover letter which includes a description of something you recently learned about social-emotional learning, school climate, or related topics, and how you think an educator could use this information in practice Sample of a related product, poster, or written document you have produced in the past (if available) Please include “Application for Content Specialist” in the subject line of the email. About Transforming Education TransformEd, founded in 2013 and incorporated independently in 2016, is a Boston-based non-profit focused on whole child development through systems change. Our small but mighty team partners with schools and districts/CMOs serving over one million students in twenty states. At TransformEd, we envision a future in which all students become thriving adults, able and empowered to lead personally meaningful lives and to contribute to their communities. We partner with school and system leaders to identify and implement evidence-based practices and policies that create positive learning environments and support students’ social-emotional development. We work with partners in intensive one-on-one engagements as well as in networked learning communities. As we work, we draw from research, best practice, and the input of diverse stakeholders, applying and sharing what we’re learning to build an understanding of the practices, systems, structures, and environment of schools and school systems can most effectively foster students’ social-emotional development.

Position Summary The School Support Coach will be a key member of TransformEd’s partnerships team, tasked with coordinating support and facilitating coaching sessions with schools and districts/CMOs nationwide that seek to implement an expanded definition of student success (which includes social-emotional development and positive school environments alongside academic excellence). Technical Assistance & Coaching:  Design and facilitate adult learning experiences, both in-person and virtual, to support partners in building their capacity to integrate an expanded definition of student success into their schools and districts. Relationship Management:  Develop and maintain strong relationships with a set of schools, districts, and CMOs nationwide, including building a deep understanding of their evolving needs and providing resources and coaching to address their needs. Continuous Improvement Support:  Support partners in designing data collection processes, collecting data on markers of an expanded definition of student success, and creating action plans from these data. Resource Development & Curation:  Curate resources and, in collaboration with other team members, assist in the development of new resources to respond to partners’ needs. Collaborate with colleagues to identify and translate rigorous research into practical guidance for educators. Project Coordination & Tracking:  Maintain project plans that include a comprehensive, documented view of schools’ visions, needs, data, and actions. Knowledge Building:  Maintain up-to-date knowledge on best practices and current research in social-emotional learning, positive school environments, whole child development, and similar topics, as well as the factors at play in schools and districts within the US educational system. Other Organizational Support:  Contribute to the development of new projects and proposals and to other work across the organization. Who You Are You have a passion for education and enthusiasm for continuous learning. You love to meet new people and share what you’ve learned with them. You enjoy the collaboration and fast pace of a start-up environment and want to be part of building an organization from the ground up. Successful candidates will have a deep understanding of social-emotional learning, school culture / climate, and related fields. They will also have direct experience in the US education system at the classroom-, school-, and/or district/CMO-level. Bachelor’s degree preferred, preferably in education, psychology, human development, or a related field (relevant experience may count toward this requirement); At least 2-3 years of experience working directly in PK-12 education, such as in the role of a teacher, counselor, or school or district administrator; Exceptional writing, communication, and facilitation/presentation skills required; Experience analyzing and distilling data for action, preferably in an educational setting; Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to manage complex projects or work plans; and Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritize multiple projects at once, and work across teams and levels. If this job sounds like something you would find fulfilling and is aligned with your career goals, even if your experience isn’t exactly in line with the points above, please consider applying anyway. Experience comes in many forms and your interest and passion can go a long way. We know that a diverse team makes for the best collaborative work and creative thinking. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives and experiences to the team and encourage everyone who is interested in the work to apply. Position Details This is a full-time role based in Boston, MA and reporting to a Director of Partnerships. Salary is commensurate with experience, and we offer a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, and 401k with employer match. Team members at TransformEd also enjoy additional benefits including semi-flexible scheduling, unlimited vacation time, and paid parental leave. This position will require a moderate amount of domestic travel (30-50%). TransformEd is committed to building the diversity of our team and creating & maintaining a positive, inclusive workplace culture where all can thrive. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people who represent the diversity of the schools and districts we serve. Application Instructions Interested and qualified applicants should send the following to [email protected]: Resume Cover letter which includes a description of a successful experience you have had coaching adults Please include “Application for School Support Coach” in the subject line of the email. About Transforming Education TransformEd, founded in 2013 and incorporated independently in 2016, is a Boston-based non-profit focused on whole child development through systems change. Our small but mighty team partners with schools and districts/CMOs serving over one million students in twenty states. At TransformEd, we envision a future in which all students become thriving adults, able and empowered to lead personally meaningful lives and to contribute to their communities. We partner with school and system leaders to identify and implement evidence-based practices and policies that create positive learning environments and support students’ social-emotional development. We work with partners in intensive one-on-one engagements as well as in networked learning communities. As we work, we draw from research, best practice, and the input of diverse stakeholders, applying and sharing what we’re learning to build an understanding of the practices, systems, structures, and environment of schools and school systems can most effectively foster students’ social-emotional development.