Harlem Village Academies, Managing Director of Advancement Operations

ORGANIZATION

Organization Overview

As a national leader in deeper learning in public education, Harlem Village Academies (HVA) is distinguished as the only charter school network in New York offering a Montessori program for its youngest students and culminating with the prestigious International Baccalaureate (IB) program for its high school students. 

HVA is a community of PK-12 schools, a college preparatory program, and a graduate school, the Deeper Learning Institute. In addition, HVA is launching a new national initiative that will build on and encapsulate its 20 years of work in pursuit of deeper learning and education equity across the country.

The unique educational model at HVA focuses on independent thinking, ethical leadership, intellectual curiosity, and intrinsic motivation. Serving 98% Black and Latino students, HVA consistently outperforms the district, city, and state by wide margins, 100% of students earn admission to college each year, and 83% are the first in their families to attend college. 

As an organization, HVA enjoys financial stability, with a world class board of directors and experienced leaders, as well as a warm, fun, small, caring, entrepreneurial community with a beautiful esprit de corps. 

To learn more about Harlem Village Academies, please visit https://harlemvillageacademies.org/.

OPPORTUNITY

Role Overview

The Managing Director of Advancement Operations will be a critical member of the HVA’s Advancement Team and will help drive the groundbreaking mission of HVA. Specifically, the Managing Director of Advancement Operations will design and manage systems for tracking, managing and reporting out data to strategically improve upon fundraising efforts. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Responsibilities of the MD of Advancement Operations include:

• Designing and managing sophisticated systems to track all Advancement team deadlines including grant reports and renewals, marketing projects, donor engagement protocols, and more;
• Working with other members of the Advancement team to develop an annual, strategic plan for Advancement. Facilitate processes and project management to help set and track progress to goals and to systemize a joint calendar of deadlines and milestones outlined in the advancement plan; 
• Collaborating closely with the Managing Director of Individual Giving and Managing Director of Events, to develop and execute successful fundraising activities and events throughout the year; 
• Creating systems for proactively analyzing data to expand major gifts conversations and donor giving pipeline. Utilize wealth screenings to help identify and screen new and existing donors with the capacity and inclination to give at the highest levels; 
• Leading development and execution of Board packet for meetings, synthesizing key data points. Manage all logistics and material preparation for HVA board meetings and VIP visits;
• Supervising the Associate Director of Advancement and coordinating workflows across the team – improving efficiency and ensuring high quality work products between Events, Individual Giving and Advancement Operations.

Requirements

The qualified candidate is strategic, highly organized, an excellent communicator, and is able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate possesses the highest level of proactiveness, follow through, attention to detail, efficiency, and quality. The ideal candidate will also have at least 8-10 years of relevant experience in Advancement Operations.

Qualities that will ensure a candidate’s success include: 

• Passionate about education equity and the HVA model;
• Extremely knowledgeable of best practices in Advancement operations and project and database management;
• Hard worker with an obsession with quality and staying abreast of best industry practices;
• Strong analytical, project management and communication skills;
• Driven to excellence and enjoys collaborating on a team with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Benefits

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The salary range for this position is $125,000 - $200,000 and is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience. In addition, HVA offers a competitive range of benefits. This is an on-site position. 

More details can be provided upon request.

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

Our team is passionately committed to the vision and values of Harlem Village Academies. The ideal candidate will have a positive mindset, a very strong work ethic, an inner drive for excellence and will thrive working in an entrepreneurial and results-driven environment.

TO APPLY

Please submit a resume online at https://apply.workable.com/j/18F30F1E27/.

Harlem Village Academies is an equal opportunity employer and an organization that values diversity. Recruiting staff to create an inclusive organization is a priority, and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds. Candidates are evaluated solely on their qualifications to perform the work required.