Director, Community Partnerships

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Number of Positions: 1

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Position Overview
The Director of Community Partnerships serves as a bridge between City Year Bay Area and the broader community. The Director builds and stewards relationships with schools, districts, colleges, universities, youth-serving organizations, alumni, and community partners to expand awareness of City Year service and strengthen a local pipeline of prospective AmeriCorps members.

Working in close partnership with local site leaders, City Year’s national Recruitment and Admissions team, and supervising a Community Partnerships Manager, the Director develops community-based sourcing strategies, creates opportunities for prospective candidates to learn about service, and supports a smooth transition from local outreach to the application and admissions process. A significant portion of this role is community-facing and requires travel throughout the Bay Area and, occasionally, elsewhere in California.

The Director, Community Partnerships will report to the Chief of Staff and work from the main office, with travel to various locations throughout the Bay area.

Job Description

Minimum Qualifications

- Four or more years of experience in community partnerships, recruitment, outreach, relationship management, higher education, youth development, or a comparable field.

- Demonstrated experience building and sustaining partnerships with educational institutions, community-based organizations, or other external stakeholders.

- Experience developing and executing outreach plans, managing multiple relationships, and using data to assess progress and improve strategy.

- Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills for engaging a range of audiences.

- Authorized documentation to work in the United States of America.

- Ability to complete required background clearances for work connected to school-age children, when applicable.

Responsibilities

The Director, Community Partnerships will perform the following roles and responsibilities as described below:

Partnership Strategy and Development

- Identify, assess, and prioritize high schools, community colleges, universities, youth-serving organizations, and other community partners that can expand access to City Year service opportunities.
- Develop and implement a strategic partnership plan with clear goals, outreach strategies, stewardship practices, and measures of progress.
- Cultivate champions within partner organizations who can connect prospective candidates to City Year and increase awareness of City Year’s mission and AmeriCorps member experience.
- Maintain strong relationships with existing partners while developing new partnerships aligned with local recruitment and community engagement priorities.

Recruitment Outreach and Candidate Pipeline

- Create and execute a balanced local outreach pipeline that includes both high-yield and emerging partner institutions and organizations.

- Represent City Year at career fairs, community meetings, classroom visits, presentations, workshops, and other outreach events.

- Develop opportunities for prospective candidates to engage directly with City Year staff, AmeriCorps members, alumni, and community champions.

- Track outreach activity, recruitment leads, partner engagement, and conversion trends; use findings to strengthen future strategy.

People Management and Team Development

- Manage, coach, and develop the Community Partnerships Manager through clear expectations, regular check-ins, ongoing feedback, and professional development support.

- Set priorities and establish clear roles, goals, and measures of success for the Community Partnerships Manager in alignment with City Year Bay Area’s community partnership and recruitment strategy.
- Support the Community Partnerships Manager in building relationships, planning outreach activities, managing partner follow-up, and strengthening the local candidate pipeline.

- Create an inclusive and collaborative team environment that promotes accountability, learning, strong communication, and shared ownership of results.

- Coordinate workloads, remove barriers, and ensure the Community Partnerships Manager has the information, tools, and cross-functional connections needed to succeed

National and Local Recruitment Collaboration

- Partner closely with the national Corps Talent Acquisition (CTA) team to align City Year Bay Area’s community outreach and sourcing strategy with national recruitment priorities, systems, timelines, and the nationally led application and admissions process.

- Build strong working relationships with national CTA counterparts and maintain consistent communication about partnership activity, candidate leads, pipeline priorities, emerging opportunities, and barriers requiring shared problem-solving.

- Collaborate with national CTA counterparts, local site leaders, and marketing partners to develop coordinated outreach plans and communicate City Year Bay Area’s impact and AmeriCorps member experience.
- Clarify ownership and handoffs between local outreach and national recruitment, share timely candidate and partner information, and support prospects as they move from initial engagement into the application and admissions process.

- Partner with the national CTA team and local program leaders on outreach to current AmeriCorps members who may be interested in returning for an additional year of service.

Community and Alumni Engagement

- Serve as a liaison for external partners seeking volunteer engagement, service opportunities, presentations, or other connections to City Year Bay Area.
- Represent City Year Bay Area at community events and relationship-building opportunities that advance awareness, recruitment, and partnership goals.
- Collaborate with alumni leaders and internal partners to support alumni communications, events, surveys, and other engagement activities.

- Coordinate community opportunities and maintain accurate, accessible information for relevant staff and AmeriCorps members.

Collaboration and Learning

- Collaborate effectively with teammates to achieve shared goals and foster an inclusive environment.

- Role model a growth mindset and commitment to City Year’s culture and values as a leader within a youth-serving organization.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with AmeriCorps, national service, college access, workforce development, or early-career recruitment.

- Knowledge of Bay Area schools, colleges, universities, youth-serving organizations, and community networks.

- Experience using a customer relationship management or applicant tracking system to document outreach and analyze engagement.

- City Year or AmeriCorps experience is a plus.

Competencies

In order to succeed in this role, an applicant must have the following competencies:

- Collaboration: Connects with stakeholders to identify shared interests; partners with others to incorporate different perspectives toward a common goal.

- Understanding & Building Connection: Considers perspectives of others and cultivates relationships to strengthen interpersonal bonds with colleagues and external stakeholders.

- Strategic Thinking: Identifies multiple pathways to address complex and nebulous problems; anticipates barriers and opportunities; develops plans to address them.

- Project Management: Organizes, prioritizes, tracks, and manages workflow and resources.

- Accountability: Holds self responsible for actions and their impact on team, goals, and organizational mission.

Technical & Functional Skills

- Ability to use relationship-management, recruitment, or applicant-tracking tools to document outreach and monitor pipeline activity.

- Ability to analyze engagement and recruitment data and translate findings into practical improvements.

- Proficiency with standard workplace productivity and virtual collaboration tools.

Physical requirements

Office-Based positions:

- Ability to sit for extended periods and occasionally stand or walk.

- Manual dexterity for typing, writing, and handling standard office equipment.

- Visual acuity to read screens and printed materials.

- Hearing ability to participate in conversations and respond to phone calls.

- Occasional lifting or carrying of items up to 20 pounds, such as outreach materials or event supplies.

- Ability to communicate clearly in person, by phone, virtually, and in writing.

Working Conditions

- Operates in professional office, community, educational, and event settings using standard office equipment.
- Requires regular local travel throughout the Bay Area and occasional travel elsewhere in California for meetings, outreach, and events.

- Work may include occasional early morning, evening, or weekend commitments connected to recruitment and community events.

- Requires reliable internet access for remote or flexible work arrangements.

- Requires a valid driver’s license when driving is necessary to perform job duties.

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Compensation

Compensation: $85,000 - $88,000. Annually Commensurate with Experience and Location

Benefits

Full-time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation, sick days and organization holidays. You may participate in all benefit programs that City Year establishes and makes available to eligible employees, under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents that govern those programs. Currently, City Year offers medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and other benefits including 401(k) plan(s) pursuant to the terms and conditions of company policy and the 401(k) plan document. For more information, click here .

Employment at City Year is at-will.

City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.