We’re Hiring: Vice President

Rodel is hiring!

Job Title: Vice President

Position Summary:
The Vice President is responsible for Rodel’s programmatic and policy efforts related to postsecondary success. This includes managing technical assistance efforts with state, district, higher education partners, and employers, particularly within Rodel’s focus on career pathways and postsecondary completion.

This role reports to the President and CEO working closely with the Executive Leadership Team to build relationships and to understand the work underway. To deliver on and deepen the work, the person in this role will collaborate with staff across the organization to support implementation efforts ensuring alignment with strategic goals and our collective impact. This role will entail working with the CEO and the VP for Programs and Strategy to continue to build the team, some of which will be shared, to implement against a growing portfolio of work.

The Vice President will also work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President always with an eye toward alignment to the strategic plan, including:

• Coordinating with the CEO and SVP to align policy, advocacy, and programmatic strategy and priorities.
• Ensuring that the process for monitoring progress towards Rodel’s goals reflects the needs and interests of the organization as a whole.
• Collaborating with the COO to build an organizational talent strategy with a supportive, values-driven culture.
• Working closely with the CEO, COO and SVP to cultivate funders and develop fundraising asks to support programmatic work and strategy implementation.

Position Description
What you will do:

• Program Implementation/Technical Assistance
  Collaborate with VP for Programs and Strategy and CEO to understand the current workflow and relationships associated with our postsecondary work.
• Lead overall strategy development for Rodel’s programmatic priorities related to postsecondary success as well as ensure strong implementation consistent with Rodel’s commitment to partners and funders.
• Collaborate with Senior VP and CEO on policy development to scale and sustain the postsecondary solutions.
• Cultivate and build new state, district, higher education, and employer partnerships to further Rodel’s theory of action, including regular engagement with all levels of leadership at relevant state departments (e.g., workforce development, labor, and education), district and charter schools, Delaware institutes of higher education, and employers.
• Support the growth and development of work-based learning statewide, including the support and growth of industry councils, including the Tech Council of Delaware.
• Be proactive about learning from and with national and international best practice leaders.
• Build and manage project budgets in coordination with COO including approval of vendor payments, development and execution of contracts, and ensuring adequate staffing to meet project goals and outcomes.
• Manage and build team responsible for overseeing implementation of programmatic partnerships and policy development, including management of full-time Rodel staff and technical assistance vendors/contractors, development and updating of project plans, and management of budgets.

Co-Investment

• Serve as primary owner, in collaboration with Leadership Team and the associate director of development, of co-investment strategy related to postsecondary success.
• Identify and source new funding opportunities to fund work via national and state foundations, federal and state grants/contracts, and fee-for-service opportunities.
• Maintain and grow relationships with current and new co-investment partners, including regular check-ins with current funders, identification of new funders, organization of site visits, and regular presentations at national conferences.
• Ensure timely submission of identified grant proposals and reports.
• Contribute to Rodel’s overall co-investment strategy.

Internal Strategic Management

• Collaborate with Vice President for Programs and Strategy to oversee and monitor implementation of organizational strategic plan, including applying systems for developing and tracking internal measures of success and facilitating opportunities to align internally on strategic approaches and progress towards goals.
• Work with the Executive Leadership Team to steward implementation of Rodel’s Equity Commitment, ensuring that the organization considers and addresses all the places the Equity Commitment could affect its culture, strategy, and work.
• Proactively lead and co-design with Rodel’s Communications Team an effective communication and external engagement strategy that includes publications, conferences, panels, and leveraging social media and media channels.
• Serve on Executive Leadership Team.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High emotional intelligence, with an ability make people feel comfortable and seen in relationships.
• Strong track record of working with schools, districts, higher education, and employers to build and strengthen career pathways as well as postsecondary success and completion.
• Strategic thinker, with ability to generate new approaches that are both innovative and implementable.
• Deep experience working with teams to strengthen their connection and cohesion, particularly as it relates to building trust around how to build on a team’s diverse assets and differences.
•  Strong attention to detail.
• Operates with a sense of urgency to solve pressing problems aligned to Rodel’s mission tied to tangible impact that improves the lives of young people.
• Effective problem-solver with a willingness to course correct quickly when we run into roadblocks.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage a budget of approximately $2M per year.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including skillful facilitation of diverse partners.
• Good judgment and ability to work independently.

Education/Experience
A bachelor’s degree is required for this position and an advanced degree is preferred.

Rodel is an equal opportunity employer, offering a competitive salary and benefits package, including dedicated professional development resources to support your growth in the role.

The salary range for this position is $170,000 to $190,000, commensurate with education and experience.

To Apply: Submit a resume and cover letter to Tiffany Trawick via email at ttrawick@rodelde.org.

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