Program Director

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Who we are: We are Mentor A Promise, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing social emotional learning, academic support, and mentorship services to students experiencing housing challenges and homelessness in NYC.

Key Responsibilities

• Work in deep collaboration with the Executive Director to guide the overall strategic vision and successful execution of organizational mission and programs.
• Recruit, onboard, manage, train, mentor, and motivate a collaborative, high-performing team of Mentors fostering an inclusive work culture.
• Envision, manage, reimagine and implement bold and integrated programs that serve as a model in the field of family and community arts/culture engagement through popular education and cultural organizing frameworks, tools, and strategies grounded in reciprocity, accountability, and self-determination.
• Lead the Program Team in aligning all initiatives with MAP’s mission to engage, activate our students ensuring that each program is responsive to our students’ needs.
• Support the team to develop, deepen, and maintain meaningful relationships with education and cultural institution partners, artists and other stakeholders that are part of MAP’s community network.
• Develop, manage, and monitor rigorous program assessments, benchmarks, and evaluations with an eye towards values alignment and program refinement.

Infrastructure & Systems Development

• Work with MAP’s Teams and operations consultant to design and strengthen new infrastructure and management systems (i.e. Apps) to support cross-organizational collaboration and ensure that program operations are effective, efficient and flexible.
• Oversee management of all program and administrative tools to ensure program operations are effective, efficient, and flexible.

Cross-Department Collaboration

• Support and collaborate with the Development and Communications departments as needed, including supporting grants management; supporting content creation that brings visibility to families’ voices, and ensuring coherence of initiatives across the organization.

Come join us at Mentor A Promise