Vice President, YouthTruth

We believe, and research shows, that student and stakeholder
voice matters.

We equip education leaders and philanthropic funders to
integrate on-the-ground insights into planning, professional
development, and improvement processes. As the leader of
YouthTruth, you would have the opportunity to influence schools,
districts, funders and networks and help create happier, healthier,
school systems paving the way for higher academic achievement.

Position Overview:

The Vice President represents YouthTruth and oversees all
aspects of the initiative. The Vice President represents YouthTruth
publicly, leads fundraising efforts, and manages relationships with
its advisors. The Vice President is also responsible for the
strategic and operational leadership of YouthTruth and ensuring
that YouthTruth achieves its goals. Other key responsibilities of
this role include marketing, managing funder relationships,
overseeing district and state recruitment efforts nationally,
overseeing product development, and guiding overall implementation.
Reporting to the President of CEP, the Vice President is a member
of CEP’s senior leadership team, leads a team of 17, and
collaborates closely with staff in other departments at CEP.

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Provide strategic vision and leadership to successfully achieve
  YouthTruth’s growth, expansion, and sustainability pl
• Serve as a spokesperson and persuasive champion for YouthTruth,
  for the importance of hearing from students, and for the insights
  gleaned from our data sets – including through speaking
  engagements, blog posts, and op eds.
• Cultivate and manage new and existing funder relationships to
  support YouthTruth, with leading national and regional education
  funders and organizations.
• Lead regional funder collaboratives to help foundations learn
  from and use perception data to advance their strategy, tactics,
  and grantee relationships.
• Working closely with YouthTruth’s leadership team:
  • Oversee all program operations – including survey
    administration, customization, data analysis, production of reports
    at multiple levels (teacher, school, district, and
    regional/state/portfolio-level), results sharing, and professional
    development workshops for leadership teams – for all YouthTruth
    products (student surveys, family, surveys, and school staff
    surveys).
  • Oversee sales, marketing, and outreach efforts to engage
    regional funders, states and districts; and to apply YouthTruth’s
    experience to ongoing school improvement effor
  • Focus team on ensuring that clients understand, and are well
    positioned to use, assessment results – demonstrating patience,
    empathy, and an appreciation for organizational dynamics and the
    barriers to change and
  • Oversee research agenda and publication of two to four reports
    annually drawing on YouthTruth’s aggregate national dataset.
• Manage and convene an external Advisory Board to provide
  strategic guidance.
• Manage a 17-person team and foster a strong team culture that
  prioritizes cohesion, mentorship, trust, respect, and empathy.

 

Qualifications

 

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the
  ability to build relationships with a variety of constituents and
  present a vision and a compelling case for organizational
  support
• Superior analytical skills and comfort drawing insights from
  data and applying them to broader context and application
• At least 10 years of relevant work experience, including
  experience managing teams in a fast‐paced Edtech organization,
  school district or network, nonprofit, or business environment

• Demonstrated experience successfully bringing an initiative or
  business to scale
• Exceptional project management skills and experience managing a
  small team across multiple dynamic workstreams
• Strong strategic acumen, understanding of organizational
  dynamics, and ability to navigate challenging political
  climates
• Commitment to the role that data can play in improving the
  performance of education improvement efforts
• Interest in leading a growing team in a highly entrepreneurial,
  fast‐paced environment;
• Willingness to “roll up one’s sleeves”
• Experience leading marketing and sales efforts
• A commitment to excellence and diversity, equity, and
  inclusion; in particular, experience with – and strong advocacy for
  – marginalized communities
• Strong risk tolerance and comfort with ambiguity
• Ability to lead, motivate, and support a passionate and
  dedicated staff
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in Education,
  Business, or similar field preferred
• Estimated 25 percent travel required

 

We believe diversity and inclusion are key drivers of creativity
and innovation, and we actively seek out candidates from many types
of diverse backgrounds to apply for this exciting role.

 

Benefits

We successfully compete for top talent across the public and
private sectors and offer competitive compensation and benefits,
including:

• 
  A commitment to pay parity and salary equity. The annual salary
  for this role is ­­­­$255,000 (CA)
• Performance based incentive compensation plan
• Comprehensive health and dental insurance plans
• Generous paid time off plan, including up to 15 holidays, three
  weeks of accrued vacation, and two personal days per year
• Flexible working schedule options
• 401(k) plan with a 1:1 Employer Match up to 5% of total
  compensation
• Generous annual personal professional development
  allowance
• Flexible spending and dependent care tax free savings
  plans
• Life insurance covered 100% by the organization

 

Location:

 

This role will be based in our San Francisco, California
office.

 

We strive to balance in-person time with flexibility and the
needs of each person, team, and the organization. We believe

culture, communication, trust, training, and certain kinds of
creative work benefit from in-office interactions – and that remote
work also has many advantages. Staff are expected to be in the
office one day per week and enjoy the option to work fully remotely
from anywhere four weeks per year. That said, given the leadership
role the Vice President will play and the size of the YouthTruth
team, we’d expect a more significant in-office presence for this
leader: perhaps two to three days a week in the office when not
travelling.

 

About YouthTruth

YouthTruth was born out of a
conversation between the Center for Effective Philanthropy and the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation back in 2008. The Foundation was
seeking to hear from more voices – and one that was missing was the
voice of the people whose lives they were trying to affect: the
students themselves.

YouthTruth is based on the simple but powerful premise that when
you get timely feedback from those you’re trying to serve, and
really listen to that feedback to make changes, you get better.

 

About CEP

For two decades, CEP has led the movement to improve
philanthropy through a powerful combination of dispassionate
analysis and a passionate commitment to improving lives. Today,
over 350 foundations around the world have used CEP’s assessments
and advisory services to gather honest feedback from their
stakeholders in an effort to learn how to be even more effective.
CEOs and trustees have come to rely on our research for insights
into foundation effectiveness on a wide range of topics, from
assessing performance to developing strategy to managing
stakeholder relationships. Our highly regarded
programming—including our biennial conference—gives foundation
leaders an exclusive and unprecedented opportunity to connect with
their peers. Strengths of CEP’s work culture are
entrepreneurialism, accountability, teamwork, collegiality,
diversity, and mutual respect.

 

To Apply

Please fill out our application for
employment and attach a resume and a thoughtful cover
letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the
qualifications of the position. If you have any questions, please
contact Leaha Wynn, Senior Manager, People and Culture and D&I
Strategist or Alyse d’Amico, Vice President of People and Culture
at jobs [at] cep [dot] org. Applications will be reviewed on a
rolling basis.

 

We believe that a diversity of thoughts, experiences,
backgrounds, personalities, and identities helps us think bigger
and better, and enables us to reach our goals more effectively. We
are committed to building a diverse staff and encourage individuals
from all backgrounds to apply.

 

Once a candidate begins our process, we discourage outreach
to our staff for interviews or conversations that are outside our
standard interview process. We have worked hard to design a process
that is fair and rigorous and achieves a good match between
candidates and CEP/YouthTruth.

 

We evaluate candidates based on their merits. We strongly
discourage unsolicited references. We will ask for references if
and when a candidacy reaches a finalist stage.