Executive Director

Achieve believes in the potential of every child. Celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year, Achieve has worked since its founding to bridge disparities, provide meaningful educational experiences, and close opportunity gaps for students throughout Miami-Dade by providing educational and enrichment programs that demonstrate the power of students learning with and from each other. Grounded in the values of opportunity, sharing, learning, equitable access, community, and connections, Achieve currently has two main priorities:
Achieve Miami and the Teacher Accelerator Program (TAP), addressing significant areas of need in the community.

Partnering with public and private schools, Achieve Miami designs and manages programs that extend learning opportunities for students, teachers, and educators through programs including Achieve Saturdays, Achieve Summer, Achieve Scholars, Achieve Club, Achieve Alumni, and Achieve Music. Achieve Miami currently serves over 1,000 students a year in 70 schools and will broaden their impact by increasing programmatic presence in the communities they serve and creating additional opportunities for future students.

Continuing to innovate and respond to community needs, Achieve created the Teacher Accelerator Program (TAP) in 2022, in response to the national teacher shortage. TAP is building a pipeline of skilled educators by recruiting, training, and mentoring aspiring teachers, preparing them to inspire and educate the next generation of students. By investing in future educators, TAP helps ensure that every student has access to passionate, well-prepared teachers who make lasting impact on the lives of children.

With incredible success and growth in its first two years, TAP is poised for significant expansion throughout Florida and nationally.

Achieve is seeking a dynamic and seasoned leader to partner with Founder and President Leslie Miller Saiontz to continue to grow the organization’s reach and impact. With a new strategic plan in place, priorities include: continued growth of Achieve Miami programs and the Teacher Accelerator Program, building the visibility of Achieve, and ensuring the sustainability of the organization, including finalizing an organizational structure for Achieve Miami and TAP.

Building on a strong foundation, the Executive Director will partner with a passionate team and engaged Board of Directors to lead the execution of the strategic plan, oversee key operational and fundraising functions, and continue to build systems and structures to support the organization’s growth and success. Finally, the new Executive Director will embody the values of Achieve and continue to develop an organizational culture based in shared commitment, trust, communication, high expectations, and innovation.

This role offers an exciting opportunity for an individual with demonstrated success in organizational leadership, relationship management, and team empowerment to work alongside a dynamic and respected Founder to significantly increase Achieve’s impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Organizational Strategy and Management

• Lead the Achieve team, Founder, and Board in implementing the current strategic plan, guiding decisions that will position Achieve to grow sustainably while upholding programmatic excellence.

• Ensure ongoing excellence across programmatic and administrative functions, partnering with the Founder, Board and key staff to put into place systems and structures to ensure effectiveness and impact.

• Provide leadership and support to the senior management team with a focus on ensuring clarity of vision and goals, promoting staff retention, and supporting managers in building effective teams.

• Work with the Founder, Board, and key staff to develop budgets and financial management practices, human resource strategies, and other operational systems to support plans for growth and ensure accountability.

• Serve as a key leadership liaison to the Board, ensuring effective communication with Board as well as strong preparation for and follow-up from Board meetings.

Development and External Relationship-Building

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