Assistant Director of Implementation

Assistant Director Of Implementation

As part of a diverse community of faculty and staff who represent many faith systems and worldviews, City Connects, implemented through the Marian University Center of Vibrant Schools, seeks a full-time Assistant Director, to promote our Catholic Franciscan mission and identity by leading and execute the Technical Assistance Center's school implementation strategy and serve as an experienced program manager within the City Connects TA Center and practice.

The Assistant Director will report to the TA Center Director. The Assistant Director will be an integral member of the Center's leadership team hyper focused on ensuring the City Connects model is implemented with fidelity across all schools. The Assistant Director will be a project management expert at the Center for Vibrant Schools, most specifically serving as the conduit between the Center and the schools implementing the model and further leading, supporting, and coaching coordinators and district program managers and liaising with school and district level administration.

This will be accomplished by understanding and supporting the implementation of the City Connects model in the context of each school, consistently analyzing data to assess the implementation and develop strong communication systems amongst each school's administration, coordinator, program manager and the Center. The Assistant Director will work closely with the TA Center Director and will receive deep coaching and mentoring from the Boston College Center for Thriving Children.

City Connects, incubated and developed at Boston College and expanded to Marian University, is seeking a full-time Assistant Director of Implementation to coordinate and oversee the work of City Connects in current and new schools/districts. City Connects is an innovative approach to addressing the out-of-school factors that can impact students' achievement and thriving in schools. City Connects collaborates closely with districts, schools, and partnering community agencies to connect every student to a tailored set of supports and enrichments in the school and community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Actively engage the Catholic Franciscan mission and identity of Marian University by modeling the Franciscan Sponsorship Values, honoring the legacy of the founding congregation, promoting unity in diversity, and integrating the Catholic Franciscan intellectual traditions in courses, programs, and services;
• Charged with successful, effective implementation across schools, supervise and evaluate the work of Program Managers (who in turn supervises the coordinators implementing the model);
• Create and execute an internal strategic plan, with the Director, focused on the introduction of the model into new schools and the maintenance of the model in existing schools through meetings (e.g., with principals, other school faculty and staff, and district personnel), presentations, and other communications;
• Support the execution of grant award requirements in partnership with Director of City Connects Midwest and identified schools;
• In collaboration with the Director of Student Support Programs and Practice at the Center for Thriving Children, train, onboard, support, and coach Program Managers across districts on implementing the model in schools;
• Develop and implement weekly coaching sessions with Program Managers to ensure fidelity of the practice, adherence to the timeline prescribed in the Key Tasks & Benchmarks each year as supported by data analysis and problem solving, case consultations, etc.;
• Coordinate data collection and reporting across sites and in collaboration with the Program Managers, monitor data entry in MyConnects to ensure timeliness, completeness, and quality;
• In collaboration with Program Managers and school principals, recruit, interview and hire new Site Coordinators throughout the Midwest;
• Conduct a comprehensive performance review process in partnership with the Director for each Program Manager as defined by City Connects and Marian University's guidelines. The process includes regular observations, feedback (both oral and written) and…