Chief Program Officer; RNY Job New York New York USA,Management

Position: Chief Program Officer (RNY)
Location: New York

Direct Reports:

Director of Academics and College Readiness, Director of Community Rowing, Director of Youth Rowing

Reports To:

Deputy Executive Director

Position Summary:

The Chief Program Officer at Row New York has the opportunity to support and oversee all of the organization’s rowing and academic programs and carry out the strategic vision for the organization. The CPO will be an integral part of Row New York’s senior leadership team and ensure high quality, effective, and safe programs for middle school and high school students, people with disabilities, and veterans by providing management and programmatic skills, and oversight to the organization.

The CPO should be a highly motivated, seasoned manager of people, teams and projects, and a strong communicator with a passion for youth’s success regardless of their background or ability. Candidates should be experienced in and committed to fostering the development of staff and students, provide vision and expertise to the program team, and multi-task exceptionally well. The CPO will work out of Row New York’s office in Midtown Manhattan and will travel to program sites in upper Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn regularly.

Key Responsibilities:

In coordination with the Deputy Executive Director and other members of the leadership team, play a key role in the overall development, strategic planning, program delivery, and management of the organization across multiple sites and departments
Oversee the management of all youth rowing and academic programs, adaptive, and veterans’ rowing to ensure programs are run safely, inclusively, and professionally, meet strategic and budgetary goals, and align with Row New York’s mission
Oversee the coordination, integration, and delivery of all programs, promoting collaborative relationships between programs and ensuring that the expectations of funders, partners, participants, and other stakeholders are consistently met
Provide leadership, guidance and oversight to all programming staff; directly manage three program directors; provide assistance and guidance to directors on managing their programs and staff, including implementing opportunities for growth and development
Deploy resources efficiently and effectively, working with staff to balance workload and effort, and provide regular feedback to managers enabling them to lead effective teams
Determine staffing plans and participate in hiring decisions for program staff; assist in onboarding new staff within programs and across the organization
Support a culture that promotes professionalism, hard work, responsiveness, warmth, high challenge, high support, and respect
Work with the Metrics and Evaluation Manager to ensure programmatic metrics are being tracked, submitted, and analyzed to ensure program accountability and progress of participants; engage in both the creation and evaluation of measurable outcomes and timelines to meet those goals
Work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and the Operations Team to budget for and monitor programmatic operations to ensure sound fiscal and facilities management to support programs and services
Provide program information and outcomes to the Development and Communications team on a regular basis and promote a culture of philanthropy across the program team
Work closely with the Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Development Officer, and their teams to effectively market programs and recruit participants, and to provide data and insights to secure funding from foundations, individuals, and government entities

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree required; master’s in nonprofit management, education or related field preferred
Minimum of 7 years’ related professional experience, with significant experience in a…