School Network Staff Executive Director
Job Description
Are you an educational advocate who is committed to increasing access, quality and equity in Contra Costa County public education? Are you passionate about building Black and Brown parent power to ensure that historically underserved students have access to a high-quality public education? Do you believe that the people closest to the problem of quality education should have a seat at the table when it comes to policy and decision making? If this sounds like you, we encourage you to read on and join us as the inaugural Executive Director of an innovative new coalition of public charter schools.
About our Organization
The Contra Costa County Charter Coalition (5C) is an inclusive and growing coalition of high quality charter schools throughout Contra Costa County (CCC), including Aspire Public Schools – Richmond, Caliber Beta Academy, Making Waves Academy, Richmond College Prep, Rocketship Public Schools, and Voices College-Bound Academies that collectively serve more than 5,000 students.
Building on three years of collaborative efforts, charter school executive leaders have formally united to launch 5C, a new 501c3 organization that channels the inherent power of CCC charter school communities. Our families are united in a shared interest of high quality public schools, and we believe in their potential to champion equitable access to high quality schools. The priorities of 5C are to support successful charter renewals (starting in 2023) and to increase the influence of the CCC charter school community.
Together, we commit to these outcomes:
- Developing a cross-school council of charter family leaders who advocate collectively for public education quality, equity and access
- Building influential relationships with key elected officials, community leaders and education decision makers
- Increasing voter education and registration among the families and staff of our school communities
- Amplifying a holistic narrative about public charter schools in CCC through information campaigns
About You
The right leader will embody cultural humility to effectively collaborate with a team of ethnically and racially diverse colleagues and board members. They will understand institutional and structural racism, and other forms of oppression, and their impacts on historically underserved and underrepresented communities. In addition, the ideal candidate will manifest deep curiosity and have an openness to learning.
Core Responsibilities
As our founding Executive Director, you will:
Lead and Cultivate a New Coalition (20%)
- Create a strategy to meet coalition priorities and outcomes; gather buy-in and cultivate shared responsibility
- Convene and facilitate monthly coalition meetings, supporting the coalition to make decisions and foster mutual accountability
- Conduct one-on-ones to build relationships, loop in decision makers and sustain momentum with charter leaders and parent leaders
- Expand coalition to include other CCC charter schools
Drive Family Organizing, Advocacy Campaigns and Power Building (40%)
- Work with charter schools to build site-based family engagement and power, including supporting the establishment of a pyramid of engaged parents at each school site for collective actions
- Manage a Family Organizer who will lead the Family Leadership Council (FLC) in collaboration with school site family engagement staff to train and develop parent leaders to lead campaigns
- Engage coalition members in 2-3 advocacy campaigns per year that increase quality, equity and access in CCC public education (including voter education/registration/GOTV)
- Support individual charter school partners in their charter renewal
Create and Amplify Strategic Communications (20%)
- Design a communications strategy elevating a positive, united narrative about CCC charter schools
- Align charter schools’ internal messaging around high quality public education and amplify externally; support schools to implement with plug-and-play communications tools
- Connect coalition stakeholders (leaders and families) to local influentials; amplify positive charter narrative through strategic talking points
- Create a social media presence for 5C
Build a New Organization (20%)
- Build and manage a small team including consultants (3-4 people total)
- Lead fundraising and manage an annual budget
- Manage the interim Board and develop a long-term Board
- Develop the external branding for the new organization
Compensation
We offer a competitive salary, benefits and retirement package. Annual salary ranges from $150,000- $165,000 and is dependent on candidate experience.
This position reports to the interim 5Cs Board of Directors which currently consists of charter school leaders.
Equity, Inclusion and Diversity
5C is an equal opportunity employer. You will be part of a team that values a diversity of cultures, perspectives, and lived experiences. We carefully consider every applicant who takes the time to apply. 5C strives to reflect the community it is proud to engage with and strongly encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds to consider working at 5C. We seek talented and qualified individuals regardless of age, ancestry, color, creed, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, military obligations, national origins, physical abilities, race, religion, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, and veteran status.
