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Job Opening – LeaderKids Program Manager

Mission: provide Fort Worth with diverse and enlightened leadership

Position Title: Program Manager

Category: Part-time employee
Supervisor: Program Director, LeadershipClass and LeadingEdge
Collaborates with: Program & Events Coordinator and Operations Manager Office
Location: Work remotely, at program sites and Leadership Fort Worth’s office at WeWork Clearfork

 

Organization Summary:
Leadership Fort Worth (LFW) was established in 1972 as a resource for community leadership succession planning, with the first Leadership Class graduating in 1973. The founding organizations were the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Fort Worth Junior League, Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan University, and the University of Texas at Arlington. Texas Electric, now Oncor, provided needed in-kind support. LFW graduates total nearly 4,000 and are leaders not only in government but a wide variety of volunteer and appointed roles. LFW is among the oldest community leadership development organizations in the country and consists of four programs: LeadershipClass, LeadingEdge, LeaderKids, and LeaderPrime. LFW is a proud member of the Association of Leadership Programs (ALP) and was recognized with its Excellence in Innovation award in 2015. It’s an exciting time to join LFW under the leadership of its new Executive Director, Jennifer Treviño who became LFW’s third Executive Director in January 2021 and as the organization celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023.

 

Position Description:
At Leadership Fort Worth, we believe everyone has a leader inside. Our youth program, LeaderKids, encourages middle-school students to develop leadership skills such as taking initiative, setting achievable goals, and becoming strong communicators.

What started in 1995 with a simple invitation by then Mayor Kay Granger to become involved with the “Our City, Our Children” initiative to make Fort Worth a “more child-friendly city” has become one of our most impactful programs.

LeaderKids is an operating program of Leadership Fort Worth in partnership with the Fort Worth Independent School District. Participants are select eighth-grade students representing middle schools in the school district, chosen with the assistance of the Intervention Specialists in the schools. The LeaderKids program offers well-rounded opportunities and experiences for participants to create future leaders.

The LeaderKids Program Manager guides and manages the LeaderKids program which has graduated over 1,200 students through the 2022 school year. Currently, the LeaderKids program is centered on Five Leadership Practices but may shift in the future with input from the Program Manager, Program Director and program partners:

  1. Model The Way
  2. Inspire a Shared Vision
  3. Enable Others to Act
  4. Challenge The Process
  5. Encourage The Heart

Students have the opportunity to put these skills into practice through their annual Service Project to achieve the following objectives:

  1. Understand the process of planning a project
  2. Cultivate the skills of brainstorming, consensus building, decision making, resource management, collaboration, execution, and completion
  3. Practice working with partners of different backgrounds having unique expertise and personalities
  4. Contribute towards and improve the community in which they live

 

Major Areas of Responsibility:

  • 80% of the role is focused on overseeing program planning, logistics, and implementation for LeaderKids:
    • Develop curriculum for LK in coordination with the Executive Director and LFW team,
    • Communicate and coordinate with FWISD middle school counselors, administration, and parents of LK participants,
    • Communicate and coordinate with the TCU Leadership Center and the college student mentors,
    • Coordinate LK Steering Committee in partnership with the LFW Board member who serves as Chair of the Committee,
    • Partner with the Executive Director and LFW team on the LK Service Project and LK Alum activities,
    • Collaboratively develop LK Outcomes and oversee evaluation procedures, especially to support reporting to funders.
    • Provide content for website for LeaderKids and other LFW events as appropriate,
  • 20% of this role is focused on these remaining areas:
    • Develop and manage budget for LeaderKids in partnership with the Program Director and Finance Manager
    • Support fund development for LeaderKids,
    • Attend board meetings, board retreats, staff meetings, staff retreats, member events and fundraisers.
    • Attend and assist with LFW events as needed;
    • In addition to essential job elements and duties listed here, other duties may be assigned or assumed which are within the scope of the position of Program Manager – LeaderKids.

 

Specific Responsibilities of the Job:

  • Plan the program year and schedule (a draft schedule of the 2022-2023 is under review with Fort Worth ISD)
    • Coordinate with staff to develop the calendar for all elements of LeaderKids
    • Determine elements to be included within the program year 3
    • Participate in staff planning and meetings
    • Attend Board meetings as needed
  • Provide feedback and guidance to Nominations Committee to identify the best program participants to volunteer for the LK Steering Committee each year
    • Recruit committee members in partnership with the Program Director and as needed, Executive Director
    • Provide guidelines and responsibilities to committee for recruiting
    • Work with LK Steering Committee Chair to set and run meetings

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Job Requirements:

  • Broad knowledge and experience in youth/young adult education and group processes
  • Broad knowledge about Fort Worth, its history and culture
  • Broad knowledge of people and organizations in Fort Worth
  • Above average skills in public speaking, communication and organization
  • Excellent skills in relationship development
  • Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and implement programs and associated events
  • Demonstrated ability to achieve and measure outcomes
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel

 

Education and Experience:

  • Degree: College degree required in related field such as K-12 education, social work, training design & facilitation
  • Years of experience: minimum of 2 years required; 3+ years preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience with:
    • Youth/young adult education
    • Program management
    • Nonprofit organizations
    • Volunteer management
    • Working with diverse populations and familiarity with diversity, equity and inclusion practices
  • Other preferred experience: bilingual/fluent in Spanish

 

Physical Demands:
This position requires the ability to operate phones, computers, and other office equipment, and the physical ability to perform light lifting. This person must be able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with others. Work is typically performed in an office setting. This person may be required to travel to various locations throughout Fort Worth and Tarrant County. Generally, the working conditions have little or no exposure to extremes in safety hazards or hazardous materials.

(These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for a Program Director to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.)


Applications:

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume via email to Jennifer Treviño, Executive Director at jennifer.trevino@leadershipfortworth.org.

Learn more about Leadership Fort Worth by visiting www.leadershipfortworth.org and following us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

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