Job description

ABOUT IMENTOR

iMentor has developed a student-centric, cost-effective model that makes mentoring rigorous, reliable and consistent.

Mentors help ensure that more low-income, first-generation college students graduate high school college-ready and make

the successful transition to college. iMentor’s model addresses four key challenges:

• Getting More Mentors Involved: iMentor’s model adds flexibility to the volunteer commitment without sacrificing the

rigor of mentoring relationships, increasing the number of people who can volunteer. Mentors and mentees build

relationships using a combination of weekly email exchanges and monthly in-person meetings.

• Making Mentoring Effective: iMentor has identified a unique niche in which mentors are highly effective, helping

students build non-classroom competencies that are linked to high school and college success. Even if mentors don’t

have previous experience in education or youth-development, iMentor’s model makes them effective in their roles

through a combination of curriculum and targeted staff support.

• Whole School Partnerships in NYC: The program enrolls entire grades, eliminating self-selection and providing a

holistic student support resource for schools. Mentors augment guidance and college counseling programs—which are

often under-staffed and under-resourced—providing every single student in a school with one-on-one support from a

caring adult and supporting the development of a college going culture in schools.

• Provide the iMentor Model to Others Through iMentor Interactive: iMentor partners with non-profits and schools

and provides them with everything they need to run quality mentoring programs in the iMentor model, including: a highimpact

curriculum, an online platform for managing all aspects of the mentoring program, and intensive consulting

services.

Impact: This year alone, the organization will serve 2,400 students in NYC. In 2009-10, 83% of mentees graduated from

high school and 67% enrolled in college. Compared to non-iMentor participants, mentees showed statistically significant

increases in math grades, standardized test scores, and attendance.

Growth: iMentor is in the middle of an ambitious five year growth plan, which includes national expansion through iMentor

Interactive, as well as growing the mentoring program in New York City. By 2013, iMentor will reach 3,000 mentee-mentor

pairs in New York City and empower countless organizations across the country to build a national mentoring movement.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Deputy Director of iMentor New York City (DD NYC) is responsible for ensuring that iMentor’s New York City mentoring
program equips mentees with the skills and resources critical for navigating challenges common among first-generation
college students. The Deputy Director will lead iMentor’s largest team, comprised of Program Managers and Program
Coordinators, to provide all mentee-mentor pairs with high-quality support to drive engagement and impact between pairs.
The DD NYC is responsible for developing and implementing processes, policies and training to reach iMentor’s
participation and impact goals. S/he will be a dynamic leader able to motivate a large and diverse team to achieve ambitious
results. S/he will be a results-oriented, strategic, analytical professional able to make decisions that optimize program
quality, drive results for participants, and improve the effectiveness of program operations.
Reporting to the Managing Director of iMentor NYC, the Deputy Director will join the diverse, passionate, results-oriented,
and fun staff at iMentor, one of the nation’s most innovative and quickly growing social enterprises. iMentor was selected for
inclusion in the first ever federal Social Innovation Fund and has been recognized as one of the 50 Best Nonprofits to Work
For by The Nonprofit Times.

Major Responsibilities

• Lead a growing team of 30 to provide all aspects of mentee-mentor pair support for iMentor’s NYC program to ensure that iMentor consistently provides high quality, effective support to nearly 5,000 program participants.
• Shape strategy and develop systems for program execution, volunteer management, partner school recruitment, curriculum development, systems development, and participant tracking in collaboration with the iMentor NYC senior team.
• Advance both day-to-day operations and long-term strategy by integrating learnings from on-going assessment, research, evaluation, and best practices to continuously improve pair support and program impact.
• Oversee the hiring, on-boarding, training, management, and development of the NYC program team (currently comprised of 6 Program Managers and 24 Program Coordinators).
• Create and manage systems for best-practice sharing with the iMentor Interactive team and member community.
• Participate in iMentor NYC and organization-wide initiatives, requiring evening and weekend events.

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Required

• A sincere and deep commitment to the fundamental belief that every child deserves a college education and that college closes the opportunity gap
• Minimum of 6 years of work experience, with at least 4 years of proven success managing individuals and teams toward ambitious, measurable results.
• Subject matter expertise in education, youth development, and/or mentoring with a strong preference for experience working with historically under-served youth and under-resourced communities.
• Ability to motivate, excite and inspire staff with focus on supporting managers and developing talent.
• Strong project manager with the ability to identify needs, scope projects and execute multi-faceted processes in a team driven context.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to cultivate and nurture relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong strategic thinker who can analyze data, recognize trends, and drive strategic recommendations.
• Comfort with web-based technology.
• Resourceful, results-oriented, team-player with a positive “can do” attitude and a sense of humor.
• Flexible and adaptable, open to change, learning and improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.

Application process

APPLICATION PROCESS

• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
• 90% employer funded comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• 18 days paid annual vacation + 13 paid holidays

APPLY AND LEARN MORE

Visit www.imentor.org/jobs to submit a resume and detailed cover letter (including salary requirements) describing your
interest in and qualifications for the position. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, so it is in candidates’ best
interest to apply as soon as possible. No phone, email, mail, or fax inquiries will receive a response.

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