Job Description

Location: New York,New York,United States

Established in 1971, Interschool is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that serves the educational goals of its eight member schools Brearley, Browning, Chapin, Collegiate, Dalton, Nightingale-Bamford, Spence and Trinity by providing opportunities for enrichment through collaboration. The Executive Director of Interschool is the liaison between the member schools and is responsible for running the curricular and extracurricular programs that serve students, teachers, administrators, trustees, and parents, and link the schools to the greater New York City community.

The key liaison between the member schools, the Executive Director leads collaborative
efforts including providing short- and long-term planning for member schools around
parent programming and professional development efforts. The Director ensures
member schools are informed and in alignment across a variety of initiatives and topics
and does this by:

• Setting the agendas for and directing the regularly scheduled meetings with
  various school constituencies throughout the school year. These groups include:
  Heads of School, Division Heads of Lower, Middle and Upper school,
  Department chairs, College Guidance Officers, CFOs and Parent Association representatives.
• Regularly reporting outcomes and proposing initiatives that stem from the regularly scheduled meetings.
• Supervising the Associate Director of Interschool
• Organizing emergency gatherings when issues or weather events affect our communities.
• Creating and developing an Interschool-wide Community Engagement Program, including affinity groups, extra-curricular classes, and off-campus activities.
• Working with school leaders to organize events, programming and professional development for new and veteran faculty and administrators and assisting schools with their recruitment and retention plans for diverse faculties and staff.
• Leading and organizing the annual 10th Grade Interschool trip to Frost Valley
• Supervising the Interschool Prom coordinator who helps plan and organize the end of year dance for the senior classes of Brearley, Browning, Collegiate, Nightingale, Spence and also the Hewitt School.
• Creating interesting and engaging parent and guardian programming that serves
  the needs of the communities through family education, community building and best practices.
• Effectively communicating with a variety of school leaders and community members on a range of topics and initiatives.

What you will bring to the role:

Bachelor’s Degree required
Program management and leadership experience.
Previous experience in a school environment.
Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with a high degree of discretion
Highly effective communication skills
Comfortable working with a variety of stakeholders from students to Heads of School

Compensation will be commensurate with experience. The range is $150,000-$160,000 annually.

How to Apply: Candidates must submit a current résumé and cover letter and send it
to amoroney@chapin.edu. To be considered for the first round of review, please submit your materials by Wednesday, April 8

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