Job Description:

Gateway Public Schools is seeking a dynamic individual to serve as our Director of Partnerships. This newly created position is crucial to our organizational vision of building a 21st Century educational model that connects schools, students and the community in order to better prepare students for the future and leverage the incredible resources available in the Bay Area on behalf of public school students. The Director of Partnerships will serve as the primary liaison between Gateway staff and community-based organizations in order to build upon and strengthen existing partnerships as well as develop new partnerships that support real-world learning and opportunities in the STEM fields. The Director of Partnerships will report directly to the Executive Director and will work closely with other Gateway leaders in order to expand Gateway’s programs, partnerships and visibility.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

 Manage and expand (as appropriate) Gateway’s current partnerships with community-based organizations and nonprofits that provide real-world and STEM learning experiences for Gateway students.

 Identify, pursue and lead efforts to develop new partnerships that create additional learning opportunities and course offerings. New offerings/opportunities for our students will be:

Connecting students to community-based programs (internship, afterschool, summer)
Bringing programs to the school site (into existing classes, creating new elective classes or after school workshops through partnerships)
Potential STEM offerings such as Computer Science and Robotics for both schools, Tinkering Classes/Spaces, Minecraft design, Gardening and Environmental Science, etc.
Potential Arts offerings: Maker spaces, music (e.g. SFJazz), architecture/engineering challenges, artist-in-residence programming, etc.

 Develop and implement a sustainable process/protocol for building partnerships with community-based organizations and integrating into our schools.

 Working with appropriate Gateway staff, systematize and digitize the ways we research, compile and publicize STEM and real-world learning opportunities for students. Coordinate with Gateway staff to actively recruit and match students with these opportunities.

 Coordinate with Gateway staff to develop effective systems to track and document participation of students, volunteers, partners, etc.

 Collaborate with Director of Communications to publicize and celebrate Gateway’s partnerships and student learning opportunities in the STEM fields and real-world learning.

 Partner with Gateway’s Development Team to identify and cultivate opportunities for external and partnerships for programs through corporate, federal or foundation support.

 Work with key Gateway staff to support and oversee program budgets, logistical and legal responsibilities, communication efforts with staff and community in relation to partnership-based programs.

Key Competencies (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Work Demands)

 Commitment to Gateway’s mission: belief that all students can be successful, strong respect for the value of diversity, commitment to providing opportunities and experiences for students and families who are historically underrepresented in a variety of college and professional fields.

 Experience with education, schools, nonprofits, volunteer management, program development, etc.

 Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to interact and communicate with a wide variety of audiences, including Board, volunteers, corporate community, nonprofit leaders, staff, vendors, etc. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from a wide variety of audiences. Good people-person.

 A creative self-starter who is able to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously; able to adapt to changing priorities.

 Able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.

 Strong language and reasoning skills including ability to read, analyze and interpret a wide variety of sources and data; ability to write reports and correspondences. Ability to synthesize and present data in tables, graphs, etc.

 Excellent organizational, research, planning, writing and implementation skills; detail-oriented with strong follow-through and initiative.

 MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Google Apps, and FileMaker Pro proficiency and web competency strongly preferred, including data management/presentation and mail merge

About Gateway Public Schools

Gateway Public Schools’ mission is to prepare a broad range of learners for success in college and beyond. As model, public charter schools, we are committed to serving a student population that reflects the diversity of San Francisco and the Bay Area including a special emphasis on students with diagnosed learning disabilities, and helping each and every one of our students get into college and thrive. We believe that all students are capable of learning at high levels when schools pair high expectations and a school-wide understanding that students learn differently. At Gateway, we combine a rigorous academic program with an approach where the individual talents, strengths, and needs of our learners are identified and supported.

In addition to providing high quality public education to our students, we seek to accomplish two important broader goals:

1) By ensuring that each of our students (more than 80% of whom are students of color, more than 40% are first-generation college-bound, and more than 25% have diagnosed learning disabilities) has post-secondary opportunities, we hope to help change the demographics of the college-bound population in San Francisco;

2) By serving as model public schools, we hope to demonstrate that public education can and does work for diverse learners, share our best practices, and, as such, serve as a change agent within the public sphere.

We invite you to visit our website at:

http://www.gatewaypublicschools.org

Why build a career at Gateway? Please visit:

http://www.gatewaypublicschools.org/page.cfm?p=715

Gateway Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate in its hiring of employees on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship, marital or veteran status, age, or disability. We actively seek diversity among faculty and administration as well as among students.

How to apply

To Apply:

Please submit a cover letter specifically explaining your interest in the work we do at Gateway Public Schools and why you are a great fit for this position, as well as a resume, and letters of recommendation and/or references to the following:

Danielle Ciccarelli, jobs@gatewaypublicschools.org

or

Gateway Public Schools

Attn: Danielle Ciccarelli

1430 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA 94115

No calls please.