Call for applications: Executive Director
Are you passionate about providing better educational access to deserving yet underserved and underrepresented students? Do you want to improve our community for the better by helping to elevate the next generation of leaders and thinkers? If so, we hope you’ll join us in our mission to provide access to education for *all* students, regardless of their backgrounds or socioeconomic status.
Acceso Academy is a small 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers low-cost, high quality admissions counseling assistance for college and graduate school, and SAT & GRE preparation classes, to underserved and underrepresented students in the Southern California area. Our approach is different from the big corporations: we have no more than ten students in every classroom/coaching session, so we can provide individualized attention to every one of our motivated students.
Visit our website to watch a short video about Acceso Academy here to get a better sense of who we are and what we do: http://www.accesoacademy.org/a-short-video.html
SUMMARY:
The Executive Director (ED) is responsible for coordinating and running programming at Acceso Academy. This is a part-time remote position, allowing the ED to work from home (or library, or coffee shop, or…). All programmatic activities take place online.
HOURS & COMPENSATION:
This position is part-time, and hours vary on a weekly basis. We anticipate that hours will typically not exceed 7-8 hours in any given week at the start, with the opportunity to grow quickly into approaching 20 hours a week; the ED will be able to flexibly set their own hours. Compensation is dependent on experience, beginning at $25/hour. The ED will be hired initially as a self-employed contract worker (1099-MISC, W4) and not an employee; no benefits are to be included with this position. At the Board of Directors’ discretion, the ED may assemble a benefits package for all >50% time employees of the company and participate in such a package, if at a future date this position is converted into a salaried employee position at 50% time or above.
EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:
DATA ENTRY RESPONSIBILITIES:
COORDINATION RESPONSIBILITIES:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
LOCATION:
Interested applicants should prepare:
>> Please submit all materials to this form <<
Application deadline: for full consideration, applications should be received by July 9, 2022.
We look forward to meeting you!
Acceso Academy is a small 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers low-cost, high quality admissions counseling assistance for college and graduate school, and SAT & GRE preparation classes, to underserved and underrepresented students in the Southern California area. Our approach is different from the big corporations: we have no more than ten students in every classroom/coaching session, so we can provide individualized attention to every one of our motivated students.
Visit our website to watch a short video about Acceso Academy here to get a better sense of who we are and what we do: http://www.accesoacademy.org/a-short-video.html
SUMMARY:
The Executive Director (ED) is responsible for coordinating and running programming at Acceso Academy. This is a part-time remote position, allowing the ED to work from home (or library, or coffee shop, or…). All programmatic activities take place online.
HOURS & COMPENSATION:
This position is part-time, and hours vary on a weekly basis. We anticipate that hours will typically not exceed 7-8 hours in any given week at the start, with the opportunity to grow quickly into approaching 20 hours a week; the ED will be able to flexibly set their own hours. Compensation is dependent on experience, beginning at $25/hour. The ED will be hired initially as a self-employed contract worker (1099-MISC, W4) and not an employee; no benefits are to be included with this position. At the Board of Directors’ discretion, the ED may assemble a benefits package for all >50% time employees of the company and participate in such a package, if at a future date this position is converted into a salaried employee position at 50% time or above.
EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage expenses and contractor compensation.
- Liaise with accountant to file 990 and other required tax forms (1x / year).
- Manage Registry of Charitable Trusts (1x / year) registration.
- Manage liability insurance invoices & renewals.
- Discover funding opportunities & coordinate with Board of Directors to develop, write, and submit funding applications.
- Liaise with local and national contacts at partner organizations to develop flexible programming in response to partner needs, in coordination with Board of Directors.
- Maintain branding and web presence, including keeping the website up to date.
- Develop agendas for and run regularly-scheduled Board meetings.
DATA ENTRY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collect and record coaches’ feedback from instructional sessions, e.g. ratings, student surveys, and attendance sheets.
- Help monitor student fee payments as necessary.
COORDINATION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Prepare for seasonal sessions & classes.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree and work experience in areas related to education and/or nonprofit administration. Graduate degree preferred.
- Willing to commit to one year of semi-flexible part-time work (Saturdays during coaching, other occasional remote work as needed).
- Reliable access to a computer and internet connection.
- Proficient in Google Office Suite (Docs, Sheets, and Presentations).
- Comfortable with data entry & excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent written and oral English skills.
- Comfortable communicator, at ease around students and parents.
- Previous experience working with high school/college students.
- Previous experience working as a tutor or in a classroom environment (especially regarding standardized testing or college/graduate admissions).
- Previous experience in grant writing and/or fundraising.
- Knowledge about standardized testing and the college and/or graduate admissions process.
- Able to be legally employed as an Independent Contractor in the United States.
- Willing and able to pass a background check, including legally capable of working with minors.
- We particularly encourage applications from women, disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates.
- Have a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Be passionate about improving access to educational opportunities for these deserving students!
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Previous experience in nonprofit administration or similar preferred.
- Spoken Spanish language skills strongly desired but not required.
LOCATION:
- Candidates in the Southern California (extended Los Angeles metro area, including Santa Barbara, Irvine, and Riverside) are strongly preferred but we will consider qualified applicants from all United States locations.
Interested applicants should prepare:
- A cover letter addressed to Dr. Megan Peters, President.
- A resume or CV.
- The names of two to three references.
>> Please submit all materials to this form <<
Application deadline: for full consideration, applications should be received by July 9, 2022.
We look forward to meeting you!