America's Promise Alliance seeks Director of Youth Engagement

America's Promise Alliance is seeking is a strategic, proactive, task-driven and detail-oriented team player to expand our  youth leadership initiatives focused on strengthening dialogue between young people and youth-serving organizations, supporting the capacity of Alliance partners to authentically engage with young people, and amplifying young people’s perspectives.  The director helps achieve overall organizational goals by providing leadership and support in the following areas: building relationships at the national, regional, state and local levels; implementing key strategies to increase engagement; and engaging stakeholders including national partners, local collaborations, organizations, youth networks and individual leaders in America’s Promise’s campaigns. This position is an excellent opportunity to experience various aspects of an integrated team within a national youth development nonprofit organization. 

The director must enjoy working in an inclusive and diverse office environment, have experience working directly with young people, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and possess a passion for issues affecting children and youth. This position will report to the Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships and will work closely with teams across the organization and externally with national, state, and local youth development organizations.

The successful candidate is someone who takes initiative, has strong problem-solving capabilities, builds relationships, is flexible, responsive, and demonstrates personal accountability while incorporating a brings a youth lens across projects. She or he will combine strong organizational skills with a meticulous attention to detail. A strong collaborator, he or she will be ready to help others on the smallest task or take initiative to solve a problem or lead a project successfully.