Candidates within Sacramento Region preferred.
We are seeking a Director to join the Foundation in its mission of benefitting, supporting, and enhancing the California Community Colleges—the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. The Foundation for California Community Colleges is on a mission to double its impact in the next 10 years. We are a group of relentless optimists and innovators in education, working collaboratively with public and private partners to help improve the student experience and expand pathways to economic and social mobility in communities across California.
What You’ll Do
The Guided Pathways Implementation Team consists of 15 regional coordinators that work directly with college personnel to plan and implement systemwide reforms in support of Vision 2030. The team also includes 3 associate directors who manage the teams assigned to work directly with colleges. The team helps ensure that the college personnel working to change outcomes for students, increasing completions rates and closing equity gaps, receive the support and resources they need to do their work effectively and in alignment across initiatives. This is a visible position which works directly with Chancellor’s Office Executive staff regularly and is responsible for contractual obligations. This position works in collaboration with other directors of the Success Center to align and integrate the work of their teams while also reporting on accomplishments and performance indicators.
- Work closely with Chancellor’s Office Executive staff to define and iteratively refine workplans for the team.
- Represent the Foundation and Success Center in meetings about the team and the needs across the system related to Vision 2030.
- Collaborate with Success Center program directors to integrate and align programmatic work for system impact.
- Responsible for the execution of annual workplans to achieve deliverables in contracts, remaining in budget.
- Understand, communicate about and report on the achievements of the team to Success Center, Foundation and Chancellor’s Office.
- Ensure management of all staff aligns with timelines, policies and procedures of the Foundation and Success Center including annual performance reviews, compensation recommendations, KPI reporting, human and financial resource planning.
- Manage the team and the progress at colleges using agile principles ensuring that the work of the team is transparent, iterative and responsive to the Chancellor’s Office and needs of the field.
Attributes for Success
- Must have demonstrated experience working at scale, either implementing statewide or national programs in higher education.
- Knowledge of community college reform efforts, knowledge of Guided Pathways preferred
- Familiarity with strategic goals of the California community college system and interventions that support student success including, postsecondary pathways, dual enrollment, credit for prior learning, improved transition from high school to college, course-sequencing, program and pathway design, industry-aligned competencies and credentials, and acceleration in developmental education
- Qualitative research skills and analytical skills; ability to examine different sources of evidence to find common themes
- Knowledge of quantitative methods, statistical analysis, and qualitative tools and strategies
- Demonstrated skill at leading teams of professionals working with institutions of higher education
- We’re recruiting for mission-driven, passionate, equity-minded individuals with a strong desire to impact and change people’s lives for the better
- Our work holds great weight and responsibility, and the opportunity to impact the lives of millions
- Innovation, creativity, collaboration, and entrepreneurship are encouraged as employees work to achieve organizational goals
- FoundationCCC blends the impact of a non-profit, the culture of an entrepreneurial start-up, and the scale of a state agency
- Team members are hired for their expertise in niche areas across our areas of impact and higher education overall, and for their knowledge of business, philanthropy, technology, communications, and more
- We have a commitment to professional development and an emphasis on shared leadership, to ensure growth for employees and the organization overall
What we Offer
FoundationCCC is fully committed to a “remote-first” philosophy, and recruits and hires talent across the state in fully remote positions, where virtual work is possible. Our headquarters are located in Downtown Sacramento, just blocks from California’s State Capitol.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, generous PTO, holidays
- Medical, dental, and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Wellness offerings
- CalPERS retirement program and optional 403(b) and 457 Retirement plans
- Tuition reimbursement
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer
If you have any additional questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Budgeted Annual Salary Pay Range:
$135,000.00 - $145,000.00
Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.
What We Do
The Foundation for California Community Colleges (FoundationCCC) works to benefit students, colleges, and communities by reducing barriers to opportunities for all Californians and accelerating paths to economic and social mobility. The organization was founded in 1998 and serves as the official statewide nonprofit organization supporting the California Community Colleges, the largest system of higher education in the nation.
FoundationCCC operates just over 70 programs and services that improve educational access and affordability, address basic needs, connect students to work-based learning, and tackle local climate change effects. These programs are organized across six priority Areas of Impact: Student Success, Workforce, Development, Equity, Community Impact, Climate Action, and System Support. The organization’s work is made possible through funding from and partnerships with philanthropy, public agencies, corporations, and donors.
Since inception in 1998, FoundationCCC has grown to be one of the largest operating foundations in higher education, with over 550 full-time employees and annual revenues of over $167 million.
