Category: Executive Level

Director, City College for Municipal Employment (CCME): Community College of Philadelphia

Description:

The City College of Municipal Employment (CCME) is a strategic community and workforce initiative in partnership with the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Works, and the School District of Philadelphia that prepares Philadelphia residents for municipal jobs. The Director is responsible for providing leadership and oversight of CCME to ensure the successful implementation, execution and evaluation of the initiative. Working strategically and collaboratively with multiple internal and external stakeholders, the Director is responsible for day-to-day operations to achieve short-term and long-term objectives for enrollment, retention, completion, employment, and continuing education. The Director demonstrates proactive leadership and a commitment to the Mission, Goals and Core Values of Community College of Philadelphia.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the day-to-day operations and evaluation of CCME to ensure achievement of short term and long-term goals.
  • Serve as one of the chief points of contact of CCME for internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to the Mayor’s Office.
  • Work collaboratively with multiple College units, such as Enrollment Management, Institutional Research, Financial Aid, Marketing and Communications, Workforce & Economic Innovation, and Career Connections to ensure CCME goals and objectives are met.
  • Identify and implement evidence-based strategies for necessary improvements.

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Vice President of Programs: Habitat for Humanity (Apply by May 22nd)

Description:

  • Reports directly to: CEO
  • Department: Build; Exempt; Grade 13
  • Service week (days/hours): Monday – Friday, 40 hours/week
  • Required meetings: Leadership Team, Build Committee, Board of Directors; all others as necessary
  • Salary Range: $138,800.00 – $143,800.00 Salary

Position Summary:

The VP of Programs provides executive leadership and strategic oversight for all programmatic operations at Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, including Homeowner Services, Real Estate Development, Construction, and Home Repair. As a member of the Leadership Team, this role partners closely with the CEO and Leadership Team to advance strategic initiatives, develop organizational policies and goals, lead change management efforts, and ensure that programs are aligned, financially sound, and delivering measurable mission impact.

This role is responsible for integrating strategy with execution; strengthening systems, communication, and accountability across departments; managing risk; and building organizational capacity to achieve annual and multi‑year strategic goals. The ideal candidate is an emotionally intelligent, values driven leader with a passion for Habitat’s mission and a deep commitment to the people and neighborhoods it serves. This individual brings a demonstrated track record of developing talent, leading through change, strengthening systems, and fostering a collaborative, accountable, and high performing organizational culture.

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Director of Programs: Build Our Lives Together (BOLT)

Description:

We’re hiring a Director of Programs to lead the day-to-day execution of our youth program (BOLT Youth Leaders Fellowship) and manage our program team. This is a hands-on, school-based leadership role. You will ensure our youth programs run with strong systems, clear accountability, and consistent outcomes—while staying closely connected to students and school communities. We are looking for a leader who can balance strong accountability and operational rigor with relational leadership, adaptability, and deep respect for young people and school communities.

You will also support the execution of our adult program (BOLT School for Grassroots Leadership), ensuring it runs smoothly operationally.

This role has significant ownership over day-to-day program execution, staffing coordination, and operational decision-making, while partnering closely with organizational leadership on strategic direction, program design, and major organizational decisions. You will not be responsible for setting overall program strategy, but you will play a key role in ensuring that strategy is executed effectively on the ground.

In your cover letter, please provide specific examples of how your prior experience aligns with the responsibilities outlined in this job description. We are particularly interested in experience related to team management, program execution, school or youth-facing leadership, and operational systems.

This job will begin on August 10, 2026 at the earliest.

Youth Program Execution & Outcomes (YLF) (30%)

  • Ensure strong day-to-day execution of the BOLT Youth Leaders Fellowship across sites through effective management, coordination, and accountability
  • Track and manage key metrics including recruitment, attendance, retention, and outcomes

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Director, Government Relations: Community College of Philadelphia

Overview of Position:

Reporting to the Chief of Staff and Vice President of Partnerships, the Director, Government Relations provides leadership in the development and execution of comprehensive legislative and governmental relations strategies that advance the College’s mission, strategic plan, and institutional priorities. This role serves as the College’s primary point of contact for federal, state (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), regional, and local government entities and works collaboratively across the College to promote public policy initiatives that support student success, workforce development, and community engagement.

Consistent with government affairs roles across higher education institutions in Pennsylvania, the Director monitors legislative and regulatory activity, manages advocacy efforts, supports public funding and appropriations initiatives, builds relationships with elected officials and agencies, and ensures the College’s interests are effectively represented before governmental bodies.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide leadership in the development and implementation of legislative and governmental relations strategies aligned with the College’s mission, strategic direction, and priorities as established by the President and Executive Leadership.

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Director of Marketing & Communications: BalletX

Description:

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Status: Full-time

BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet, seeks a dynamic and strategic Director of Marketing & Communications to lead the organization’s marketing, communications, and audience engagement efforts. This role drives audience development and retention, increases earned revenue, and elevates BalletX’s brand visibility locally and nationally. We are seeking a creative, analytical, and highly organized leader who is comfortable both shaping big-picture strategy and executing it. The ideal candidate is a strong storyteller and content creator, an effective project manager, and a collaborative, entrepreneurial partner who can translate organizational priorities into clear, compelling campaigns. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for developing and executing integrated marketing strategies, including writing and producing content, building campaigns, and ensuring consistent, high-quality execution across all platforms. Reporting to the Managing Director, the Director of Marketing & Communications supervises the Marketing & PR Manager and Design & Brand Manager, and collaborates closely with leadership across artistic, development, education, and operations teams. This position is full-time with a competitive salary range of $65,000-$75,000 (commensurate with experience) and accompanying benefits including health insurance, 4% 401k match, and paid time off.

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Position Overview:

The Director of Marketing & Communications leads the organization’s marketing, communications, and audience engagement efforts, with a primary focus on audience development and retention, earned revenue growth, and expanding BalletX’s brand awareness regionally and nationally. This role is responsible for developing and executing integrated marketing and communications strategies that support performances, programs, and institutional priorities. The Director will oversee campaign planning, media strategy, content development, and brand management, ensuring alignment across all channels.

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Senior Officer: Pew Charitable Trusts

Job Description:

Pew’s program unit consolidates all of the organizations programmatic activities into one department. Program organizes its work into five portfolios: Environment; Government Performance; Philadelphia; Scientific Advancement; and Strategy. The goal of the strategy portfolio within Program is to inform critical institutional decisions about Pews programs, strengthen the design and implementation of Pews work, and generate knowledge that advances Pews program objectives. We pursue this goal by (1) enhancing the organizations efforts to generate ideas for new initiatives and larger bodies of work; (2) applying a wide range of planning approaches to help programs turn ideas into effective action; (3) using evaluation to improve program performance, inform decision-making, and support learning; (4) working with teams across the institution to help ensure Pews research meets the organizations expressed standards for quality; (5) ensuring that staff has access to information that meets their needs to design, implement, and manage high-performing strategies, initiatives, and campaigns; and (6) collaborating with colleagues in preparing a wide range of planning and other types of documents for consideration by Pews board of directors.

Planning:

Pews planning unit, within strategy, works in partnership with program and portfolio leadership and staff to identify, develop, and refine high-profile initiatives in line with institutional and programmatic needs and priorities. Specifically, in partnership with and support of program and portfolio leadership, the unit identifies and explores new public policy and research issues in which Pew might play a role; develops program designs, strategies, and initiatives to address these issues; and reviews, informs, and strengthens existing strategies and initiatives to meet new or revised objectives.

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Director of Development: Associated Alumni of Central High School

ROLE PROFILE:

The Associated Alumni of Central High School of Philadelphia (AACHS) seeks an accomplished and dynamic Director of Development to lead its fundraising efforts, including annual giving and a transformational capital campaign. This role is ideal for a professional who thrives at the intersection of major gift fundraising, alumni engagement, and campaign execution.

WHAT SETS THIS ROLE APART:

A legacy institution: Lead a new, hybrid role shaped by 180 years of alumni leadership and commitment.

Deeply engaged alumni community: Work alongside a passionate alumni deeply invested in the school’s future.

A campaign already in motion: Drive the final phase of a $60M+ transformational, private – public campaign for one of the premier public schools in the US.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

The Director of Development is a newly created senior leadership role and the primary driver of AACHS’ fundraising strategy and revenue-generating activities. This role leads the major gifts program, donor pipeline, and capital campaign, working with and reporting to the Executive Director, with guidance from the AACHS Executive Committee, and support from the Board. To strengthen a culture of philanthropy and advance the AACHS vision and mission, the role will also partner closely across alumni engagement, marketing/communications, and information management initiatives to drive philanthropic revenue and campaign success.

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Chief of Strategy: Children First

Position Summary:

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The Chief of Strategy (CoS) is a senior leadership role that serves as strategic backbone of Children First advocacy efforts. Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the Chief of Strategy drives organizational effectiveness of our policy agenda by aligning our talented staff, policy priorities, and processes across all departments, all while enabling the Executive Director and senior leadership team to work at the highest level of impact.

This is a role for a seasoned, mission-driven leader who combines the strategic political instincts of a senior adviser with the operational discipline of a strong manager. The Chief of Strategy will be the connective tissue of the organization: facilitating cross-departmental collaboration, stewarding the execution of the strategic plan, and ensuring that the day-to-day advocacy work of Children First is coordinated, coherent, and effective.

Key Duties:

  • Serve as a trusted adviser and thought partner to the Executive Director, helping shape advocacy and political strategy and translating policy priorities into actionable plans.
  • Supervise strategic operations and policy staff in implementing the activities associated with supporting the policy agenda of Children First.
  • Facilitate biweekly leadership meetings with policy directors and the Executive Director, developing agendas, synthesizing key decisions, and tracking follow-through.

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Dean of Undergraduate Admissions: Bryn Mawr College

Job Description:

The Office of Admissions at Bryn Mawr College invites applications for our next Dean, Undergraduate Admissions. Reporting directly to the Vice President, Enrollment Management, the Dean will serve as the strategic and tactical leader of the College’s undergraduate enrollment efforts. Reporting directly to the Vice President for Enrollment Management and overseeing a team of Admissions professionals, the Dean will drive, assess, and optimize outreach, recruitment, selection and yield efforts in the interest of enrolling the scholarly, broadly diverse undergraduate student body for which Bryn Mawr is known. The successful candidate will bring proven experience crafting and implementing strategy, skill in shaping and leading teams, deep knowledge of enrollment trends, opportunities and challenges, fluency in data analysis, and a collaborative, agile mindset.

About the Institution:

Since its founding in 1885, Bryn Mawr College has been the preeminent college for women interested in the pursuit of wisdom necessary to challenge the world’s expectations. With its pioneering American Collegiate Gothic architecture and picturesque landscape, our campus is recognized as one of the most beautiful in the country. Located less than 15 miles from Philadelphia, and within 2-3 hours of New York City, Baltimore, and Washington, DC, Bryn Mawr’s location offers easy access to public transportation and endless recreation, dining, retail, and cultural activities.

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Executive Director, Philadelphia & Camden: After-School All-Stars (ASAS)

ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND:

 Founded in 1992, After-School All-Stars (ASAS) is one of the nation’s leading providers of comprehensive after-school programs, serving more than 150,000 students annually across 700+ school and community sites in 16 chapters nationwide.  We believe the most important hour of a young person’s day is 3:00 PM. When the school bell rings, we provide safe, enriching programs that help students stay active, succeed academically, and build confidence to pursue their future.

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY:

After-School All-Stars is seeking an innovative and experienced leader to take on the role of Executive Director for its Philadelphia/Camden Chapter. The Executive Director will have the unique opportunity to lead a growing organization dedicated to providing free, comprehensive after-school programs to children in need. Reporting to the Vice President of Field Operations, the Executive Director will work closely with the Advisory Board, local staff, and ASAS national teams to set the chapter’s strategic vision, oversee quality programming, elevate the chapter’s profile, and execute fundraising plans. In this forward-facing role, the Executive Director will build and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders, including partner schools, board members, staff, government agencies, foundations, and program partners. For the person in the role, understanding the unique dynamics of leadership within a matrix organization will be essential to driving the organizational mission forward.

The Executive Director will play a crucial role in overseeing ASAS’s Philadelphia/Camden operations, fundraising initiatives, and community partnerships, directly influencing the organizational mission and amplifying ASAS’s impact throughout the region. The person in this role will be responsible for strategic program development, process management, and implementation. The Executive Director must possess strong nonprofit financial and budget management skills, as well as the ability to generate revenue through various channels. The ideal candidate will demonstrate executive leadership acumen, exceptional communication skills, and high emotional intelligence. They will be adept at managing and coaching a diverse team, building and managing a local Advisory Board, fostering innovation, and identifying, stewarding, and building relationships with key stakeholders within the Philadelphia region.  The Executive Director must have a strong commitment to youth development and programming.

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