Year Up
Senior Director of Development, New York

About Year Up

Founded in 2000 by Gerald Chertavian, Year Up is a non-profit organization with a mission to close the Opportunity Divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experiences and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education. Year Up recognizes that the Opportunity Divide—specifically, historical barriers to education and professional work— is driven by race, ethnicity, national origin and socio-economic status. Year Up seeks to close the divide by setting high expectations and providing high support for our young adults.

Through a one-year intensive training program, Year Up provides urban young adults ages 18-24 with a unique combination of hands-on technical and professional skills, college credit, and corporate internships. Year Up lives by and adheres to a core set of values that reflects an unshakable belief in the talent and full potential of our young adults.

Headquartered in Boston with a $46M operating budget, Year Up has nine sites in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York City, Providence, Seattle/Puget Sound, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. and continues to expand. Now entering its twelfth year of operation, serving more than 1,400 students per year, Year Up is the 8th fastest growing non-profit started in the 21st century.

Over the next five years, Year Up is embarking on a $55M Opportunity Campaign, undertaking a series of initiatives to both bridge and close the Opportunity Divide. The Campaign has three objectives: grow and strengthen the core, develop the Million-Person Model, and create systems change.

Please see www.yearup.org for more information about the program.

The New York Site

Year Up has the distinction of being rated one of the Top 10 non-profits in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, one of the 50 best nonprofits to work for by the NonProfit Times, and one of the best non-profits to work for by Opportunity Knocks.

Year Up New York welcomed its first class in 2006 with just 24 students. Since that time, Year Up New York has experienced tremendous success and growth, expanding with a site in Brooklyn in October 2010, and serving more than 250 students in 2011. With its Manhattan office located across the street from the New York Stock Exchange in the heart of New York City’s financial district, the site serves urban young adults from across all five boroughs. Eighty percent of Year Up New York alumni are currently employed or enrolled in college. Those who are employed are earning an average of $30,000 annually. Year Up New York currently has a $7.5M operating budget and is looking to grow its philanthropic revenue as it plans to further expand.

The Opportunity

Year Up New York seeks a strategic and entrepreneurial Senior Director of Development to develop and oversee all fundraising efforts, including but not limited to growing their individual major giving portfolio. Working closely with and reporting to the Executive Director, s/he will be a proactive fundraiser, capable of engaging and cultivating new relationships in long term investment partnerships with Year Up New York to ensure philanthropic success. The Senior Director will oversee and coach a staff of 5, including a Director of Development, while serving as a frontline, external fundraiser to identify, cultivate, and close gifts of 5 and 6 figures.

The successful candidate will be a proactive and entrepreneurial fundraiser, eager to work in a fast-paced environment. S/he will have 7+ years of increasing fundraising success, strong management and mentoring experience, a demonstrated ability to solicit 5 and 6 figure major gifts, and foster a team environment. S/he must be able to create and identify opportunities, and understand, believe in, and embody the Year Up mission at the core. In keeping with Year Up’s values, the Senior Director will also interact with students as an advisor, group facilitator, and advocate, participating in creating and sustaining a positive educational environment, while building trust among students and staff.

Qualifications

• 7+ years professional fundraising experience with a track record or achievement in major gifts and prospect development
• Demonstrated success identifying, cultivating, closing and stewarding individual major gifts at the 5 and 6 figure levels
• 3+ years experience managing individuals and teams with a collaborative style
• Ability to build bridges with diverse constituencies
• Proven passion for working with urban youth and an unshakable belief in their potential

• Success partnering with volunteer and staff leadership
• Professional and resourceful, with the ability to work independently and as a team player, and to take initiative and manage multiple deadline-driven projects simultaneously
• Exceptional presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills (both written and verbal)

Email your cover letter and resume in confidence to:
yearupny@developmentguild.com

Pam Parker
Consultant
Development Guild/DDI

For more information on Year Up and Year Up New York, please visit:
www.yearup.org
www.yearup.org/locations/newyork
www.youtube.com/user/YearUpInc

For more information about the Opportunity Campaign, please visit: www.opportunitycampaign.org