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Nativity Prep Academy (NPA), a coed, independent, private, tuition-free middle school and college access program rooted in the Jesuit tradition, seeks a President to lead this exceptional institution starting July 2024. Accredited by WASC and a high-profile member of the NativityMiguel Coalition, NPA educates 70 middle school students annually and extends its support services to all graduates throughout their high school and college years. More than 270 students are included in the NPA service network at any given time. The school is supported generously by a robust network of enthusiastic donors passionate about the school's mission of providing access to quality education for first-generation students from historically under-resourced communities and low-income families. 

Responsibilities

1. Leadership and Team Management:

• Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality for academics, finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.
• Actively engage and energize Nativity Prep’s volunteers, Trustees, event committees, alumni, partnering organizations, and funders.
• Develop, maintain, and support a strong board of trustees; serve as ex-officio of each committee. Seek and build board involvement with strategic direction. 
• Lead, coach, develop, and retain Nativity Prep’s high-performance Executive Leadership Team.
• Ensure effective systems to track progress and regularly evaluate academic, financial, and fundraising program components to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents.
• Make recommendations on board membership to the Executive Committee
• Contact new board members and present an orientation session. 
• Lead, support, and inspire a team of talented and highly engaged staff members.
• Foster a positive, collaborative work environment that encourages innovation, creativity, and continuous improvement.
• Supervise day-to-day operations, manage human resources, and ensure compliance with policies.
• Develop and maintain systems for efficient functioning and delegate responsibilities.
• Employ, train, mentor, supervise, and compensate staff, vendors, and consultants.
• Manage office space and equipment, approve personnel policies, and negotiate benefit plans.
• Conduct annual performance appraisals and facilitate relations between staff and the board.
• Interact with the Leadership Team (defined as Chair and President) on a regular and as-needed basis.

2. Strategic Leadership & Communications

• Establish a strategic business planning process for the school to include recommendations for future program expansion.
• Continue to build partnerships with institutions that can support the mission, establishing relationships with the funders and community leaders.
• Be an external presence that communicates the school's mission to civic groups, church communities, and clubs.

3. Fundraising & Communications:

• Expand revenue-generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and regional expansion.
• Together with the Director of Advancement, implement strategies of the fundraising plan.
• Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external communications with the goal of creating a stronger brand and increased community awareness.

4. Planning & New Business:

• Establish a strategic business planning process for the school to include recommendations for future program expansion.
• Continue to build partnerships with institutions that can support the mission, establishing relationships with the funders and community leaders.
• Be an external presence communicating the school's mission to civic groups, church communities, and clubs.

About Nativity Prep Academy San Diego

Founded in 2001, Nativity Prep Academy is an independent, accredited, tuition-free middle school in the Jesuit tradition, serving 60-70 low-income students annually in grades six, seven, and eight who represent the first generation in their families to earn a college education. To learn more about Nativity Prep, please visit our website at www.nativityprep.org

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