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Get Focused...Stay Focused!® (GFSF) Resource Center is a 501(c)3 organizational entity incorporated in 2015 to support the development, implementation and evaluation of the GFSF program which empowers students to be college and career ready.

Over the past ten years, more than 450 high schools and community colleges from the around the country have adopted this program. The GFSF program is designed to provide every student with the necessary information and experiences to develop college and career readiness skills as well as facilitate the development of an educational plan. The program goals are to:

• Increase engagement, academic achievement and attendance of all students;
• Increase the percentage of students that graduate from high school and reduce suspension, expulsion and dropout rates;
• Increase the percentage of students that complete their post-secondary education or training in an expedient manner; and
• Equip students with the skills necessary to become economically self-sufficient adults.

The GFSF Resource Center supports the program in becoming the leading career and college readiness program in high schools and college, first-year experience programs. The Center provides the assessment, professional development and technical assistance to schools, school districts and community colleges.

About the Executive Director Position

The Board of Directors recently completed a comprehensive, three-year strategic planning process which prioritizes the building of organizational capacity to meet service demand as well as growing and diversifying revenue streams for long-term financial sustainability. To accomplish these goals and build on a lean and experienced staff, the GFSF Resource Center seeks a qualified and enthusiastic Executive Director with an entrepreneur’s ethos to sustain and scale critical support for schools and school districts, higher education institutions, administrators and counselors who are utilizing the GFSF program.

As the Executive Director, the successful candidate will lead a start-up nonprofit organization beginning with securing the funding necessary and then building and maintaining a national organization dedicated to student success, post-secondary completion and successful entry into the workforce. The Executive Director is responsible for fulfilling the organization’s mission, strategic planning, communications, operations, financial reporting and fundraising. The position leads all activities of the nonprofit organization and reports directly to the Board of Directors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Board Governance (10%):

• Responsible for leading the GFSF Resource Center in a manner that supports and guides the organization’s mission as well as seeks and builds Board involvement with strategic direction.
• Responsible for communicating effectively with the Board and providing, in a timely manner, all information necessary for the Board to function properly and to make informed decisions.
• Ensures effective systems to track progress and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the Board, funders and other constituents.

Fundraising & Development (50%):

• Maintains fiscal solvency of the GFSF Resource Center by soliciting funds from foundations, individuals, corporations, federal and state resources.
• Expands revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations as well as regional and national expansion.
• Deepens and refines all aspects of communications - from web presence to external relations - with the goal of creating a stronger brand.
• Uses external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities.

Educational Support (30%):

• Builds partnerships with schools, school districts, institutions of higher education and community leaders in regions throughout California implementing the GFSF program with current emphasis on Sacramento Valley, Central Valley and Central Coast regions.
• Supports school administrators and counselors with professional development and technical assistance to facilitate successful and sustainable delivery of the GFSF program.
• Serves as a local, regional and national presence that publishes and communicates program results with an emphasis on the successes of the program as a model for replication.

Finance & Administration (10%)

• Maintains the fiscal integrity of the GFSF Resource Center to include submission to the Board a proposed annual budget and monthly financial statements, which accurately reflect the financial condition of the organization.
• Responsible for fiscal management that generally anticipates operating within the approved budget, ensures maximum resource utilization, and maintenance of the organization in a positive financial position.
• Responsible for the effective administration of the GFSF Resource Center.
• Leads and executes the hiring and retention of competent, qualified staff.
• Executes all notes, agreements and other instruments made and entered into and on behalf of the organization.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree is preferred.
• Management experience in the private, public or nonprofit sectors.
• Knowledge of the educational sector (K - 12 and/or postsecondary education) is ideal.
• Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performing teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget.
• Ability to convey a vision of the GFSF Resource Center’s strategic future to Board, staff, donors and community leaders.
• Strong marketing, public relations and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures.
• Ability to develop and operationalize strategies to take an organization to the next stage of growth; action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable and innovative approach to business planning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.
• Passion, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven and self-directed.
• Based in California with the capability to manage staff remotely and travel, with frequency, throughout the state and the country.

Please submit resume or curriculum vitae with salary requirements to gfsfrc@gmail.com.