Vice President of Corporate Work Study

About the Company

Cristo Rey San Diego High School is one of 40 members of the Cristo Rey Network, a successful national network recognized for transforming Catholic education through a unique integration of rigorous academics and professional work experience to and through college for students of limited economic means.

• Rigorous Academics: With an extended school day and year, Cristo Rey HS delivers a career focused, college preparatory education that includes academic and social-emotional supports.
• Professional Work Experience: Students earn their private education through a work study program that uniquely integrates into the curricula one day a week of work experience in professional offices and labs. Partner companies rate students at 96% meeting or exceeding expectations in the workplace.
• To and Through College: By partnering with companies and providing college and career classes and counseling, Cristo Rey HS enables students to fulfill their aspirations for a lifetime of achievement. Graduates of Cristo Rey HS own a 97% acceptance rate to four-year universities.

Corporate Work Study Program ("Work Study")

Work Study is a unique feature of the Cristo Rey model. It is a subsidiary employment agency which trains students for entry-level white collar employment, and then markets their services to companies, enabling all students to earn 40% to 60% of the cost of their education through a job-sharing partnership with their classmates to cover full-time, Monday through Friday work positions. Cristo Rey HS students provide valued service to some of the most prestigious companies throughout the county, where they will also find mentors, develop social and work skills, and forge the networks fundamental to their future success. Work study participation is a critical component of every Cristo Rey student's education, as it bridges students' corporate and curricular classroom experiences.

Our Mission

To educate young people of limited economic means to become men and women of faith, purpose, and service and prepared for life. In the finest tradition of Catholic outreach, we welcome students of all denominations. Students graduate prepared for college and service to their communities.

Job Description

The Vice President of the Corporate Work Study Program will lead all aspects of the program and will have primary responsibility for team leadership, department strategic planning, program oversight, marketing, job sales, and executing all related activities. This includes oversight of the sales cycle, such as lead generation to cultivate new relationships, stewarding of current work partners to ensure high job retention, and to secure meaningful employment for all students. As the most important factor for retaining and growing these relationships is the students' exceptional job performance, the Vice President is integrally involved in, and ultimately accountable for, the staff's execution of day-to-day operations and promoting the continuous improvement of its program to meet the evolving employment needs of its partners and commensurate educational needs of its students. The VP will collaborate closely with Cristo Rey HS's Leadership Team on a wide variety of organizational decisions and will report directly to the school's President.

Role Overview

This is a unique opportunity to use your leadership skills in sales and operations to make a major impact in the community. As the VP of the Corporate Work Study Program, you will:

• Initiate and execute strategies to secure meaningful employment for our students.
• Build and lead a team to support our students and their corporate work study partners.
• Work alongside a leadership team dedicated to the success of Cristo Rey San Diego.

Performance Objectives & Measures

• Secure and maintain jobs for 95% of enrolled students for the entire school year.
• Achieve a minimum of 90% paid jobs at the prevailing market rate for entry level positions.
• Achieve a minimum of 90% retention rate for existing jobs.
• Ensure 95% of students meet or exceed expectations on the job.
• Develop strategies and tactical plans to secure / maintain jobs for the students at the projected full capacity enrollment of 500 students eventually.

Essential Responsibilities

• Meeting annual Work Study employment benchmarks and revenue goals.
• Working with the school's controller to maintain the Work Study budget.
• Cultivating a customer relationship management approach to lead generation and service activities that achieve performance metrics.
• Serving as leader on the Work Study Board, a liaison to the school's Board of Directors, and leads the Jobs Committee in collaboration with the school's President and Work Study Committee Chair.
• Managing the sales cycle to attract new clients as well as retain and grow existing client partnerships.
• Engaging in best practices of client management, student support, and team professional development.
• Creating a professional framework that emphasizes workplace skill development (technical and noncognitive) to ensure student employability and success at work.
• Collaborating with school advancement and communications personnel to coordinate a strategy for the program that maintains a high level of brand awareness and explores collaborative opportunities.
• Collaborating with admissions personnel to promote and communicate for the program to prospective students and families, and conduct non-academic based assessments regarding students' employability.
• Collaborating with the Principal and school faculty to deepen curricular connections between what students learn in the classroom and in the workplace, improving performance in both settings.
• Leading the planning and execution of Work Study pre-matriculation training for incoming students.
• Maintaining compliance with all legal, safety, and employment requirements (Federal, State, and local) for the work study program and employment agreements with clients.
• Inspiring, leading, and managing the Work Study staff.
• Engaging with the Cristo Rey Network, including participation at Work Study trainings and gatherings, such as the Annual Meeting and routine and periodic requests for program-specific data.

Qualifications & Skills

• Executive Leadership Presence
• Unquestionable integrity and ethical behavior that creates trust among the school's stakeholders.
• Results-oriented with a sense of urgency to exceed goals & objectives.
• Provides proactive leadership of key initiatives.
• Advanced skills in leading, managing, engaging, and mentoring staff members and students.
• Ability to develop and inspire a high performance CWSP team and be able to work within a school culture.
• Ability to establish goals, objectives, and action steps for self and the team.
• Sales Orientation
• Proven relationship manager with three or more years track record in lead generation and closing sales.
• Possess outstanding communication (written, verbal) and listening skills.
• Data driven and adheres to record keeping best practices in client recruitment and retention.
• Confident, enthusiastic