Senior Vice President, Strategic Alignment
Full Time
Chesapeake, VA 23320
Posted
Job description
The Y is a dynamic and diverse human service organization committed to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT
Imagine going to work knowing that what you do each day positively influences the lives of children in your community. Working at the YMCA you’ll discover more than a job – you will have the opportunity to make a lasting difference in the community.
Y THE Y:
The Y is a dynamic and diverse human service organization committed to nurturing the potential of young people, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility. The Y is a team effort, right down to our members. The care and concern we show for our members is our success gauge. In order to maintain our success, we must recruit and hire the best employees in the country. The Y commits itself to doing so by providing our employees competitive wages, benefits and opportunities for advancement through our training programs and internal promotions.
The YMCA of South Hampton Roads is recognized as a cutting-edge leader in the YMCA movement. The association serves the communities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Franklin, Virginia Beach, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, South Boston/Halifax County Virginia, as well as the Outer Banks, Barco and Elizabeth City in North Carolina. Our facilities consist of 22 Family Centers, 3 satellite fitness centers, 2 regional day camps, 1 resident camp, and a nine-hole golf course operating a successful First Tee program.
Our association strongly supports staff development, training, and encourages membership in the nation's largest active chapter of YMCA Professionals Network (YPN).
The YMCA of South Hampton Roads is committed to the development of staff leadership. In addition to a robust benefit program, the YMCA of South Hampton Roads also provides training to secure a promising future for our employees and our association. Excellent benefits package includes complimentary YMCA family membership and additional generous childcare discounts, competitive pay and bonus opportunities, unlimited paid time off, telework options, health benefits and the industry leading 12% retirement plan with no match requirement.
POSITION SUMMARY:
This position will serve as executor, change agent, and thought partner to the CEO’s executive team and specifically to the President & CEO as we communicate strategic plan results and key performance indicators (KPI’s) for the current and future Association Strategic Plans. The Senior Vice President (SVP) of Strategic Alignment will be responsible for executing organizational priorities, leading organizational change initiatives, and ensuring alignment across the organization. They will serve as executor, change agent, operational leader and thought partner to the CEO's executive team. Additionally, the SVP of Strategic Alignment will have the responsibility of being the Community and Development liaison to the President & CEO.
DIVISION OF DUTIES:
45% Ensuring alignment across the Association to deliver on activities supporting the Strategic Plan.
25% Project and change management of key initiatives and long term, cross-organizational projects
20% Supporting the CEO in identifying and prioritizing growth opportunities and key initiatives that directly tie to the Association long-term strategy.
10% Serving as a Community Development liaison to the President & CEO
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Creates systems and practices to ensure alignment across the Association to deliver on activities supporting the Strategic Plan.
- Supports the Senior Team in identifying priorities, strategically aligning work and reviewing regularly to assess progress and continuously ensure strategy alignment across the Association
- Develops organizational goals and strategic action plans to meet the KPIs of the strategic plan across the Association
- Develops and manages strategic alignment of activities supporting the Strategic Plan
- Develops evaluation strategies to drive organizational improvements
- Supports the Senior Team in the project and change management of key initiatives and long term, cross-functional projects
- Ensures continuous improvement and practice alignment across the Association
- Builds cross-organizational relationships with key stakeholders
- Ensures communication of progress and status updates across the Association
- Represents the CEO in the community as needed.
- All other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:
- Communication & Influence
- Relationship Building
- Program/Project Management
- Change Capacity & Innovation
- Quality Results
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree is required; Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance or a related field is preferred.
- Eight or more years of professional experience with the YMCA or another non-profit is required.
- Three to five years of project and/or change management experience preferred.
- Successful track record managing teams in achieving desired outcomes and developing multi-functional work plans.
- Demonstrated ability in successfully promoting innovative ideas to diverse stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence others by interacting with a broad range of stakeholders with different interests and needs is required.
- Demonstrated strong ability to influence others and create buy-in.
- Ability to demonstrate or develop an in-depth understanding of culture and business processes across multiple departments.
- Demonstrated record as action-taker and ability to execute plans and strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple simultaneous deadlines while maintaining a steadfast attention to detail is required.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, Visio, Publisher, Outlook) and PC skills are required.
- Commitment to the YMCA character development values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility is required.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device.
- The employee frequently is required to sit and reach and must be able to move around the work environment.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
ACCOUNTABILITY:
Accountable for the completion of assigned tasks as measured by the accuracy of work and timeliness with meeting deadlines.
BACKGROUND CHECKS:
An offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of satisfactory results to meet the minimum requirements of the position. They may include criminal background and reference checks, E-Verify, drug tests, driver’s license records, and/or a Child Protective Services Check (CPS). Additional driver’s license checks, CPS, criminal background checks, alcohol, and/or drug testing may be required to be processed in the future in order to meet and/or maintain the requirements of this position.
TO APPLY:
On the YMCA of South Hampton Roads’ Job Opportunities Page, at https://www.ymcashr.org/page/work-y submit an online application. Cover letter, resume, and references should be uploaded in one document.
Active employees of the YMCA of South Hampton Roads should apply through Careers on the Employee Dayforce Account. Cover letter, resume, and references should be uploaded in one document.
The YMCA of SouthHampton Roads is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at YSHR will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. YSHR does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or genetics.
Please Note: Requirements, skills, and abilities described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essentialfunctions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements be interpreted as all-inclusive.
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