Executive Director, California College Guidance Initiative
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Foundation for California Community CollegesEducation nonprofit
100% Remote within California; must reside in CaliforniaFull-TimeExecutive
Salary220,000 - 240,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- Budgeting
Requirements
- Experience leading a distributed team of 50+ through an executive leadership structure.
- Demonstrated ability to translate equity commitments into organizational policy, hiring, and partnerships.
- Experience working with or within the Legislature, Governor's office, or Department of Finance on education policy or funding.
- Deep familiarity with K-12, community colleges, CSU, UC, and the state agencies that connect them.
- A track record of building alignment across institutional boundaries with competing priorities.
- Comfort with data systems, student data privacy and related legal requirements, and using evidence to drive strategy.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, and managing state funding relationships.
- Understanding of regulatory compliance, contracting, and the constraints of operating as a public-facing nonprofit.
- Full-time schedule of 40 hours per week, with additional hours as needed.
- Availability for regular daytime in-state travel and in-person events and meetings, with overnight travel up to 20%.
Responsibilities
- Establish CCGI's medium- and long-term strategic direction and translate it into annual and multi-year priorities, outcomes, and resource commitments.
- Assess organizational progress using data, results, and changing conditions, and adjust strategy as needed.
- Lead and support the leadership team, clarify decision-making authority, and hold executive leaders accountable for organizational performance.
- Ensure organizational structures, systems, and resources support CCGI's mission and strategy.
- Oversee legal, financial, operational, cybersecurity, compliance, and reputational risks and ensure appropriate controls are in place.
- Represent CCGI with education leaders, state officials, policymakers, partners, funders, and other stakeholders.
- Cultivate strategic relationships and coalitions across education segments, state agencies, and governmental entities.
- Lead annual and multi-year budgeting in coordination with the Department of Finance, Legislature, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure CCGI meets its statutory responsibilities, legislative reporting, funding requirements, governmental commitments, and state oversight obligations.
- Keep the Cradle-to-Career Data System Governing Board and other state constituents informed about CCGI's work, priorities, progress, and significant developments.
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