Career Opportunities at NYEC

Director of Community Impact

The Director of Community Impact leads NYEC’s national efforts to strengthen youth-serving
ecosystems through community engagement, technical assistance, and applied practice. This role
merges strategic field-building with hands-on implementation support, overseeing place-based
initiatives like the Youth Champion Communities (YCC), coordinating Communities of Practice
(CoPs), and supporting collective impact strategies across the workforce and youth development
fields.
This individual will serve as a trusted partner to practitioners and systems leaders, ensuring NYEC’s
initiatives reflect grassroots insights, elevate promising practices, and drive systemic change. The
ideal candidate is proactive, highly organized, and passionate about youth equity and systems
transformation—ready to adapt to shifting needs and help shape emerging opportunities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Community Engagement
• Cultivate strong relationships with youth-serving organizations, cross-sector leaders, and
national/local partners.
• Design and lead peer learning structures, including affinity groups and CoPs, across key issue
areas (e.g., foster care, justice, homelessness, youth leadership, and workforce).
• Lead collective impact efforts to align systems and drive cross-sector collaboration.
• Ensure community insights meaningfully inform NYEC’s strategy, resources, and collective
voice.
Practice Implementation & Technical Assistance
• Support the implementation of the Youth Champion Communities (YCC) framework,
providing support to participating communities and refining tools based on feedback.
• Deliver responsive, equity-informed technical assistance to partners advancing youth
employment and systems change.
• Design and support implementation of youth workforce programs, including apprenticeships
and career pathways aligned with local systems
Project Management & Evaluation
• Oversee multi-site projects and partnerships, including design, deliverables, and outcome
measurement.
• Balance multiple projects and priorities across shifting timelines and stakeholder needs.
• Collaborate with internal teams to track progress, assess impact, and continuously improve.
• Contribute to grant writing and fund development efforts to secure resources for programs,
partnerships, and technical assistance initiatives.