What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President position at American Indian OIC?
Summary
The Vice President provides critical oversight of the organization’s program and administrative functions to ensure they are compliant with mandates, meeting goals, and providing superior service to AIOIC’s stakeholders. This is a senior leadership position, requiring strong strategic planning, project management, people management, and operational skills. The Vice President is American Indian OIC’s second-in-command and must be a trusted and proven leader.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Implement strategic plans to achieve organizational goals and objectives
- Manage a team of program directors whose departments execute education, financial wellness, workforce development and job training activities to ensure programs meet goals and are compliant with contract requirements. Provide guidance and material assistance when challenges are encountered.
- Develop and oversee program budgets to ensure they comply with contract requirements and meet program revenue needs.
- Work with team members to prepare and respond to monitoring visits and audits and support the preparation and submission of reports.
- Troubleshoot challenges and respond appropriately and with discretion to grievances.
- Optimize program deliverables through the implementation of continuous improvement activities and ongoing targeted monitoring of outcome data and execution of responsive action.
- Monitor program performance metrics, identify opportunities for improvement and provide regular reports to executive leaders.
- Manage relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, partners, contractors, and vendors.
- Negotiate contracts and agreements with external parties.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in program services areas.
- Draft reports, briefs, job descriptions, and other written communications.
- Work with external consultants to ensure the organization’s Human Resources policies and practices are compliant with current statutes and best practices.
- Develop and implement an annual employee engagement and professional development plan. Host regular new employee orientation days.
- Serve as a key administrator of AIOIC’s ADP HR database.
- Manage facilities, reception, and IT staff, and collaborate with contracted HR and finance, consultants to ensure optimal operational functionality of the agency.
- Act as a key agency leader and represent AIOIC to external stakeholders, team members, and participants.
This should not be considered a comprehensive list of job duties and responsibilities, and the scope of the position may reasonably change as necessitated by organizational needs.
Qualifications
Required:
- Cultural competency working in a diverse environment.
- Bachelor's degree and eight years’ previous experience managing teams and publicly funded contracts.
- Results-oriented and goal driven.
- Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite/365 and comfort using web-based portals and applications.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Understanding of confidentiality protocols and ability to follow those protocols
- Reliable, trustworthy, and adaptable
Preferred:
- Understanding of Minnesota’s Indigenous communities, cultures, and practices.
- Ten years’ previous experience in a leadership role in human services and administration
- Master’s degree or higher
Physical Demands & Work Environment
American Indian OIC is a culturally rich environment and follows a business casual dress code. The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for long periods. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate.
Compensation & Status
The Vice President is a full-time, exempt position with compensation starting at $100,000 annually. Business hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm, however occasional weekend and evening hours may be required as needed. This position qualifies for medical, dental, retirement, and time-off benefits, with accrual of up to five paid vacation weeks in the first year of employment, plus at least twelve paid holidays. Free onsite parking is available. With approval from their supervisor, this position may be afforded limited remote work privileges.
About American Indian OIC
American Indian OIC (AIOIC) was established in 1979 to address the education and employment disparities faced by Native American families living in and around South Minneapolis. The organization was founded as a career counseling provider, but now offers multi-faceted education and workforce development services through its alternative high school, Adult Basic Education program, job training center, and career counseling services. The goal of these programs is to give people the foundational education and support needed to pursue meaningful career opportunities.
American Indian OIC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and will not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, national origin or sex in violation of Title VII. AIOIC prohibits discrimination against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.