Head of Marketing and Development

WHAT IS AVID?

We're a nationally recognized nonprofit that partners with 8,000 schools across the country to shift to a more equitable, student-centered approach, closing the opportunity gap so thatALLstudents are prepared for college, career, and life. And the results? Well,they speak for themselves.

AVID provides 2.5 million students annually with the tools they need to think critically, collaborate, and set high expectations to confidently conquer the challenges that await them. We accomplish this work by training over 85,000 educators every year through in-person and virtual professional learning opportunities.

WHAT IS THE JOB?

AVID Center is currently looking for a motivated and knowledgeable marketing leader to join our team in the role of Head of Marketing and Development. This position leads and develops AVID's internal marketing team, gathers market intelligence, leverages the most effective distribution networks available, crafts and tailors marketing strategies to drive revenue and individual site and school-wide implementations, and achieves organizational growth, expansion, and retention objectives.

WHY WORK WITH US?

• Competitive salary: We've done our research and pay generously to bring the best of the best to join our team. That's why we offer all employees the midpoint right from the start. No negotiations, no hassle, and you can be confident that you are being valued and offered an equitable salary. See below for our offer rates based on your geographical location.

• Taking Care of You Allowance: All AVID employees (that's right, ALL employees) receive an extra $10,000 annually to provide support to employees in the most meaningful ways, including housing costs, transportation, family expenses-whatever your needs are.

• Retirement planning: AVID Center provides a10% salary contributionto a 403(b) retirement plan plus a $5,000 annual contribution to an exclusive 457(b) retirement plan, starting after 90-days of full-time employment.*

• Flexibility in work location: This position may work 100% remote in any of the four times zones in the continental U.S., with an option for hybrid work at our San Diego campus
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO): This position is eligible for 27 days of PTO per year, with 12 paid holidays plus a winter break in between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

• Continued education opportunities: All full-time employees with at least 1 year of continuous AVID Center service are eligible for $5,250 per calendar year in tuition reimbursement for qualifying coursework or certification.

• Company-provided equipment and home office set-up, including a laptop and extra monitor.

• Health and Welfare Plans to support every aspect of your well-being: Through our provider, Cigna, AVID offers several benefits plans, of which AVID Center greatly subsidizes the cost.

• Yearly All-Staff Meeting to connect in person with the entire AVID team.

* Only director-level positions and above are eligible to participate in AVID's 457(b) retirement plan.

Pay rates for this position:

We bring in all employees at the midpoint of the salary range for your role. Knowing that not all cities share the same cost of labor, we make offers using a tiered approach based on your geographical location. While the majority reside in Zone 1 or Zone 2 areas, we acknowledge variations, even within counties, ensuring fair compensation for all based on their specific location's cost of labor.

For the Head of Marketing and Developmentposition, here is what we will offer:

Zone 1 - Areas characterized by lower labor costs (e.g., Charleston, WV, Cleveland, OH, Yuma, AZ, Omaha, NE, etc.): $156,282 annually

Zone 2 -Areas with moderate labor costs (e.g., Syracuse, NY, Ann Arbor, MI, Denver, CO, San Diego, CA, etc.): $168,003 annually

Zone 3 -Areas known for high labor costs (e.g., Washington, D.C., Trenton, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, etc.): $179,724 annually

Zone 4 -Areas with the highest labor costs (e.g., Bridgeport, CT, New York City, NY, San Francisco, CA, San Jose, CA, etc.): $199,260 annually

WHO ARE YOU?

• You are a servant leaderwho nurtures your team members to deliver on their full potential.
• You area balance of vision and flexibility, with a skill for merging organizational strategies with adaptive and collaborative decisions.
• You know your audience and have a deep sense of understanding and connection to the customer's journey.
• You are acoach who champions and recognizes individual strengths; you enjoy leveraging the strengths of others.
• Others describe you as alistener because you know how to listen to individual needs and successfully align them with resolutions and successful outcomes.
• You like to get in the weeds with quantitative and qualitative data and know how to integrate hard numbers with customer-centric insights.
• You have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or a related field and bring a minimum offifteen (15) years of broad leadership experience in several of the following areas with at least 5 years in a significant marketing or partner engagement leadership role: new business development, marketing, strategic planning, partner engagement, sales management, and/or communications
• You are comfortable working remotely with an ability for frequent travel (about 30%).

NICE TO HAVES?

• Graduate degree or executive graduate work
• Experience working in the education sector
• Experience in serving non-profit organizations or educational institutions, which prepare students for success in high school, college, and career, especially students traditionally underrepresented in higher education

*Allowable Substitutions: Any combination of experience, training, or credential certification endorsement that provides the incumbent/applicant with the knowledge, skills, and ability required to perform the work, as determined by AVID Center. Qualifying work experience, as identified by the Senior Director, Human Resources, may substitute for the education requirement.

AVID Center is committed to complying with federal, state, and local laws on employee vaccinations, and candidates and employees should be aware that the full vaccination against COVID-19 may be required in the future. Due to some district requirements, AVID Center may not assign employees to an in-person event in schools or districts unless they are fully up to date with all recommended COVID-19 vaccinations. AVID Center is an equal opportunity employer and will provide reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated where it is not an undue hardship to the company to do so as provided under federal, state, and local law.

AVID Center prides itself on the diversity of our workplace and is continuously seeking to recruit individuals who will enhance this diversity and, ultimately, the effectiveness of our organization. To demonstrate this commitment, we encourage all who are truly excited about this role to apply, even if you don't meet every requirement. We believe that people who are passionate about what they do can succeed in this role or in other roles within our organization.