Glide’s workforce development programs are being strengthened, and the Director will work with current program leaders and others at Glide and in the community to develop an expansion strategy and implementation plan.  The organization’s Training And Employment Services (TAES) currently serves 90 enrolled students ages 16-24 through 14 staff managed by a Program Manager.  The current budget is $1.75 million, excluding in-kind contributions. 

In the next 3 years, the Director will double the number of enrolled students, appropriately scale the program’s staffing and the budget in a sustainable fashion.  The Director’s specific responsibilities will include:

·          Develop, disseminate, and institutionalize a theory of change specific to this population and program within the context of Glide’s values;

·          Identify, disseminate, and institutionalize outcomes, indicators, and program-level activities and practices reflecting this theory and values, including best-practice protocols for service delivery (case management, educational services, and vocational services);

·          Develop the capacity and systems to capture, manage, and learn from data on student progress, program cost, and post-program outcomes for students;

·          Increase the number of clients served and make measurable and measured improvements in their targeted outcomes;

·          Develop inner-city green jobs that include commercially sustainable and replicable pilot projects to: reduce energy consumption and renovate housing using green standards;

·          Increase the program’s operational efficiencies to provide for better experiences and outcomes at reasonable cost;

·          Prepare the program for expansion and replication, including: increasing the number of students in the 16-24 age range, expanding the current skills training program beyond the union trades and into other skill sets, expanding to other age groups with specific needs, increasing job placement services, and developing funding strategies to sustainably support growth (e.g., social enterprise) while generating solid outcomes.

Critical to the success of the Director is development of sustainable funding and staffing as the program expands.  Glide wishes to aggressively serve the community, while avoiding cycles of crisis that can arise when programs overextend.  All Glide programs aim to provide stable, financially viable services of the highest caliber.  

The Glide Foundation is located in the midst of the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, and stands for unconditional love, justice, diversity, authenticity and service to all human beings.  Glide’s mission is to create a radically inclusive, just, and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. 

Glide has served the poor and disenfranchised for over 40 years and has been at the forefront of anti-poverty, civil rights, HIV/AIDS, recovery, gender equality, tolerance, and other battles.  From serving nearly one million meals a year, to operating a professional medical clinic, to youth job training, to offering weekly spiritual celebrations at Glide Church, and much more – Glide touches many people in vital ways. Glide has helped thousands of disenfranchised and poor people get back on their feet and find their way to jobs, housing and spiritual fulfillment. 

For a full position description or more information, please contact Michael McKeon, Stacy Brooks or Mark Oppenheim at  . Additional information on the organization can be found at www.glide.org.