Senior Director, Maryland

Senior Director, Maryland

Partners for Rural Impact's (PRI) ultimate goal is for an America where all kids are successful, regardless of zip code, income, background, or ability. At PRI, our focus is on ensuring that all children in rural places achieve success. Partners for Rural Impact was born out of our place-based partnership in Appalachia, where we've worked for 25 years to create student opportunity and success.

The Senior Director, Maryland at PRI, reporting to Vice President, Executive Vice President Office, will lead and coordinate the organization's strategic efforts across rural Maryland, advancing cradle-to-career (C2C) and place-based partnership (PBP) initiatives statewide. This role will play a central leadership role in developing and supporting a cohort of rural Maryland-based partnerships, maintaining deep thought partnership with the private funders and other key state and national partners, supporting regional and statewide fundraising efforts, and serving as a visible ambassador of PRI's work across Maryland. A critical part of this role will be collaborating with the Maryland Governor's Office for Children, the ENOUGH Initiative and its grantees, and fellow technical assistance organizations ensuring rural voices are included in state-level advocacy and aligned efforts to unlock public dollars for sustainable impact. Success for this role will also include overseeing state-based, funder-support projects. The Senior Director will work closely with PRI's internal teams, to connect on-the-ground efforts in Maryland with PRI's broader national mission and expertise.

This hybrid role will regularly work from an office space in Baltimore, MD, co-located with national technical assistance partners supporting the ENOUGH Initiative and its grantees. Local, state, and sometimes national travel required. Normal business hours are Monday through Friday, 8 : 00 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m. ET with in-office, hybrid and / or remote work a possibility. Because of the nature of the responsibility to schools, partners, funders, and to the service region, individual offices or departments may have operating hours that extend beyond this period and may include evening and / or weekend hours.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree or higher preferred
• 10+ years of senior-level leadership with demonstrated success in community-based initiatives, program scaling, and systems change
• Relevant experience in education, public policy, nonprofit leadership, or community development.
• Deep familiarity with Maryland's education, philanthropic, and policy ecosystemsparticularly in rural areas
• Successful track record of partnering with philanthropy to advance organizational and community goals
• Expertise in place-based strategies, cradle-to-career models, and leadership development

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Partners for Rural Impact is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.