• Job Title: Director of Out-of-School Time
• Setting: Full-time
• Application Deadline: March 18, 2026
• Reports To: Executive Director
• Compensation: $75,000- $85,000/year (commensurate with experience) with competitive benefits

What if adolescents in Hamilton County didn’t just have afterschool and summer programs to choose from but had the opportunity to design and lead the experiences that shape their future?

Chattanooga 2.0 is seeking a Director of Out-of-School Time to lead and strengthen the community’s out-of-school time (OST) strategy, ensuring young people have access to high-quality opportunities that build their strengths and open pathways toward economic independence.

This role will anchor Chattanooga 2.0’s participation in the Advancing Opportunities for Adolescents (AOA) initiative, a six-year effort supported by the Wallace Foundation. Hamilton County is one of only seven communities selected to participate across the country. AOA is the largest and most visible component of our OST strategy and will drive much of the early work: strengthening the OST ecosystem, building relationship-based navigation supports, elevating youth leadership, and ensuring young people have access to experiences that reflect their interests, build their strengths, and open real doors to the future.

Over time, this role will steward and expand the broader OST strategy, including leadership of the OST Alliance and alignment with other Chattanooga 2.0 priorities.

This is a highly visible role requiring executive presence, systems thinking, and the ability to build and lead something that continues to evolve.

About Chattanooga 2.0:

Chattanooga 2.0 was established in 2015 and is a small nonprofit that works to change systems to make generational changes in Chattanooga and Hamilton County. The ultimate goal is to improve economic opportunity and quality of life—and Chattanooga 2.0 believes education attainment is the first step. From early childhood education to a thriving-wage career, the team leads initiatives to remove systemic barriers and provide intentional support to children, students, and their families.

What You’ll Do:

As Director of Out-of-School Time, you will provide strategic leadership and execution for Chattanooga 2.0’s OST portfolio. Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead Chattanooga 2.0’s OST strategy, setting vision, priorities, and annual work plans in alignment with the Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer.
• Serve as the strategic lead for the AOA initiative, ensuring successful execution of planning, pilot, and implementation deliverables while positioning AOA within the broader OST strategy.
• Provide leadership to the OST Alliance, strengthening network coordination, quality improvement efforts, and shared outcomes across providers.
• Design, pressure test, and scale AOA pilot strategies, defining youth populations, navigation supports, program enhancements, professional development priorities, and success metrics.
• Oversee implementation of relationship-based navigation supports, ensuring adolescents are connected to caring adults who help set goals and connect youth to programs and resources.
• Support research and evaluation efforts in partnership with the Director of Data Strategy & Impact and technical assistance providers, ensuring alignment with shared data systems and national initiative expectations.
• Supervise consultants and contractors, with the potential opportunity to build and lead a growing OST team over time.
• Align OST strategy with Chattanooga 2.0’s broader initiatives and priorities, including Viable Pathways to Prosperity, the Chattanooga Future Fund, and the Children’s Cabinet, to accelerate progress toward Chattanooga 2.0’s 2030 goals.
• Build and sustain strong partner and youth engagement structures, coordinating with technical assistance providers, contractors, and Chattanooga 2.0 leadership to maintain alignment, momentum, and shared accountability, while institutionalizing youth leadership and family partnership as core drivers of strategy and decision-making.

What You Bring:

The strongest candidates will have:

• 7+ years of leadership experience within youth development, K–12, public sector, or cross-sector community initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-sector initiatives or portfolios with strategic ownership
• Strong understanding of positive youth development principles, including youth leadership and relationship-based supports.
• Experience working across school and community systems, with the ability to navigate district structures, nonprofit partnerships, local government dynamics, and cross-sector collaborations.
• Proven experience designing and launching new initiatives or pilot programs, particularly in environments where in evolving or early-stage environments.
• Demonstrated community engagement experience, including facilitating listening sessions, focus groups, youth participatory processes, surveys, or neighborhood-level outreach.
• Strong project management and continuous improvement skills.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented builder mindset with the ability to set direction and move work forward with urgency.
• A collaborative, relationship-centered leadership style with the ability to engage youth, community stakeholders, schools, and national partners.
• Demonstrated commitment to expanding opportunity and economic independence for adolescents.
• Bilingual skills (particularly Spanish/English) preferred.

Details:

• Fully funded position through 2031 as part of a six-year national initiative.
• Hybrid work environment with regular in-person engagement in schools, community spaces, and partner organizations across Hamilton County.
• Periodic travel (at least twice per year) for initiative-related convenings and partner meetings.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

To apply, email your resume and a one-page cover letter as a single PDF to Brandon Hubbard-Heitz at info@chatt2.org by March 18, 2026. Tell us what excites you about helping shape a bold initiative that elevates youth leadership, strengthens the OST system, and transforms what’s possible for adolescents in our community.