Director
- Employer
- Early Educator Investment Collaborative (the Collaborative)
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Closing date
- Nov 12, 2020
Overview
Overview of the Collaborative
The Early Educator Investment Collaborative (the Collaborative) is
a national early childhood funder collaborative that has come
together to transform the early childhood education workforce. The
Collaborative envisions a country in which there is no opportunity
gap among children, and every child makes significant and sustained
gains in cognitive, social, and emotional development through their
early care and education experience.
To achieve this vision, the Collaborative seeks to ensure every
young child in an early care and education (ECE) program has an
educator who is well prepared, possesses competencies needed to
promote healthy learning and development, and is compensated
appropriately.
The Collaborative is enacting two strategies to fulfill its
vision:
-Educator Preparation: Under this strategy, the Collaborative is
working to transform how institutions of higher education (IHEs)
prepare ECE teachers.
-Compensation: Under this strategy, the Collaborative is working
toward an increased and appropriate compensation for ECE
professionals.
The Collaborative is represented by a Steering Committee of funders
and informed by an Advisory Committee of experts, with deep
experience in early childhood. The Collaborative is fiscally
sponsored by TSNE, an organization that provides grants and
financial management, consulting, and training services to
strengthen nonprofits.
Role of the Director
The Director will bring a substantial level of knowledge in and
passion for ECE, and deep knowledge of the ECE workforce. This
includes an understanding of the demographic composition of the ECE
teaching workforce in the U.S., the status of access to
competency-based preparation for lead teachers, the historical
antecedents and barriers to appropriate compensation for the
workforce, and the impact of external forces – including, but not
limited to, systemic oppression and the racialized and gender
wealth gaps, and how these affect the stability of the ECE
workforce. The Director reports to the Steering Committee
(SC), the governing body for the Collaborative, under a mutual
agreement with TSNE.
The Director will also demonstrate a proven track record of
leadership, execution, and consensus-building, to lead the
Collaborative forward toward its goal of dramatically of
eliminating the opportunity gap by improving the status of the ECE
workforce via increased compensation and competency-based
preparation. The Director will be the nexus and day-to-day leader
of the Collaborative, skillfully implementing the Collaborative
Steering Committee’s dual strategic focus on competency-based
preparation and compensation for lead ECE teachers. The
Director will engage directly with the communities of intended
impact. This includes, but is not limited to, working with the ECE
workforce itself, individuals working in IHEs that prepare the
workforce, and policymakers, advocates, and grassroots organizers
working to increase workforce compensation and access to
competency-based preparation. The ability to effectively
engage and comfortably communicate with many different audiences is
essential. As the first staff member for the Collaborative,
an entrepreneurial spirit and demonstrated capacity to be a
“self-starter” will be necessary to thrive and succeed.
The Director will be an employee of TSNE and will have the
flexibility ability to hire one full-time equivalent position(s)
for support staff to assist with content and logistics or another
identified need.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
-Implement, refine, and help evolve the Collaborative’s strategy
and content as defined by the SC to transform the ECE workforce and
serve as direct liaison to the SC co-chairs
-Serve as the day-to-day leader of all Collaborative activities,
including staff management and supervision, communications,
fundraising, financial planning, strategic planning, and
stakeholder management
-In conjunction with the Collaborative, develop, issue, and manage
requests for proposals to solicit grants and contracts
-Oversee grantees and contractors for the Collaborative,
potentially including an external evaluator to measure progress
against the strategy
-Oversee/Supervise logistics and administrative supports
-Manage the learning table for the Collaborative higher education
grantees
-Provide technical assistance to grantees as needed
-Convene and facilitate the Collaborative’s Steering Committee and
sub-committee regular meetings, as well as the Expert Advisory
Committee, the Technical Assistance Advisory Group, and Aligned
Contributing funders.
-Accountable to individual foundations such as facilitating grants
to the Collaborative, handling funder specific requests, and
tracking of funder allocations and distributions
-Oversee and work with the Collaborative’s communications firm and
communications sub-committee to manage external communications,
serving as a spokesperson for the initiative when
appropriate.
-Ensure strategic alignment of grants issued by independent
foundations across the six principles intended to capture the
spirit of collaboration and transparency in grantmaking, reporting,
and evaluation, among the Contributing Funders acting through the
Steering Committee, including as related to: providing resources to
achieve shared vision, grantmaking and contracting, reporting from
fiscal sponsor, monitoring and evaluation, relationships, and
confidentially.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
-Bachelor’s degree required and an advanced degree in a relevant
field strongly preferred
-5+ years working in the early childhood sector, with specific
experience related to ECE workforce system development a must
-5+ years of management with increasing responsibility
Skills
In addition to the attributes described in the role above, the
successful candidate will have:
-Ability to think strategically and successfully execute the
Collaborative’s strategy
-Ability to move seamlessly between big picture / strategic
thinking and highly detailed execution and is responsive to
changing environments
-Strong management skills, both project and staff management
-Facilitation and management of meetings in person and on-line is a
strength; an ability to set clear agendas, practice good listening
skills, and work toward building consensus
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills including
communicating a compelling vision that attracts others to the
work
-Excellent organizational skills and detail orientation
-Excellent critical-thinking skills and ability to prioritize and
think about long-term goals
-Energetic and resourceful, with creative problem-solving skills
and learning orientation
-Sound judgment and the highest ethical standards
-Strong foundation in ECE and the status of the early childhood
workforce and extensive knowledge of related research
-Comfort working independently and in a collaborative team
environment
-Passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion with a demonstrated
ability to lead with cultural sensitivity
Location
This will be a telework position. Funders are flexible on
location.
Term
The Collaborative funders have committed to funding this role for a
minimum of two years.
Application Guidelines
This search is being conducted by TSNE and the Collaborative.
All submissions will be acknowledged and are confidential.
Please include a resume and a cover letter with salary range
expectations, information regarding how you learned of the
position, and a description of how your qualifications and
experience match the Collaborative’s needs and mission. All
submissions of candidacy will be accepted until the position is
filled. The compensation range for this position is commensurate
with experience, within the framework of the organization’s annual
operating budget and in conjunction with TSNE’s benefits
package.
TSNE / the Collaborative actively seek a diverse pool of candidates
and welcome people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds,
abilities, gender identities, religions, ages, and sexual
orientations to apply. As an EOE/AA employer, TSNE / the
Collaborative will not discriminate in its employment practices due
to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin or
ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, genetic
information, veteran or disability status or any other factor
prohibited by law.
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