COME001: Deputy Department Head

Community Engagement (COME) Deputy Department Head

Talented professionals are needed to commit time and energy as long-term engagement for our mission to provide STEM education to underrepresented middle school girls.

• Provide leadership and support to the Department Head in identifying, engaging, and collaborating with middle schools for our afterschool STEM programs.
• Lead a team of Area Managers responsible for designated regions.
• Support continuous improvement and streamlining of community engagement and outreach efforts.
• Affiliate with Business Development, Account Management, and Onboarding of targeted schools.
• Manage a team of 4-5 direct reports.
• Participate in department budgeting, planning, and reporting activities.
• Collaborate with College Engagement leadership to align staffing between interested schools and universities (for volunteer instructors).
• Coordinate with Corporate Engagement to ensure alignment between targeted schools and potential sponsor companies.
• Work with other JerseySTEM department leaders to strategize growth plans (Marketing, Human Capital, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Attend virtual team meetings weekly (Sundays 6 pm EST).

Qualifications

• Genuine concern about/interest in solving the STEM education gender gap.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills.
• Resourceful with a can-do attitude.
• Familiarity/understanding of K-12 schools (as a former educator/school personnel/school board member, etc.).
• Experience in leading a function and managing others.
• Comfortable working virtually with digital tools (G-Suite, Slack, Jira, salesforce).
• Outreach experience preferred.
• A flexible schedule for daytime calls with school administrators during the work week is a plus.