Lead Associate, Education (P2) - Texas

Role Overview

Save the Children's Impact & Evidence (I&E) division focuses on improving educational outcomes for children in rural America. The Lead Associate, Education role supports the implementation of Save the Children's programs to enhance kindergarten readiness and grade-level literacy and math proficiency in under-resourced communities.

Location

Remote – Must be based in Texas, with preference given to East Texas and Houston region.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Guide and support program staff to ensure quality implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Save the Children’s program models.
• Provide in-person and remote training and technical assistance for program staff.
• Visit each assigned site in compliance with the program model to conduct observation, coaching, and mentoring.
• Complete site visit reports.
• In state travel will be required for each of the site visits.
• Ensure accurate and up-to-date data collection and reporting for each assigned site.
• Regularly communicate with the Assistant State Director and Advisors about program implementation challenges and successes and how to resolve complex issues.
• Support the Assistant State Director with partner management including annual partner planning, subaward budget and spending, grant budgets and reports, annual district/site stakeholder meetings, partnership performance management, sponsorship, and emergency/disaster communication and reporting.
• Meet regularly with each site supervisor.
• Ensure timely and accurate incident reporting and necessary follow-up.
• Support the Assistant State Director with identification and assessment of new sites.
• Provide new sites with start-up support including hiring and training program staff, technology and program materials, and Partner Portal usage.
• Attend meetings with school district personnel to troubleshoot education program implementation issues.
• Observe programs in rural communities and provide technical assistance to partner staff.
• Oversee the coordination and planning of onsite and virtual program component trainings.
• Conduct analysis of program data and provide feedback to partner staff and Lead Associates to increase participant impact.
• Develop action plans to increase impact at underperforming program sites.
• Conduct follow-up and supervisory visits to organizations that have undergone training to provide technical assistance and facilitate implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of action plans.
• Develop and maintain a trainee database to monitor trainees and further training needs.
• Provide mentorship/coaching and technical assistance to organizations aiming to improve their early education outcomes.
• Become familiar with federal 21st CCLC donor requirements, prepare all required documents, follow up on partner requirements, attend all required trainings, and submit quarterly program narrative reports.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 3 years of relevant experience delivering literacy/reading and/or math education programs.
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Working knowledge of financial and subgrant management.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and public speaking skills, demonstrated ability to convey clear understanding of issues related to poverty in rural communities.
• Willingness and ability to travel within the state up to 40% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education.
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written Spanish.
• Experience developing and leading trainings for elementary education.
• Experience coaching and supporting adults in an education or related area.
• Experience with budget management.

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 2 - Locations around the US: National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $65,450 - $73,150 base salary.
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $59,500 - $66,500 base salary.

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here).