• Job Description

  Req#: B019738

  The Foundation

  We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

  The Team

  The vision for the foundation’s US education work is to ensure that all students in the US have access to educational opportunities, from Pre-K to postsecondary, that enable them to develop the knowledge, skills, and agency needed thrive as adults and contribute to their communities. Within K-12 education, the foundation focuses on math and – given the opportunity gaps – specifically focuses on increasing the number of Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds (“priority students”) who are prepared for and complete Algebra 1 by the 9th grade, so they can be ready and able to progress through higher level math in high school and beyond.
  
  The foundation aims to improve math education in this country by increasing the quality of instructional materials so that they are more motivating and engaging for students – particularly priority students – and ensuring that teachers have high-quality supports to use those materials well. Our investments reach nationally, but we also focus within four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas given the large populations of priority students in those states.

  Your Role

  In this role, you will be accountable for supporting the effective implementation of two of our cross-strategy state plans. Work across our strategy lands within our focus states – research and development, instructional materials improvement, teacher preparation supports, teacher professional learning supports – and your role will be to work across all the individuals within our K-12 Education team who fund that works to develop, manage, refine, and support implementation of a coherent, strategy-wide state plan in each focus state. These state plans help us make tradeoffs and data-informed decisions about the best uses of our investments in each state’s context; ensure that we show up as one team within states; and increase the likelihood that our various investments contribute to state-wide progress.

  As a member of our team, you’ll sit within our Strategy & Learning sub-team, which is focused on ensuring that we learn from our impact and adjust our strategy accordingly. To be successful, you must have a complete view of ecosystems (e.g., education systems, markets, policy influencers) of the states you support, and support K-12 team members to engage with those ecosystems in strategy discussions with relevant data and evidence – qualitative and quantitative. In this work, you will partner closely with investment managers across the team to adjust our strategies based on progress and learning.

  What You’ll Do

  State Plan Management & Refinement (40%)

  • Develop deep understanding of state governing structures, education systems, state priorities, and key influencers and partners to inform the K-12 Education team’s strategy priorities.
  • Work with the K-12 Education leadership team to ensure the state plans adequately reflect our strategy priorities and state contexts and priorities.
  • Through conversations with key external and internal partners and the regular review of state-specific data and evidence, develop recommendations on how the state plan should adjust.
  • Maintain clear, transparent, and easily accessible documentation about state plan priorities and progress.
  • Represent the foundation at key external meetings and conferences that have relevance to the state plan.

  Investment Development & Management Consultation and Support (30%)

  • Work with investment managers on the K-12 Education team to develop an investment pipeline that advances priorities outlined in the state plan.
  • As needed, design and support processes or routines that enable coherence and collaboration in investment development and management in alignment with the state plan.
  • As needed, support investment development and management of investments that advance the state plan priorities.
  • As needed, manage investments to refine or measure state plan priorities and progress.

  Progress & Learning Support (30%)

  • In partnership with other members of the K-12 Education team, manage and facilitate internal learning routines focused on understanding state context, state plans, and progress.
  • Develop and maintain progress reporting dashboards for communicating state plan priorities and progress.
  • Working with relevant team members, ensure adequate measures are in place, data are collected and analyzed, and progress synthesized to meet internal progress reporting requirements.

  Your Experience

  • Ability to synthesize large volumes of information, both quantitative and qualitative, into clear recommendations and decisions.
  • Curious, continuous learner approach that can build on the strengths of others to achieve optimal impact.
  • Shown ability to lead and influence others in a constructive manner and to build and sustain collaborative relationships.
  • Ability to manage conflicting priorities and make thoughtful tradeoffs.
  • Exhibited commitment to and ability around inclusive design and equity-centered approaches to strategy development, improvement, and investing.
  • Exhibited commitment to and ability around engaging organizations and leaders with proximate experiences to our K-12 Education strategy priority students – Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds.
  • Math content and pedagogical knowledge, or ability to access.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to effectively synthesize information to reach diverse audiences and build consensus.
  • Advanced degree with 7+ years of experience, or equivalent experience. Experience in K-12 education preferred.

  *Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.

  The typical salary range for this role is $164,800 to $306,500 USD. The exact offer will be determined by a variety of factors such as the candidate’s individual skills, qualifications, and experience relative to the requirements of the role.

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  Hiring Requirements

  As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

  Candidate Accommodations

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  Inclusion Statement

  We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion — of voices, ideas, and approaches — and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.

  All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.

• About the company

  We seek to unlock the possibility inside every individual. We see equal value in all lives. And so we are dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals around the world. From the education of students in Chicago, to the health of a young m...

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