Position Overview
The Program Coordinator is a critical role for our team, reporting directly to our Chief Program Officer, with myriad opportunities to learn the inner workings of an education nonprofit and connect with incredible professionals across the sector. In this role, you will support a variety of our core initiatives and provide high-quality programmatic and administrative support to the team, assisting with the planning, implementing, and evaluation of our many programs across the country. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, thrive in an independent yet collaborative remote work environment, and possess a desire to pursue mission driven work. We are also looking for someone who is excited to develop more responsibility as our organization and impact continues to expand; we are a small and nimble team, with lots of opportunities to grow!
About Education Board Partners
Education Board Partners (EBP) is the only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to strengthening nonprofit boards in education. Our mission is to ensure that every nonprofit education board is actively and successfully working to improve quality, equity, and accountability in public education, so that all students have access to a great public school. Founded in 2010 as Charter Board Partners, we offer support for boards across the country, including recruitment, training, and matching, cohort programs focused on leadership and equity, board assessments, and deep-dive coaching. We also provide leadership for the sector about the importance of boards and what effective, equity-focused governance looks like, including widely available trainings and high quality tools and resources. Since 2010, we have supported over 650 boards across 19 states; matched over 600 board members to boards, 79% of whom are people of color; and trained over 4,600 board members, with over 97% reporting we helped them become a better board member. For more information about our work, please visit edboards.org.
Our Equity Commitment
Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness are top priorities for us in our work, internally as a team, externally with our partners, and on the boards with which we work. We stand by our Core Values: Achieve Impact, Create Community, Deepen Expertise, Be Courageous, and Embrace Humanity and are guided by our commitment to building an antiracist employee culture and organization.
Primary Responsibilities
Program Support (60%)
Provide support for EBP’s programs across the country, including our cohort programs - e.g. Board Leadership Academy; Equity Institute; Recruiting, Training, & Matching - and our consulting work with individual boards.
- Implement key aspects of program preparation and delivery, including training and event logistics and tech, program marketing and communications, content support, tools/resource management, and feedback collection
- Manage the administration of our board effectiveness diagnostic survey to individual boards and across cohorts, and utilize our survey software to prepare reports for the team and clients
- Own program-related streams of work within our communications strategy, including the development of program marketing materials, and writing copy for and distributing emails to program participants
- Support senior staff and consultants with developing, implementing, and tracking concurrent project plans including timelines, milestones, and deliverables to ensure outcomes
- Serve as a liaison for co-sponsored events with partner organizations, providing the support required from EBP’s side and disseminating necessary communication to the team
- Schedule, organize, and, at times, participate in program-related meetings internally and externally
- Assist with conference registration and other special event logistics as needed
Internal Processes and Systems (40%)
Our internal infrastructure is the engine of our organization; we design all systems and processes with the end goal of scaling our external impact. Everyone plays a critical role in maintaining our organizational health in service of exceptional programming, including the Program Coordinator, who will:
- Maintain components of EBP’s program operations ecosystem - includes significant daily usage of all systems, data entry and management, and supporting the design and execution of team processes across all platforms (e.g., Salesforce CRM, Asana project management, Zoom, Google Drive, DropBox, LiveBinder, survey administration software, social media, etc.)
- Help manage and support the utilization of program technology, such as video conferencing platforms, presentation software, and other remote program delivery technologies
- Assist with the gathering and evaluating of impact data across all programs, and the tracking of org-wide goals in support of our strategic plan
- Support senior staff and the CEO with reporting on our impact (e.g. grant reports, impact summaries)
- Provide additional internal program operations and technical support as needed
Qualifications & Experience
- At least two years of professional work experience
- Experience coordinating complex projects in a fast-changing environment with various stakeholders, deadlines, and deliverables
- The ability to work independently and flexibly, as we are a remote organization with periodic in-person team gatherings and client travel
- Had success in a client or customer facing role, or possess strong relational skills
- Developed a familiarity with the national education reform landscape (preferred but not required)
Characteristics that will make you successful in this role:
- Values alignment and colleagueship: You demonstrate a deep appreciation for EBP’s core values, and you align with and add to EBP’s team and work culture.
- Passion for educational equity: You are deeply aligned with EBP’s mission, demonstrated by a belief that strong governance is crucial to achieving excellent educational outcomes for all students and a commitment to educational equity and the importance of diverse leadership in education.
- Systems mindset: You approach your work with a systems orientation, always looking for ways to make things more efficient and organized. You are comfortable with new technology and enjoy building and managing systems and processes that help others do their work most effectively and drive organizational outcomes.
- Exceptional project coordinator: You excel at designing, organizing, and coordinating the details that enable high-quality work. You are someone who doesn’t let things fall through the cracks and likes supporting others so that everyone is operating at their best.
- Data orientation: You are comfortable working with data management and visualization platforms and with pulling, organizing, and clearly summarizing basic qualitative and quantitative information.
- Relationship builder: You value people, above all. You have demonstrated experience building strong, authentic, trusting relationships with your team members and external partners, and you are exceptional at collaborating across various working styles.
- Collaborative, self-starting, and adaptable: You enjoy working with a passionate and geographically dispersed team, you are a natural initiator, and you don’t mind having lots of balls in the air at all times.
Benefits
The starting salary for this role is $55,000. Final offers are determined using multiple factors including experience, geography, and level of expertise. We are a values-based organization that puts people at the center. We strive to be a great place for people to work and have a generous total benefits and compensation package for our team, including:
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience
- A generous 401k match
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- FSA
- A generous leave policy including PTO, sick leave, parental leave, and family sick leave*
- Child care subsidy for travel
- Home office stipend
- Half day Fridays in the summer; office closure the week between Christmas and New Years
* We have also revisited our leave policies within the rapidly changing environment of the global pandemic, and supported members of our team with various flexible work arrangements over the last two years.
Join Us!
To apply: Submit your resume and cover letter to [email protected]. In your cover letter, please address the following questions so we can get to know you better: (a) why are you interested in this role, at this specific organization? and (b) how did you learn about this opportunity? Please submit your completed application by Monday, April 4th.
Timeline: We anticipate welcoming our incredible new teammate in the late spring/early summer of 2022. We plan to conduct initial telephone interviews in early to mid April, share a performance task with selected candidates, and interview with our top candidates in May.
Gratitude: We know hiring can be onerous on both ends; we appreciate the time you invest alongside us in this process, and we look forward to meeting you.
We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. EBP values diversity and inclusion, both in our workplace and on the boards with which we work, and we are actively seeking talented team members who come from diverse backgrounds and bring different experiences and perspectives.