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Program Coordinator

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San Diego, CA, USA
Full-time

As Program Coordinator, you will play a pivotal role in the TFA- San Diego team. You will create and execute on operational systems to support the onboarding, professional development, and instructional and leadership coaching and development of our corps members and alumni. You will also coordinate the matriculation and onboarding of our incoming corps members. 

You build and shape corps and staff culture in the region. You are a natural self-starter, have a strong work ethic, and are a problem solver. You are a “jack of all trades” and excited by challenges. You are able to stay calm and adapt quickly in a frequently changing environment. You are able to manage multiple projects involving many different stakeholders. You will report to the Director of Program.

Areas of Responsibility: 

Matriculation and Onboarding (35%)
Support Director, Program in designing and executing onboarding plan:

  • Manage and develop ICM corps culture and leadership development through various touch points and outreach efforts
  • Coordinate onboarding webinars (leadership development, community-building, action item/requirements) and design webinar schedule; manage tech
  • Work with Director, Program to develop strategies to ensure matriculation goals are met.
  • Maintain an Incoming Corps Member (ICM) Google site and compose other onboarding communications that are accurate, clean, and consistent
  • Track action items to ensure ICMs are on the path to certification, test passage, and meeting other program requirements.
  • Coordinate logistics for virtual and in-person ICM events
  • Own regional confirmation windows; ensure region meets confirmation goals and admitted applicants receive necessary information and support in order to confirm their offers
  • Coordinate special processes: Assignment smoothing, regional reassignments, transfers

Operational Support (30%)

  • Support Program team in the collection, input and analysis of surveys, data, and other required information as needed
  • In partnership with Program team, develop and maintain the system for monitoring and executing credit-based programming
  • Work with CMAC (Corps Member Advisory Council) to provide logistical support
  • Work with Program team to manage logistics for required corps member events such as Professional Development Days, Orientation, and Alumni Induction
  • Input updates related to CM status in corresponding systems and records
  • Plan and draft communications for corps member and alumni events and other special projects. Build new engagement strategies for corps members and alumni.
  • Serve as logistics lead for Induction (new corps member orientation) and all corps member/alumni events and trainings

 Alumni Support 35%

  • Support Director, Program in designing and executing an alumni engagement and leadership development plan
  • Work with Program team to develop and maintain the system for monitoring and executing on the Alumni Leadership Fellowship. Provide logistical and communications support to alumni leadership fellows
  • Work with the Alumni Council to provide logistical support and create systems in alignment with the regional vision
  • Coordinate the planning and execution of the annual Alumni Survey to ensure regional goals for alumni engagement are met
  • Build and maintain systems to support alumni, CM and MTLD interactions
Skills/Experience: 
  • One to four years of work experience
  • Experience working with communities to make change
  • Experience coordinating diverse groups to align goals
  • Administrative experience, including coordinating projects, successfully meeting deadlines, managing multiple projects simultaneously, event planning

Work demands

  • Occasional local travel, manage inventory, transport up to 50 pounds and stock shelves, live transcription required, evening and weekend work required to support events

Skills

  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to make timely decisions and demonstrate good judgment
  • Exceptional customer service orientation
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to build strong relationships and tailor approach toward the perspective of others

Organization Info

Teach For America

Overview
Headquarters: 
New York, NY, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1993
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Mission: 

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates, professionals, or graduate students who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. Teach For America's mission is to enlist, develop, and mobilize as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence. In the 2016-2017 school year, 6,900 first- and second-year Teach For America corps members are teaching in 53 regions across the United States. Since 1990, Teach For America corps members have reached more than 10 million students. Teach For America's more than 40,000 alumni are providing critical leadership -- as teachers, school and district leaders; elected officials and policy advisers; and founders and leaders of education and social reform initiatives -- to ensure all children have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
May 26 2018
Active Until: 
Jun 26 2018
Hiring Organization: 
Teach For America
industry: 
Nonprofit