$91,800 - $166,400 yearly
The Management Center
Remote
The Management Center (TMC) is continuing to grow! We’ve been steadily expanding, and we are seeking an experienced educational equity leader to work with our clients (e.g. school leaders and other educational equity leaders who have managed senior level people in a school system or network of schools). You will lead coaching engagements and serve as a teacher/coach/trainer/nudge/confidante/advisor/thought-partner to client executives, with the aim of helping them build their teams into high performing organizations that deliver great results.
Ideal candidates won’t be lifelong consultants or necessarily have any consulting experience at all. Rather, we seek experienced managers who have produced results and who have a passion for teaching other leaders from diverse backgrounds how to do the same.
Who We Are
We view educational equity as much-needed social change, and our mission is to help social change leaders learn how to build and run more effective organizations so they can deliver great results. Founded in 2006, we have helped shape the practices of hundreds of influential organizations and thousands of individual managers, focusing in particular on leading progressive organizations working for social change. Several years ago, we expanded our reach to include the educational equity sector. This sector development is still in start-up mode as we build our support of superintendents, organizations advocating for more equitable educational policies, school leaders responsible for the children and adults in their buildings, among other leaders in the education space. Our clients work on issues where they face an inherently uphill battle and so must fight more effectively if they are going to achieve their missions and do their best for children. We aim to help them by making their organizations as effective as possible.
A great deal of our work involves direct coaching of clients, and we also offer publications and training to the broader field. Along the way, we have built a strong reputation: on our most recent anonymous survey, 95% of clients said they “Strongly Agree” (the top choice on a 7-point scale) that they would recommend TMC to a friend. Such positive word-of-mouth has created fairly explosive demand for our services that the new coach will help us meet.
What You’ll Do
Your job will be to instill the management practices that will help your educational equity clients build higher-performing organizations that deliver great results. You will work with principals, superintendents, executive directors and their senior teams to help them define ambitious goals; manage for execution; implement rigorous “people practices,” including selecting and retaining a diverse team of the best talent and letting go of people who don’t meet a high bar; and build cultures that reinforce a high bar for performance, constant improvement, and values like equity and transparency.
At any given time, you will lead roughly four to six intensive client engagements and several other less intensive relationships. Your work with clients might include:
Observing them in action, diagnosing their needs, and designing the scope of our work with them;
Delivering services to clients, including coaching senior executives one-on-one, designing new organization-wide systems, providing advice on challenges of the day, and conducting trainings for senior teams;
Serving as the primary point of contact for clients and developing strong working relationships with them;
In the friendliest way possible, nagging client leaders to make sure they are following-up on their commitments; and
Prioritizing across client needs to ensure we spend our energy wisely.
Beyond your work with clients, you will help build and grow TMC. This means you will leverage your networks and cultivate strong relationships to identify additional educational equity leaders and organizations that could benefit from TMC’s services. You also might develop new tools for all of our clients to use, identify better approaches for how we engage with clients, or help us come up with more effective ways to assess our progress. You will also help shape the organization’s strategic direction, and serve as an external ambassador with key constituents.
You will report to one of our senior coaches, who will measure your success primarily by improvement in your clients’ practices, client satisfaction, revenue generated, and fit with our culture.
Who You Are
To be successful in this job, you will excel in four areas: Management instincts : You will have a demonstrated track record of success in managing a high-performing organization, department, or team, and will therefore bring a deep understanding of what it takes to produce results, instincts for going beyond the “textbook” to get to solutions that will work, and an appreciation for the CEO perspective and what it’s like to be in a senior management role.
Critical thinking skills : You will need the smarts to quickly become “fluent” in your clients’ contexts, analyze situations to see beyond the surface of challenges, and effectively customize general practices to fit clients’ particular needs.
Interpersonal ability and a strong lens on issues of racial equity : You must be able to build trust and goodwill with clients and demonstrate deep respect for the clients’ work. You’re the kind of person who thrives on teaching and developing others, while bringing a healthy impatience to see progress. And because our clients and their teams come from a wide range of backgrounds, you can thoughtfully navigate issues related to racial and gender (and other) diversity, equity, and inclusion and bring a deep commitment to advancing these values.
Business development : You are comfortable pitching TMC services to potential educational equity clients. You can negotiate pricing and contracts for your coaching services, understanding how to navigate supporting high-priority clients who might need additional assistance.
We are more interested in these four qualities than in any particular type of experience. However, because you will need to be able to relate as a peer to school leaders and other senior leaders in the education sector, you will also presumably bring experience yourself having operated as a principal/building leader or managed senior level people in a school system or network of schools. We know that there are other types of senior educational equity leaders who may not have run a school, but they could be successful in this role (e.g. Chief Operating Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Managing Directors of Program). Please apply!
Finally, you need to fit well with our culture, which we like to think combines excellence with heart (and a keen sense of humor helps).
What Else You Should Know
Our coaching roles comes in two varieties – a more junior position (Vice President) and a more senior position (Partner), with the difference between the two being the executive experience you bring and the type of clients with whom you work.
Our most urgent current need, given our current client demand and staff makeup, is for a Partner-level coach based anywhere in the United States.
This position is full-time and requires moderate travel 1 – 4 days per month).
The full-time salary range for VP roles is between $91,800 to $128,520, and between $122,400 to $166,400 for Partners, with exact salary depending on experience and new staff rarely starting at the top of the range.
We also offer excellent benefits, including an additional 5% employer contribution to your retirement fund with no match required.
We are an equal opportunity employer, are committed to racial equity and social justice, and we make a particular effort to recruit people of color to apply for open positions.
What Now?
If this seems like you, please complete an application!
The Management Center (TMC) is continuing to grow! We’ve been steadily expanding, and we are seeking an experienced educational equity leader to work with our clients (e.g. school leaders and other educational equity leaders who have managed senior level people in a school system or network of schools). You will lead coaching engagements and serve as a teacher/coach/trainer/nudge/confidante/advisor/thought-partner to client executives, with the aim of helping them build their teams into high performing organizations that deliver great results.
Ideal candidates won’t be lifelong consultants or necessarily have any consulting experience at all. Rather, we seek experienced managers who have produced results and who have a passion for teaching other leaders from diverse backgrounds how to do the same.
Who We Are
We view educational equity as much-needed social change, and our mission is to help social change leaders learn how to build and run more effective organizations so they can deliver great results. Founded in 2006, we have helped shape the practices of hundreds of influential organizations and thousands of individual managers, focusing in particular on leading progressive organizations working for social change. Several years ago, we expanded our reach to include the educational equity sector. This sector development is still in start-up mode as we build our support of superintendents, organizations advocating for more equitable educational policies, school leaders responsible for the children and adults in their buildings, among other leaders in the education space. Our clients work on issues where they face an inherently uphill battle and so must fight more effectively if they are going to achieve their missions and do their best for children. We aim to help them by making their organizations as effective as possible.
A great deal of our work involves direct coaching of clients, and we also offer publications and training to the broader field. Along the way, we have built a strong reputation: on our most recent anonymous survey, 95% of clients said they “Strongly Agree” (the top choice on a 7-point scale) that they would recommend TMC to a friend. Such positive word-of-mouth has created fairly explosive demand for our services that the new coach will help us meet.
What You’ll Do
Your job will be to instill the management practices that will help your educational equity clients build higher-performing organizations that deliver great results. You will work with principals, superintendents, executive directors and their senior teams to help them define ambitious goals; manage for execution; implement rigorous “people practices,” including selecting and retaining a diverse team of the best talent and letting go of people who don’t meet a high bar; and build cultures that reinforce a high bar for performance, constant improvement, and values like equity and transparency.
At any given time, you will lead roughly four to six intensive client engagements and several other less intensive relationships. Your work with clients might include:
Observing them in action, diagnosing their needs, and designing the scope of our work with them;
Delivering services to clients, including coaching senior executives one-on-one, designing new organization-wide systems, providing advice on challenges of the day, and conducting trainings for senior teams;
Serving as the primary point of contact for clients and developing strong working relationships with them;
In the friendliest way possible, nagging client leaders to make sure they are following-up on their commitments; and
Prioritizing across client needs to ensure we spend our energy wisely.
Beyond your work with clients, you will help build and grow TMC. This means you will leverage your networks and cultivate strong relationships to identify additional educational equity leaders and organizations that could benefit from TMC’s services. You also might develop new tools for all of our clients to use, identify better approaches for how we engage with clients, or help us come up with more effective ways to assess our progress. You will also help shape the organization’s strategic direction, and serve as an external ambassador with key constituents.
You will report to one of our senior coaches, who will measure your success primarily by improvement in your clients’ practices, client satisfaction, revenue generated, and fit with our culture.
Who You Are
To be successful in this job, you will excel in four areas: Management instincts : You will have a demonstrated track record of success in managing a high-performing organization, department, or team, and will therefore bring a deep understanding of what it takes to produce results, instincts for going beyond the “textbook” to get to solutions that will work, and an appreciation for the CEO perspective and what it’s like to be in a senior management role.
Critical thinking skills : You will need the smarts to quickly become “fluent” in your clients’ contexts, analyze situations to see beyond the surface of challenges, and effectively customize general practices to fit clients’ particular needs.
Interpersonal ability and a strong lens on issues of racial equity : You must be able to build trust and goodwill with clients and demonstrate deep respect for the clients’ work. You’re the kind of person who thrives on teaching and developing others, while bringing a healthy impatience to see progress. And because our clients and their teams come from a wide range of backgrounds, you can thoughtfully navigate issues related to racial and gender (and other) diversity, equity, and inclusion and bring a deep commitment to advancing these values.
Business development : You are comfortable pitching TMC services to potential educational equity clients. You can negotiate pricing and contracts for your coaching services, understanding how to navigate supporting high-priority clients who might need additional assistance.
We are more interested in these four qualities than in any particular type of experience. However, because you will need to be able to relate as a peer to school leaders and other senior leaders in the education sector, you will also presumably bring experience yourself having operated as a principal/building leader or managed senior level people in a school system or network of schools. We know that there are other types of senior educational equity leaders who may not have run a school, but they could be successful in this role (e.g. Chief Operating Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Managing Directors of Program). Please apply!
Finally, you need to fit well with our culture, which we like to think combines excellence with heart (and a keen sense of humor helps).
What Else You Should Know
Our coaching roles comes in two varieties – a more junior position (Vice President) and a more senior position (Partner), with the difference between the two being the executive experience you bring and the type of clients with whom you work.
Our most urgent current need, given our current client demand and staff makeup, is for a Partner-level coach based anywhere in the United States.
This position is full-time and requires moderate travel 1 – 4 days per month).
The full-time salary range for VP roles is between $91,800 to $128,520, and between $122,400 to $166,400 for Partners, with exact salary depending on experience and new staff rarely starting at the top of the range.
We also offer excellent benefits, including an additional 5% employer contribution to your retirement fund with no match required.
We are an equal opportunity employer, are committed to racial equity and social justice, and we make a particular effort to recruit people of color to apply for open positions.
What Now?
If this seems like you, please complete an application!
$122,400 - $166,400 yearly
The Management Center
Remote
Do people who know you refer to you as “The Connector” or some other type of network aficionado nickname? Does your commitment to every child’s education drive you to do whatever needs to be done to ensure that education is of the quality they deserve? Have you seen the difference effective and equitable management practices can make in how well teams can deliver results for the children they educate? We’d like a word with you!
The Management Center (TMC) is seeking our first Partner, Education Sector Engagement & Partnerships to contribute to the ever-expanding work of our Educational Equity (Ed Equity) Team. The Partner will leverage their, and TMC’s, networks of leaders, schools, and organizations committed to the success of every child to build and grow partnerships with TMC to offer our services of management coaching and training.
Who We Are
We view educational equity as much-needed social change, and our mission is to help social change leaders learn how to build and run more effective organizations so they can deliver great results. Founded in 2006, we have helped shape the practices of hundreds of influential organizations and thousands of individual managers, focusing in particular on leading progressive organizations working for social change. In 2015, we expanded our reach to include the educational equity sector. This sector development is still in start-up mode as we build our support of superintendents, school leaders responsible for the children and adults in their buildings, among other leaders in the education space, and organizations advocating for more equitable educational policies. Our clients work on issues where they face an inherently uphill battle and so must fight more effectively if they are going to achieve their missions and do their best for children. We aim to help them by making their organizations as effective as possible.
The Ed Equity Team has ambitious goals to support as many school leaders and organizations that educate some of our most vulnerable populations (students of color and low-income students) as possible. We are particularly committed to serving schools/organizations led by and for leaders of color and indigenous leaders.
What You’ll Do
Reporting to the head of the educational equity sector, the Partner will be an integral member of the team who will create an outreach game plan and execute it by quickly identifying and winning over strategic clients who have high expectations for our work with them. This individual will cut through all red tape to get the job done and secure future partnerships/business for our ed sector coaches and trainers in order to help us reach our ambitious goals.
This newly developed role will evolve over time, but you’ll have 2 major areas of responsibility:
Strategic engagement and partnership-building – approximately 70% of your time
Build and maintain relationships across the education sector to generate business (primarily in schools, school districts, and non-profits/foundations that support either).
Secure and/or maintain at least 7 Ed Equity partnerships within the first year with at least 1 being an organization lead by a person of color or indigenous person.
Team support – approximately 30% of your time
Identify/develop internal systems that make the building and maintenance of relationships with external partners easier to scale.
Steward strategic partnerships that help us accomplish our goals around impact and number of managers trained, including
Acting as a liaison between external partners and the rest of the Ed Equity team.
Delegating logistical aspects of partnerships (e.g. writing contracts, conducting intake calls, scheduling onsite trainings) to the relevant TMC team member
Collaborating with the Administrative Team and the Ed Equity Sector Head to ensure everyone has the information they need to move forward
Lead trainings for select clients; including the majority of trainings at education conferences TMC attends
If you were a member of the team this year, you would have been
Networking with school and district leaders, hearing their needs, and recommending resources to them (TMC and others).
Identifying and pursuing potential new partnerships that TMC’s Ed Equity Sector should pursue.
Setting up the initial systems for new partnerships and analyzing the systems for current partnerships to ensure client needs met and all members our team understand their roles with the client.
Creating an outreach plan to secure school leader management trainings for the summer.
Partnering with large public school districts when big and tricky issues arise.
What Else You Should Know
We are an equal opportunity employer, are committed to racial equity, and we make a particular effort to recruit people of color, indigenous people, and gender-non-conforming people to apply for open positions.
This position is full-time, can be based anywhere in the United States, and requires moderate travel (1 – 4 days per month).
The full-time salary range is between $122,400 to $166,400 for Partners, with exact salary depending on experience and new staff rarely starting at the top of the range. We also offer excellent benefits, including an additional 5% employer contribution to your retirement fund with no match required.
What Now?
If this seems like you, please complete an application!
Do people who know you refer to you as “The Connector” or some other type of network aficionado nickname? Does your commitment to every child’s education drive you to do whatever needs to be done to ensure that education is of the quality they deserve? Have you seen the difference effective and equitable management practices can make in how well teams can deliver results for the children they educate? We’d like a word with you!
The Management Center (TMC) is seeking our first Partner, Education Sector Engagement & Partnerships to contribute to the ever-expanding work of our Educational Equity (Ed Equity) Team. The Partner will leverage their, and TMC’s, networks of leaders, schools, and organizations committed to the success of every child to build and grow partnerships with TMC to offer our services of management coaching and training.
Who We Are
We view educational equity as much-needed social change, and our mission is to help social change leaders learn how to build and run more effective organizations so they can deliver great results. Founded in 2006, we have helped shape the practices of hundreds of influential organizations and thousands of individual managers, focusing in particular on leading progressive organizations working for social change. In 2015, we expanded our reach to include the educational equity sector. This sector development is still in start-up mode as we build our support of superintendents, school leaders responsible for the children and adults in their buildings, among other leaders in the education space, and organizations advocating for more equitable educational policies. Our clients work on issues where they face an inherently uphill battle and so must fight more effectively if they are going to achieve their missions and do their best for children. We aim to help them by making their organizations as effective as possible.
The Ed Equity Team has ambitious goals to support as many school leaders and organizations that educate some of our most vulnerable populations (students of color and low-income students) as possible. We are particularly committed to serving schools/organizations led by and for leaders of color and indigenous leaders.
What You’ll Do
Reporting to the head of the educational equity sector, the Partner will be an integral member of the team who will create an outreach game plan and execute it by quickly identifying and winning over strategic clients who have high expectations for our work with them. This individual will cut through all red tape to get the job done and secure future partnerships/business for our ed sector coaches and trainers in order to help us reach our ambitious goals.
This newly developed role will evolve over time, but you’ll have 2 major areas of responsibility:
Strategic engagement and partnership-building – approximately 70% of your time
Build and maintain relationships across the education sector to generate business (primarily in schools, school districts, and non-profits/foundations that support either).
Secure and/or maintain at least 7 Ed Equity partnerships within the first year with at least 1 being an organization lead by a person of color or indigenous person.
Team support – approximately 30% of your time
Identify/develop internal systems that make the building and maintenance of relationships with external partners easier to scale.
Steward strategic partnerships that help us accomplish our goals around impact and number of managers trained, including
Acting as a liaison between external partners and the rest of the Ed Equity team.
Delegating logistical aspects of partnerships (e.g. writing contracts, conducting intake calls, scheduling onsite trainings) to the relevant TMC team member
Collaborating with the Administrative Team and the Ed Equity Sector Head to ensure everyone has the information they need to move forward
Lead trainings for select clients; including the majority of trainings at education conferences TMC attends
If you were a member of the team this year, you would have been
Networking with school and district leaders, hearing their needs, and recommending resources to them (TMC and others).
Identifying and pursuing potential new partnerships that TMC’s Ed Equity Sector should pursue.
Setting up the initial systems for new partnerships and analyzing the systems for current partnerships to ensure client needs met and all members our team understand their roles with the client.
Creating an outreach plan to secure school leader management trainings for the summer.
Partnering with large public school districts when big and tricky issues arise.
What Else You Should Know
We are an equal opportunity employer, are committed to racial equity, and we make a particular effort to recruit people of color, indigenous people, and gender-non-conforming people to apply for open positions.
This position is full-time, can be based anywhere in the United States, and requires moderate travel (1 – 4 days per month).
The full-time salary range is between $122,400 to $166,400 for Partners, with exact salary depending on experience and new staff rarely starting at the top of the range. We also offer excellent benefits, including an additional 5% employer contribution to your retirement fund with no match required.
What Now?
If this seems like you, please complete an application!
$200,000 - $250,000 yearly
Axis Talent Partners
Washington, DC, USA
About Share Our Strength
Founded in response to the Ethiopian famine in 1984, Share Our Strength’s mission is to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and abroad. Today, that mission is expressed through the organization’s work to end childhood hunger in America through its No Kid Hungry and Cooking Matters campaigns. No Kid Hungry, their bold campaign to end childhood hunger in America, has provided 775 million meals since its inception. Cooking Matters has supported nearly half a million families in healthy, affordable food shopping and preparation. Read more about their programming and impact here .
About the Chief Communications & Marketing Officer Opportunity
At Share Our Strength, they believe that child hunger in the U.S. is a solvable issue. The incoming Chief Communications & Marketing Officer (CCMO) will lead the effort to powerfully and inclusively tell the stories of their work and impact. Building upon the strength of Share Our Strength’s brand and track record of impact, the CCMO will drive the vision and work of their marketing and communications shop, ensuring that they innovatively and strategically position themselves and their work, advance their brand and revenue opportunities, and effectively meet both internal and external stakeholder needs. Reporting to the CEO, and serving as a key member of the executive team, the CCMO will lead a team of 32 individuals, and collaborate with teams across the organization.
How You’ll be Measured:
Vision & Functional Development – Lead and support a highly-effective, world-class mar-comms function in setting vision and defining purpose, priorities, and goals; optimally structuring teams and processes; and building a highly collaborative, service-oriented and equity-centered culture.
Marketing and Communications Strategy – Lead annual development of the overall, integrated marketing and communications strategy and budget, including national, owned, earned, paid, and social media, public relations, brand stewardship, thought leadership, and influencer relations.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – Build strategies that reflect their core value of diversity and equity, ensuring community and marginalized voices and perspectives are represented, with an eye toward stewarding and sustaining authentic relationships with the communities that Share Our Strength serves.
Executive Leadership & Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner and collaborate with all members of the executive team, ensuring that the Marketing & Communications team is a trusted collaborator with members of all teams across the organization, acting as a force multiplier to amplify the work and impact of the organization.
Revenue Growth & Strategic Partnerships – Collaborate with the Executive Team, to quickly become a significant driver of organizational growth and revenue by identifying and pursuing strategic relationships, and by leveraging branding, strategic planning, better and more efficient communications execution, and new campaigns/messages, as well as supporting organization-wide efforts.
Organizational Representative – Represent Share Our Strength at a myriad of events and engagements, speaking on behalf of the organization and engaging stakeholders in person, effectively telling the story of Share Our Strength’s impact and motivating others to join their work.
About Share Our Strength
Founded in response to the Ethiopian famine in 1984, Share Our Strength’s mission is to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and abroad. Today, that mission is expressed through the organization’s work to end childhood hunger in America through its No Kid Hungry and Cooking Matters campaigns. No Kid Hungry, their bold campaign to end childhood hunger in America, has provided 775 million meals since its inception. Cooking Matters has supported nearly half a million families in healthy, affordable food shopping and preparation. Read more about their programming and impact here .
About the Chief Communications & Marketing Officer Opportunity
At Share Our Strength, they believe that child hunger in the U.S. is a solvable issue. The incoming Chief Communications & Marketing Officer (CCMO) will lead the effort to powerfully and inclusively tell the stories of their work and impact. Building upon the strength of Share Our Strength’s brand and track record of impact, the CCMO will drive the vision and work of their marketing and communications shop, ensuring that they innovatively and strategically position themselves and their work, advance their brand and revenue opportunities, and effectively meet both internal and external stakeholder needs. Reporting to the CEO, and serving as a key member of the executive team, the CCMO will lead a team of 32 individuals, and collaborate with teams across the organization.
How You’ll be Measured:
Vision & Functional Development – Lead and support a highly-effective, world-class mar-comms function in setting vision and defining purpose, priorities, and goals; optimally structuring teams and processes; and building a highly collaborative, service-oriented and equity-centered culture.
Marketing and Communications Strategy – Lead annual development of the overall, integrated marketing and communications strategy and budget, including national, owned, earned, paid, and social media, public relations, brand stewardship, thought leadership, and influencer relations.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – Build strategies that reflect their core value of diversity and equity, ensuring community and marginalized voices and perspectives are represented, with an eye toward stewarding and sustaining authentic relationships with the communities that Share Our Strength serves.
Executive Leadership & Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner and collaborate with all members of the executive team, ensuring that the Marketing & Communications team is a trusted collaborator with members of all teams across the organization, acting as a force multiplier to amplify the work and impact of the organization.
Revenue Growth & Strategic Partnerships – Collaborate with the Executive Team, to quickly become a significant driver of organizational growth and revenue by identifying and pursuing strategic relationships, and by leveraging branding, strategic planning, better and more efficient communications execution, and new campaigns/messages, as well as supporting organization-wide efforts.
Organizational Representative – Represent Share Our Strength at a myriad of events and engagements, speaking on behalf of the organization and engaging stakeholders in person, effectively telling the story of Share Our Strength’s impact and motivating others to join their work.
