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| Job Title: | Director, Professional Coaching |
| Organization: | Leadership for Educational Equity Job |
| Region: | Southeast |
| Description: | The Director of Professional Coaching will coach and support individual LEE members who are seriously considering advocacy, organizing and policy leadership. This person will deeply get to know 200-300 LEE members, and based on their career interests, create customized development plans that include access to trainings, fellowships, experiences and networks that will enable them to secure policy, advocacy and organizing pipeline and leadership jobs and become effective in these positions. Our goal is to have more than 250 policy, advocacy, and organizing leaders and several hundred pipeline leaders in place by 2015. To be successful, s/he will collaborate with LEE?s Advocacy and Organizing Team, the Policy Leadership Team, the Leadership Trainings and Initiatives Team, and the Field Engagement Team as well as with regional Teach For America staff. This position reports to the Director of Sourcing. Responsibilities: -Member Support, Coaching, and Tracking -Deeply get to know our policy, advocacy and organizing entry- and mid-level pipeline leaders (200-300 individuals). Understand their specific career goals and plans so we can work with them to achieve their path toward leadership. This work would include but is not limited -Coach the member to develop an individualized leadership development plan. The plan will: -In partnership with the Leadership Trainings and Initiatives team, the Advocacy and Organizing team, and the Policy team build the member?s policy/advocacy/organizing experience and skills by connecting him/her with appropriate level of LEE or partner programming, -In partnership with the Field Engagement team and the Advocacy and Organizing team, strengthen the member?s local and regional networks. This may involve exploring ways for the member to interact with other LEE members, identify policy, organizing and advocacy organizations to join and lead, and identify and if appropriate introduce the member to key influential community leaders who can help the member build his/her policy expertise; -Be proficient with career tools and resources (e.g. resume and interview) for LEE members interested in these tracks; -Work with the Leadership Trainings and Initiatives team to create a peer-to-peer mentoring/coaching program for LEE members to help each other with resume, interviewing and networking skills and/or efficacy as a policy, advocacy or organizing leader; Create, plan, and execute networking opportunities for LEE members Skills and Experience: -Bachelor?s Degree required; -Five plus years of experience working in an advocacy, organizing or policy roles; -Experience coaching others and playing a role in their long-term leadership and talent development; ability to create and maintain scalable systems to manage 200+ relationships -Proven ability to build and leverage relationships with diverse audiences and partners; -Experience cultivating internal and external constituencies; -Demonstrated ability to identify and appropriately respond to motivations and barriers of target audiences to achieve specific outcomes and/or advance thinking; -Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; -Demonstrated ability to plan strategically, prioritize time, and manage implementation of plans in fast-moving, changeable environments; -Superior attention to detail and demonstrated success in managing and operating data systems; -Some travel required; ability to work flexible hours with occasional weekends and evenings. Benefits and Salary: Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included. About Leadership for Educational Equity Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) is a non-partisan, non-profit 501 (c)4 leadership development organization dedicated to ensuring every child has the opportunity to attain an excellent education. By developing a new, diverse generation of leaders and inspiring them to take action on behalf of kids, we believe we can close the opportunity gap and achieve educational equity in our time. LEE is focused on inspiring and empowering our members to pursue leadership opportunities in the areas of policy, elected office, advocacy and organizing. We aim to foster the individual and collective leadership of our members by developing their capacity to effectively shape and set policies that have the greatest possible impact on educational opportunities for all children. LEE currently has a membership base of over 18,000 Teach for America alumni in 43 regions across the United States. Our members are grounded in the experience of teaching in low-income communities, a deep belief in the potential of all children, and a commitment to ending educational inequity and creating life-changing opportunities for all students. LEE is a high-growth, results-oriented organization that operates in an entrepreneurial environment and is committed to continuous improvement. An Equal-Opportunity Employer with a Commitment to Diversity Leadership for Educational Equity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and as an organization committed to diversity and the perspective of all voices, we consider applicants equally of race, gender, color, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability, political affiliation and national origin. We reasonably accommodate staff members and/or applicants with disabilities, provided they are otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job. Would you like to apply to this job? Please go to http://educationalequity.force.com/careers to apply |
| Contact: | Jenny Peddycord |
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| Website: | http://educationalequity.force.com/careers |
| Closing Date: | August-28-13 |
