About Converge

Converge is a for-profit company committed to using best-in-class data integration, interoperability standards, and visualization to empower school districts, educators, and students. Converge is dedicated to creating enterprise-level data infrastructure for schools and districts in one integrated, securely managed, and user-friendly data ecosystem.

Products Include

Landing Zone- Landing Zone is a multi-phase project designed to streamline the process of transforming data in non-standard aligned formats into a format that aligns with an interoperability standard.

Cortex- Cortex is an integrated SIS and LMS that can create personalized learning progressions for students that allow students to own their data and drive their learning.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced leader to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Converge, anearly-growthedtech company. The CEO will be responsible for driving the nextphase of the company including expanding the existinghigh-performingK12 product team and growing sales tohelp districts and educators leverage data for learning impact.
To thrive as a CEO, you must be a prudent manager and an inspiring leader. The ideal candidate will be mission andimpact-drivenwith an acute business mindset whocansee the big picture and set and achieve ambitious growth goals. This leader will take action to enhance the company's cash flow while keeping the human factor in sharp perspective.Priorities 

• Grow the strategic vision, internal culture, and business impact.
• Drive the company's development and guide it toward long-term success.
• Develop high-quality business strategies and plans, ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives.
• Oversee the growth of all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission.

What You’ll Do

• Grow company leadership. You will establish and grow a strong Board of Directors and leadership team, with whom you will work closely to set and operationalize the long-term, vision and goals for the company. 
• Evangelize the company vision. You will collaborate with the leadership team on the company vision and ensure the vision informs every decision made on the products.
• Own the product and go-to-market strategy. You will conduct market analysis and customer research to recommend new strategic opportunities. 
• Develop and execute a product roadmap.You will build and maintain the roadmap based on company objectives, market opportunities, customer feedback, and data analysis. You will use your deep product experience to manage an agile team of engineers and designers as they deliver innovative solutions to our customers. 
• Ensure consistent product delivery. You will work cross-functionally with the engineers and designers to create an effective software development organization. With your help, we will predictably deliver the right solutions at the right time.
• Build and lead an engaged team. You will build, lead, and develop a team of product managers and designers who do their best work. You will network and nurture relationships to maintain a pipeline of future team members.
• Represent the company. You will develop strong relationships across all parts of the organization and be the face of our products in sales calls, customer meetings, partnership discussions, and other alliances.
• Lead resource allocation. You will manage the company’s overall budget, lead fundraising efforts, and make smart resource allocation decisions based on company and product strategic priorities.

This Job Might Be For You If

• Embody our core values.
• Are mission-aligned and focused on impact.
• Have a passion for building product experiences that impact the lives of educators and students.
• Have experience working in K12 education technology.
• Know how to inform company strategy with metrics, customer research, market insights, and technology.
• Have an entrepreneurial spirit, are a self-starter, and are internally driven to make an impact.
• Are equally comfortable speaking to executives, customers, and engineers and know how to adapt your message for each stakeholder. Perhaps you have even successfully presented to customers,  executives, or board members at conferences.
• Have experience growing an organization from tens of employees to hundreds.
• Possess humility and a willingness to check your ego at the door for the benefit of the product and team.
• A problem solver can analyze complex situations and occurrences and provide solutions to ensure company survival and growth.
• Have a deep sense of ownership and accountability, coupled with the ability to thrive in a collaborative environment.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills. Will you bring an inspiring, motivated, and convincing personality?
• Have strong leadership and managerial skills: Can you lead and expand a strong team of like-minded and driven individuals? Can you lead and motivate team members to advance employee engagement and develop a high-performing managerial team?
• Embody a solid process-driven approach. Do you have what it takes to build processes for all new business divisions (customer training, sales, marketing, and operations)?  

Bonus points if you have experience 

• with enterprise platform development.
• working remotely with team members across different time zones.
• with B2G.

This Job Might Not Be For You If You

• Are status-conscious, hierarchy-driven, or resume/credential-focused.
• Struggle to give or receive feedback or engage in healthy dialogue.
• Don’t want to build alongside collaborators in leadership roles.

Other Information 

• This is a full-time position with the ability to work remotely. Since March 2020, the entire staff has worked remotely, and team members are expected to be available during typical office hours in Eastern Time, with some flexibility available.  
• You must be authorized to work in the U.S. without restrictions.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Core Values 

We do this work because we have the skills to change lives. We level the playing field to eliminate educational inequity and advance social justice. Every child deserves an opportunity to go to college and successfully transition to adulthood. We help schools and systems achieve jaw-dropping growth for their students. Our teams set clear, ambitious goals and work with urgency to achieve them. Results are an opportunity to learn and focus on what we can do even better in the future. 

Whatever it takes.With a social justice mission at our core, we feel an urgency to make a life-trajectory-changing difference. We go above and beyond. Whatever it takes entails developing systems, judgment, and teams that collectively work smarter to do what we need to do. Excellence is a habit and practice. We do whatever it takes to provide excellent customer service to our clients, schools, and partners.

Servant leadership.The thread that binds us together is a desire to make a difference and to serve. Our habit of humility means we own our strengths and weaknesses, build relationships and community grounded in empathy and respect, consider multiple perspectives, connect to something bigger than ourselves, and go above and beyond to serve.

Everything with integrity. We are empowered by a commitment to do what we say we are going to do when we say we are going to do it. Integrity is workability. We choose to be responsible for our shared success, be true to our principles, and take joy in our mission's demands.

Stewardship and thrift.Building a world-class company requires the careful and responsible management of scarce resources. Thrift means working productively, consuming wisely, and serving our community generously. Wastefulness deprives our core work of needed resources. We work smartly, honestly, and unselfishly for the sake of investing in our mission.

Generous collaboration on tough challenges.This work is hard. We will get better faster when we focus on getting better together. We put the organization’s success and mission above ourselves. We are a performance-driven organization where we regularly celebrate success, confront brutal facts, and own and fix shortcomings. We live in a space of radical candor.

Learners for life.We learn continuously to improve continuously. Reflection and feedback drive improvement. Evidence serves and informs decision-making, instruction, and performance management. We are always listening, learning, and growing personally and professionally. We fail forward.

A company with a 10x impact.We aim to build world-class products, technology, and initiatives that impact millions of students by creating system-level change. We work at gnarly problems at the intersection of education, tech, and data that set precedent and define the standard worldwide for best in class use of data and technology in education.

Why Converge 

Our team is women-founded and women-led, filled with strategists and doers with diverse lived experience who have worked across technology, education, social impact, philanthropy, and public and private sectors (we even have someone who used to explore caves to chart bat behavior!). We are headquartered in New York, with team members in Raleigh, Cincinnati, Phoenix, and Reno.

Fast Facts

Established: 2018

Employees: Less than 10

Schools + Districts Served: 25 

Job type:Full Time

Location:  Remote

About InnovateEDU

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the achievement gap by accelerating innovation in Common Core-aligned, next generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on the development of scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students and close the achievement gap.

About the Project

EdTech Evidence Exchange is a research-based project that is in a portfolio of projects of the nonprofit InnovateEDU. The Exchange is a nationwide effort to document and share edtech insights to help every PK-12 classroom. We aim to provide educators with evidence that will help them better select and implement edtech and to connect educators who work in similar school and division contexts in terms of their edtech implementation. 

Position

The Research Project Associate works closely with Exchange’s Project Manager and InnovateEDUs Director of Research to coordinate and provide direct support for a variety of research projects. This includes data collection and recruitment efforts, online platform development, user experience testing, and grant support. Interested candidates will have the opportunity to write for academic audiences. 

This is a full-time position with the ability to work remotely. Since March 2020, the entire InnovateEDU staff has worked virtually, and team members are expected to be available during typical office hours in Eastern Standard Time, with some flexibility available. The position may require 20% travel to support sites nationwide.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating new and ongoing research projects
  • Develop/create and revise workflows and project/organizational procedures
    • Analyzing project tasks and tracking progress
    • Course correcting and documenting changes as needed
    • Recording work processes and SOPs
  • Organize and contribute to project meetings, including maintaining weekly meeting agendas
  • Communicate with product design and development teams to coordinate development and bug tracking
  • Lead design, manage, and conduct user experience testing
  • Work with Project Manager to plan and execute data collections, both virtually and in-person as needed including
    • Engaging with educators and partners to plan data collections
    • Developing and organizing strategic communication plans with partners 
    • Creating recruitment materials to disseminate to partners and educators
  • Track survey changes and publish in Qualtrics
    • Managing and maintaining survey codebooks
    • Managing survey rewards integration with Tango
  • Troubleshoot with participants during data collection, often in the moment
  • Provide administrative support to the Project Manager and Director of Research as needed
• Providing grants support:
  • Work with Project Manager to develop interim and final reports for existing funders including
    • Backmapping
    • Pulling project metrics 
    • Generating project drafts
  • Support grant writing/fundraising efforts

Who You Are

You are a mission-driven individual who believes in working to close the educational opportunity gap. You are an optimistic problem-solver and believe that together we can create real solutions to help the entire sector move forward. You are keen to understand different moving pieces of a complex project and willing to use your skills to organize the work for seamless implementation. You are excited to join a growing team working on early-stage products and processes that have long-term impacts on the sector. You thrive in a fast paced work environment managing many workstreams, and are highly responsive.  

You are open to feedback, bring your best every day, and are ready to grow in all areas of your work. You want to join a team of folks who share your vision for mission-driven work at the intersection of education, policy, and civil rights.  Finally, you know that sharing often is key to this work and are ready to document everything that you do so that schools everywhere, and the sector as a whole, will benefit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in social sciences including teacher education, education policy/leadership, or organizational studies
• At least 3 years experience in project management 
• At least 3 years supporting research activities or studies, preferably in education research
• Knowledge of and experience with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
• Experience developing content and managing logistics for events such as conferences, webinars, or workshops for educators
• Commitment to InnovateEDU’s mission and vision
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles, and values including the commitment to nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment

Required Skills

• Well-developed interpersonal skills enabling strong collaboration and communication in remote settings with a small team and with external partners
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills with abilities to respond in the moment and pivot easily as new priorities arise
• Ability to recognize issues and comfort proactively addressing them
• Ability to prioritize multiple competing priorities/organizational demands
• Comfort with pivoting on tasks for new directions and priorities
• Comfort working on a combination of discrete and non-discrete projects 
• Highly organized and detail oriented when it comes to deliverables and monitoring and documenting project progress
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in formal and informal settings across a variety of audiences
• Knowledge of organizational processes and systems 
• Knowledge of research processes
• Knowledge of Microsoft applications including Excel 
• Knowledge of Google applicationsExperience in designing and carrying out logistics for events (e.g., workshops or symposia) for educator audiences (task analysis, materials, organizing calendars)

Competitive Qualifications

• Experience creating and managing surveys in Qualtrics including Tango Rewards incentive integration
• Familiarity with Stata, Jira, and/or Asana
• Strong proficiency in Excel and/or Google Sheets
• Experience developing and streamlining SOPs

Compensation

Consistent with our diversity, equity, and inclusion statement we strive to address systemic gaps in pay often present in our larger society as a result of gender, identity, or sexual orientation. All candidates are pay-scaled by an independent third-party service or application which calculates the market rate for the applicant based on skills and qualifications, job duties, market conditions within the location of applicant, education and experience. This position’s compensation range begins at $53,000.

Who You Are

You are a mission-driven individual and believe in working to close the educational opportunity gap through the use of data and technical solutions. You are excited about bringing order to disparate data, and writing data pipelines, and don’t mind being relentless in pursuing data accuracy. You’ve previously worked with SQL and Python and written code that interacts with APIs.

You are an optimistic problem-solver. You believe that together we can create real solutions that help the entire education sector move forward despite its complexity. You are excited to join a small, but growing team working on an early-stage product and are looking forward to working on many different pieces of that product. You are open to feedback, bring your best every day, and are ready to grow in all areas of your work. You want to join a team of folks who share your vision for mission-driven work at the intersection of education and technology.  Finally, you know that sharing often is key to this work, and are ready to document everything that you do so that data people in schools everywhere can benefit.

Experience and Skills

You are a good fit if you:

• Have strong computer science fundamentals and experience with Python and writing analytical SQL
• Consider yourself as having a very high attention to detail
• Have strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical people
• Are passionate about making an impact in K-12 education
• Are comfortable doing many different types of tasks and having to context switch between tasks relativity often
• Are passionate about building the best version of whatever you’re working on
• Are highly motivated to work autonomously, with strong organizational and time management skills

You’ll have an edge if you:

• Have worked as a data analyst or data engineer in the past and are familiar with validating data and tools like Pandas, Jupyter Notebooks, Google BigQuery, and Google Data Studio
• Have experience building pipelines using Apache Airflow
• Have worked in K-12 education in the past

Responsibilities

The Junior Developer’s primary professional responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Implementing and maintaining Landing Zone for new and returning customers
• Creating, troubleshooting, and maintaining data processing pipelines in Apache Airflow (ETL work)
• Writing SQL queries against many different types of databases (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres) to extract data
• Running reports and exports in edTech source systems as well as Landing Zone infrastructure to perform data validation checks and communicate those back to our customers
• Maintaining Landing Zone documentation to ensure it is always up-to-date and reflects how integrations function.
• Deploying code updates across the Landing Zone customer base
• Assisting in the deployment of infrastructure on the Google Cloud Platform for new customers
• Assisting in the development of a historical/longitudinal data storage system (data warehouse)
• Responding to customer support tickets (this is a shared responsibility on our team)
• Working with internal systems such as JIRA, Asana, Slack to stay organized and ensure communication with team members
• Other duties as assigned 

What to expect in the hiring process:

• An introductory phone call with a Manager
• A coding project that will take about 2 hours. This will be in Python and be related to processing data.
• A project review and feedback call with two developers
• Final round interviews, likely including our Executive Director

The range for this position will be $58,500 to $75,000.  Salary is commensurate with education and experience.  

About InnovateEDU

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating innovation in standards-aligned, next-generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on developing scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students and close the opportunity gap.

About the Project

InnovateEDU strives to create real tooling and projects that greatly assist a school/district/state in moving toward embracing data standards, a data-driven culture, and data interoperability. Landing Zone, a project at InnovateEDU, provides school districts with a comprehensive cloud-based data infrastructure through the implementation of an Ed-Fi Operational Data Store (ODS), data mart for analytics in Google BigQuery, and the necessary data workflows in Apache Airflow to connect previously siloed, disparate educational data systems. Landing Zone simplifies a district's process to implement an Ed-Fi ODS, connecting Ed-Fi certified data sources and consuming non-Ed-Fi certified data once it has been aligned to the standard. This project heavily focuses on data engineering, backend work, dev ops, and data analytics tools to verify data.

Application Instructions

Please submit an application on this platform. 

About InnovateEDU

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating

innovation in standards-aligned, next-generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on the development of scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students and close the opportunity gap.

Join a growing, welcoming, high-performing, and diverse team that’s working directly with school districts across the country and leading groundbreaking alliance work in education. Our nonprofit is often described as an “innovative startup” with a focus on impact. Our team members have a variety of backgrounds, but one thing unites them all--their love for our mission and affecting large-scale change.

Position Overview

InnovateEDU is seeking a Director of Research. This leadership role is primarily responsible for managing two research-focused InnovateEDU projects: the Blueprint for Inclusive Research and Development in Education (BIRD-E) and the EdTech Evidence Exchange (the Exchange) and the teams managing those projects. The Director of Research will lead each project’s work and manage each project team’s in service of its mission. They will lead strategic planning processes, product development efforts, grant proposal preparation, partnership development, and engagement with K-12 practitioners. In particular, the Director of Research will build strong alliances with research-focused organizations, including, but not limited to, federal education agencies.  

The Director of Research is also responsible for providing research guidance across the InnovateEDU ecosystem. They will serve as a research expert, advising project teams on ways in which they can leverage principles of high-quality research to enhance their impact on K-12 public education (e.g., theories of change and development of learning agendas). 

We are looking for someone to fill this role who has rigorous research training and experience and is excited to bring that expertise to an ambitious, practice-focused organization. This person must be flexible and able to apply traditional research methodology in nontraditional scenarios, drawing on both quantitative and qualitative methods. This person will lead existing projects, so they must bring both fresh ideas and respect for ongoing efforts. Working with streamlined teams, they should be ready to dive into the work themselves, leading by example. The Director of Research will have the opportunity to think big and envision how to expand the impact of BIRD-E and the Exchange. 

Qualifications: 

• Graduate level degree in an education-related field (PhD/DEd preferred. Masters with equivalent experience may also be acceptable)
• 3-5 years of experience leading education-related research
• Minimum 2-3 years experience managing teams and people to deliver high-quality results
• Experience with 
  • Academic research environments
  • Managing projects in a fast-paced setting
  • Mixed methods analysis (Stata preferable but not required)
  • Primary data collection in K-12 school contexts
  • Preparing research plans for grant proposals
  • Managing diverse stakeholder groups 
• Experience working as part of a remote/distributed team
• Excellent verbal, analytical, organizational, and written skills
• Strong leadership skills and interpersonal/ communication skills 
• Strong organizational skills and a high level of accuracy and attention to detail 
• Passion for nonprofit work and for being a part of a growing team
• Knowledge and passion for education, technology, and impact 
• Flexible approach, ability to operate effectively with uncertainty and change
• Driven, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and with a “can-do” attitude and a bias for action
• Creative thinker, problem solver, and dot-connector

Responsibilities: 

• Serve as a model for a strong organizational culture, prioritizing service, communication, transparency, professional respect, positivity, dedication, and understanding. 
• Provide strategic and methodological leadership for the BIRD-E and Exchange teams.
• Organize and manage external stakeholder groups (e.g., The EdTech Genome Project stakeholders; BIRD-E steering committee) to inform key project decisions.
• Manage grant and project budgets and donor reports, including key stakeholders.  
• Identify strategic priorities and lead development of project roadmaps, working with both InnovateEDU senior leadership and project teams.
• Backwards map from organizational mission and vision statements to identify critical research questions and needs.
• Design research investigations to answer identified research questions.
• Manage BIRD-E and Exchange teams, supporting quarterly goal-setting and performance reviews.
• Serve as a public source of information on the BIRD-E and Exchange projects, engaging with external stakeholders and media representatives. 
• Manage relationships with consultants and collaborators, particularly at the University of Virginia Schools of Data Science and Education and Human Development.
• Interface with UVA Institutional Review Board team to maintain up-to-date IRB protocols and ensure all research is compliant with IRB guidelines for human subjects research. 
• Manage product development by building project roadmaps, interfacing with development teams, and leading user experience research as needed. 
• Prepare and present research plans for grant proposals with clear theories of change, goals, and objectives.
• Prepare and present interim and final reports for funders on awarded grant proposal goals and objectives. 
• Analyze collected data to inform internal decision-making and to build external knowledge for the field. 
• Prepare public-facing reports and formal research manuscripts to share findings and knowledge. 
• Collaborate with teams across InnovateEDU to lend research expertise to existing and new projects.

Compensation:

Consistent with our diversity, equity, and inclusion statement we strive to address systemic gaps in pay often present in our larger society as a result of gender, identity, or sexual orientation. All candidates are pay scaled by an independent third-party service or application which calculates the market rate for the applicant based on skills and qualifications, job duties, market conditions within the location of applicant, education and experience. This position’s compensation range is $110,000-$130,000 annually. InnovateEDU full-time employees receive paid vacation and sick leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, retirement, and other benefits.

Application Instructions:

Please upload your resume and answer the required questions. Applications will be accepted, reviewed, and interviewed on a rolling basis.

Marketing and Communications Manager 

Position:

InnovateEDU is seeking a full-time Marketing and Communications Manager to support our various projects' marketing, communications, and event planning operations. This position has supervisory responsibilities for a team of two.  This position is on the InnovateEDU leadership team.

This is a full-time position with the ability to work remotely. Since March 2020, most InnovateEDU staff has worked virtually, and team members are expected to be available during typical office hours in Eastern Standard Time, with some flexibility available. 

About InnovateEDU:

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating innovation in standards-aligned, next-generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on developing scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students.

Responsibilities Include:

• Lead, design, and execute successful marketing campaigns for InnovateEDU and projects.
• Evaluate and optimize marketing strategies to reach stakeholders, partners, and customers,
• Oversee the organization's promotion and advertising efforts to drive interaction with project deliverables and build brand awareness
• Manage the work of the marketing team to ensure they are meeting deadlines and producing high-quality, effective work

Manage MarTech Systems

• Utilize Salesforce to manage stakeholder progress through each project's marketing pipeline
• Ensure all project teams have a dedicated Salesforce liaison. Provide coordination, training, and implementation support to ensure wide-scale use throughout the organization
• Program and maintain automation for marketing processes using Salesforce, Asana, and Pardot to increase impact and engagement
• Utilize Pardot for stakeholder outreach and to track audience engagement with programs, products, and services
• Utilize Asana to maximize productivity, keep tasks organized, and automate the intake and output of marketing deliverables

Reports and Management

•  Review current marketing and advertising trends to determine the effectiveness of different styles and strategies
• Prepare quarterly internal marketing forecasts for the organization and projects to identify strategic milestones.
• Compile analytics reports for external and internal audiences by collecting and analyzing marketing data to assess progress toward marketing goals

Content Production 

• Uphold webinar standards, including maintaining the development pipeline and speaker/audience interaction
• Train project leads in hosting capabilities and logistical coordination for an efficient and effective webinar development pipeline.
• Oversee the coordination and implementation of public events and programs like convenings, conferences, and other in-person events
• Coordinate with the Events and Communications Associate to represent the organization at various public events
• Lead brand visioning and identity standards for new and existing projects, producing quality visual products in collaboration with the Digital Design Associate
• Oversee the design of graphics, websites, resources, and reports to maintain consistent quality and brand identity across the organization in collaboration with the Digital Design Associate, ensuring that branding standards are maintained
• Optimize website design and text display to increase audience engagement with relevant information
• Identify thought leadership opportunities for project leadership through blogging and external web and print-based journals.
• Coordinate between project leads and Events and Communications Associate on focusing, drafting, and publishing thought leadership content
• Lead the production of podcasts, videos, and additional multimedia content and managed the Digital Design Associate through the creation and publication process

Leadership and Strategy

• Identify opportunities for cross-collaboration on marketing deliverables with both internal projects and external partners
• Lead brainstorming sessions with project leads and the marketing team to create effective and impactful marketing content
• Collaborate with project managers and executives to make high-level decisions regarding the budget and direction of the organization
• Establish and maintain mutual communications between the projects within the InnovateEDU portfolio and the overall organizational communications strategy, and business, industry, universities, government agencies, and the general public
• Develop a crisis communications plan and train all staff on relevant crisis response, branding, and communication techniques
• Collaborate with the Operations Manager to maximize effective internal communications to increase organizational engagement with organizational deliverables

General Marketing

• Lead the development of internal and external marketing and communications strategies in collaboration with the Marketing team and project leads.
• Support the cultivation of professional, distinct, and consistent brand identity for each project and the organization as a whole.
• Strategize the planning and implementing events, communications, and other multichannel marketing materials to maximize productivity and increase audience engagement. 
• Utilize MarTech tools like Salesforce and Pardot to automate communications processes and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of our external communications.

Who You Are

You are a mission-driven individual and believe in working to close the educational opportunity gap. You are an optimistic problem-solver and believe that together we can create real solutions that help the entire sector move forward. You are keen to understand different moving pieces of a complex project and willing to use your skills to organize the work for seamless implementation. You are excited to join a growing team working on early-stage products and processes that have long-term impacts on the sector. You like a fast pace, manage many workstreams, and are highly responsive.  You have the ability to work independently on tight deadlines.

You are open to feedback, bring your best every day, and are ready to grow in all areas of your work. You want to join a team of folks who share your vision for mission-driven work at the intersection of education, policy, and civil rights. 

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s in Graphic Design, Visual Art, Media Production, or a related field
• At least 3 years of experience in Marketing and Communications
• At least one year of supervisory experience
• Experience producing graphics for web and print, including social media campaigns
• Proficiency in Adobe Suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
• Experience using website creation platforms, including Squarespace, Wix, and WordPress
• Proven experience designing and laying out resources and multi-page reports
• Demonstrated experience drafting and posting successful social media content on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
• Creative vision in digital media production and the capability to meet brand identity and standards. 
• Experience with Salesforce, Asana, Canva, Adobe Suite, Mailchimp and Pardot 
• Creative and critical thinking skills with attention to detail and the ability to work quickly with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and exercise good professional judgment with messaging for brand alignment 
• Ability to collaborate with staff and external stakeholders while accommodating multiple project demands and organizational priorities.
• Ensure compliance with InnovateEDU’s engagement, data sharing, and marketing policies.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to foster collaborative and productive relationships among staff and external organizations and funders
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and values, including the commitment to nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Experience with Salesforce
• Experience or interest in K-12 education preferred.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs 

Compensation:

Consistent with our diversity, equity, and inclusion statement, we strive to address systemic gaps in pay often present in our larger society due to gender, identity, or sexual orientation. All candidates are pay scaled by an independent third-party service or application, which calculates the market rate for the applicant based on skills and qualifications, job duties, market conditions within the location of applicant, education, and experience. This position’s compensation range is $60,000-$85,000 annually.InnovateEDU full-time employees receive paid vacation and sick leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, retirement, and other benefits.

Application Instructions:

Please upload your resume and answer the required questions. Applications will be accepted, reviewed, and interviewed on a rolling basis.

The range for this position is $60,000-$85,000.

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating innovation in standards aligned, next generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on the development of scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students and close the opportunity gap. 

InnovateEDU partners with the Everyone Graduates Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education to support the National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) Support Hub, which supports a nationwide initiative to get more holistic and evidence based supports to students in the form of tutors, mentors, success coaches, college advisors, and coordinators of wraparound supports.

To work closely with the staff at the Hub, InnovateEDU is seekinga full-time Communications and Events Associate to support marketing, communications, and event planning operations for the NPSS Support Hub. The Communications and Events associate will support the coordination of conferences, convenings, and webinars in collaboration with the NPSS Managing Director. Additionally, the associate will grow current communications strategies across channels such as newsletters and social media and develop new strategies for external and internal communications. This position will also be responsible for writing and editing copy for reports, resources, website text, and other written materials.

This is a full-time position with the ability to work remotely. Team members are expected to be available during typical office hours in Eastern Standard Time, with some flexibility available. The position may require 20% travel to support events nationwide, many of which will take place in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

Events

• Coordinate logistics for in-person convenings, conferences, and meetings, including supporting the creation of each event run-of-show, reserving space, catering, and/or furniture, purchasing travel and promotional materials, and more.
• Coordinate logistics for online webinars and programs, including setting up Zoom Webinar rooms, scheduling and leading webinar planning meetings, and communicating with speakers and audience members.
• Prepare slide decks and briefing materials for events and webinars in collaboration with the Managing Director.
• Collaborate with the Managing Director, Technical Assistance Directors, and external organizations to develop and submit speaking proposals, and prepare for nationwide conferences and speaking engagements.
• Represent the organization at in-person and virtual events, including speaking in front of audiences, introducing speakers, moderating discussions, and more.

Marketing & Communications

• Support the cultivation of professional and consistent brand identity for the NPSS Support Hub.
• Coordinate the NPSS Support Hub’s social media channels, campaigns, and outreach efforts including on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.
• Support promotion of NPSS and NPSS Support Hub events, resources, opportunities, and requests for input from various stakeholder groups through a variety of digital channels including email, social media, newsletters, and monthly calls.
• Design (through platforms such as Canva or Adobe) digital communications materials for distribution to external audiences including graphics for social media, layout and design of resources and other print materials, and other materials.
• Compose and edit copy for external and internal communications, including press releases, publications, webpages, newsletters, social media posts, and other materials.
• Tailor language and speech to effectively reach target audiences with information about project offerings and mission. 
• Support promotion of partner organizations’ events, materials, and priorities when appropriate.

Strategy

• Contribute to the development of both internal and external marketing and communications strategy in collaboration with the Managing Director and other staff.
• Strategize the planning and implementation of events, communications, and other multichannel marketing materials to maximize productivity and increase audience engagement. 
• Utilize tools like Salesforce to automate communications processes and increase efficiency and effectiveness of external communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, etc.) or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience coordinating logistics and strategy for events and event promotions.
• Exceptional public speaking skills with experience leading events both virtually and in person.
• Writing proficiency with experience composing and editing copy for professional external audiences.  
• A strong understanding of best practices for social media and newsletter communications and strategy, as well as a track record of implementing them.
• A strong understanding of public relations strategy, including the ability to write copy for press releases and digital communications materials.
• Experience building audiences and online followings for brands.
• Creative and critical thinking skills with attention to detail and the ability to work quickly with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate with staff and external stakeholders while accommodating multiple project demands and organizational priorities.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to foster collaborative and productive relationships among staff, external organizations, and funders.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and values including the commitment to nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Experience with Salesforce, Twitter, LinkedIn, Hootsuite and other social media platforms.
• Experience working with design platforms like Canva or Adobe and website builders such as Wordpress preferred
• Experience or interest in education preferred.
• Ability to move boxes or other items weighing up to 50 pounds

Compensation

Consistent with our diversity, equity, and inclusion statement we strive to address systemic gaps in pay often present in our larger society as a result of gender, racial and ethnic identity, or sexual orientation. All candidates are pay scaled by an independent third-party service through an application which calculates the market rate for the applicant based on skills and qualifications, job duties, market conditions within the location of applicant, education and experience while leaving identifying identity markers blind. This position’s compensation range begins at $52,000-$62,000.

About InnovateEDU

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating innovation in standards-aligned, next generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on the development of scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students and close the opportunity gap.

About the Project

InnovateEDU strives to create real tooling and projects that greatly assist a school/district/state in moving toward embracing data standards, a data-driven culture, and data interoperability. Landing Zone, a project at InnovateEDU, provides school districts with a comprehensive cloud based data infrastructure through the implementation of an Ed-Fi Operational Data Store (ODS), data mart for analytics in Google BigQuery, and the necessary data workflows in Apache Airflow to connect previously siloed, disparate educational data systems. Landing Zone simplifies the process a district must go through to implement an Ed-Fi ODS, connecting Ed-Fi certified data sources, and consuming non Ed-Fi certified data once it has been aligned to the standard. This project has a heavy focus on data engineering, backend work, dev ops, and using data analytics tools to verify data.

Who You Are

You are a mission-driven individual and believe in working to close the educational opportunity gap through the use of data and technical solutions. You are excited about bringing order to disparate data, and writing data pipelines, and don’t mind being relentless in pursuing data accuracy. You’ve previously worked with SQL and Python and written code that interacts with APIs.

You are an optimistic problem-solver. You believe that together we can create real solutions that help the entire education sector move forward despite its complexity. You are excited to join a small but growing team working on an early-stage product and are looking forward to working on many different pieces of that product. You are open to feedback, bring your best every day, and are ready to grow in all areas of your work. You want to join a team of folks who share your vision for mission-driven work at the intersection of education and technology.  Finally, you know that sharing often is key to this work, and are ready to document everything that you do so that data people in schools everywhere can benefit. This is not a big data project; we have smaller amounts of data across many domains.  

Experience and Skills

You are a good fit if you:

• Have worked as a data analyst or data engineer in the past and are familiar with validating data and tools like Google BigQuery and Google Data Studio
• Have strong computer science fundamentals and experience with Python and specifically with Apache Airflow 
• Experience with dbt
• Experience with ETL and tools like Pandas and Jupyter Notebooks, 
• Consider yourself as having a very high attention to detail
• Have strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical people
• Are passionate about making an impact in K-12 education
• Are comfortable doing many different types of tasks and having to context switch between tasks relativity often
• Are passionate about building the best version of whatever you’re working on
• Are highly motivated to work autonomously, with strong organizational and time management skills

You’ll have an edge if you:

• Experience and knowledge of Kubernates, Docker, and Terraform
• Have worked in K-12 education in the past

Responsibilities

The Lead Data Engineer’s primary professional responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Managing and supervising a team of engineers and data analysts
• Establishing a team culture and communication cadence which includes daily standup, code reviews, and ensuring timely customer responses
• Collaborating with the Customer Success Lead and team to ensure cohesion between engineering and implementation
• Leading estimates and work scope development for custom engineering work for customers 
• Mentoring, teaching, and aiding in the professional development of team members
• Implementing and maintaining Landing Zone for new and returning customers
• Leading the creation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of data processing pipelines in Apache Airflow (ETL work)
• Running reports and exports in edTech source systems as well as Landing Zone infrastructure to perform data validation checks and communicate those back to our customers
• Maintaining Landing Zone documentation to ensure it is always up-to-date and reflective of how integrations function
• Deploying code updates across the Landing Zone customer base
• Leading the deployment of infrastructure on the Google Cloud Platform for new customers
• Leading in the development of a historical/longitudinal data storage system (data warehouse)
• Responding to customer support tickets (this is a shared responsibility on our team)
• Working with internal systems such as JIRA, Asana, Slack to stay organized and ensure communication with team members
• Other duties as assigned 

What to expect in the hiring process:

• An introductory phone call with a Manager
• A coding project that will take about 2 hours. This will be in Python and be related to processing data
• A project review and feedback call with the team 
• Final round interviews, likely including our Executive Director

The range for this position will be $110,000 to $148,000.  Salary is commensurate with education and experience.  

Application Instructions

Please submit an application on this platform.Applications without both a resume and cover letter will not be considered.

This opening is for a REMOTE position.

About InnovateEDU

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating innovation in standards-aligned, next-generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on the development of scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students and close the opportunity gap.

About the Project

InnovateEDU strives to create real tooling and projects that greatly assist a school/district/state in moving toward embracing data standards, a data-driven culture, and data interoperability. You’ll support efforts across InnovateEDU, including Project Unicorn and Landing Zone.

Position:

InnovateEDU is seeking a full-time Senior Technical Associate. This role will interact with school systems from across the country, vendors, external education standards bodies and other nonprofit and industry partners. 

The four main components of this role are the following:

1. One-on-one and small group mentoring of school data analysts at school via weekly coaching sessions, check-ins, or through a managed service desk.
2. Creating and curating a set of exemplar data dashboards to expose school data to end users.
3. Ensuring that the deployment of solutions through implementation is successful and assisting troubleshooting or implementation challenges. 

Provide high-level technical assistance to school systems and edtech service providers in support of data interoperability implementations.This is a full-time position with the ability to work remotely. Since March 2020, the majority of InnovateEDU staff has worked virtually, and team members are expected to be available during typical office hours in Eastern Standard Time, with some flexibility available.

Responsibilities:

Lead and support a coaching cadence and support for school districts. 

Possible tasks include:

• Provide troubleshooting and advice for school systems  who need just in time support
• Provide coaching and mentoring for data analysts at schools and districts throughout the country
• Create/revise workflow systems and procedures by monitoring and analyzing client usage, success, project tasks, and data to determine the need for implementation changes
• Provide administrative support as needed to maintain workflow

Support InnovateEDU and their work with districts and schools from across the country. 

Possible tasks include:

• Overhauling the base set of data dashboards that customers get when they join Landing Zone to have a consistent look and feel and use best practices for data visualization.
• Creating example SQL queries to calculate different metrics.
• Help with data validation and integrations
• Help with end of the year closeouts for our district and school partners

• Provide high level technical assistance to school systems and edtech service providers in support of data interoperability initiatives
• Assist with the evaluation ofProject Unicorn Interoperability Certificationapplications

Who You Are

You are a mission-driven individual and believe in working to close the educational opportunity gap. You are an optimistic problem-solver and believe that together we can create real solutions that help the entire sector move forward. You are keen to understand different moving pieces of a complex project and willing to use your skills to organize the work for seamless implementation. You are excited to join a growing team working on early-stage products that have long-term impacts on the sector. You thrive in managing multiple projects and priorities, can work independently, and thrive on creating solutions on tight deadlines. .

You are open to feedback, bring your best every day, and are ready to grow in all areas of your work. You want to join a team of folks who share your vision for mission-driven work at the intersection of education and technology. Finally, you know that sharing often is key to this work and are ready to document everything that you do so that schools everywhere and the sector as a whole can benefit.

Experience and Skills

You are a good fit if you:

• Have at least a year of experience in data analytics, data engineering, or a related field with a demonstrated history of project ownership and execution
• Have an understanding of edtech interoperability and strong domain knowledge in K-12 education analytics
• Are proficient in writing analytical SQL 
• Have experience using Google Data Studio or other BI tools 
• Have strong project management experience 
• Have an understanding of data warehouses and business intelligence tools
• Can communicate clearly and directly about complex technical topics
• Are highly motivated to work autonomously, with strong organizational and time management skills

• Experience with training/teaching technical concepts to enhance the skills of peers/others

You’ll have an edge if you:

• Have excellent communication skills and writing ability
• Have experience managing projects and tasks in a fast paced environment
• Have some experience with statistical software such as SAS, R, Python, SPSS, or other programs
• Have experience with training/teaching technical concepts to enhance the skills of peers/others
• Have experience with Salesforce

What to expect in the hiring process

• Initial phone screen with a member of the InnovateEDU team (30 minute Zoom call)
• A project that will take about 1 hour . 
• A final round interview with InnovateEDU leadership team members from the organization and diverse teams.

Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience. The range for this position starts at $65,000 and $89,000.

Application Instructions

• Relocation support is not available for this position.

Position:

InnovateEDU is currently seeking a full-time Digital Design and Content Associate to support the marketing and event planning operations for our various projects. The Associate will support the creation and design multimedia content in collaboration with the various project leads at InnovateEDU. This position will produce graphics, web pages, podcasts, resources, and other deliverables in coordination with marketing strategies for internal and external communications.

This position will also be responsible for writing and posting social media content and other content across the organization.

This is a full-time position with the ability to work remotely. Since March 2020, the majority of InnovateEDU staff has worked virtually, and team members are expected to be available during typical office hours in Eastern Standard Time, with some flexibility available.

About InnovateEDU:

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating innovation in standards-aligned, next generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on the development of scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students.

Responsibilities Include:

Digital Design

• Produce digital design solutions for social media content, websites, brand campaigns, resources, reports, and more.
• Interpret project team concepts into designs that deliver effective riser experiences that align with organizational goals with quick turnaounds 
• Design social media graphics promoting public programs, resources, events, and campaigns
• Produce design layouts for resources and reports and finalize publications for web and print
• Contribute to the overall branding of the organization and its individual projects
• Create templates for webinar and conference presentation slide decks
• Create templates for both external and internal newsletter communications
• Optimize website design and flow to maximize user engagement with important information
• Edit audio/visual content including podcasts and webinar recordings and publish online
• Coordinate the design and purchase of promotional items for conferences and convenings

Social Media Coordination

• Draft and publish social media content including text and graphics
• Coordinate social media content creation and publishing in collaboration with project teams and goals
• Post and schedule out social media content promoting project deliverables organization-wide

General Marketing

• Contribute to the development of both internal and external marketing and communications strategy in collaboration with the Marketing team and project leads.
• Contribute to the development of both internal and external marketing and communications content in collaboration with the Marketing team and project leads.
• Support the cultivation of professional, distinct, and consistent brand identity for each individual project and the organization as a whole.
• Strategize the planning and implementation of events, communications, and other multichannel marketing materials to maximize productivity and increase audience engagement. 
• Utilize MarTech tools like Salesforce and Pardot to automate communications processes and increase efficiency and effectiveness of our external communications.

Who You Are

You are a mission-driven individual and believe in working to close the educational opportunity gap. You are an optimistic problem-solver and believe that together we can create real solutions that help the entire sector move forward. You are keen to understand different moving pieces of a complex project and willing to use your skills to organize the work for seamless implementation. You are excited to join a growing team working on early-stage products and processes that have long-term impacts on the sector. You like a fast pace, managing many workstreams, and are highly responsive.  You have the ability to work independently on tight deadlines.

You are open to feedback, bring your best every day, and are ready to grow in all areas of your work. You want to join a team of folks who share your vision for mission-driven work at the intersection of education, policy, and civil rights. 

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s in Graphic Design, Visual Art, Media Production, or related field
• Experience producing graphics for web and print, including social media campaigns
• Proficiency in Adobe Suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and inDesign
• Experience using website creation platforms including Squarespace, Wix, and Wordpress
• Proven experience designing and laying out resources and multi-page reports
• Demonstrated experience drafting and posting successful social media content on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
• Creative vision in digital media production and the capability to meet brand identity and standards.
• Experience editing audio/visual material using Adobe Premiere, iMovie, Garageband, Logic Pro X, or a related program.
• Creative and critical thinking skills with attention to detail and the ability to work quickly with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and exercise good professional judgment with messgaing for brand alignment 
• Ability to collaborate with staff and external stakeholders while accommodating multiple project demands and organizational priorities.
• Ensure compliance with InnovateEDU’s engagement, data sharing, and marketing policies.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to foster collaborative and productive relationships among staff and external organizations and funders
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles, and values including the commitment to nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Experience with Salesforce
• Experience or interest in K-12 education preferred.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs 

This is an early career stage position with the range for this position is $53,000-$58,500.

Events and Communications Associate

Position:

InnovateEDU is currently seeking a full-time Events and Communications Associate to support the marketing and event planning operations for our various projects. The Events and Communications associate will support the coordination of conferences, convenings, and webinars in collaboration with the various project leads at InnovateEDU. Additionally, the Events and Communications associate will grow current marketing and communications strategies across channels such as newsletters and social media and develop new strategies for external and internal communications. This position will also be responsible for writing and editing copy for reports, resources, website text, and more across the organization.

This is a full-time position with the ability to work remotely. Since March 2020, the majority of InnovateEDU staff has worked virtually, and team members are expected to be available during typical office hours in Eastern Standard Time, with some flexibility available. The position may require 20% travel to support sites nationwide.

About InnovateEDU:

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating innovation in standards-aligned, next generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on the development of scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Events

• Coordinate logistics for in-person convenings and conferences, including supporting the creation of the event run-of-show, reserving space, catering, and furniture, purchasing travel and promotional materials, and more.
• Coordinate logistics for online webinars and programs, including setting up Zoom Webinar rooms, scheduling and leading webinar planning meetings, and communicating with speakers and audience members.
• Collaborate with project leads and external organizations to develop and submit speaking proposals to nationwide conferences.
• Professionally represent the organization at in-person and virtual events, including speaking in front of audiences, introducing speakers, moderating discussions, and more

Writing

• Compose and edit copy for external and internal communications, including press releases, publications, webpages, newsletters, social media posts, and other materials.
• Tailor language and speech to effectively reach target audiences with information about project offerings and overall organizational mission. 

General Marketing

• Contribute to the development of both internal and external marketing and communications strategy in collaboration with the Marketing team and project leads.
• Support the cultivation of professional, distinct, and consistent brand identity for each individual project and the organization as a whole.
• Strategize the planning and implementation of events, communications, and other multichannel marketing materials to maximize productivity and increase audience engagement. 
• Utilize MarTech tools like Salesforce and Pardot to automate communications processes and increase efficiency and effectiveness of our external communications.

Who You Are

You are a mission-driven individual and believe in working to close the educational opportunity gap. You are an optimistic problem-solver and believe that together we can create real solutions that help the entire sector move forward. You are keen to understand different moving pieces of a complex project and willing to use your skills to organize the work for seamless implementation. You are excited to join a growing team working on early-stage products and processes that have long-term impacts on the sector. You like a fast pace, managing many workstreams, and are highly responsive.

You are open to feedback, bring your best every day, and are ready to grow in all areas of your work. You want to join a team of folks who share your vision for mission-driven work at the intersection of education, policy, and civil rights. Finally, you know that sharing often is key to this work and are ready to document everything that you do so that schools everywhere, and the sector as a whole, can benefit.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, English, etc.)
• Experience coordinating logistics and strategy for events and event promotions
• Exceptional public speaking skills with experience leading events both virtually and in person.
• Writing proficiency with experience composing and editing copy for professional external audiences.  
• Experience utilizing Salesforce to manage stakeholder engagements and maximize external audience communications (Additional Pardot experience preferred).
• A strong understanding of best practices for social media and newsletter communications and strategy and a proven track record of implementing them.
• A strong understanding of public relations strategy, including the ability to write copy for press releases and other communications materials both online and in print.
• Experience building audiences and online followings for brands.
• Creative and critical thinking skills with attention to detail and the ability to work quickly with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate with staff and external stakeholders while accommodating multiple project demands and organizational priorities.
• Ensure compliance with InnovateEDU’s engagement, data sharing, and marketing policies.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to foster collaborative and productive relationships among staff and external organizations and funders
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles, and values including the commitment to nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Experience with Salesforce, Pardot, Twitter, LinkedIn, Hootsuite and other social media platforms
• Experience or interest in K-12 education preferred.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs 

Compensation

Consistent with our diversity, equity, and inclusion statement we strive to address systemic gaps in pay often present in our larger society as a result of gender, racial and ethnic identity, or sexual orientation. All candidates are pay scaled by an independent third-party service through an application which calculates the market rate for the applicant based on skills and qualifications, job duties, market conditions within the location of applicant, education and experience while leaving identifying identity markers blind. This position’s compensation range begins at $55,000.

Project Unicorn Project Manager 

Position:

InnovateEDU is currently seeking a full-time Project Manager to support Project Unicorn. The Project Manager works closely with the Director of Digital Programs to provide overall project management support to the Project Unicorn initiative including direct support and technical assistance on interoperability standards, systems implementation, and business practices for schools and vendors. 

This is a full-time position with the ability to work remotely. Since March 2020, the majority of InnovateEDU staff has worked virtually, and team members are expected to be available during typical office hours in Eastern Standard Time, with some flexibility available. The position may require 20% travel to support sites nationwide.

About Project Unicorn

Project Unicorn is a program under InnovateEDU that exists to grow the capacity of vendors and educators. Project Unicorn is an effort to improve data interoperability within K-12 education. We aim to create a community of innovators who make the broader case for secure interoperability by determining shared priorities, working in partnership with school systems and vendors to understand its importance and benefits, creating a demand-side push for interoperability through partnerships, and educating buyers to consider the total cost of ownership through informed comparison of vendors.

About InnovateEDU:

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating innovation in standards-aligned, next-generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on the development of scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with the Director of Digital Programs to provide overall project management support to the Project Unicorn initiative including direct support and technical assistance on interoperability standards, systems implementation, and business practices for schools and vendors

• Author technical documentation, process documents, and oversees internal systems which manage, track and monitor client support data and activities
• Serve as the lead project manager for Salesforce for InnovateEDU including data entry and visualizations

• Support drafting and copy editing of external-facing resources and grant reports
• Support planning and execution of virtual and in-person technical stakeholder convenings
• Lead and support an external Technical Advisory Committee, working group meetings and Steering Committee meetings 
• Stays current on industry trends in education data, interoperability and privacy, and security
• Manage the Project Unicorn EdTech Vendor Pledge review process and certification
• Maintain a learning cadence by frequently contributing to standard bodies working groups, special interest groups, and other education data events
• Facilitate monthly webinars to advance understanding and create a library of resource materials on interoperability standards
• Provide administrative support as needed to maintain workflow, particularly in ensuring that support is documented and recorded
• Lead and manage a coaching cadence and staff for support for school districts and vendors on interoperability standards and education data initiatives. Possible tasks include
  • Create/Revise workflow systems and procedures by monitoring and analyzing client usage, success, project tasks, and data to determine the need for implementation changes
  • Provide troubleshooting and advice for schools/districts/vendors who need just in time support
  • Provide technical assistance and referrals to technical experts for schools/districts/vendors

Who You Are

You are a mission-driven individual and believe in working to close the educational opportunity gap. You are an optimistic problem-solver and believe that together we can create real solutions that help the entire sector move forward. You are keen to understand different moving pieces of a complex project and willing to use your skills to organize the work for seamless implementation. You like a fast pace, managing many workstreams, and are highly responsive.

You are open to feedback, bring your best every day, and are ready to grow in all areas of your work. You want to join a team of folks who share your vision for mission-driven work at the intersection of education, policy, and civil rights. Finally, you know that sharing often is key to this work and are ready to document everything that you do so that schools everywhere, and the sector as a whole, can benefit.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors or Masters degree in data science, computer programming, information technology, or related field. 
  • Desirable: Experience within K12 education. 
  • Desirable: Experience with K12 education data standards (from A4L, CEDS, Ed-Fi, and/or IMS)
• Demonstrated project management experience, from conception to delivery
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills to manage and successfully prioritize competing priorities  
• Experience in designing and carrying out logistics for events (e.g., workshops or symposia) for educator audiences (task analysis, materials, organizing calendars)
• Ability to collaborate with staff and partners while accommodating multiple project demands and organizational priorities 
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to foster collaborative and productive relationships among staff and external organizations and funders.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate clearly with a variety of audiences
• Writing proficiency with experience composing and editing copy for professional external audiences.  
• Knowledge of file management and administrative systems and procedures
• Working with internal systems such as Asana and Slack to stay organized and ensure communication with team members
• Knowledge and proficiency with  Salesforce and Tableau (Additional Pardot experience preferred).
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Outlook) and GSuite (e.g., Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms)
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles, and values including the commitment to nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs 
• Willing to do other duties as assigned

Compensation

Consistent with our diversity, equity, and inclusion statement we strive to address systemic gaps in pay often present in our larger society as a result of gender, racial and ethnic identity, or sexual orientation. All candidates are pay scaled by an independent third-party service through an application that calculates the market rate for the applicant based on skills and qualifications, job duties, market conditions within the location of applicant, education, and experience while leaving identifying identity markers blind. This position’s compensation range begins at $75,000.

Project Associate, Content Lead

Job type:Full Time

Location:  Remote

About InnovateEDU

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the achievement gap by accelerating innovation in Common Core-aligned, next generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on the development of scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students and close the achievement gap.

About the Project

As districts, educators, students, and families continue to adjust to a variety of learning environments, the needs of students with disabilities are too often put on the backburner—instead, they must be considered from the beginning. Family communication, online instruction, needs assessment, and data tracking and analytics are each stronger and more effective when they are designed to meet the needs of all learners. 

The Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA)is an uncommon coalition of100+ organizationscommitted to resource sharing and community-building that supports the efforts of the education community to meet the needs of all students, especially students with disabilities. The Alliance represents voices from a diverse range of communities, including disability advocacy, parent, special education, civil rights, and K-12 nonprofit education organizations. EALA leads the development of a Resource Library, Tech Tool Library, webinars and podcasts, and community-based initiatives, showing apathway to possiblein the challenges and opportunities surrounding students with disabilities in K12 education.

Position:

InnovateEDU is currently seeking a full-time project associate to serve as a content lead for the Educating All Learners Alliance project. The project associate content lead will stand as the go-to person for written content, upholding and growing the alliance’s content and communications strategy across the EALA networks of networks. This role will manage the day-to-day operations and resource growth within the EALA resource and tech tool libraries.The project associate content lead will stay up to date and serve as an inside ear to sector highlights, opportunities, and potential resource gaps–ready to create resources for, and with the help of, the partners within the alliance. In collaboration with the project team, the project associate content lead will support larger initiative strategy and implementation, including content or event-based strategies. 

This is a full-time position with the ability to work remotely. Since March 2020, the entire InnovateEDU staff has worked virtually, and team members are expected to be available during typical office hours in Eastern Standard Time, with some flexibility available. The position may require 20% travel to support sites nationwide.

Responsibilities:

• Generate engaging written or multimedia content including case studies, newsletters, initiative releases, website updates, and other EALA materials
• Continuously review needs and trends in the field to proactively identify content opportunities to amplify EALA and its goals through news, original articles, webinars, and other mediums 
• Support the editorial and content team strategy and priorities for EALA 
• Manage the day-to-day operations of of the EALA Resource Library and EALA Tech Tool Library
• Identify resources generated by partners of the alliance and other open source, relevant resources to support the continuous growth content within the Resource and Tech Tool Libraries
• Represent the alliance in sector virtual and physical community spaces such as conferences, communities of practice, and other networking events
• Use process systems such as Pardot or Salesforce to document and scale content and communications growth
• Help organize and maintain project documentation to effectively support resource planning and larger project decisions
• Advocate for process change or improvement based on learning experiences and/or data-driven reflection of tasks
• In collaboration with the project team, support the long-term Initiative building goals of the alliance
• In collaboration with the project team, use sector knowledge to generate ideas and activate key players to collaborate in conference proposals/sessions and resource development working groups

Who You Are

You are a mission-driven individual and believe in working to close the educational opportunity gap. You are an optimistic problem-solver and believe that together we can create real solutions that help the entire sector move forward.  You are keen to understand different moving pieces of a complex project and willing to use your skills to organize the work for seamless implementation. You are excited to join a growing team working on early-stage products and processes that have long-term impacts on the sector.   You like a fast pace, managing many workstreams, and are highly responsive.  

You are open to feedback, bring your best every day, and are ready to grow in all areas of your work. You want to join a team of folks who share your vision for mission-driven work at the intersection of education, policy, and civil rights.  Finally, you know that sharing often is key to this work and are ready to document everything that you do so that schools everywhere, and the sector as a whole, can benefit.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree 
• Strong knowledge of special education practice, especially in regards to content-specific, resource development, inclusive design, and/or special education policy required
• Ability to collaborate with staff and external stakeholders while accommodating multiple project demands and organizational priorities 
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to foster collaborative and productive relationships among staff and external organizations and funders 
• Exceptional written communication skills and the ability to communicate clearly with a variety of audiences
• Experience in designing and carrying out logistics for events (e.g., workshops or symposia) for educator audiences (task analysis, materials, organizing calendars)
• Knowledge of file management and administrative/business systems and procedures
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, powerpoint) and Google Workspace(e.g., Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms)
• Experience with business tools such as Salesforce and Google Sheets, or a willingness to learn quickly and effectively
• Commitment to InnovateEDU’s mission and vision
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles, and values including the commitment to nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment

Compensation

Consistent with our diversity, equity, and inclusion statement we strive to address systemic gaps in pay often present in our larger society as a result of gender, identity, or sexual orientation. All candidates are pay scaled by an independent third-party service or application which calculates the market rate for the applicant based on skills and qualifications, job duties, market conditions within the location of applicant, education and experience. This position’s compensation range begins at $52,000-63,000.

Project Associate, Networks Lead

Job type:Full Time

Location:  Remote

About InnovateEDU

InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the achievement gap by accelerating innovation in Common Core-aligned, next generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. InnovateEDU is committed to massively disrupting K-12 public education by focusing on the development of scalable tools and practices that leverage innovation, technology, and new human capital systems to improve education for all students and close the achievement gap.

About the Project

As districts, educators, students, and families continue to adjust to a variety of learning environments, the needs of students with disabilities are too often put on the backburner—instead, they must be considered from the beginning. Family communication, online instruction, needs assessment, and data tracking and analytics are each stronger and more effective when they are designed to meet the needs of all learners. 

The Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA)is an uncommon coalition of100+ organizationscommitted to resource sharing and community-building that supports the efforts of the education community to meet the needs of all students, especially students with disabilities. The Alliance represents voices from a diverse range of communities, including disability advocacy, parent, special education, civil rights, and K-12 nonprofit education organizations. EALA leads the development of a Resource Library, Tech Tool Library, webinars and podcasts, and community-based initiatives, showing apathway to possiblein the challenges and opportunities surrounding students with disabilities in K12 education.

Position:

InnovateEDU is currently seeking a full-time project associate to serve as a networking lead for the Educating All Learners Alliance. The network will uphold and grow the alliance’s network of networks strategy both digitally and, when possible, in person at education conferences and/or schools of practice. The project associate network lead will stay up to date to serve as an inside ear to sector highlights, opportunities, and potential partnerships to support the trajectory of the alliance. In collaboration with the project team, the project associate, networks lead will support larger initiative strategy and implementation, including resources or event-based strategies. 

This is a full-time position with the ability to work remotely. Since March 2020, the entire InnovateEDU staff has worked virtually, and team members are expected to be available during typical office hours in Eastern Standard Time, with some flexibility available. The position may require 20% travel to support sites nationwide.

Responsibilities:

• Cultivate partnerships and develop relationship networks across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights, and K-12 nonprofits 
• Facilitate logistics and stand as a main point of contact for members of community-based initiatives such as EALA Community of Practice Groups and EALA School Study Tours.
• Convene partners in virtual connective spaces such as resource working groups capacity-driven events
• Represent the alliance at sector conferences, including lead person in booth, sessions, and networking events
• Advocate for process change or improvement based on learning experiences and/or data-driven reflection of tasks
• In collaboration with the project team, support the long-term Initiative building goals of the alliance
• In collaboration with the project team, use sector knowledge to generate ideas and activate key players to collaborate in conference proposals/sessions
• Use process systems such as Pardot or Salesforce to document and scale network growth

Who You Are

You are a mission-driven individual and believe in working to close the educational opportunity gap. You are an optimistic problem-solver and believe that together we can create real solutions that help the entire sector move forward.  You are keen to understand different moving pieces of a complex project and willing to use your skills to organize the work for seamless implementation. You are excited to join a growing team working on early-stage products and processes that have long-term impacts on the sector.   You like a fast pace, managing many workstreams, and are highly responsive.  

You are open to feedback, bring your best every day, and are ready to grow in all areas of your work. You want to join a team of folks who share your vision for mission-driven work at the intersection of education, policy, and civil rights.  Finally, you know that sharing often is key to this work and are ready to document everything that you do so that schools everywhere, and the sector as a whole, can benefit.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree 
• Experience or interest in K-12 education, especially with an understanding of special education, or inclusive design best practices preferred
• Experience in designing and carrying out logistics for events (e.g., workshops or symposia) for educator audiences (task analysis, materials, organizing calendars)
• Ability to collaborate with staff and external stakeholders while accommodating multiple project demands and organizational priorities 
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to foster collaborative and productive relationships among staff and external organizations and funders 
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate clearly with a variety of audiences
• Experience with business tools such as Salesforce and Google Sheets, or a willingness to learn quickly and effectively
• Commitment to InnovateEDU’s mission and vision
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles, and values including the commitment to nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment

Compensation

Consistent with our diversity, equity, and inclusion statement we strive to address systemic gaps in pay often present in our larger society as a result of gender, identity, or sexual orientation. All candidates are pay scaled by an independent third-party service which calculates the market rate for the applicant based on skills and qualifications, job duties, market conditions within the location of applicant, education and experience. This position’s compensation range begins at $52,000-63,000.