Part-time Director, Leadership Development

Colorado

TNTP seeks a Part-time Director, Leadership Development for our Colorado Team. This position is based in the Denver Metro Area and is available immediately. 

WHO WE ARE

TNTP is the nation's preeminent education nonprofit that brings research, policy, and consulting together to meet the needs and aspirations of young people, families, communities, and the nation. We are educators, researchers, and innovators working to ensure every young person has the chance to reach their full potential, every educator and leader is set up for success, and every community has the resources necessary to connect young people to paths of opportunity.  

We work at every level of the PK-12 system, side by side with educators, system leaders, and communities across 41 states and more than 4,000 systems nationwide to reach ambitious goals for student success. Our vision pushes beyond school walls, catalyzing cross-sector collaboration to create pathways for young people to achieve academic, economic, and social mobility. 

Learn more about us, what we do, and working here.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a Part-time Director, Leadership Development you will manage teams and partner with clients on a portfolio of academic, talent, teacher and leader development and/or community engagement projects, contribute to our state and/or regional strategy and invest others in strategies that align work on individual projects with broader organizational priorities and goals for students. 

Specific responsibilities include:

• Lead strategy and manage implementation for client projects, including but not limited to:

  • Designing a theory of action and strategy for contracts and projects, in partnership with clients, and monitoring progress towards goals to ensure outcomes for contracts are met

  • Facilitating weekly goals-based coaching aligned to program priorities and differentiated for individual leader needs and context

  • Aligning systems, resources, and structures to support evolving program and project strategies

  • Supporting innovation and development of new services through sharing and learning from best practices and collaborating across functions

  • Contributing to state-level strategy and business development goals through proposal writing and generating ideas for new projects, partnerships, and relationships

• Cultivate client relationships and build client capacity, including but not limited to:

  • Cultivating and managing client relationships that foster trust through authentic engagement and ensuring client satisfaction with our work

  • Investing a strong network of external and internal stakeholders including clients and team in a clear strategy to meet team/project goals and client needs

  • Leading the customization and implementation of diagnostics that support clients in clarifying and identifying academic and strategic priorities.

  • Facilitating and/or directly coaching district and school leaders to build capacity in areas aligned to priorities to support the sustainability of our work

• Lead thriving and inclusive teams including but not limited to:

  • Effectively managing diverse teams, building inclusive team culture, and growing and developing staff to be successful in their work and career

  • Creating the conditions for and modeling innovation, creativity, and experimentation

  • Managing day-to-day work of project teams and/or colleagues towards contract and project goals

  • Actively shaping and modeling the behaviors that support TNTP’s culture and support efforts to achieve organizational priorities related to diversity and inclusion

WHAT YOU HAVE

Qualifications: 

• Previous experience as a school principal and a proven track record of raising student achievement, preferably in high-need schools or with high-need populations (required)

• Experience coaching and facilitating professional development for school leaders and teachers (required)

• Immediate understanding of what effective teaching looks like and a deep commitment to effective and rigorous instruction

• Strong familiarity and experience with the Colorado Standards (preferred)

• Ability to track and analyze performance data to uncover trends and act strategically and effectively to improve results

• Ability to communicate compelling feedback that motivates leaders, develops instruction and accelerates student achievement

• Comfort tackling sensitive issues and modeling crucial conversations

• Outstanding interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills, including the ability to collaborate, and attain and grow effective partnerships to meet common goals

Competencies:

• Bring a distinguished track record in school leadership. You have led schools that achieved great things for their students.

• Demonstrate expertise in facilitating powerful learning experiences for adults. You excel at designing and implementing professional development experiences and have the content expertise to create rich training materials, conceptualize meaningful interactive learning experiences, and facilitate training sessions for school leaders.

• Facilitate high-quality presentations to diverse audiences. We’re counting on your strong public presentation skills and ability to provide thoughtful and compelling insights in settings small and large, formal and informal. 

• Know great teaching and learning that prepares students for success in college and career when you see it.  You understand the implications of the shifts in instruction required by standards for students, teachers, school leaders and district staff and how the different elements of the standards work together.

• Propose innovative solutions to complex challenges. You have a history of tackling high stakes challenges head on and moving work forward toward successful outcomes. Ambiguity doesn’t overwhelm you; just the opposite, you thrive on it. Your creative instincts will help you deal with vague situations and develop new approaches with limited guidance.

• Influence leaders to act. You’ll regularly interact with and be expected to influence clients – motivating them to make both incremental change and take quantum leaps.  

• Have a passion and understanding for the education landscape and communities. You bring deep background knowledge in the current education landscape and a passion for embedding community engagement and involving communities in our work.

• Build relationships. You can connect and build relationships within and across communities.

• Champion Your People. One of your greatest responsibilities will be to grow and develop people toward ambitious goals. You value different perspectives and make the most of your team’s and individual’s unique strengths.

WHAT WE OFFER

TNTP offers a competitive hourly wage commensurate with experience in a similar position. The pay rate for this position is $56.00 per hour. TNTP offers a motivated team of dynamic colleagues, a collegial atmosphere that values professional development and valuable feedback, and the chance to impact the direction of a growing, mission-driven company that is committed to the success of our nation’s children. We also offer an inclusive environment where staff are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work each day.

HOW TO APPLY 

Submit your resume online through Workday. In your application, we will also ask you to answer brief questions about your interest in TNTP; your “why” matters to us!  

We also ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation for the interview process. Email [email protected] to request accommodation.

#LI-REMOTE

Position Type:

Seasonal (Fixed Term) (Seasonal)

TNTP is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment. TNTP does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, arrest record, conviction record, or any other personal characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy covers all programs, services, policies, and procedures of TNTP, including recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, and administering all personnel actions, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs or terminations.  

Applicants for employment with TNTP must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.