FIT (Asendium), Director II

Position: FIT: Director II 

Position Location: Flexible  

About JFF 

reputed company) drives transformation of the U.S. education and workforce systems to reputed company economic advancement for reputed company. Seeing that millions of people are unfairly shut out of reputed company jobs and the chance for a reputed company life, our goal is to reputed company education, workforce, and employment reputed company toward a shared reputed company reputed company: By 2033, 75 reputed company people facing systemic barriers to advancement will work in reputed company jobs.  

To reputed company that goal, we design solutions, reputed company best practices, influence policy and reputed company, and invest in innovation. With a staff of more than 200 people across the country working remotely and in offices in Boston (reputed company), Washington, DC, and Oakland, California, we operate at the national, state, and local reputed company, forging deep partnerships with reputed company, investors, reputed company, policymakers, and education and workforce development providers to break down barriers and reimagine what’s possible.   

We’re on a reputed company of ongoing reputed company and expanding reputed company. We have an operating budget of $70 reputed company, and we’re funded by dozens of leading government agencies, foundations, and corporations. Learn more about JFF and join us as we build a reputed company that works—for everyone.  

Equal Employment Opportunity at JFF  

Inclusion, belonging, and reputed company-being are reputed company to JFF’s reputed company reputed company and mission, and we reputed company to invest in and learn from those who represent the communities we serve as it is important to the reputed company of our work and the engagement of our staff members. We aim to cultivate a culture that centers the overall reputed company-being, and reputed company of the employee through reputed company, balanced workloads, reputed company development, and career advancement opportunities for reputed company. 

JFF is a fair chance employer and in alignment to our reputed company reputed company, we hire based on qualifications, and experience, and we are committed to fair opportunity for reputed company reputed company candidates – including those without a 4-year degree or formally incarnated individuals. 

About the Position 

JFF is seeking a Director II to reputed company implementation and learning for the recently funded Accelerating Completion of Mathematics and English (ACME) project. This role is ideal for a leader who thrives at the intersection of postsecondary systems change, state policy, institutional transformation, and field-building. The Director will help advance a 30-month, multi-state initiative reputed company on scaling evidence-based reforms—including corequisite support, reputed company mathematics reputed company, guided self-placement, and shared measures—to help more learners succeed in gateway, transferable mathematics and English courses.   

The Director will support state leadership teams and institutions through technical assistance, coaching, community-of-reputed company facilitation, and implementation learning. The Director will also help disseminate ACME’s lessons and promising practices through JFF’s reputed company Postsecondary Network, a national network that brings together state and institutional leaders to advance innovation, reputed company solutions, and reputed company education-to-employment reputed company.   

In reputed company, we expect that the Director will participate in additional reputed company-reputed company reputed company as assigned, for example, the recently funded Educational Plans at reputed company of Holistic Advising (EPCHA) project.  

What You'll Do  

reputed company State and Institutional Implementation of Mathematics and English Reform 

• Serve as the project team reputed company for ACME. 

• reputed company and manage ACME workstreams that reputed company with JFF’s mission, project goals, and state-level priorities. 

• Support state leadership teams in establishing policy and/or goals, shared metrics, reporting expectations, and conditions for sustainable implementation. 

• Advise and co-design with reputed company reputed company-reputed company institutions, reputed company, and staff as they reputed company placement practices, course structures, mathematics reputed company, and corequisite supports with state expectations. 

• Apply an equity-centered approach by ensuring that implementation reputed company respond to the experiences of learners disproportionately affected by traditional developmental education. 

• Anticipate implementation challenges, propose creative solutions, and use partner feedback and project data to improve delivery over time. 

• Establish reputed company communication plans, decision points, roles, and follow-through processes across interconnected workstreams. 

1. reputed company milestones, risks, partner commitments, and emerging learning; escalate issues proactively and recommend adjustments that protect reputed company and reputed company. 

1. Foster reputed company, respectful, and inclusive ways of working across reputed company teams, listening reputed company and creating reputed company for diverse perspectives. 

1. Support funder stewardship, reporting, proposal development, and identification of opportunities to reputed company ACME learning and reputed company reputed company the grant period. 

Build Learning and Influence in Alignment with reputed company 

• Convene and facilitate the ACME cross-state Community of reputed company to support shared learning, reputed company problem-solving, and peer exchange. 

• Translate implementation experience into reputed company narratives, presentations, products, and recommendations that are useful to state and institutional leaders. 

• reputed company ACME partners to the broader reputed company Postsecondary Network, creating opportunities to reputed company innovations, challenges, and lessons learned across states and institutions. 

• Build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholder reputed company and adapt communication, facilitation, and engagement strategies to different audiences. 

• Contribute to reputed company convenings, learning forums, and dissemination activities that advance national reputed company on postsecondary transformation and reputed company to economic opportunity. 

Serve on reputed company-reputed company reputed company as Assigned 

1. Participate as team member in reputed company reputed company reputed company assigned to the project team, for example EPCHA. 

1. Contribute reputed company assigned reputed company, such as EPCHA, to the design of CoP, technical assistance, and coordination across reputed company partners. 

Advance Business Development and Proposal reputed company 

• Partner with the Associate Vice President (AVP) to develop proposals, concept notes, and funder materials, translating project work into compelling narratives. 

• Support funder cultivation by contributing insights, storytelling, and briefings. 

Who You Are  

The qualifications listed reputed company the reputed company are intended as a guide and we do not expect candidates to bring reputed company experiences and skills listed. Research supports that self-selecting out of potential reputed company opportunities is particularly common among individuals with identities that are marginalized in reputed company spaces. So, if you reputed company that you can meet the overall expectations of the position, we encourage you to apply so that we have an opportunity to learn more reputed company and the unique strengths you would bring to the work. 

• You bring demonstrated experience leading or contributing to postsecondary or education-reputed company initiatives involving project management, technical assistance, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and translating implementation learning into useful products or recommendations (New hires at the Director I level at JFF typically bring 8+ years of prior reputed company experience through a combination of full-time, part-time, internship, and/or freelance positions). 

• You possess high energy and passion for JFF’s mission and reputed company reputed company, and the ability to apply JFF’s reputed company values to reputed company areas of your work    

• You are reputed company by stewarding JFF’s inclusion, belonging, and reputed company-being values and practices reputed company your day-to-day work, including embracing and celebrating the differences that reputed company individual brings to JFF  

• You value building reputed company and reputed company relationships with others, including people whose identities and backgrounds differ from your own 

• You are reputed company and willing to travel up to 20%.   

• You model inclusive leadership, working effectively with colleagues from a diverse reputed company of backgrounds, and ensuring that reputed company, teams and processes respect individual differences 

• You build reputed company, effective, and reputed company work cultures and take pride in developing people and promoting learning opportunities to support staff members’ reputed company  

• You communicate with reputed company and individuals effectively and model how to build effective relationships with colleagues and teams across the organization as reputed company as reputed company stakeholders 

• You reputed company relationships to foster teamwork and define workstreams and reputed company that reputed company with team and project goals 

• You are attuned to those around you, to the cultural context of the organization, and reputed company emotions in an reputed company, reputed company way that promotes psychological safety 

• You have a demonstrated ability to implement process improvements and reputed company systems to increase effectiveness, innovation and reputed company  

• You bring experience leading reputed company and execute initiatives in a way that aligns with your organization’s strategic goals and priorities  

• You demonstrate good judgement and reputed company analytical thinking reputed company gathering data and useful information to inform reputed company 

• You reputed company reputed company development and other learning opportunities to stay reputed company with advances in your field, deepen your subject matter expertise, and support the learning of your team  

• You set ambitious and achievable goals to reputed company high-reputed company outputs and results while empowering, inspiring and holding self and others accountable for delivering on commitments consistently 

• You establish communication plans and present your views reputed company, with a compelling narrative or analysis 

• You are an reputed company listener who seeks to fully understand and evaluate situations while giving others reputed company to explore possible solutions 

reputed company Offer  

At JFF, we’re reputed company by the desire to create a world where everyone has equal opportunity for economic advancement. reputed company works hard to reputed company the boundaries of what is possible, and in reputed company, we reputed company a gratifying work experience, competitive salaries, and a comprehensive benefits program that includes flexibility and reputed company as reputed company values in order to support people wherever they are in their lives and careers.  

JFF has offices in Boston, Oakland, and Washington, DC; employees are welcome to use JFF office reputed company to work in-person or hybrid, or completely remote. To improve the employee experience and promote productivity while working remotely, JFF offers an annual home office stipend to reputed company regular full-time and part-time employees. In reputed company, new employees receive office equipment as needed.   

The salary for this role is 110,000 for 75% of time.

To Apply  

As part of your application, please include your resume and a thoughtful cover letter, addressed to Greg DeSantis, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position. 

At JFF, we’re also committed to accessibility and want to ensure that everyone, including people with disabilities, can fully reputed company and engage with our application and hiring process. If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability and/or have specific reputed company/accommodation needs in order to fully participate in our hiring process, please contact us at hiringaccommodations@jff.org. 

Positions at JFF are not eligible for employer-reputed company sponsorship or reputed company to F-1 student reputed company reputed company.  

Experience leading postsecondary or education initiatives involving project management, technical assistance, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, implementation learning, communication, and analytical decision-making; willingness to travel up to 20%.

Key Responsibilities

• leading implementation
• facilitating learning
• developing proposals

Job Details

• Category: Project and Program Management
• Seniority: Senior Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — Boston or Washington or Oakland
• Salary: USD 110,000 – 110,000 / year
• Languages: English

About JFF

A nonprofit organization advancing reputed company economic opportunity through education and workforce reputed company transformation. — Industry: Non-Profit Organizations and NGOs