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Director of Impact, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
Position: Director of Impact
Functional Area:
Organization: Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Overview:
The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools was founded in 2007 as the cornerstone of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s strategy to improve education in Los Angeles. It is structured as an independent, non-profit organization that is working to transform underperforming schools throughout the district and implement scalable policy reforms throughout the Los Angeles region. The mission of the Partnership is to transform teaching and learning so that all students have a foundation for academic excellence and personal success. Today, the Partnership is transforming 22 of the lowest performing schools in Los Angeles serving approximately 20,000 students. The Partnership has achieved promising results in its first three years and is anxious to expand on that success.
The Partnership’s model is focused on fundamental changes, rather than incremental improvements. We work with existing school staff and provide them with the supports necessary for improving their practice. Our school turnaround strategy focuses on five key areas: transforming school site leadership and culture, strengthening quality instruction, accelerating opportunities for students, engaging families and communities and optimizing school structures and operations. We work very closely with LAUSD and other partners to share our effective practices with other schools in LAUSD.
Position:
The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (the “Partnership”) is seeking a dynamic and knowledgeable Director of Impact to create a coordinated and comprehensive strategy across the organization for defining, measuring and tracking impact. As the Partnership aims to continue to improve outcomes for schools, this role will set the vision for what is being measured, how that data is collected, how the results are used to inform programming and how those results are communicated to the outside world. With a system-building orientation, the Director of Impact will be motivated to put in place structures designed to help the organization and its schools achieve aggressive goals. Working collaboratively with staff across the Partnership organization, administrators and teachers in Partnership schools and partners in the field, this role provides an exciting opportunity for someone with highly developed analytic skills, strong project management skills and a desire to positively impact children’s lives to make a significant contribution to the success of the Partnership in the coming years.
Responsibilities:
- Provide overall strategic leadership and tactical implementation for all data analysis, evaluation and impact activities of the Partnership
- Design a system-wide structure for identifying and tracking goals at both the organizational and school level
- Centralize all current tools and practices for measuring impact to ensure consistent, high quality service provision across sites
- Establish systems for collecting the necessary data in a consistent, timely and uniform way across all sites
- Manage the design and implementation of all program evaluation activities
- Design and monitor the implementation of the new measurement systems across all sites to ensure quality control and consistency
- Work collaboratively with the Partnership team in the creation, implementation and messaging of all impact activities
- Work with LAUSD, where necessary, to improve LAUSD systems related to data collection and impact assessment
- Work with external stakeholders, including Principals and school staff to assure best practices and transparency
- Manage the development of new tools, communication documents and training materials (in partnership with program teams) that support the new impact work
- Manage the Partnership’s reporting requirements to LAUSD regarding impact, including school reviews and other accountabilities
- Work with other members of the Partnership team on critical projects related to the Partnership’s impact
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of successful program, project management or consulting experience in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with a strong focus on metrics and data driven decision making
- Outstanding analytical ability, including comfort with basic statistical analyses and research methodologies; knowledge of educational data a plus
- Exceptional project management skills, with demonstrated success producing high-quality deliverables on time and within budget
- Proven track record in leading successful collaborations across various stakeholder groups
- Excellent strategic thinking skills, with the ability to operationalize concepts and transform ideas into action
- Ability to build strong relationships with various types of people and to motivate and support colleagues, peers, and direct reports to meet ambitious goals
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to engage and inspire a wide range of audiences
- Strong organizational skills, with outstanding attention to detail
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required; MBA or other relevant graduate degree strongly preferred
To Apply:
Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity, both in Word format, to Mark Kleger-Heine at http://jobs.cgcareers.org/application.aspx?id=1791. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
