Job Details

Program Director

Salary Range $109,613.00 - $122,508.00 Salary Position Type Full-Time Category Program Management

Description

Reading Partners is changing the education landscape. We are a leader in working to solve the literacy crisis in our country by leveraging community volunteers in under-resourced schools. Our diverse and expansive volunteer base provides one-on-one and small group tutoring to students twice weekly, and our program is proven to help children master the reading fundamentals they need to unlock their potential as successful, happy, and confident readers in school and in life. Our people are our heartbeat and our greatest resource; we are all passionately rallied around our mission to help children become lifelong learners by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction that truly works. Join our stellar, committed team leading the charge to deepen our impact and expand our service. Watch this video to learn more about the mission and core tutoring work of Reading Partners.

The high level:

The Program Director (PD) provides strategic leadership, development, and oversight of a national portfolio of regional programs and reading centers, ensuring the successful implementation of Reading Partners' program with fidelity and excellence. The PD plays a pivotal role in guiding and managing regional Program Managers (PMs) through coaching, training, and performance management. This role requires close collaboration with regional Executive Directors (EDs), who are the regional leaders, to achieve programmatic goals and uphold the highest standards of student impact. Program Directors are passionate about professional development for AmeriCorps members, program managers (PMs), and tutors, working to ensure that each is able to oversee, manage, and implement the program to the highest standards and maximize outcomes for students. The PD for this position will manage our Minnesota and Mid-Atlantic (Baltimore and DC) program implementation, progress to program goal, and program staff. As the organization reimagines direct service programming, the PD will be responsible for a portfolio of regional program managers ensuring they can meet their program goals for students and program professional development for a variety of team members.

The PD reports directly to the Managing Director of National Program and is a member of both the local regional team and the National Program team. The PD will directly supervise four Program Managers in their regions, working closely with EDs to ensure program performance is met.

Oversee regional program implementation across multiple regions and sites to ensure enrollment, quality, and impact goals for the program are met. The PD is ultimately responsible for programmatic regional outcomes across their portfolio.

Approximately 30% of the PD's role is supporting program projects and the work to support the national organization through the National Program team.

The PD is a resource mobilizer and relationship-building expert and is savvy at leading and leveraging people, processes, and policy. They will work within a team of three PDs supporting up to two regions each. This role will entail periodic travel to regions.

This position is remote but requires candidates to reside within one of Reading Partners' operating locations, including North Texas (Dallas and Fort Worth), Tulsa, OK, Charleston, SC, Twin Cities, MN, Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC, or New York City.

What you'll do:

Lead a team of Regional Program Managers focused on quality regional implementation of the Reading Partners program, yielding measurable results for regional impact, including serving as a regional literacy program expert, conducting student data analysis and action planning, and directly managing Program Managers.

Lead data analysis and progress monitoring across sites in a portfolio of regions that translates to student outcomes and school satisfaction with Reading Partners programming

Other duties as needed.

How you'll do it:

Education Expertise :

Relationship Development and Communication :

Leadership and Management :

What we offer:

Compensation: This is a full-time, exempt, and salaried position. The pay range for this position is $109,613 - $122,508 per year and is contingent on geographic location. After applying, candidates who move forward in the hiring process are provided with the salary for their geographical location. We aim to set salaries based on objective, external, high-quality market data. Our salaries are adjusted for candidates in different geographic regions. We do our very best to ensure that we're bringing our best offer - therefore we do not engage in salary negotiations.

Our benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits program intentionally crafted to support employees and their families with physical, mental, and financial health:

The other things you need to know:

What's Next?

If you're interested in joining our Reading Partners team, please submit the following application materials to our online job posting :

Reading Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualifications

About you!

You'll be successful in this role if you:

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