| POSITION OVERVIEW The Senior Manager, Education Research & Family Engagement is a member of the Education and Research (EDU) department. EDU develops, tests, and supports programs, curriculum, training, and research that advances Jumpstart's priorities in the areas of early childhood education. The primary responsibility of the Senior Manager, Education Research & Family Engagement is to support development, improvement and maintenance of Jumpstart’s family engagement programming. The Senior Manager also engages in broader program improvement and development work. This position also collaborates with both national and field staff to advance Jumpstart’s programming. The Senior Manager, Education Research & Family Engagement reports to the Director of Workforce Training and Professional Development. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES Project Management - Build and manage systems for program development, including areas such as feedback collection and synthesis, ongoing research, and communications.
- Develop and maintain project plans for program improvements and development of new programming and resources.
- Manage the posting, organization, and monitoring of documents and resources in online systems.
- Design and manage feedback collection mechanisms.
- Build and manage systems for communicating program development plans, tests, and implementation decisions.
Research - Gather, review, analyze, and compile current literature related to family engagement and other relevant topics in early childhood education.
- Support initial research phases to inform new programming and other strategic choices.
- Update existing research reports and create new reports with relevant and recent findings.
Content Development - Contribute to ongoing revisions of Jumpstart’s family engagement guidelines and revisions based on external research and data and internal trends and feedback.
- Support efforts to ensure Jumpstart’s materials are developmentally appropriate, anti-biased, culturally competent, and integrate all elements of Jumpstart’s instructional approach and family engagement philosophy.
- Support planning, development, and implementation of resources and tools for new programming.
- Author, edit, and facilitate training and professional development for a variety of audiences, in both online and live venues.
- Manage and develop content for the at-home learning/family engagement section of Jumpstart’s website.
- Contribute to development of external education-related content, such as classroom and family activities and social media content.
Collaboration and Partnership - Provide appropriate support to Jumpstart’s program staff, such as resource distribution, consulting, and collaboration.
- Support cross-departmental collaboration on projects, as needed.
- Partner with external partners and vendors on various projects ranging from staff professional development to managing materials ordering.
Other - Represent Jumpstart at local or national conferences.
- Support Education and Research’s work and other partnerships as needed.
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