COLE000: College Engagement Department Head

JerseySTEM, Inc.

30d•Remote

About The Position

This is a pro-bono position. JerseySTEM is looking for talented professionals across our departments to commit time and energy as long-term engagement for our mission to provide STEM education to underrepresented middle school girls. The College Engagement Department Head provides leadership, direction and planning to identify, reach out to and partner with Universities and Colleges in New Jersey in order initiate programs that secure the supply of volunteer program instructors to be deployed in the middle schools JerseySTEM serves.

Requirements

Genuine concern about/interest in solving the STEM education gender gap
Strong leadership/team building skills
Resourceful, can-do attitude
Experience with Universities and College campuses
Experience leading a function (i.e. team, department manager, etc) and managing others
Comfort working virtually with digital tools (G-Suite, Slack, Jira, salesforce)

Nice To Haves

Outreach experience preferred
Would be a plus if candidate has flexible schedule to allow for day time calls with the school admins during the work week

Responsibilities

Manage a team of 4-5 direct reports in charge of different teams: Business Development, Student Groups, Individual students
Report to the board of directors or the Executive Board Member overseeing COLE
Interact with peer department heads
With COME (Community Engagement) and DEVT (Corporate Partnerships Development) to coordinate the geographic focus for the given season
with HUCA to hire new/replacements
with FINA for the budget of the department
With MKTG for the marketing needs of the department
Work to continuously improve and streamline JerseySTEM’s approach to college engagement
Represent COLE at the Monthly Leadership Team. Participate in the leadership team activities of budgeting/planning and reporting
Conduct/Attend virtual team meetings weekly : (Sundays 5pm EST)
Biweekly team leads meeting
Monthly Department Heads Meetings(2nd Thursday 7:30pm)
Quarterly board Meeting (Last Wednesday 7:30pm)