About The Position
The Deputy Director/Chief of Staff serves as the operational and strategic backbone of the Transformational Classroom and Teacher Development Working Group. This team is responsible for an ambitious portfolio of initiatives aimed at evolving and spreading the impact of their learning in transformational classrooms and teacher development. This role acts as a "force-multiplier," enabling senior leaders and cross-functional teams to focus on high-impact work by driving execution, strengthening collaboration, improving communication, and ensuring that global initiatives move from vision to implementation. The role may support efforts including virtual courses and workshops, a new credentialing system, global learning loops, special initiatives on the purpose of education and student leadership, and evolving AI-enabled tools and resources related to their Teaching as Collective Leadership model. The ideal candidate is a transformational teacher familiar with Teaching as Collective Leadership, and possesses strong project and people coordination, relationship building, design thinking, and communication/writing skills. The role requires a vision-oriented, flexible, collective leader willing to take on a wide range of responsibilities from administrative to strategic.
Requirements
- Excellent operational management
- Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail
- Experience designing and improving operational systems
- Ability to establish accountability without direct authority
- Exceptional team- and project-management skills
- Exceptional ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously
- Strong planning, prioritization, and execution skills
- Experience coordinating large, cross-functional projects
- Ability to manage ambiguity while maintaining momentum
- Capacity for complex strategic thinking and planning
- Ability to connect day-to-day execution with long-term organizational goals
- Strong systems thinking and problem-solving skills
- Comfort balancing strategic and operational responsibilities
- Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly and simply distill and convey complex ideas into actionable guidance for a diverse audience
- Outstanding written communication and editing skills
- Ability to distill complex ideas into clear, actionable messages
- Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
- Strong executive communication capabilities
- Proven ability to work in partnership with a diverse range of stakeholders across multiple dynamics of cultural difference
- Comfort with a wide range of projects (from administrative to innovative, from small to large, from individual to collective, from internal to external)
- Curiosity and commitment to continuous learning
- Thrives in fast-paced, highly iterative and evolving environments
- Able to manage changing priorities with resilience and flexibility
- Flexibility
- Candidates must already possess valid work and residency authorization to work in the country of hire at the time of application.
Nice To Haves
- Been a transformational teacher
- Familiar with Teaching as Collective Leadership
- Verbal and written fluency in Spanish, French, Arabic or Mandarin (in addition to English)
Responsibilities
- Designing and improving team operating rhythms, meeting structures, and communication practices
- Manage calendars, workstreams, and shared priorities across the working group
- Preparing agendas, briefing materials, and follow-up actions for circle/working group meetings
- Establish systems for project tracking, documentation, and knowledge management
- Improve operational processes to increase efficiency reducing administrative burden
- Track priorities and ensuring follow-through across working group commitments
- Draft communications, reports, presentations, and proposals
- Anticipate working group needs and proactively resolve operational challenges
- Facilitate team check ins and reflection sessions
- Creating opportunities for shared learning and continuous improvement
- Celebrating milestones, recognizing contributions, and strengthening team engagement
- Modeling collaborative leadership and fostering trust across diverse perspectives
- Writing, designing and editing high-quality communications for internal and external audiences
- Interviewing, researching, note-taking and synthesizing
- Project planning and tracking across multiple workstreams and projects
- Translating complex educational concepts into clear, engaging, and actionable messaging
- Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with key partners across our organization and network
- Coordinating communication across multiple teams, geographies, and time zones
- Facilitating cross-functional working sessions and collaborative problem-solving
- Supporting culturally responsive collaboration and inclusive decision-making
- Identifying opportunities to connect people, projects, and ideas across the global org and broader network
- Developing project plans and implementation strategies
- Managing budgets, timelines, deliverables, and resource allocation
- Coordinating contributors across regions and functions
- Tracking deliverables and ensuring accountability
- Managing project documentation and reporting
- Facilitating effective project governance and decision-making
Benefits
- Commitment to cultivating a culture in which all staff members feel they belong, are valued for their contributions, and have an impact on our organization’s progress
- Professional and personal development experiences and ample opportunities to make a positive impact on the work of Teach For All and beyond
- Comprehensive benefits package designed for your well-being and work-life needs
- Generous time off and flexible work arrangements
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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