Director, Education

ICF • Clarksville, TN

1d • Remote

About The Position

ICF seeks a Director, Education to work within our Child Welfare and Education Line of Business. This Line of Business provides federal, state, and other clients with a wide range of technical assistance, research, and evaluation services. Our work focuses on important education policy issues; uses proven and innovative methods for delivering high-quality, timely technical assistance; seeks to inform education stakeholders of promising practices; and involves working closely with clients to ensure that training and technical assistance support services are relevant, useful, and make a positive impact. The Director, Education will work with clients such as the U.S. Department of Education as well as state and local educational agencies in VA, TN, KY, or WV to provide high-quality services and products.

Requirements

• Doctorate in education, social sciences, public administration, or related subjects
• 10+ years of experience at the state and/or national level working with K-12 education policies, regulations, and systems
• 10+ years of experience developing and delivering technical assistance to state and district educators and leaders
• 10+ years of conducting needs assessments and developing and deliver technical assistance that clearly addresses client needs, monitor and course correct technical assistance as needed
• 10+ years developing high quality technical assistance materials, including information briefs, white papers, tools, presentations, and processes
• 5+ years of experience working with multiple states in the region (VA, TN, KY, or WV)
• 5+ years of experience directing or managing large-scale federal grants or contracts
• 3+ years of managing teams of up to 40 including SUBs with personnel management responsibilities
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
• Ability to align project activities with federal priorities, performance measures, and approved scopes of work
• Project management skills, including managing complex budgets, federal reporting, staff management, continuous improvement
• Exceptional leader with a track record of fostering collaboration, effectively managing diverse priorities, perspectives, and stakeholder needs
• Ability to work independently and lead tasks

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with multiple stakeholder groups as a participant, content advisor, and technical assistance provider
• Content knowledge related to state education systems, key policy issues (e.g., assessment, accountability, college and career readiness, school turnaround, diverse learners, educator development and evaluation), capacity building, coaching, and/or consultation
• Experience working in VA, TN, KY, or WV.
• Working with MS Office and other standard office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, and Adobe Connect)

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining strong, collegial relationships with state education agencies (SEAs) and other clients to provide high-quality, relevant, and useful capacity-building technical assistance.
• Conducting needs assessments, developing and delivering technical assistance that clearly addresses client needs, monitoring and course correcting technical assistance as needed, coordinating with project evaluators to curate evidence, and liaising with clients.
• Leading and coordinating TA teams to ensure the provision of high-quality services to clients.

Benefits

• We are an equal opportunity employer.
• Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree