Senior Manager of Instruction

JobTrain • Menlo Park, CA

1d • $87,524 - $92,854 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager of Instruction manages a team of vocational instructors across multiple training sectors and provides day-to-day administrative leadership to promote instructional excellence across the JobTrain career tracks and programs through instructor and curriculum development, educational technology, instructional support, and educational evaluation. This is a hybrid role, with at least 2 days of work onsite.

Requirements

• Experience with instructional design, curriculum delivery technology and providing high quality related instruction. (preferred)
• Demonstrated experience coaching, leading, or managing a successful team with a demonstrated track record of success, preferably in an educational setting.
• Experience leading large and diverse instruction team spanning multiple vocations sectors.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to or leading a project team that successfully completed an accreditation process for a school or program (e.g., WASC or similar).
• Direct involvement in accreditation planning, documentation, or evaluation is strongly preferred
• Proven experience managing / coordinating cross-department projects.
• Experience working with leading edge technologies related to instruction (for example, Moodle, Connect, etc.).
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Learning Science, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Technology, Educational Psychology, Human Factors, Instructional Design, Assessment, Learning Design, Curriculum Design or equivalent required.
• Relevant and up-to-date knowledge of vocational, post-secondary career training program requirements and curriculum.
• An applicable understanding of adult education / learning theory, and student-centered instructional practice.
• Working knowledge of relevant industry federal, state, and local laws and regulations including national accrediting organizations and state and federal licensing and regulatory offices.
• Working knowledge of educational software, technologies, and learning management systems to promote a wide range of teaching and learning goals.
• Ability to lead and build a team of Vocational Career Training Instructors and represent departmental needs across the company.
• Demonstrated track record of setting and meeting goals.
• Strong decision making, organization, planning and implementation skills.
• Ability to set priorities, analyze and resolve problems, make decisions in a timely fashion, and effectively meet deadlines in a complex, challenging environment.
• Ability to organize assigned staff and department operations in an efficient and effective manner.
• Demonstrated experience attracting, managing, developing, evaluating, and retaining staff.
• Ability to manage, influence and motivate individuals and teams.
• Skilled in holding people accountable and developing their abilities to do their jobs.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing related to operational and learning concepts.
• Ability to actively listen, persuade, advise, and counsel and keep information confidential.
• Good interpersonal skills with an ability to mediate and negotiate effectively.
• Mastery of MS Office to be able to use Excel, Word, and other technology and applications to support instruction / necessary to perform the job.
• Must be able to travel to different sites as needed, within Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties, including evenings and weekends
• Successful candidates must have legal residency and work eligibility in the United States (per INS Form I-9 instructions).
• JobTrain will require the successful candidate to undergo a background check.

Benefits

• JobTrain offers a competitive salary, numerous health benefit plans and premium coverage of 90%, vision and dental, flex spending and HSA programs, 401K with a 5% match after joining, EAP and emergency services, vacation time, paid sick leave, long-term disability and life insurance.
• We also pay employees for 10 observed holidays including a whole week off between Christmas Eve and New Years Day.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees